Desktop Support
UK
The median Desktop Support salary in the UK is £33,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 December 2023.
The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 4 Dec 2023 |
Same period 2022 | Same period 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 439 | 541 | 640 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +102 | +99 | -83 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support | 324 | 654 | 499 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.61% | 0.53% | 0.39% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.64% | 0.55% | 0.41% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 301 | 555 | 406 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,000 | £24,850 | £23,450 |
| 25th Percentile | £28,290 | £27,500 | £26,031 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £33,500 | £32,500 | £31,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.08% | +2.36% | -3.79% |
| 75th Percentile | £43,750 | £40,000 | £40,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £58,750 | £55,000 | £56,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £28,290 | £29,000 | £27,500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.45% | +5.45% | -1.79% |
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 | 50,797 | 118,142 | 122,028 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 95.42% | 95.32% | 95.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 37,144 | 73,821 | 84,079 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £32,750 | £32,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £60,000 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +4.35% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £81,250 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £98,750 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,500 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.00% | +5.26% |
Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Desktop Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Desktop Support
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support.
Desktop Support
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support over the 6 months to 4 December 2023.
Desktop Support
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 Support within the UK over the 6 months to 4 December 2023. 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 | +101 | 316 | £33,500 | +3.08% | 73 |
| UK excluding London | +100 | 166 | £28,290 | -2.45% | 52 |
| London | +124 | 157 | £40,000 | +5.26% | 27 |
| South East | +110 | 57 | £30,000 | +7.14% | 22 |
| Work from Home | +157 | 55 | £35,000 | +7.69% | 12 |
| North of England | +115 | 35 | £27,500 | +3.42% | 3 |
| Midlands | +112 | 30 | £27,000 | -5.26% | 2 |
| South West | +56 | 30 | £29,440 | +1.52% | 12 |
| West Midlands | +135 | 26 | £27,000 | +1.89% | 1 |
| North West | +96 | 26 | £27,500 | - | 3 |
| Yorkshire | +72 | 9 | £31,000 | +18.10% | |
| East of England | +99 | 8 | £30,000 | -4.94% | 4 |
| Scotland | +49 | 7 | £27,645 | -14.94% | 6 |
| East Midlands | +28 | 4 | £29,000 | -1.69% | 1 |
Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 4 December 2023, Desktop Support 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 in the job title.
|
|
Desktop Support 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:
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||