Desktop Support Engineer
UK
The median Desktop Support Engineer salary in the UK is £30,000 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 | 679 | 755 | 990 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +76 | +235 | -205 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer | 217 | 240 | 222 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.22% | 0.23% | 0.14% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.23% | 0.25% | 0.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 196 | 213 | 195 |
| 10th Percentile | £24,240 | £23,590 | £25,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £26,900 | £26,250 | £27,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £30,000 | £33,000 | £33,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £35,000 | £38,750 | £40,700 |
| 90th Percentile | £47,500 | £45,800 | £56,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £28,290 | £29,400 | £29,750 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.78% | -1.18% | +0.85% |
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 Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Desktop Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer.
Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.
Desktop Support 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 Support 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 |
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| England | +82 | 194 | £32,500 | -2.99% | 30 |
| UK excluding London | +7 | 144 | £28,290 | -3.78% | 13 |
| London | +109 | 73 | £40,000 | +5.26% | 19 |
| South East | +7 | 41 | £30,000 | +2.04% | 2 |
| North of England | +57 | 27 | £27,000 | +8.00% | 2 |
| South West | -19 | 25 | £29,145 | +5.98% | 3 |
| North West | +14 | 19 | £27,000 | +8.00% | 2 |
| Work from Home | +48 | 17 | £35,000 | - | 4 |
| Midlands | +14 | 16 | £32,500 | +22.64% | 1 |
| Wales | +18 | 13 | £28,290 | +2.87% | |
| East of England | +17 | 12 | £24,240 | -30.74% | 2 |
| East Midlands | -7 | 12 | £32,500 | +21.50% | 1 |
| Scotland | -53 | 9 | £24,240 | -25.42% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | +103 | 8 | £32,500 | -7.14% | |
| West Midlands | +24 | 4 | £27,000 | +1.89% | |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | £35,000 | - |
Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, Desktop Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.
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Desktop Support 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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