Desktop Support Jobs in South Wales

Desktop Support
Wales > South Wales

The median Desktop Support salary in South Wales is £28,290 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 87 - 119
Rank change year-on-year - - -38
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 13 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.90% - 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% - 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,290 - £25,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -16.67%
75th Percentile - - £27,500
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary £28,290 £27,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year +2.87% +10.00% -16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in South Wales. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in South Wales with a recognized job title 1,315 1,034 1,407
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.75% 89.45% 97.10%
Number of salaries quoted 869 587 871
10th Percentile £27,157 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,496 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% -9.01% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,988 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings that featured Desktop Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in South Wales

Desktop Support
Salary Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support in South Wales.

Salary trend for Desktop Support in South Wales

Desktop Support
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gwent - 7 £28,290 -
Glamorgan - 4 £28,290 -
Caerphilly - 2 £28,290 -
Desktop Support
Wales

Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 2 May 2024, Desktop Support job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the South Wales region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Windows
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 13 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 13 (100.00%) Finance
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 13 (100.00%) Azure
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 13 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 13 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 13 (100.00%) Ticket Management
1 13 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 13 (100.00%) Break/Fix
2 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
3 5 (38.46%) GDPR
4 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
4 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared

Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 13 (100.00%) Azure
1 13 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 13 (100.00%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 13 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 13 (100.00%) Finance
2 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Break/Fix
1 13 (100.00%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) GDPR
System Software
1 13 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Microsoft