Help Desk Administrator Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Help Desk Administrator
UK > Work from Home

The median Help Desk Administrator salary for remote or hybrid work is £25,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 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
20 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 464 - 653
Rank change year-on-year - - +219
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Administrator 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.005% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% - 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £24,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 - £22,341
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.76%
75th Percentile £25,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £27,000 £24,000 £20,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% +17.07% -13.68%

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 17,417 32,508 38,920
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.63% 96.07% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 9,889 24,871 27,742
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,127 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Help Desk Administrator
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Help Desk Administrator trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Help Desk Administrator
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Help Desk Administrator.

Help Desk Administrator salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Help Desk Administrator Skill Set
Top 13 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 20 May 2025, Help Desk Administrator 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 Help Desk Administrator in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding

Help Desk Administrator 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 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) OneDrive
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Line Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) IBM
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft