Desktop Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Desktop Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Desktop Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £33,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 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
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 412 556 594
Rank change year-on-year +144 +38 +170
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 18 29 65
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.086% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.089% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 15 28 62
10th Percentile £28,550 £29,400 £22,150
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,875 £29,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £47,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.72% +34.29% -13.12%
75th Percentile £55,625 £55,000 £41,563
90th Percentile £59,750 £62,500 £47,500
UK median annual salary £33,000 £32,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year +1.54% -1.52% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 14,296 32,437 40,695
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 96.00% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 9,941 24,889 28,911
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 £36,626
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,411
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Desktop Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Desktop Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Desktop Engineer trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Desktop Engineer.

Desktop Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Desktop Engineer over the 6 months to 6 May 2025.

Desktop Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 6 May 2025, Desktop 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 10 (55.56%) Windows
2 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 9 (50.00%) Azure
2 9 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (44.44%) Mimecast
4 7 (38.89%) Project Management
4 7 (38.89%) Process Improvement
4 7 (38.89%) CRM
4 7 (38.89%) Cisco
4 7 (38.89%) Meraki
4 7 (38.89%) Client Onboarding
4 7 (38.89%) Power Platform
4 7 (38.89%) Project Delivery
4 7 (38.89%) Onboarding
5 6 (33.33%) Windows 10
5 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (33.33%) SCCM
6 5 (27.78%) Degree
6 5 (27.78%) Citrix
6 5 (27.78%) A+ Certification
6 5 (27.78%) Email Filtering
6 5 (27.78%) Kalman Filter
6 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
6 5 (27.78%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (16.67%) Line Management
7 3 (16.67%) Investment Management
8 2 (11.11%) Risk Assessment

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 6 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (50.00%) Azure
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (44.44%) Mimecast
3 7 (38.89%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) LAN
1 1 (5.56%) VLAN
1 1 (5.56%) WAN
General
1 5 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Advertising
3 1 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.56%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 10 (55.56%) Windows
2 6 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (38.89%) Client Onboarding
2 7 (38.89%) CRM
2 7 (38.89%) Process Improvement
2 7 (38.89%) Project Delivery
2 7 (38.89%) Project Management
3 5 (27.78%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (27.78%) Email Filtering
3 5 (27.78%) Kalman Filter
4 3 (16.67%) Investment Management
4 3 (16.67%) Line Management
5 2 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
5 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 2 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (5.56%) Application Packaging
6 1 (5.56%) Change Control
6 1 (5.56%) Incident Management
6 1 (5.56%) Knowledge Management
6 1 (5.56%) Mentoring
6 1 (5.56%) Migration
Qualifications
1 5 (27.78%) A+ Certification
1 5 (27.78%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (33.33%) SCCM
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 9 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (38.89%) Cisco
2 7 (38.89%) Meraki
3 5 (27.78%) Citrix