Desktop Engineer Jobs in Central London

Desktop Engineer
London > Central London

The median Desktop Engineer salary in Central London is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 173 218 269
Rank change year-on-year +45 +51 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 19 18 41
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.50% 0.36% 0.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.38% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 17 16 34
10th Percentile £35,950 £31,875 £30,025
25th Percentile £40,750 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £36,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +36.05% -13.53% +21.43%
75th Percentile £57,500 £44,313 £48,563
90th Percentile - £49,250 £59,625
London median annual salary £41,500 £38,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +9.21% -5.00% -3.03%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 3,630 4,740 8,150
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.33% 96.03% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,739 3,920 6,408
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,625 £53,938 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £74,744 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.00% +3.10% +3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £96,375 £92,625
90th Percentile £110,250 £112,500 £107,500
London median annual salary £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings that featured Desktop Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in Central London

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend in Central London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in Central London.

Salary trend for Desktop Engineer in Central London

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in Central London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Desktop Engineer in Central London

Desktop Engineer
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +46 19 £50,000 +38.89%
Desktop Engineer
London

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 job ads across the Central London region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (84.21%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (78.95%) Microsoft
3 13 (68.42%) Windows
3 13 (68.42%) Finance
4 11 (57.89%) Active Directory
5 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
6 8 (42.11%) Windows 10
6 8 (42.11%) Microsoft Exchange
7 6 (31.58%) Change Management
8 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Office
8 5 (26.32%) ITIL
8 5 (26.32%) Apple
8 5 (26.32%) Windows 7
8 5 (26.32%) Apple iOS
8 5 (26.32%) Skype
9 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Intune
9 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (21.05%) Azure
9 4 (21.05%) SCCM
9 4 (21.05%) Bloomberg
9 4 (21.05%) Citrix
10 3 (15.79%) Configuration Management
10 3 (15.79%) Mac OS X
10 3 (15.79%) ITSM
10 3 (15.79%) Service Management
10 3 (15.79%) Android
10 3 (15.79%) Windows Server 2008
10 3 (15.79%) Degree
10 3 (15.79%) CMDB
10 3 (15.79%) Video Conferencing

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 8 (42.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
2 2 (10.53%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 16 (84.21%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (21.05%) Azure
3 3 (15.79%) Entra ID
3 3 (15.79%) Mimecast
3 3 (15.79%) Slack
3 3 (15.79%) WhatsApp
4 1 (5.26%) Google Workspace
4 1 (5.26%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (26.32%) Skype
2 2 (10.53%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (10.53%) Telepresence
2 2 (10.53%) VPN
3 1 (5.26%) Firewall
3 1 (5.26%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (5.26%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) JIRA
General
1 13 (68.42%) Finance
2 10 (52.63%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.53%) Automotive
3 2 (10.53%) Pharmaceutical
3 2 (10.53%) Telecoms
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) CMDB
1 3 (15.79%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (10.53%) Onboarding
2 2 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.26%) Derivative
3 1 (5.26%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 13 (68.42%) Windows
2 8 (42.11%) Windows 10
3 5 (26.32%) Apple iOS
3 5 (26.32%) Windows 7
4 3 (15.79%) Android
4 3 (15.79%) Mac OS X
4 3 (15.79%) Windows Server
4 3 (15.79%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Change Management
2 5 (26.32%) ITIL
3 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (15.79%) Configuration Management
4 3 (15.79%) ITSM
4 3 (15.79%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (15.79%) Service Management
5 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (5.26%) Asset Management
6 1 (5.26%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (5.26%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (5.26%) Hardware Maintenance
6 1 (5.26%) Investment Management
6 1 (5.26%) Mentoring
6 1 (5.26%) Mobile Device Management
6 1 (5.26%) Proactive Maintenance
6 1 (5.26%) Software Deployment
6 1 (5.26%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (10.53%) Master's Degree
2 2 (10.53%) MBA
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.26%) A+ Certification
3 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (5.26%) MCSA
3 1 (5.26%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) PCI DSS
1 1 (5.26%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (57.89%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.53%) vSphere
3 1 (5.26%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.26%) KVM
3 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (21.05%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (78.95%) Microsoft
2 5 (26.32%) Apple
3 4 (21.05%) Bloomberg
3 4 (21.05%) Citrix
4 3 (15.79%) Okta
5 2 (10.53%) Cisco
5 2 (10.53%) Dell
5 2 (10.53%) Ivanti
5 2 (10.53%) Polycom
5 2 (10.53%) Trayport
6 1 (5.26%) Google
6 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow
6 1 (5.26%) VMware