Desktop Support Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Desktop Support Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Desktop Support Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £29,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 222 253
Rank change year-on-year +53 +31 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 10 18 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.30% 0.27% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.28% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 9 17 5
10th Percentile - £28,400 -
25th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,500 £34,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.49% +6.15% +8.33%
75th Percentile £43,750 - £33,750
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £32,500 £30,000 £29,400
% change year-on-year +8.33% +2.04% -2.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,800 6,392 5,494
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 83.16% 94.72% 89.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1,286 4,520 3,208
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,000 £28,954
25th Percentile £38,813 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £78,750 £86,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the Thames Valley

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the Thames Valley

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Desktop Support Engineer in the Thames Valley

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 7 May 2025. 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
Berkshire +29 5 £29,500 -14.49%
Oxfordshire - 5 £42,500 -
Desktop Support Engineer
South East

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, Desktop Support Engineer 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 Thames Valley region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Windows 10
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 5 (50.00%) VLAN
2 5 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (50.00%) DHCP
2 5 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 5 (50.00%) VPN
2 5 (50.00%) DNS
2 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 4 (40.00%) Cisco
3 4 (40.00%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
4 1 (10.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) HP
4 1 (10.00%) Dell
4 1 (10.00%) Dell Certification
4 1 (10.00%) SLA

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) DHCP
1 5 (50.00%) DNS
1 5 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 5 (50.00%) VLAN
1 5 (50.00%) VPN
1 5 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (10.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
1 5 (50.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 5 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (10.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (10.00%) Mathematics
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Dell Certification
1 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Cisco
2 1 (10.00%) Dell
2 1 (10.00%) HP
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft