Help Desk Support Jobs in the UK excluding London

Help Desk Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median Help Desk Support salary in the UK excluding London is £27,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 520 655 698
Rank change year-on-year +135 +43 +117
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Support 60 120 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.15% 0.16% 0.098%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.17% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 35 100 35
10th Percentile £24,125 £21,000 £21,200
25th Percentile £24,250 £22,350 £22,421
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £24,000 £25,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -4.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £28,875 £27,500 £28,125
90th Percentile £34,000 £33,250 £33,750
UK median annual salary £27,000 £24,000 £25,750
% change year-on-year +12.50% -6.80% -0.96%

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 35,218 70,245 51,745
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.32% 94.92% 89.08%
Number of salaries quoted 17,732 49,603 29,711
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%
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 Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Help Desk Support
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Help Desk Support in the UK excluding London

Help Desk 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 Help Desk Support within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 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
South East +77 28 £34,000 +38.78% 1
North of England +39 20 £27,000 +18.94% 5
North West +5 15 £26,500 +10.42% 1
Midlands +44 7 £27,500 +14.58%
Yorkshire +57 5 £27,500 +30.95% 4
East Midlands +33 5 £27,500 +7.84%
South West +105 4 £25,250 +5.21% 1
West Midlands +41 2 £22,500 -6.25%
East of England +40 1 £23,000 -8.00%
Help Desk Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Help Desk 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 Help Desk Support in the job title.

1 48 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 32 (53.33%) Windows
3 31 (51.67%) Microsoft 365
4 29 (48.33%) Social Skills
5 21 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (33.33%) Windows Server
7 18 (30.00%) Active Directory
8 17 (28.33%) Customer Service
9 16 (26.67%) Azure
10 15 (25.00%) Hyper-V
11 13 (21.67%) SharePoint
12 11 (18.33%) Firewall
12 11 (18.33%) SLA
13 10 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
13 10 (16.67%) Linux
13 10 (16.67%) Mac OS
13 10 (16.67%) Remote Desktop
14 8 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (11.67%) Microsoft Office
15 7 (11.67%) Service Delivery
16 6 (10.00%) MCSA
16 6 (10.00%) SQL
16 6 (10.00%) Driving Licence
16 6 (10.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
17 5 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
17 5 (8.33%) Ubiquiti
17 5 (8.33%) vCenter Server
17 5 (8.33%) Entra ID
17 5 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
17 5 (8.33%) PaperCut

Help Desk 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 13 (21.67%) SharePoint
2 10 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (11.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.67%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 31 (51.67%) Microsoft 365
2 16 (26.67%) Azure
3 5 (8.33%) AWS
3 5 (8.33%) Entra ID
4 3 (5.00%) SaaS
5 2 (3.33%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (18.33%) Firewall
2 10 (16.67%) Remote Desktop
3 5 (8.33%) DHCP
3 5 (8.33%) DNS
3 5 (8.33%) Ethernet
3 5 (8.33%) LAN
3 5 (8.33%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.67%) Cisco IOS
4 1 (1.67%) Wireless
General
1 29 (48.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (5.00%) Retail
3 2 (3.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.67%) Law
4 1 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 5 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 5 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 32 (53.33%) Windows
2 20 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 10 (16.67%) Linux
3 10 (16.67%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.67%) Mac OS X
4 1 (1.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (28.33%) Customer Service
3 7 (11.67%) Service Delivery
4 6 (10.00%) Remote Monitoring and Management
5 5 (8.33%) CRM
5 5 (8.33%) Data Protection
5 5 (8.33%) Document Management
5 5 (8.33%) Workflow
6 4 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
6 4 (6.67%) ITSM
6 4 (6.67%) Penetration Testing
6 4 (6.67%) Service Management
7 3 (5.00%) Customer Experience
7 3 (5.00%) Network Management
7 3 (5.00%) Time Management
8 2 (3.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 1 (1.67%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (10.00%) SQL
2 1 (1.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (13.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (10.00%) MCSA
3 5 (8.33%) MCP
3 5 (8.33%) MCSE
4 4 (6.67%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.67%) CCNP
5 1 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (1.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (18.33%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 15 (25.00%) Hyper-V
3 5 (8.33%) Virtual Desktop
3 5 (8.33%) VMware ESXi
3 5 (8.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (8.33%) PaperCut
1 5 (8.33%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 48 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.33%) Meraki
2 5 (8.33%) Sophos
2 5 (8.33%) Ubiquiti
2 5 (8.33%) VMware
3 1 (1.67%) Cisco
3 1 (1.67%) ServiceNow