Help Desk Officer Jobs

Help Desk Officer
UK

The median Help Desk Officer salary in the UK is £26,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 887 979 1199
Rank change year-on-year +92 +220 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Officer 7 6 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.007% 0.006% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.006% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 7 6 5
10th Percentile £24,000 - -
25th Percentile £24,500 £21,250 £19,558
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,000 £22,500 £20,117
Median % change year-on-year +15.56% +11.85% -
75th Percentile £26,825 £23,750 £20,675
90th Percentile £27,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £26,650 £22,500 £20,117
% change year-on-year +18.44% +11.85% -

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 92,682 96,623 147,884
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.57% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,673 60,571 85,427
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Help Desk Officer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Help Desk Officer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Help Desk Officer in the UK

Help Desk Officer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Help Desk Officer.

Salary trend for Help Desk Officer in the UK

Help Desk Officer
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Help Desk Officer within the UK over the 6 months to 24 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
England +125 7 £26,000 +15.56%
UK excluding London +21 5 £26,650 +18.44%
South East - 3 £26,650 -
North West - 2 £24,000 -
London - 2 £26,000 -
North of England - 2 £24,000 -

Help Desk Officer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Help Desk Officer 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 Help Desk Officer in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) SQL
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Wireless
3 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
3 3 (42.86%) IP Telephony
3 3 (42.86%) Android
3 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (42.86%) Windows 10
3 3 (42.86%) DBS Check
4 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
4 2 (28.57%) Robotics
4 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 2 (28.57%) Cantonese Language
4 2 (28.57%) Internet
4 2 (28.57%) Firewall
4 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
4 2 (28.57%) Linux
4 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Order Management
4 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (28.57%) Customer Service

Help Desk Officer 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:

Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) IP Telephony
1 3 (42.86%) Wireless
2 2 (28.57%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) Internet
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 3 (42.86%) Telecoms
3 2 (28.57%) Cantonese Language
3 2 (28.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (28.57%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
1 2 (28.57%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Android
2 3 (42.86%) Windows 10
3 2 (28.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 2 (28.57%) Customer Service
2 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
2 2 (28.57%) Order Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Microsoft