Service Desk Support Jobs in the UK excluding London

Service Desk Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median Service Desk Support salary in the UK excluding London is £28,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 685 650 725
Rank change year-on-year -35 +75 -125
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Support 86 111 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.12% 0.18% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.20% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 79 98 122
10th Percentile £21,000 £21,925 £19,313
25th Percentile £23,750 £24,500 £20,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,750 £27,500 £24,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +14.58% +3.23%
75th Percentile £36,500 £31,375 £27,625
90th Percentile - £37,250 £33,550
UK median annual salary £30,000 £30,000 £26,375
% change year-on-year - +13.74% +6.14%

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 66,883 54,717 68,218
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.25% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,333 31,108 43,002
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 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

Service Desk Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Service Desk Support
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Service Desk Support in the UK excluding London

Service Desk Support
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Desk Support in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Service Desk Support in the UK excluding London

Service 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 Service Desk Support within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 6 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
North of England +64 32 £24,500 -10.91% 2
Yorkshire +111 23 £24,500 -21.60% 1
South East -5 23 £28,500 +3.64% 3
Northern Ireland - 18 £35,000 - 3
North West +15 9 £21,000 -26.96% 1
Midlands +12 6 £26,250 -4.55% 1
East of England -1 4 £27,548 +14.78% 1
West Midlands +26 3 £26,500 -11.67%
East Midlands -16 3 £22,000 -20.00% 1
Wales +10 1 £28,750 +15.00% 2
South West -38 1 £35,000 +20.69%
Scotland -64 1 - -
Service Desk Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 2024, Service 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 Service Desk Support in the job title.

1 44 (51.16%) Microsoft
1 44 (51.16%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (50.00%) Windows
3 37 (43.02%) Active Directory
4 35 (40.70%) SharePoint
5 32 (37.21%) Social Skills
6 29 (33.72%) Incident Management
7 27 (31.40%) Customer Service
8 25 (29.07%) Telecoms
9 20 (23.26%) Microsoft Office
9 20 (23.26%) Mentoring
9 20 (23.26%) Coaching
10 19 (22.09%) Finance
11 18 (20.93%) Customer Experience
12 17 (19.77%) Public Sector
12 17 (19.77%) Analytical Skills
13 16 (18.60%) Windows 10
13 16 (18.60%) Digital Marketing
13 16 (18.60%) Marketing
13 16 (18.60%) Electronics
13 16 (18.60%) Manufacturing
13 16 (18.60%) Programme Management
13 16 (18.60%) SAP
13 16 (18.60%) Business Intelligence
14 14 (16.28%) Microsoft Exchange
14 14 (16.28%) Azure
14 14 (16.28%) ServiceNow
15 12 (13.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
15 12 (13.95%) Microsoft Excel
15 12 (13.95%) Cisco

Service 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 35 (40.70%) SharePoint
2 14 (16.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (2.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 20 (23.26%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (13.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (13.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.49%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 44 (51.16%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (16.28%) Azure
3 11 (12.79%) Mimecast
4 9 (10.47%) AWS
5 8 (9.30%) SaaS
6 7 (8.14%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (1.16%) GitHub
7 1 (1.16%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (9.30%) VoIP
2 4 (4.65%) Remote Desktop
2 4 (4.65%) VPN
3 3 (3.49%) DHCP
4 2 (2.33%) DNS
4 2 (2.33%) LAN
4 2 (2.33%) TCP/IP
4 2 (2.33%) WAN
4 2 (2.33%) Wireless
5 1 (1.16%) Internet
5 1 (1.16%) SAN
5 1 (1.16%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (1.16%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.16%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 4 (4.65%) JIRA
General
1 32 (37.21%) Social Skills
2 25 (29.07%) Telecoms
3 19 (22.09%) Finance
4 17 (19.77%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (19.77%) Public Sector
5 16 (18.60%) Electronics
5 16 (18.60%) Manufacturing
5 16 (18.60%) Marketing
6 3 (3.49%) Games
7 2 (2.33%) Banking
7 2 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.33%) Law
7 2 (2.33%) Legal
8 1 (1.16%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.79%) Management Information System
2 10 (11.63%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.16%) Smartphone
3 1 (1.16%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 43 (50.00%) Windows
2 16 (18.60%) Windows 10
3 10 (11.63%) Windows Server
4 7 (8.14%) Android
4 7 (8.14%) Apple iOS
5 3 (3.49%) Linux
6 2 (2.33%) Windows 7
6 2 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (2.33%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (1.16%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (33.72%) Incident Management
2 27 (31.40%) Customer Service
3 20 (23.26%) Coaching
3 20 (23.26%) Mentoring
4 18 (20.93%) Customer Experience
5 16 (18.60%) Business Intelligence
5 16 (18.60%) Digital Marketing
5 16 (18.60%) Programme Management
6 11 (12.79%) Proactive Monitoring
7 7 (8.14%) Analytics
7 7 (8.14%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 7 (8.14%) ITIL
7 7 (8.14%) ITSM
8 6 (6.98%) Collaborative Working
9 5 (5.81%) Cybersecurity
10 3 (3.49%) Problem-Solving
11 2 (2.33%) Active Listening
11 2 (2.33%) Analytical Thinking
11 2 (2.33%) Break/Fix
11 2 (2.33%) Service Desk Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (3.49%) Degree
2 2 (2.33%) A+ Certification
2 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.16%) CompTIA Security+
3 1 (1.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (1.16%) MCITP
3 1 (1.16%) MCSA
3 1 (1.16%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.16%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.81%) SLA
2 1 (1.16%) QA
System Software
1 37 (43.02%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.49%) GPFS
3 2 (2.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.33%) vSphere
4 1 (1.16%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (1.16%) Grafana
Vendors
1 44 (51.16%) Microsoft
2 16 (18.60%) SAP
3 14 (16.28%) ServiceNow
4 12 (13.95%) Cisco
5 11 (12.79%) Dell
5 11 (12.79%) HP
6 10 (11.63%) NetApp
7 6 (6.98%) VMware
8 4 (4.65%) Citrix
9 2 (2.33%) Commvault
10 1 (1.16%) Apple
10 1 (1.16%) ConnectWise
10 1 (1.16%) Dynatrace
10 1 (1.16%) Mitel
10 1 (1.16%) Nimble Storage
10 1 (1.16%) SolarWinds
10 1 (1.16%) Sophos
10 1 (1.16%) Splunk
10 1 (1.16%) Veeam
10 1 (1.16%) Zerto