Desktop Engineer
UK

The median Desktop Engineer salary in the UK is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 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
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 642 704 911
Rank change year-on-year +62 +207 -159
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 257 297 304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.28% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.31% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 233 258 246
10th Percentile £24,240 £23,814 £25,750
25th Percentile £28,000 £28,563 £27,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.41% +3.03% -
75th Percentile £38,000 £40,000 £42,446
90th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £56,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,000 £29,400 £29,500
% change year-on-year -1.36% -0.34% -1.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 92,901 95,961 148,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,751 60,281 85,224
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,686 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.19% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,495
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Desktop Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in the UK

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer.

Salary trend for Desktop Engineer in the UK

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Desktop Engineer in the UK

Desktop Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 April 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
England +51 223 £32,500 -4.41% 45
UK excluding London -5 169 £29,000 -1.36% 31
London +103 86 £42,500 +11.84% 23
South East -8 49 £32,500 +10.54% 3
North of England +50 31 £28,000 -7.44% 4
Work from Home +49 31 £47,000 +34.29% 8
South West -19 26 £29,290 +6.51% 6
Wales +24 19 £28,290 +2.87% 3
Midlands +15 19 £27,250 +2.83% 2
North West +5 19 £27,000 -1.82% 2
East Midlands -5 14 £30,000 +12.15% 1
Yorkshire +105 12 £32,500 -15.13% 1
East of England +17 12 £24,240 -30.74% 6
Scotland -50 12 £24,240 -25.42% 7
West Midlands +23 5 £26,500 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £35,000 -

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Desktop Engineer 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 featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 195 (75.88%) Windows
2 179 (69.65%) Microsoft
3 160 (62.26%) Active Directory
4 113 (43.97%) Microsoft 365
5 98 (38.13%) Social Skills
6 96 (37.35%) Microsoft Office
7 71 (27.63%) Windows 10
8 64 (24.90%) Customer Service
9 62 (24.12%) Finance
10 57 (22.18%) Problem-Solving
11 55 (21.40%) Azure
12 54 (21.01%) Microsoft Intune
13 49 (19.07%) Driving Licence
13 49 (19.07%) Microsoft Exchange
14 47 (18.29%) ITIL
15 46 (17.90%) Security Cleared
15 46 (17.90%) Degree
16 44 (17.12%) SCCM
17 43 (16.73%) Entra ID
18 39 (15.18%) Microsoft Certification
19 36 (14.01%) Break/Fix
20 33 (12.84%) Mac OS
21 32 (12.45%) Windows 7
21 32 (12.45%) Onboarding
22 31 (12.06%) OneDrive
22 31 (12.06%) DBS Check
22 31 (12.06%) A+ Certification
23 30 (11.67%) DNS
23 30 (11.67%) Microsoft Excel
23 30 (11.67%) Computer Science

