Service Desk Engineer
UK
The median Service Desk Engineer salary in the UK is £32,750 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 | 657 | 798 | 836 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +141 | +38 | +257 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Engineer | 54 | 112 | 128 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.099% | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.11% | 0.12% | 0.14% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 52 | 106 | 125 |
| 10th Percentile | £26,500 | £23,500 | £24,425 |
| 25th Percentile | £29,563 | £25,500 | £26,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £32,750 | £31,500 | £28,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +3.97% | +10.53% | +0.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £38,125 | £36,500 | £35,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £41,500 | £38,000 | £38,550 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £32,500 | £31,500 | £27,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +3.17% | +14.55% | +3.77% |
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% |
Service Desk Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Service Desk Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Service Desk Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Engineer.
Service Desk Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Desk Engineer over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.
Service Desk 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 Service Desk 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 | +116 | 53 | £32,500 | +10.17% | 48 |
| UK excluding London | +135 | 39 | £32,500 | +3.17% | 44 |
| North of England | +45 | 22 | £37,500 | +44.23% | 13 |
| Yorkshire | +73 | 15 | £40,000 | +48.15% | 10 |
| London | +120 | 14 | £35,000 | +7.69% | 12 |
| Work from Home | +115 | 13 | £32,500 | +8.33% | 22 |
| South East | +78 | 8 | £28,500 | -9.52% | 7 |
| North West | -6 | 7 | £33,000 | +26.92% | 3 |
| East of England | +41 | 4 | £32,500 | +30.00% | 2 |
| Midlands | +43 | 3 | £27,000 | +12.50% | 11 |
| East Midlands | +39 | 3 | £27,000 | -16.92% | 10 |
| South West | +101 | 1 | £31,250 | -8.09% | 4 |
| Wales | - | 1 | £34,000 | - | 6 |
Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Service Desk 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 Service Desk Engineer in the job title.
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Service Desk 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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