Service Desk Technician Jobs in the Thames Valley

Service Desk Technician
South East > Thames Valley

The median Service Desk Technician salary in the Thames Valley is £30,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 240 258 270
Rank change year-on-year +18 +12 -43
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Technician 1 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.015% 0.033% 0.043%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.016% 0.036% 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 3
10th Percentile - - £18,800
25th Percentile £28,500 £26,076 £19,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £26,790 £20,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.98% +33.95% -22.33%
75th Percentile £31,500 £27,503 £22,500
90th Percentile - - £24,000
South East median annual salary £32,000 £24,395 £20,000
% change year-on-year +31.18% +21.97% -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 6,341 5,501 6,708
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 89.87% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4,512 3,210 4,185
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,954 £29,000
25th Percentile £36,438 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £86,250 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Service Desk Technician
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings that featured Service Desk Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Service Desk Technician in the Thames Valley

Service Desk Technician
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Technician in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Service Desk Technician in the Thames Valley

Service Desk Technician
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 Service Desk Technician within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 5 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
Oxfordshire - 1 £30,000 -
Service Desk Technician
South East

Service Desk Technician Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Service Desk Technician 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 Service Desk Technician in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

Service Desk Technician 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft