Desktop Support Engineer
UK
The median Desktop Support Engineer salary in the UK is £33,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 624 | 703 | 745 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +79 | +42 | +243 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer | 87 | 209 | 221 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.16% | 0.20% | 0.23% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.18% | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 75 | 188 | 196 |
| 10th Percentile | £21,250 | £24,240 | £26,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £25,750 | £26,900 | £26,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £33,000 | £29,605 | £32,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +11.47% | -8.91% | -1.52% |
| 75th Percentile | £40,500 | £35,000 | £38,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £53,750 | £45,750 | £45,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £29,500 | £28,290 | £27,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.28% | +2.87% | -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 | 49,435 | 96,820 | 89,564 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 94.78% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,727 | 69,155 | 56,824 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,822 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £38,500 | £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 | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,399 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
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 28 May 2025.
Desktop Support Engineer
Top 13 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 28 May 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 | +61 | 86 | £33,000 | +1.54% | 23 |
| UK excluding London | +110 | 55 | £29,500 | +4.28% | 15 |
| London | +83 | 32 | £40,000 | - | 14 |
| South East | +83 | 26 | £29,500 | +1.72% | 6 |
| North of England | +29 | 13 | £31,500 | +12.50% | 1 |
| Work from Home | +116 | 11 | £35,500 | -8.39% | 3 |
| East of England | +42 | 11 | £22,500 | -7.18% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | +66 | 10 | £33,000 | +1.54% | 1 |
| South West | +91 | 4 | - | - | 5 |
| North West | -15 | 3 | £28,250 | +4.63% | |
| Scotland | +117 | 1 | £30,000 | +23.76% | 1 |
| Midlands | +45 | 1 | £23,000 | -29.23% | |
| East Midlands | +28 | 1 | £23,000 | -29.23% |
Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, 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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