Service Desk Support Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Service Desk Support
UK > Work from Home

The median Service Desk Support salary for remote or hybrid work is £26,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 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
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 398 569 622
Rank change year-on-year +171 +53 +156
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Support 17 14 54
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.041% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.043% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 15 12 53
10th Percentile £24,250 £23,200 £25,000
25th Percentile £25,625 £25,000 £28,857
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £26,500 £28,750 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% -17.86% +40.00%
75th Percentile £31,875 £32,875 £37,250
90th Percentile £35,450 £111,400 £53,750
UK median annual salary £28,000 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - +14.29%

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 13,910 32,483 40,831
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 96.00% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,940 24,937 29,014
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,081 £36,541
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,393
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 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Service Desk Support
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Service Desk Support trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Service Desk Support
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Service Desk Support salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Service Desk Support
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Service Desk Support over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Service Desk Support salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2025, Service Desk Support 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 Service Desk Support in the job title.

1 11 (64.71%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (41.18%) Customer Service
3 5 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
4 4 (23.53%) SLA
4 4 (23.53%) Cisco
4 4 (23.53%) ITIL
4 4 (23.53%) Windows
4 4 (23.53%) Finance
4 4 (23.53%) Network Monitoring
4 4 (23.53%) Degree
4 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
4 4 (23.53%) Accessibility
5 3 (17.65%) Customer Experience
5 3 (17.65%) Customer-Centricity
5 3 (17.65%) Retail
5 3 (17.65%) Windows 10
5 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (17.65%) SaaS
6 2 (11.76%) Blackberry
6 2 (11.76%) Project Management
6 2 (11.76%) Service Management
6 2 (11.76%) Service Delivery
6 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (11.76%) Adobe
6 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (11.76%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
6 2 (11.76%) Wireless

Service Desk Support 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 (5.88%) CMS
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.88%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (17.65%) SaaS
3 1 (5.88%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Wireless
2 1 (5.88%) Network Security
General
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Retail
3 1 (5.88%) Banking
3 1 (5.88%) Law
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Blackberry
2 1 (5.88%) iPhone
2 1 (5.88%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Windows
2 3 (17.65%) Windows 10
3 1 (5.88%) Linux
3 1 (5.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (41.18%) Customer Service
3 4 (23.53%) ITIL
3 4 (23.53%) Network Monitoring
4 3 (17.65%) Customer Experience
4 3 (17.65%) Customer-Centricity
5 2 (11.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
5 2 (11.76%) Project Management
5 2 (11.76%) Service Delivery
5 2 (11.76%) Service Management
6 1 (5.88%) Change Management
6 1 (5.88%) Data Protection
6 1 (5.88%) Decision-Making
6 1 (5.88%) DevOps
6 1 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (5.88%) ITSM
6 1 (5.88%) Performance Monitoring
6 1 (5.88%) Problem Management
6 1 (5.88%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) Bash
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (23.53%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.88%) DBS Check
3 1 (5.88%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (23.53%) Accessibility
1 4 (23.53%) SLA
2 2 (11.76%) PMO
2 2 (11.76%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.88%) BitLocker
1 1 (5.88%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Nagios
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) Microsoft
2 4 (23.53%) Cisco
3 2 (11.76%) Adobe
3 2 (11.76%) iManage
3 2 (11.76%) Intapp
3 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.88%) Apple
4 1 (5.88%) Red Hat
4 1 (5.88%) SolarWinds
4 1 (5.88%) VMware