Desktop Support Job Trends in Wiltshire

Desktop Support
South West > Wiltshire

The median Desktop Support salary in Wiltshire is £32,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 March 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 13 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Wiltshire 2.07% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.20% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,000 - -
75th Percentile £32,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median annual salary £37,500 £31,000 £29,440
% change year-on-year +20.97% +5.30% -0.10%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Wiltshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Wiltshire. 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 Wiltshire with a recognized job title 590 444 914
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.95% 89.34% 96.21%
Number of salaries quoted 411 288 691
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,425 £26,250
25th Percentile £39,281 £35,000 £33,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £72,875 £70,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £54,439 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.15% +8.88% -

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Desktop Support job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Desktop Support
Salary Trend in Wiltshire

Salary distribution trend for Desktop Support job vacancies in Wiltshire.

Salary distribution trend for Desktop Support job vacancies in Wiltshire

Desktop Support
Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 3 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
Salisbury - 4 £32,000 - 1
Swindon - 3 - -
Trowbridge - 3 - -
Chippenham - 3 - -
Desktop Support
South West

Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire

For the 6 months to 3 March 2026, 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 across the Wiltshire region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) Windows
1 13 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 9 (69.23%) Analytics
2 9 (69.23%) Cisco
2 9 (69.23%) Continuous Improvement
2 9 (69.23%) CTC Cleared
2 9 (69.23%) Customer Acquisition
2 9 (69.23%) Customer Experience
2 9 (69.23%) Customer Service
2 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
2 9 (69.23%) Degree
2 9 (69.23%) ITIL
2 9 (69.23%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (69.23%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (69.23%) Patch Management
2 9 (69.23%) People Management
2 9 (69.23%) SC Cleared
2 9 (69.23%) Security Cleared
2 9 (69.23%) SLA
2 9 (69.23%) Software Deployment
2 9 (69.23%) Ticket Management
3 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
3 4 (30.77%) BitLocker
3 4 (30.77%) Disk Encryption
3 4 (30.77%) LAN
3 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 4 (30.77%) SCCM
3 4 (30.77%) Service Delivery
3 4 (30.77%) VLAN
3 4 (30.77%) WAN

Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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:

Applications
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (69.23%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) LAN
1 4 (30.77%) VLAN
1 4 (30.77%) WAN
1 4 (30.77%) Wi-Fi
General
1 9 (69.23%) Back Office
1 9 (69.23%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Windows
1 13 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Analytics
1 9 (69.23%) Continuous Improvement
1 9 (69.23%) Customer Acquisition
1 9 (69.23%) Customer Experience
1 9 (69.23%) Customer Service
1 9 (69.23%) Cybersecurity
1 9 (69.23%) ITIL
1 9 (69.23%) Patch Management
1 9 (69.23%) People Management
1 9 (69.23%) Software Deployment
1 9 (69.23%) Ticket Management
2 4 (30.77%) Disk Encryption
2 4 (30.77%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 9 (69.23%) CTC Cleared
1 9 (69.23%) Degree
1 9 (69.23%) SC Cleared
1 9 (69.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (69.23%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (30.77%) Active Directory
1 4 (30.77%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 4 (30.77%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) Cisco
2 4 (30.77%) Microsoft