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 49 (19.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.72%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.33%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.78%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.39%) CMS
5 1 (0.39%) Confluence
Applications
1 96 (37.35%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (11.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 29 (11.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.17%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 113 (43.97%) Microsoft 365
2 55 (21.40%) Azure
3 43 (16.73%) Entra ID
4 31 (12.06%) OneDrive
5 9 (3.50%) Mimecast
6 5 (1.95%) WhatsApp
7 3 (1.17%) AWS
8 2 (0.78%) GCP
8 2 (0.78%) Slack
9 1 (0.39%) PaaS
9 1 (0.39%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.39%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (11.67%) DNS
2 29 (11.28%) Network Security
2 29 (11.28%) Remote Desktop
3 22 (8.56%) Wi-Fi
4 21 (8.17%) LAN
5 14 (5.45%) Firewall
6 13 (5.06%) VPN
7 10 (3.89%) Skype
8 9 (3.50%) TCP/IP
9 8 (3.11%) DHCP
9 8 (3.11%) WAN
10 5 (1.95%) Cisco IOS
11 4 (1.56%) VoIP
12 3 (1.17%) Internet
12 3 (1.17%) Telepresence
12 3 (1.17%) WebEx
13 2 (0.78%) Wireless
14 1 (0.39%) PBX
14 1 (0.39%) PSTN
14 1 (0.39%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.78%) MongoDB
2 1 (0.39%) MySQL
2 1 (0.39%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Bitbucket
1 1 (0.39%) Jenkins
1 1 (0.39%) JIRA
1 1 (0.39%) MSI
1 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 98 (38.13%) Social Skills
2 62 (24.12%) Finance
3 23 (8.95%) Organisational Skills
4 22 (8.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (3.50%) Banking
6 8 (3.11%) Automotive
6 8 (3.11%) Legal
7 6 (2.33%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.95%) Law
9 4 (1.56%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.17%) Retail
11 2 (0.78%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.78%) Billing
11 2 (0.78%) Games
11 2 (0.78%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.39%) Back Office
12 1 (0.39%) Electronics
12 1 (0.39%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.39%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.28%) WPF
2 6 (2.33%) WinForms
3 5 (1.95%) .NET
4 1 (0.39%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.39%) CSS
4 1 (0.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 49 (19.07%) Driving Licence
2 32 (12.45%) Onboarding
3 29 (11.28%) Smartphone
4 8 (3.11%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (2.72%) iPhone
6 3 (1.17%) CMDB
6 3 (1.17%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.17%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.78%) Blackberry
7 2 (0.78%) Data Centre
7 2 (0.78%) Fat Client
7 2 (0.78%) iPad
7 2 (0.78%) Thin Client
8 1 (0.39%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.39%) EPoS
8 1 (0.39%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 195 (75.88%) Windows
2 71 (27.63%) Windows 10
3 33 (12.84%) Mac OS
4 32 (12.45%) Windows 7
5 18 (7.00%) Android
6 15 (5.84%) Windows Server
7 10 (3.89%) Apple iOS
8 7 (2.72%) Linux
9 6 (2.33%) Mac OS X
10 5 (1.95%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (1.17%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.39%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (24.90%) Customer Service
2 57 (22.18%) Problem-Solving
3 47 (18.29%) ITIL
4 36 (14.01%) Break/Fix
5 30 (11.67%) Computer Science
6 28 (10.89%) Ticket Management
7 23 (8.95%) Asset Management
8 18 (7.00%) Proactive Maintenance
9 17 (6.61%) ITSM
10 16 (6.23%) Service Delivery
11 14 (5.45%) Software Deployment
12 12 (4.67%) Customer Requirements
12 12 (4.67%) Software Testing
13 10 (3.89%) Time Management
14 9 (3.50%) Mobile Device Management
15 8 (3.11%) Incident Management
15 8 (3.11%) Service Management
16 7 (2.72%) Change Management
16 7 (2.72%) Root Cause Analysis
16 7 (2.72%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 11 (4.28%) SQL
2 8 (3.11%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.72%) C#
4 5 (1.95%) C
5 4 (1.56%) C++
6 3 (1.17%) Bash
7 2 (0.78%) Python
8 1 (0.39%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 46 (17.90%) Degree
1 46 (17.90%) Security Cleared
2 39 (15.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 31 (12.06%) A+ Certification
3 31 (12.06%) DBS Check
4 29 (11.28%) Computer Science Degree
4 29 (11.28%) MCP
5 18 (7.00%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (6.23%) DV Cleared
7 15 (5.84%) SC Cleared
8 7 (2.72%) CCNA
8 7 (2.72%) Cisco Certification
9 6 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.17%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.17%) MBA
11 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.39%) MCSA
11 1 (0.39%) MCSE
11 1 (0.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (9.73%) SLA
2 18 (7.00%) PCI DSS
3 9 (3.50%) GDPR
4 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 160 (62.26%) Active Directory
2 18 (7.00%) KVM
3 13 (5.06%) Firmware
4 11 (4.28%) Hyper-V
5 5 (1.95%) Virtual Desktop
6 4 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (1.17%) vSphere
8 2 (0.78%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.39%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 54 (21.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (17.12%) SCCM
3 1 (0.39%) AirWatch
3 1 (0.39%) Backup Exec
3 1 (0.39%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (0.39%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 179 (69.65%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.34%) Dell
3 20 (7.78%) ServiceNow
4 14 (5.45%) HP
5 13 (5.06%) Apple
6 11 (4.28%) Cisco
7 10 (3.89%) Citrix
8 8 (3.11%) McAfee
8 8 (3.11%) MobileIron
8 8 (3.11%) VMware
9 7 (2.72%) Bloomberg
10 5 (1.95%) Ivanti
11 3 (1.17%) Polycom
12 2 (0.78%) Cognizant
12 2 (0.78%) Okta
12 2 (0.78%) Palo Alto
12 2 (0.78%) SolarWinds
12 2 (0.78%) Trayport
13 1 (0.39%) Intapp
13 1 (0.39%) Xerox