Desktop Engineer Jobs in England

Desktop Engineer
UK > England

The median Desktop Engineer salary in England is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 625 655 852
Rank change year-on-year +30 +197 -98
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 216 276 319
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.31% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.34% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 196 239 263
10th Percentile £24,240 £25,000 £25,800
25th Percentile £28,000 £28,000 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,000 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% - -
75th Percentile £36,750 £40,000 £42,500
90th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year - -1.52% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,786 81,001 131,568
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 91.55% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 60,839 51,644 75,317
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in England

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Desktop Engineer in England

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Desktop Engineer in England

Desktop Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
London +67 81 £42,500 +11.84% 19
South East -12 42 £30,000 +2.04% 9
South West -27 31 £29,290 +6.51% 5
North of England +42 30 £32,500 +6.56% 5
North West 0 20 £27,000 -2.70% 2
Midlands -2 18 £32,500 +22.64% 7
East of England +8 14 £24,240 -30.74% 6
East Midlands -7 13 £32,500 +21.50% 1
Yorkshire +89 10 £32,500 -15.13% 2
West Midlands +7 5 £29,750 +12.26% 6
Desktop Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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 England region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 173 (80.09%) Windows
2 159 (73.61%) Microsoft
3 141 (65.28%) Active Directory
4 99 (45.83%) Microsoft 365
5 92 (42.59%) Social Skills
6 91 (42.13%) Microsoft Office
7 69 (31.94%) Windows 10
8 59 (27.31%) Customer Service
9 51 (23.61%) Problem-Solving
10 48 (22.22%) Degree
11 45 (20.83%) SCCM
12 44 (20.37%) Driving Licence
12 44 (20.37%) Finance
13 43 (19.91%) ITIL
13 43 (19.91%) Security Cleared
13 43 (19.91%) Azure
14 42 (19.44%) Microsoft Intune
14 42 (19.44%) Microsoft Exchange
15 40 (18.52%) Microsoft Certification
16 33 (15.28%) Onboarding
17 32 (14.81%) Entra ID
18 31 (14.35%) DBS Check
18 31 (14.35%) Mac OS
18 31 (14.35%) Computer Science
19 30 (13.89%) A+ Certification
19 30 (13.89%) Computer Science Degree
20 29 (13.43%) Break/Fix
20 29 (13.43%) Network Security
20 29 (13.43%) Windows 7
20 29 (13.43%) MCP

