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 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 445 572 498
Rank change year-on-year +127 -74 +132
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 133 191 269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.27% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.28% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 114 159 225
10th Percentile £21,250 £24,240 £23,500
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% -1.79%
75th Percentile £33,500 £33,750 £32,500
90th Percentile £35,125 £36,100 £35,000
UK median annual salary £32,750 £32,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year +0.77% - -1.52%

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 35,491 67,312 53,678
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.80% 89.23%
Number of salaries quoted 18,637 47,638 30,603
10th Percentile £27,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -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 13 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 13 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 +73 53 £30,000 +7.14% 11
Yorkshire +110 46 £30,000 -7.69% 3
South East +95 42 £31,500 +5.00% 19
South West +94 16 £31,000 +5.30% 12
East of England +35 13 £22,500 -7.18% 10
Midlands +53 9 £32,750 +11.02% 3
East Midlands +25 8 £32,750 +5.65%
North West -3 7 £24,500 -9.26% 8
West Midlands +39 1 £33,000 +22.22% 2
Wales +27 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 13 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 71 (53.38%) Windows
2 69 (51.88%) Microsoft
3 68 (51.13%) Microsoft 365
4 60 (45.11%) Customer Service
5 56 (42.11%) ITIL
6 53 (39.85%) Social Skills
7 50 (37.59%) Active Directory
8 46 (34.59%) SLA
9 34 (25.56%) Cisco
10 32 (24.06%) Android
11 30 (22.56%) Problem-Solving
12 26 (19.55%) Microsoft Exchange
13 25 (18.80%) Microsoft Office
13 25 (18.80%) Windows Server
14 24 (18.05%) Driving Licence
15 23 (17.29%) Degree
16 20 (15.04%) Microsoft Intune
17 18 (13.53%) Apple
18 17 (12.78%) Cisco IOS
18 17 (12.78%) Windows 10
18 17 (12.78%) Entra ID
19 16 (12.03%) Azure
20 12 (9.02%) Video Conferencing
21 11 (8.27%) Cybersecurity
22 10 (7.52%) Continuous Improvement
22 10 (7.52%) SC Cleared
22 10 (7.52%) Security Cleared
22 10 (7.52%) Retail
23 9 (6.77%) Mobile Device Management
23 9 (6.77%) DNS

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 26 (19.55%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 25 (18.80%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.75%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 68 (51.13%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (12.78%) Entra ID
3 16 (12.03%) Azure
4 5 (3.76%) Mimecast
4 5 (3.76%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.75%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 17 (12.78%) Cisco IOS
2 9 (6.77%) DHCP
2 9 (6.77%) DNS
3 8 (6.02%) TCP/IP
3 8 (6.02%) VLAN
4 6 (4.51%) VPN
4 6 (4.51%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (3.76%) Wireless
6 4 (3.01%) LAN
6 4 (3.01%) WAN
7 3 (2.26%) Firewall
8 2 (1.50%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.75%) SD-WAN
General
1 53 (39.85%) Social Skills
2 10 (7.52%) Retail
3 8 (6.02%) Back Office
4 5 (3.76%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (3.76%) Electronics
5 4 (3.01%) Law
6 3 (2.26%) Games
6 3 (2.26%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.50%) Public Sector
7 2 (1.50%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.75%) Finance
8 1 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.75%) Legal
8 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 24 (18.05%) Driving Licence
2 12 (9.02%) Video Conferencing
3 7 (5.26%) Management Information System
4 6 (4.51%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.26%) CCTV
6 2 (1.50%) CMDB
7 1 (0.75%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 71 (53.38%) Windows
2 32 (24.06%) Android
3 25 (18.80%) Windows Server
4 17 (12.78%) Windows 10
5 3 (2.26%) Mac OS
5 3 (2.26%) Mac OS X
5 3 (2.26%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (2.26%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.75%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.75%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (45.11%) Customer Service
2 56 (42.11%) ITIL
3 30 (22.56%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (8.27%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (7.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (6.77%) Customer Experience
6 9 (6.77%) Mobile Device Management
6 9 (6.77%) Ticket Management
7 8 (6.02%) Analytics
7 8 (6.02%) Customer Acquisition
7 8 (6.02%) Inventory Management
7 8 (6.02%) Kalman Filter
7 8 (6.02%) Patch Management
7 8 (6.02%) Preventative Maintenance
7 8 (6.02%) Software Deployment
7 8 (6.02%) Time Management
8 7 (5.26%) Vulnerability Management
9 6 (4.51%) Problem Management
9 6 (4.51%) Project Delivery
9 6 (4.51%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.75%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 23 (17.29%) Degree
2 10 (7.52%) SC Cleared
2 10 (7.52%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.02%) CTC Cleared
3 8 (6.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.75%) Dell Certification
4 1 (0.75%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (34.59%) SLA
2 3 (2.26%) GDPR
3 1 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 50 (37.59%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.75%) BitLocker
2 1 (0.75%) Firmware
2 1 (0.75%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 20 (15.04%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.26%) SCCM
3 5 (3.76%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.75%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 69 (51.88%) Microsoft
2 34 (25.56%) Cisco
3 18 (13.53%) Apple
4 5 (3.76%) Google
4 5 (3.76%) Meraki
5 4 (3.01%) MobileIron
6 3 (2.26%) Riverbed
6 3 (2.26%) SAP
6 3 (2.26%) ServiceNow
6 3 (2.26%) Trend Micro
7 2 (1.50%) HP
8 1 (0.75%) Citrix
8 1 (0.75%) Dell
8 1 (0.75%) McAfee
8 1 (0.75%) Remedy
8 1 (0.75%) Veritas