Desktop Support Jobs in Glasgow

Desktop Support
Scotland > Glasgow

The median Desktop Support salary in Glasgow is £38,000 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 220 127 123
Rank change year-on-year -93 -4 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 6 2 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.16% 0.13% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.16% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £31,250 £30,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £32,500 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.92% +4.84% +19.23%
75th Percentile - £33,750 £32,875
90th Percentile - - £33,700
Scotland median annual salary £24,240 £32,500 £26,680
% change year-on-year -25.42% +21.81% +2.62%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 3,734 1,286 1,584
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.08% 86.08% 96.64%
Number of salaries quoted 971 630 840
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,450 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £49,893
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.24% +7.81%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,625
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.45% - +15.79%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in Glasgow

Desktop Support
Salary Trend in Glasgow

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support in Glasgow.

Salary trend for Desktop Support in Glasgow

Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Desktop 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 job ads across the Glasgow region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 6 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 4 (66.67%) vSphere
2 4 (66.67%) McAfee ePO
2 4 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (66.67%) McAfee
2 4 (66.67%) VMware
3 2 (33.33%) Azure
3 2 (33.33%) Banking
3 2 (33.33%) VLAN
3 2 (33.33%) Polycom
3 2 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) DTS
3 2 (33.33%) WAN
3 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 2 (33.33%) Android
3 2 (33.33%) iPhone
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
3 2 (33.33%) ITSM
3 2 (33.33%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Unified Communications
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (33.33%) Structured Cabling
3 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 2 (33.33%) Onboarding

Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Structured Cabling
1 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 2 (33.33%) Unified Communications
1 2 (33.33%) VLAN
1 2 (33.33%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) DTS
General
1 2 (33.33%) Banking
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) iPhone
1 2 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 2 (33.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (33.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 2 (33.33%) ITSM
2 2 (33.33%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (66.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) McAfee
2 4 (66.67%) VMware
3 2 (33.33%) Polycom