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 42 (19.44%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.24%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.78%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.93%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.46%) CMS
Applications
1 91 (42.13%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (8.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 18 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.39%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 99 (45.83%) Microsoft 365
2 43 (19.91%) Azure
3 32 (14.81%) Entra ID
4 20 (9.26%) OneDrive
5 7 (3.24%) Mimecast
6 5 (2.31%) WhatsApp
7 3 (1.39%) AWS
8 2 (0.93%) Slack
9 1 (0.46%) GCP
9 1 (0.46%) PaaS
9 1 (0.46%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.46%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (13.43%) Network Security
2 25 (11.57%) DNS
3 19 (8.80%) Remote Desktop
3 19 (8.80%) Wi-Fi
4 15 (6.94%) Firewall
5 14 (6.48%) LAN
5 14 (6.48%) VPN
6 10 (4.63%) Skype
7 9 (4.17%) DHCP
8 8 (3.70%) TCP/IP
9 5 (2.31%) Cisco IOS
9 5 (2.31%) WAN
10 3 (1.39%) Telepresence
10 3 (1.39%) VoIP
10 3 (1.39%) WebEx
11 2 (0.93%) Internet
12 1 (0.46%) FTP
12 1 (0.46%) SAN
12 1 (0.46%) SMTP
12 1 (0.46%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (0.46%) JIRA
1 1 (0.46%) MSI
1 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio
General
1 92 (42.59%) Social Skills
2 44 (20.37%) Finance
3 21 (9.72%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (7.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (3.70%) Automotive
5 8 (3.70%) Banking
6 7 (3.24%) Legal
7 5 (2.31%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.39%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.39%) Law
8 3 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.93%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.93%) Billing
9 2 (0.93%) Games
9 2 (0.93%) Retail
10 1 (0.46%) Back Office
10 1 (0.46%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.46%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.46%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.46%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.46%) .NET
1 1 (0.46%) .NET Framework
1 1 (0.46%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 44 (20.37%) Driving Licence
2 33 (15.28%) Onboarding
3 29 (13.43%) Smartphone
4 8 (3.70%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (3.24%) iPhone
6 4 (1.85%) CMDB
7 3 (1.39%) iPad
7 3 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.93%) Blackberry
8 2 (0.93%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.93%) Fat Client
8 2 (0.93%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.93%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.93%) Thin Client
9 1 (0.46%) Derivative
9 1 (0.46%) EPoS
9 1 (0.46%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 173 (80.09%) Windows
2 69 (31.94%) Windows 10
3 31 (14.35%) Mac OS
4 29 (13.43%) Windows 7
5 16 (7.41%) Android
6 15 (6.94%) Windows Server
7 8 (3.70%) Apple iOS
8 6 (2.78%) Mac OS X
9 5 (2.31%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.93%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.46%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (27.31%) Customer Service
2 51 (23.61%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (19.91%) ITIL
4 31 (14.35%) Computer Science
5 29 (13.43%) Break/Fix
6 22 (10.19%) Asset Management
7 17 (7.87%) ITSM
7 17 (7.87%) Ticket Management
8 14 (6.48%) Mobile Device Management
8 14 (6.48%) Proactive Maintenance
8 14 (6.48%) Time Management
9 12 (5.56%) Service Delivery
10 11 (5.09%) Software Deployment
11 8 (3.70%) Customer Requirements
11 8 (3.70%) Service Management
11 8 (3.70%) Software Testing
12 7 (3.24%) Change Management
12 7 (3.24%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (3.24%) Root Cause Analysis
13 5 (2.31%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (4.17%) SQL
2 5 (2.31%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.46%) C#
Qualifications
1 48 (22.22%) Degree
2 43 (19.91%) Security Cleared
3 40 (18.52%) Microsoft Certification
4 31 (14.35%) DBS Check
5 30 (13.89%) A+ Certification
5 30 (13.89%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (13.43%) MCP
7 16 (7.41%) SC Cleared
8 14 (6.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (5.56%) DV Cleared
10 5 (2.31%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (1.39%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.39%) MBA
11 3 (1.39%) MCSE
12 2 (0.93%) CCNA
12 2 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.46%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.46%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.80%) SLA
2 14 (6.48%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.85%) GDPR
4 1 (0.46%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 141 (65.28%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.48%) KVM
3 11 (5.09%) Hyper-V
4 9 (4.17%) Firmware
5 4 (1.85%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (1.39%) vSphere
7 2 (0.93%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.46%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 45 (20.83%) SCCM
2 42 (19.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.93%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.93%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.46%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.46%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.46%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.46%) WSUS
4 1 (0.46%) XenMobile
Vendors
1 159 (73.61%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.65%) ServiceNow
3 22 (10.19%) Dell
4 13 (6.02%) Apple
4 13 (6.02%) MobileIron
5 12 (5.56%) McAfee
6 11 (5.09%) Citrix
6 11 (5.09%) HP
7 10 (4.63%) Cisco
8 8 (3.70%) Bloomberg
9 7 (3.24%) VMware
10 4 (1.85%) Ivanti
11 3 (1.39%) Polycom
12 2 (0.93%) Cognizant
12 2 (0.93%) Okta
12 2 (0.93%) SolarWinds
12 2 (0.93%) Trayport
13 1 (0.46%) Aruba
13 1 (0.46%) Becrypt
13 1 (0.46%) Trend Micro