Desktop Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Desktop Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Desktop Engineer salary in Work from Home is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 May 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
26 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 561 596 793
Rank change year-on-year +35 +197 -239
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 31 49 78
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.091% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.094% 0.13% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 30 45 52
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,063 £29,250 £28,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -3.45% -4.61%
75th Percentile £55,000 £45,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £52,500 £57,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £33,750
% change year-on-year - -3.70% +2.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 32,819 38,389 70,255
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.16% 95.92% 97.34%
Number of salaries quoted 25,114 27,311 42,144
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,536 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.14% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Desktop Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Desktop Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Desktop Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Desktop Engineer over the 6 months to 26 May 2024.

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 26 May 2024, 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 remote work options featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 21 (67.74%) Windows
1 21 (67.74%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (64.52%) Active Directory
3 14 (45.16%) Microsoft
3 14 (45.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 11 (35.48%) ITIL
4 11 (35.48%) Windows 10
5 10 (32.26%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (29.03%) Azure
7 8 (25.81%) Firewall
7 8 (25.81%) Finance
8 7 (22.58%) VPN
8 7 (22.58%) SQL
9 6 (19.35%) Social Skills
9 6 (19.35%) Customer Service
10 5 (16.13%) Entra ID
10 5 (16.13%) .NET
10 5 (16.13%) WPF
10 5 (16.13%) Banking
11 4 (12.90%) ITSM
11 4 (12.90%) Citrix
11 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
11 4 (12.90%) SCCM
11 4 (12.90%) PowerShell
12 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
12 3 (9.68%) DNS
12 3 (9.68%) TCP/IP
12 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Exchange
12 3 (9.68%) VMware
12 3 (9.68%) Statistics

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 3 (9.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 21 (67.74%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (29.03%) Azure
3 5 (16.13%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.45%) AWS
4 2 (6.45%) WhatsApp
5 1 (3.23%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.81%) Firewall
2 7 (22.58%) VPN
3 3 (9.68%) DNS
3 3 (9.68%) TCP/IP
4 2 (6.45%) Internet
4 2 (6.45%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (6.45%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (3.23%) DHCP
5 1 (3.23%) FTP
5 1 (3.23%) HTTP
5 1 (3.23%) LAN
5 1 (3.23%) SMTP
5 1 (3.23%) SNMP
5 1 (3.23%) WAN
5 1 (3.23%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) MSI
1 1 (3.23%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (45.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (25.81%) Finance
3 6 (19.35%) Social Skills
4 5 (16.13%) Banking
5 2 (6.45%) Billing
5 2 (6.45%) Law
6 1 (3.23%) Electronics
6 1 (3.23%) Investment Banking
6 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
6 1 (3.23%) Marketing
6 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.23%) Retail
6 1 (3.23%) Spanish Language
6 1 (3.23%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.13%) .NET
1 5 (16.13%) WPF
2 1 (3.23%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.23%) CSS
2 1 (3.23%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.45%) Fat Client
1 2 (6.45%) Thin Client
1 2 (6.45%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (3.23%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.23%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 21 (67.74%) Windows
2 11 (35.48%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.23%) Android
3 1 (3.23%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.23%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) ITIL
2 6 (19.35%) Customer Service
3 4 (12.90%) ITSM
4 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (9.68%) Statistics
5 2 (6.45%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (6.45%) Service Management
6 1 (3.23%) Agile
6 1 (3.23%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (3.23%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (3.23%) Contingency Planning
6 1 (3.23%) Customer Experience
6 1 (3.23%) Hardware Maintenance
6 1 (3.23%) Incident Management
6 1 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (3.23%) Migration
6 1 (3.23%) Programme Management
6 1 (3.23%) Server Management
6 1 (3.23%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.23%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 7 (22.58%) SQL
2 4 (12.90%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.23%) C#
3 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (6.45%) MCSE
3 1 (3.23%) AWS Certification
3 1 (3.23%) CCNA
3 1 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.23%) Degree
System Software
1 20 (64.52%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.45%) Terminal Services
2 2 (6.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.23%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.23%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (3.23%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (32.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (12.90%) SCCM
3 1 (3.23%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 14 (45.16%) Microsoft
2 4 (12.90%) Citrix
3 3 (9.68%) VMware
4 2 (6.45%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.23%) Apple
5 1 (3.23%) Aruba
5 1 (3.23%) Bloomberg
5 1 (3.23%) Ivanti
5 1 (3.23%) Reuters
5 1 (3.23%) SAP
5 1 (3.23%) Xerox