Desktop Support Engineer Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Desktop Support Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Desktop Support Engineer salary for remote or hybrid work is £33,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 424 580 615
Rank change year-on-year +156 +35 +186
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 14 14 43
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.083% 0.041% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.043% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 12 14 40
10th Percentile £26,450 £26,950 £24,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £32,000 £31,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £38,750 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.55% +10.71% -6.67%
75th Percentile £47,188 £47,500 £37,813
90th Percentile £57,125 - £47,500
UK median annual salary £33,000 £29,605 £32,500
% change year-on-year +11.47% -8.91% -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 15,380 32,452 39,585
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.98% 95.98% 95.99%
Number of salaries quoted 10,029 24,904 28,178
10th Percentile £29,750 £33,164 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,443 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.41% -12.50% -

Desktop Support Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Desktop Support Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Desktop Support Engineer over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Desktop Support Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 11 May 2025, Desktop Support 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 Support Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (57.14%) Azure
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
1 8 (57.14%) Windows
1 8 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (50.00%) Mimecast
2 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
3 6 (42.86%) CRM
3 6 (42.86%) Cisco
3 6 (42.86%) Process Improvement
3 6 (42.86%) Client Onboarding
3 6 (42.86%) Meraki
3 6 (42.86%) Project Management
3 6 (42.86%) Onboarding
3 6 (42.86%) Power Platform
3 6 (42.86%) Project Delivery
4 5 (35.71%) Kalman Filter
4 5 (35.71%) Collaborative Working
4 5 (35.71%) Email Filtering
5 4 (28.57%) Windows 10
5 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
5 4 (28.57%) SCCM
5 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
5 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (21.43%) Citrix
6 3 (21.43%) A+ Certification
6 3 (21.43%) Investment Management
6 3 (21.43%) Degree
7 2 (14.29%) SLA
8 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence

Desktop Support 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 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (57.14%) Azure
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (50.00%) Mimecast
3 6 (42.86%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) LAN
1 1 (7.14%) VLAN
1 1 (7.14%) WAN
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Advertising
2 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (7.14%) Organisational Skills
Miscellaneous
1 6 (42.86%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 8 (57.14%) Windows
2 4 (28.57%) Windows 10
3 1 (7.14%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (42.86%) Client Onboarding
2 6 (42.86%) CRM
2 6 (42.86%) Process Improvement
2 6 (42.86%) Project Delivery
2 6 (42.86%) Project Management
3 5 (35.71%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (35.71%) Email Filtering
3 5 (35.71%) Kalman Filter
4 3 (21.43%) Investment Management
5 1 (7.14%) Application Packaging
5 1 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (7.14%) Incident Management
5 1 (7.14%) Inventory Management
5 1 (7.14%) ITIL
5 1 (7.14%) Knowledge Management
5 1 (7.14%) Migration
5 1 (7.14%) Risk Assessment
5 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery
5 1 (7.14%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) A+ Certification
1 3 (21.43%) Degree
2 1 (7.14%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (28.57%) SCCM
2 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 6 (42.86%) Cisco
2 6 (42.86%) Meraki
3 3 (21.43%) Citrix