Desktop Support Jobs in Southampton

Desktop Support
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Desktop Support salary in Southampton is £27,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
29 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 - 61
Rank change year-on-year - - +45
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 7 0 15
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 2.30% - 1.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.32% - 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 11
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25,500 - £25,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 - £27,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.69%
75th Percentile £28,500 - £36,000
90th Percentile £31,375 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £32,000 £33,500 £29,400
% change year-on-year -4.48% +13.95% +17.60%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 302 905 705
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 99.34% 97.52% 92.89%
Number of salaries quoted 220 760 553
10th Percentile £27,000 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -0.99%
75th Percentile £63,750 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £71,275 £72,500 £80,000
Hampshire median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.54% +1.90%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in Southampton

Desktop Support
Salary Trend in Southampton

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

Salary trend for Desktop Support in Southampton

Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 23 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, 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 Southampton region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (71.43%) Windows Server
2 5 (71.43%) Entra ID
3 2 (28.57%) Email Filtering
3 2 (28.57%) Client Onboarding
3 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
3 2 (28.57%) CRM
3 2 (28.57%) Cisco
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement
3 2 (28.57%) Meraki
3 2 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (28.57%) Mimecast

Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (71.43%) Entra ID
3 2 (28.57%) Mimecast
3 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Client Onboarding
1 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (28.57%) CRM
1 2 (28.57%) Email Filtering
1 2 (28.57%) Kalman Filter
1 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (28.57%) Process Improvement
1 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
1 2 (28.57%) Project Management
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) Meraki
2 Desktop Support jobs in Hampshire