Desktop Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Desktop Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Desktop Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £29,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 597 591 702
Rank change year-on-year -6 +111 -103
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 165 165 150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.27% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.31% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 153 135 111
10th Percentile £24,240 £24,000 £24,750
25th Percentile £25,760 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £29,400 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £33,750 £34,125 £34,750
90th Percentile £36,000 £37,150 £40,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £33,250 £33,375
% change year-on-year -2.26% -0.37% +1.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,306 53,672 68,079
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.22% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 47,632 30,597 42,434
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Desktop Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South East -24 43 £31,250 +5.22% 4
North of England +59 30 £28,000 -8.20% 5
South West -25 29 £29,290 +6.51% 6
Wales +30 20 £28,290 +2.87% 2
North West +5 19 £27,000 -10.00% 2
Midlands +4 18 £27,500 +3.77% 5
East Midlands +2 14 £30,000 +12.15% 2
East of England +10 12 £24,240 -30.74% 12
Scotland -44 12 £24,240 -25.42% 7
Yorkshire +89 11 £32,500 -15.13% 2
West Midlands +20 4 £27,000 +1.89% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 £35,000 - 1
Desktop Engineer
UK

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Desktop 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 UK excluding London region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 127 (76.97%) Windows
2 120 (72.73%) Microsoft
3 89 (53.94%) Active Directory
4 73 (44.24%) Social Skills
5 62 (37.58%) Microsoft Office
6 55 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
7 47 (28.48%) Customer Service
8 46 (27.88%) Problem-Solving
8 46 (27.88%) Driving Licence
9 43 (26.06%) Security Cleared
10 41 (24.85%) Windows 10
11 35 (21.21%) Azure
11 35 (21.21%) Break/Fix
11 35 (21.21%) Degree
11 35 (21.21%) Microsoft Certification
12 33 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
13 30 (18.18%) Entra ID
13 30 (18.18%) SCCM
14 29 (17.58%) Mac OS
14 29 (17.58%) DBS Check
15 28 (16.97%) OneDrive
15 28 (16.97%) Computer Science
16 27 (16.36%) A+ Certification
16 27 (16.36%) MCP
16 27 (16.36%) Network Security
16 27 (16.36%) Computer Science Degree
16 27 (16.36%) Onboarding
17 26 (15.76%) Remote Desktop
17 26 (15.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
17 26 (15.76%) Microsoft Excel

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 8 (4.85%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.42%) SharePoint
Applications
1 62 (37.58%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (15.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (15.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 55 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (21.21%) Azure
3 30 (18.18%) Entra ID
4 28 (16.97%) OneDrive
5 3 (1.82%) AWS
6 2 (1.21%) GCP
7 1 (0.61%) Azure Storage
7 1 (0.61%) PaaS
7 1 (0.61%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 27 (16.36%) Network Security
2 26 (15.76%) Remote Desktop
3 22 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
4 14 (8.48%) LAN
5 8 (4.85%) DNS
6 6 (3.64%) TCP/IP
7 5 (3.03%) DHCP
8 4 (2.42%) Firewall
8 4 (2.42%) WAN
9 3 (1.82%) VPN
10 2 (1.21%) Internet
10 2 (1.21%) VoIP
11 1 (0.61%) HTTP
11 1 (0.61%) SAN
11 1 (0.61%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (0.61%) Visual Studio
General
1 73 (44.24%) Social Skills
2 21 (12.73%) Organisational Skills
3 20 (12.12%) Finance
4 5 (3.03%) Automotive
5 4 (2.42%) Law
6 3 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (1.82%) Legal
6 3 (1.82%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.21%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.21%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.21%) Billing
7 2 (1.21%) Games
7 2 (1.21%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.61%) Back Office
8 1 (0.61%) Electronics
8 1 (0.61%) Marketing
8 1 (0.61%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.06%) WPF
2 7 (4.24%) WinForms
3 3 (1.82%) .NET
4 1 (0.61%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.61%) CSS
4 1 (0.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (27.88%) Driving Licence
2 27 (16.36%) Onboarding
3 14 (8.48%) Smartphone
4 7 (4.24%) iPhone
5 3 (1.82%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.21%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.21%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.21%) Fat Client
6 2 (1.21%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.21%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.61%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.61%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 127 (76.97%) Windows
2 41 (24.85%) Windows 10
3 29 (17.58%) Mac OS
4 21 (12.73%) Windows 7
5 11 (6.67%) Android
6 7 (4.24%) Windows Server
7 5 (3.03%) Linux
8 4 (2.42%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.21%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.61%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (28.48%) Customer Service
2 46 (27.88%) Problem-Solving
3 35 (21.21%) Break/Fix
4 28 (16.97%) Computer Science
5 25 (15.15%) Ticket Management
6 20 (12.12%) ITIL
7 19 (11.52%) Asset Management
8 18 (10.91%) Proactive Maintenance
9 12 (7.27%) Service Delivery
9 12 (7.27%) Time Management
10 11 (6.67%) Software Deployment
11 10 (6.06%) Mobile Device Management
12 9 (5.45%) Customer Requirements
12 9 (5.45%) Software Testing
13 8 (4.85%) Software Engineering
14 7 (4.24%) Incident Management
15 6 (3.64%) Continuous Improvement
15 6 (3.64%) ITSM
16 3 (1.82%) Problem Management
16 3 (1.82%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.85%) C#
2 5 (3.03%) C
3 4 (2.42%) C++
4 3 (1.82%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.61%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 43 (26.06%) Security Cleared
2 35 (21.21%) Degree
2 35 (21.21%) Microsoft Certification
3 29 (17.58%) DBS Check
4 27 (16.36%) A+ Certification
4 27 (16.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 27 (16.36%) MCP
5 18 (10.91%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (8.48%) SC Cleared
7 13 (7.88%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.42%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.21%) CCNA
9 2 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.61%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.61%) MCSA
10 1 (0.61%) MCSE
10 1 (0.61%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (12.73%) SLA
2 18 (10.91%) PCI DSS
3 9 (5.45%) GDPR
System Software
1 89 (53.94%) Active Directory
2 18 (10.91%) KVM
3 9 (5.45%) Firmware
4 4 (2.42%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.21%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.21%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 33 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (18.18%) SCCM
3 1 (0.61%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 120 (72.73%) Microsoft
2 22 (13.33%) Dell
3 10 (6.06%) HP
3 10 (6.06%) McAfee
3 10 (6.06%) MobileIron
4 9 (5.45%) ServiceNow
5 4 (2.42%) Citrix
6 2 (1.21%) Apple
6 2 (1.21%) Cognizant
6 2 (1.21%) VMware
7 1 (0.61%) Agilent
7 1 (0.61%) Aruba
7 1 (0.61%) Cisco
7 1 (0.61%) Sage
7 1 (0.61%) SAP
7 1 (0.61%) SolarWinds