Junior Desktop Support Job Trends

Junior Desktop Support
UK

The median Junior Desktop Support salary in the UK is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 March 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 688 629 799
Rank change year-on-year -59 +170 +202
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Desktop Support 1 22 36
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.001% 0.051% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.001% 0.056% 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 1 22 35
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 £21,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £22,500 £24,240
Median % change year-on-year +111.11% -7.18% +18.24%
75th Percentile £48,750 £23,750 £27,000
90th Percentile - - £31,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - £22,500 £24,240
% change year-on-year - -7.18% +18.24%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 68,588 39,043 80,162
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.91% 90.54% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 43,675 23,259 61,462
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £43,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.41% +8.00% -5.65%

Junior Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Junior Desktop Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Junior Desktop Support job vacancy trend in the UK

Junior Desktop Support
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Junior Desktop Support job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Junior Desktop Support job vacancies in the UK

Junior Desktop Support
Top 2 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Desktop Support within the UK over the 6 months to 16 March 2026. 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 -47 1 £47,500 +111.11% 1
London - 1 £47,500 -

Junior Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 10 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 16 March 2026, Junior Desktop Support job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Junior Desktop Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10

Junior Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Storage Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory