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 9 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 9 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 637 | 647 | 666 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +10 | +19 | +270 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer | 90 | 268 | 261 |
| 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% | 0.31% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 79 | 236 | 231 |
| 10th Percentile | £21,250 | £24,240 | £25,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £27,750 | £28,218 | £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 | £40,000 | £40,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £57,500 | £52,500 | £52,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £29,500 | £29,000 | £27,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +1.72% | +5.45% | -6.78% |
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 | 50,763 | 102,595 | 85,167 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.09% | 94.88% | 91.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,743 | 72,457 | 55,296 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £38,524 | £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% | +5.94% |
Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Desktop Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer.
Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer over the 6 months to 9 June 2025.
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 9 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 |
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| England | +32 | 87 | £33,000 | +1.54% | 57 |
| UK excluding London | +68 | 58 | £29,500 | +1.72% | 46 |
| London | +58 | 32 | £40,000 | -3.61% | 25 |
| South East | +75 | 25 | £29,500 | -1.67% | 21 |
| Work from Home | +94 | 13 | £52,500 | +16.67% | 11 |
| North of England | +48 | 13 | £31,500 | +4.13% | 4 |
| Yorkshire | +54 | 10 | £33,000 | +1.54% | 1 |
| East of England | +34 | 10 | £22,500 | -7.18% | |
| South West | +84 | 6 | - | - | 5 |
| Scotland | +94 | 3 | £30,000 | +23.76% | 5 |
| North West | -13 | 3 | £28,250 | +4.63% | 3 |
| Midlands | +70 | 2 | £39,000 | +20.00% | 8 |
| West Midlands | +58 | 1 | £55,000 | +57.14% | 6 |
| East Midlands | +42 | 1 | £23,000 | -23.33% | 2 |
Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 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.
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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:
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