Help Desk Manager Jobs in the UK excluding London

Help Desk Manager
UK > UK excluding London

The median Help Desk Manager salary in the UK excluding London is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 441 723 738
Rank change year-on-year +282 +15 +105
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Manager 151 34 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.38% 0.047% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.050% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 15 30 17
10th Percentile £37,500 £23,500 £36,700
25th Percentile £40,625 £27,063 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £30,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +58.33% -29.41% +18.06%
75th Percentile £62,500 £47,188 £50,000
90th Percentile - £50,000 £60,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £41,250 £46,500
% change year-on-year +15.15% -11.29% +19.23%

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 36,162 67,952 52,783
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.75% 94.86% 89.22%
Number of salaries quoted 18,671 47,990 30,170
10th Percentile £26,968 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,564 £50,000 £53,059
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -5.76% +6.12%
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% -

Help Desk Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Help Desk Manager in the UK excluding London

Help Desk Manager
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Help Desk Manager in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Help Desk Manager in the UK excluding London

Help Desk Manager
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Help Desk Manager in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Help Desk Manager in the UK excluding London

Help Desk Manager
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 Help Desk Manager within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 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
Yorkshire +165 136 - - 1
North of England +159 136 - - 2
South East +91 9 £55,000 +96.43% 5
East of England +41 5 £47,500 -5.00%
South West +100 1 £47,500 +18.75% 7
Help Desk Manager
UK

Help Desk Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, Help Desk Manager 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 Help Desk Manager in the job title.

1 147 (97.35%) Social Skills
2 141 (93.38%) Continuous Improvement
2 141 (93.38%) Degree
3 136 (90.07%) Mathematics
3 136 (90.07%) Physics
3 136 (90.07%) Electronics
3 136 (90.07%) Manufacturing
3 136 (90.07%) Marketing
3 136 (90.07%) Presentation Skills
4 15 (9.93%) ITSM
5 11 (7.28%) Service Management
5 11 (7.28%) ITIL
6 10 (6.62%) Customer Service
7 7 (4.64%) Service Delivery
8 6 (3.97%) Windows
9 5 (3.31%) CRM
9 5 (3.31%) Microsoft
9 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (3.31%) Project Management
9 5 (3.31%) Change Management
9 5 (3.31%) Computer Science
9 5 (3.31%) Performance Management
9 5 (3.31%) Budget Management
9 5 (3.31%) IT Governance
9 5 (3.31%) Mentoring
9 5 (3.31%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (3.31%) Performance Metrics
9 5 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (3.31%) Problem-Solving
10 1 (0.66%) Microsoft 365

Help Desk Manager 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (0.66%) Microsoft 365
General
1 147 (97.35%) Social Skills
2 136 (90.07%) Electronics
2 136 (90.07%) Manufacturing
2 136 (90.07%) Marketing
2 136 (90.07%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (3.31%) Analytical Skills
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.97%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 141 (93.38%) Continuous Improvement
2 136 (90.07%) Mathematics
2 136 (90.07%) Physics
3 15 (9.93%) ITSM
4 11 (7.28%) ITIL
4 11 (7.28%) Service Management
5 10 (6.62%) Customer Service
6 7 (4.64%) Service Delivery
7 5 (3.31%) Budget Management
7 5 (3.31%) Change Management
7 5 (3.31%) Computer Science
7 5 (3.31%) CRM
7 5 (3.31%) IT Governance
7 5 (3.31%) Mentoring
7 5 (3.31%) Performance Management
7 5 (3.31%) Performance Metrics
7 5 (3.31%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (3.31%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 141 (93.38%) Degree
2 5 (3.31%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 5 (3.31%) Microsoft