Desktop Support Jobs in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median Desktop Support salary in the UK excluding London is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 448 573 514
Rank change year-on-year +125 -59 +127
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 132 192 241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.26% 0.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.27% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 112 158 204
10th Percentile £23,150 £24,240 £23,949
25th Percentile £28,250 £26,000 £25,420
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £29,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -
75th Percentile £33,500 £33,750 £30,063
90th Percentile £35,125 £36,000 £33,750
UK median annual salary £32,750 £32,500 £31,250
% change year-on-year +0.77% +4.00% -5.30%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 35,806 71,101 51,023
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.94% 89.01%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 50,103 29,550
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Desktop Support in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Desktop Support in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support
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 Support within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
North of England +64 55 £30,000 +7.14% 8
Yorkshire +97 48 £30,000 -7.69% 2
South East +74 40 £29,500 -1.67% 3
South West +85 15 £31,000 +5.84% 17
East of England +42 11 £22,500 -7.18% 4
Midlands +45 9 £32,750 +0.77% 2
East Midlands +33 8 £32,750 +5.65%
North West -13 7 £24,500 -9.26% 6
Scotland +109 2 £30,000 +23.76% 7
West Midlands +46 1 £33,000 +1.54% 2
Wales +29 1 - - 1
Desktop Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 UK excluding London region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 76 (57.58%) Windows
2 67 (50.76%) Microsoft
2 67 (50.76%) Microsoft 365
3 61 (46.21%) Customer Service
4 58 (43.94%) ITIL
5 57 (43.18%) Social Skills
6 49 (37.12%) Active Directory
7 46 (34.85%) SLA
8 36 (27.27%) Android
9 34 (25.76%) Cisco
10 32 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
11 27 (20.45%) Degree
11 27 (20.45%) Microsoft Exchange
12 26 (19.70%) Windows Server
13 24 (18.18%) Driving Licence
13 24 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
14 22 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
15 19 (14.39%) Cisco IOS
15 19 (14.39%) Windows 10
16 18 (13.64%) Apple
17 15 (11.36%) Entra ID
18 13 (9.85%) Azure
19 12 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
19 12 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
20 11 (8.33%) Security Cleared
20 11 (8.33%) DHCP
20 11 (8.33%) DNS
21 10 (7.58%) TCP/IP
21 10 (7.58%) Continuous Improvement
21 10 (7.58%) SC Cleared

Desktop Support 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 27 (20.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 24 (18.18%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.76%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 67 (50.76%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (11.36%) Entra ID
3 13 (9.85%) Azure
4 3 (2.27%) Mimecast
4 3 (2.27%) Power Platform
5 2 (1.52%) AWS
5 2 (1.52%) SaaS
6 1 (0.76%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (0.76%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 19 (14.39%) Cisco IOS
2 11 (8.33%) DHCP
2 11 (8.33%) DNS
3 10 (7.58%) TCP/IP
4 8 (6.06%) VLAN
5 7 (5.30%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (4.55%) VPN
7 5 (3.79%) LAN
7 5 (3.79%) WAN
7 5 (3.79%) Wireless
8 3 (2.27%) Firewall
9 2 (1.52%) Remote Desktop
10 1 (0.76%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.52%) SQL Server
General
1 57 (43.18%) Social Skills
2 9 (6.82%) Retail
3 8 (6.06%) Back Office
4 7 (5.30%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (3.79%) Electronics
6 3 (2.27%) Games
6 3 (2.27%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.52%) Law
7 2 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.52%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.76%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.76%) Automotive
8 1 (0.76%) Finance
8 1 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.76%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 24 (18.18%) Driving Licence
2 12 (9.09%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (5.30%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.03%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.27%) CCTV
6 2 (1.52%) CMDB
6 2 (1.52%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.52%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.76%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 76 (57.58%) Windows
2 36 (27.27%) Android
3 26 (19.70%) Windows Server
4 19 (14.39%) Windows 10
5 4 (3.03%) Mac OS
6 3 (2.27%) Mac OS X
6 3 (2.27%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (2.27%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.76%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.76%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (46.21%) Customer Service
2 58 (43.94%) ITIL
3 32 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (9.09%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (7.58%) Continuous Improvement
5 10 (7.58%) Preventative Maintenance
6 9 (6.82%) Customer Experience
6 9 (6.82%) Mobile Device Management
6 9 (6.82%) Ticket Management
6 9 (6.82%) Vulnerability Management
7 8 (6.06%) Analytics
7 8 (6.06%) Customer Acquisition
7 8 (6.06%) Inventory Management
7 8 (6.06%) Patch Management
7 8 (6.06%) Software Deployment
7 8 (6.06%) Time Management
8 6 (4.55%) Incident Management
8 6 (4.55%) Kalman Filter
8 6 (4.55%) Problem Management
9 5 (3.79%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 27 (20.45%) Degree
2 11 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 10 (7.58%) SC Cleared
4 8 (6.06%) CTC Cleared
4 8 (6.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 2 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.76%) Dell Certification
6 1 (0.76%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (34.85%) SLA
2 3 (2.27%) GDPR
3 1 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 49 (37.12%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.52%) Hyper-V
2 2 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.76%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.76%) Firmware
3 1 (0.76%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 22 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.55%) SCCM
3 5 (3.79%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.76%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 67 (50.76%) Microsoft
2 34 (25.76%) Cisco
3 18 (13.64%) Apple
4 5 (3.79%) Google
5 4 (3.03%) MobileIron
6 3 (2.27%) Meraki
6 3 (2.27%) Riverbed
6 3 (2.27%) SAP
6 3 (2.27%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.27%) Trend Micro
7 2 (1.52%) HP
7 2 (1.52%) VMware
7 2 (1.52%) Zoho
8 1 (0.76%) Citrix
8 1 (0.76%) Cognizant
8 1 (0.76%) Dell
8 1 (0.76%) McAfee
8 1 (0.76%) Remedy
8 1 (0.76%) Veritas