Desktop Engineer Jobs

Desktop Engineer
UK

The median Desktop Engineer salary in the UK is £33,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 624 667 685
Rank change year-on-year +43 +18 +230
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 91 271 254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.16% 0.25% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.26% 0.30%
Number of salaries quoted 80 238 224
10th Percentile £21,250 £24,240 £25,750
25th Percentile £27,750 £28,290 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.54% - -4.41%
75th Percentile £40,500 £40,188 £40,000
90th Percentile £57,500 £54,650 £51,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,500 £29,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year +1.72% +5.45% -8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 50,366 104,718 83,671
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.89% 94.79% 91.17%
Number of salaries quoted 26,574 73,870 54,667
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,500 £38,603 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +6.47%

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 15 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Desktop Engineer in the UK

Desktop Engineer
Top 14 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 15 June 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
England +47 87 £33,000 +1.54% 72
UK excluding London +93 59 £29,500 +1.72% 43
London +55 32 £40,000 -3.61% 45
South East +78 24 £29,500 -1.67% 26
North of England +60 13 £31,500 +12.50% 1
Work from Home +123 12 £52,500 +16.67% 6
Yorkshire +62 10 £33,000 +1.54%
East of England +36 9 £22,500 -7.18%
South West +87 7 - - 5
Scotland +109 4 £30,000 +23.76% 1
Midlands +57 3 £55,000 +69.23% 7
North West +7 3 £28,250 +4.63% 1
West Midlands +65 2 £55,000 +40.62% 5
East Midlands +43 1 £23,000 -29.23% 2

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

For the 6 months to 15 June 2025, 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 63 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 62 (68.13%) Microsoft 365
3 61 (67.03%) Active Directory
3 61 (67.03%) Windows
4 34 (37.36%) Social Skills
5 30 (32.97%) Windows 10
6 28 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (26.37%) Customer Service
8 23 (25.27%) Microsoft Exchange
8 23 (25.27%) ITIL
9 19 (20.88%) Azure
9 19 (20.88%) Windows Server
10 17 (18.68%) Entra ID
10 17 (18.68%) Degree
11 16 (17.58%) SCCM
11 16 (17.58%) Microsoft Intune
12 15 (16.48%) Driving Licence
13 14 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
13 14 (15.38%) Cisco
14 11 (12.09%) SharePoint
14 11 (12.09%) DHCP
14 11 (12.09%) DNS
14 11 (12.09%) Citrix
14 11 (12.09%) Incident Management
15 10 (10.99%) Video Conferencing
15 10 (10.99%) TCP/IP
16 9 (9.89%) Wi-Fi
16 9 (9.89%) Android
17 8 (8.79%) Cisco IOS
18 7 (7.69%) VLAN

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 23 (25.27%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (12.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (6.59%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.10%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 62 (68.13%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (20.88%) Azure
3 17 (18.68%) Entra ID
4 6 (6.59%) Mimecast
5 5 (5.49%) OneDrive
6 2 (2.20%) AWS
6 2 (2.20%) SaaS
7 1 (1.10%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (12.09%) DHCP
1 11 (12.09%) DNS
2 10 (10.99%) TCP/IP
3 9 (9.89%) Wi-Fi
4 8 (8.79%) Cisco IOS
5 7 (7.69%) VLAN
5 7 (7.69%) VPN
6 6 (6.59%) LAN
6 6 (6.59%) PBX
6 6 (6.59%) Structured Cabling
6 6 (6.59%) WAN
7 2 (2.20%) Wireless
8 1 (1.10%) Firewall
8 1 (1.10%) FTP
8 1 (1.10%) IPv4
8 1 (1.10%) NAS
8 1 (1.10%) SAN
8 1 (1.10%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.20%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (2.20%) JIRA
General
1 34 (37.36%) Social Skills
2 7 (7.69%) Banking
3 6 (6.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 6 (6.59%) Retail
4 5 (5.49%) Electronics
4 5 (5.49%) Finance
5 3 (3.30%) Advertising
5 3 (3.30%) Aerospace
5 3 (3.30%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.30%) Automotive
5 3 (3.30%) Front Office
5 3 (3.30%) Manufacturing
5 3 (3.30%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.10%) Billing
6 1 (1.10%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 15 (16.48%) Driving Licence
2 10 (10.99%) Video Conferencing
3 5 (5.49%) iPhone
4 4 (4.40%) Fat Client
4 4 (4.40%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.40%) Thin Client
5 3 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.20%) CMDB
6 2 (2.20%) Mobile App
6 2 (2.20%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.20%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.10%) Data Centre
7 1 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.10%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 61 (67.03%) Windows
2 30 (32.97%) Windows 10
3 19 (20.88%) Windows Server
4 9 (9.89%) Android
5 5 (5.49%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.10%) Apple iOS
6 1 (1.10%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (26.37%) Customer Service
3 23 (25.27%) ITIL
4 11 (12.09%) Incident Management
5 7 (7.69%) Preventative Maintenance
6 6 (6.59%) Vulnerability Management
7 5 (5.49%) Break/Fix
7 5 (5.49%) Migration
7 5 (5.49%) Problem Management
8 4 (4.40%) Asset Management
8 4 (4.40%) Configuration Management
8 4 (4.40%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (4.40%) Service Management
8 4 (4.40%) Virtual Environments
9 3 (3.30%) CRM
9 3 (3.30%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (3.30%) Inventory Management
9 3 (3.30%) Mathematics
9 3 (3.30%) Mentoring
10 2 (2.20%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 4 (4.40%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (18.68%) Degree
2 7 (7.69%) Security Cleared
3 6 (6.59%) A+ Certification
3 6 (6.59%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (3.30%) Network+ Certification
4 3 (3.30%) SC Cleared
5 2 (2.20%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.10%) CCNA
6 1 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.10%) Dell Certification
6 1 (1.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.69%) SLA
System Software
1 61 (67.03%) Active Directory
2 5 (5.49%) Hyper-V
3 4 (4.40%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (4.40%) XenApp
4 1 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 16 (17.58%) Microsoft Intune
1 16 (17.58%) SCCM
2 1 (1.10%) Backup Exec
2 1 (1.10%) WSUS
Vendors
1 63 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 14 (15.38%) Cisco
3 11 (12.09%) Citrix
4 7 (7.69%) ServiceNow
5 5 (5.49%) Google
6 4 (4.40%) Polycom
6 4 (4.40%) VMware
7 3 (3.30%) Cognizant
8 2 (2.20%) Salesforce
8 2 (2.20%) Zoho
9 1 (1.10%) Apple
9 1 (1.10%) Bloomberg
9 1 (1.10%) Dell
9 1 (1.10%) FactSet
9 1 (1.10%) HP
9 1 (1.10%) Meraki
9 1 (1.10%) Mitel
9 1 (1.10%) Veeam
9 1 (1.10%) Veritas