Desktop Technician Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Desktop Technician
UK > Work from Home

The median Desktop Technician salary for remote or hybrid work is £29,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 434 569 660
Rank change year-on-year +135 +91 +193
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Technician 24 8 1
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.024% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.025% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 16 3 1
10th Percentile - £26,400 -
25th Percentile £28,500 £27,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £28,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -37.78% +50.00%
75th Percentile £30,000 £33,500 £47,500
90th Percentile - £36,800 -
UK median annual salary £29,500 £30,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year -1.67% +9.09% +10.00%

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 16,408 32,355 39,697
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.54% 95.98% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 9,794 24,817 28,248
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,081 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,401 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.95% -9.76% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -

Desktop Technician
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Desktop Technician
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Desktop Technician salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2025, Desktop Technician 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 Technician in the job title.

1 24 (100.00%) ITIL
1 24 (100.00%) SLA
1 24 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 13 (54.17%) Social Skills
2 13 (54.17%) Degree
2 13 (54.17%) Microsoft
2 13 (54.17%) Windows
3 8 (33.33%) Cisco
3 8 (33.33%) Back Office
3 8 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 8 (33.33%) CTC Cleared
3 8 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 8 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 8 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
3 8 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (33.33%) Customer Acquisition
3 8 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 8 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (33.33%) Software Deployment
3 8 (33.33%) Analytics
3 8 (33.33%) Entra ID
3 8 (33.33%) Patch Management
3 8 (33.33%) Ticket Management
3 8 (33.33%) Windows 10
4 5 (20.83%) Windows Server
4 5 (20.83%) Mobile Device Management
4 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (20.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 5 (20.83%) AirWatch
4 5 (20.83%) Android

Desktop Technician 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 5 (20.83%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (33.33%) Entra ID
1 8 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 5 (20.83%) Wireless
General
1 13 (54.17%) Social Skills
2 8 (33.33%) Back Office
Operating Systems
1 13 (54.17%) Windows
2 8 (33.33%) Windows 10
3 5 (20.83%) Android
3 5 (20.83%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 24 (100.00%) ITIL
2 8 (33.33%) Analytics
2 8 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (33.33%) Customer Acquisition
2 8 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 8 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 8 (33.33%) Patch Management
2 8 (33.33%) Software Deployment
2 8 (33.33%) Ticket Management
3 5 (20.83%) Mobile Device Management
3 5 (20.83%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (20.83%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 13 (54.17%) Degree
2 8 (33.33%) CTC Cleared
2 8 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 8 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 5 (20.83%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (20.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (20.83%) AirWatch
Vendors
1 13 (54.17%) Microsoft
2 8 (33.33%) Cisco
3 5 (20.83%) Apple