Desktop Support Engineer Jobs in London

Desktop Support Engineer
England > London

The median Desktop Support Engineer salary in London is £40,000 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 441 515 779
Rank change year-on-year +74 +264 -204
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 68 103 138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.29% 0.31% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.32% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 57 91 123
10th Percentile - £30,500 £28,360
25th Percentile £30,250 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +1.33% +5.63%
75th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year - -1.52% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 22,286 32,090 67,502
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.22% 95.14% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 16,616 23,723 34,810
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,444 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in London

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Desktop Support Engineer in London

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Desktop Support Engineer in London

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer within the London 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
Central London +66 17 £49,000 +37.06% 1
West London +12 17 £32,500 -10.34% 1
Desktop Support Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Desktop Support 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 London region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 57 (83.82%) Active Directory
2 55 (80.88%) Windows
3 51 (75.00%) Microsoft
4 46 (67.65%) Microsoft 365
5 34 (50.00%) Finance
6 33 (48.53%) Microsoft Exchange
7 27 (39.71%) Microsoft Office
8 26 (38.24%) Social Skills
9 23 (33.82%) Microsoft Intune
10 22 (32.35%) Windows 10
11 20 (29.41%) Azure
12 16 (23.53%) ITIL
12 16 (23.53%) DNS
13 14 (20.59%) Entra ID
14 13 (19.12%) Customer Service
14 13 (19.12%) Smartphone
14 13 (19.12%) SCCM
15 12 (17.65%) ServiceNow
16 11 (16.18%) Apple
16 11 (16.18%) Degree
17 10 (14.71%) Skype
17 10 (14.71%) ITSM
18 9 (13.24%) Hyper-V
19 8 (11.76%) Windows 7
19 8 (11.76%) Cisco
19 8 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 8 (11.76%) Windows Server
20 7 (10.29%) Mimecast
20 7 (10.29%) Bloomberg
20 7 (10.29%) Root Cause Analysis

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 33 (48.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (8.82%) Skype for Business
3 4 (5.88%) SharePoint
4 2 (2.94%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.47%) CMS
Applications
1 27 (39.71%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (5.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (4.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (4.41%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 46 (67.65%) Microsoft 365
2 20 (29.41%) Azure
3 14 (20.59%) Entra ID
4 7 (10.29%) Mimecast
5 5 (7.35%) WhatsApp
6 3 (4.41%) OneDrive
7 2 (2.94%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 16 (23.53%) DNS
2 10 (14.71%) Skype
3 5 (7.35%) Cisco IOS
4 4 (5.88%) Remote Desktop
5 3 (4.41%) Firewall
5 3 (4.41%) Telepresence
5 3 (4.41%) VPN
6 2 (2.94%) DHCP
6 2 (2.94%) Network Security
6 2 (2.94%) WebEx
6 2 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (1.47%) LAN
7 1 (1.47%) PSTN
7 1 (1.47%) VoIP
7 1 (1.47%) WAN
Development Applications
1 1 (1.47%) JIRA
1 1 (1.47%) MSI
General
1 34 (50.00%) Finance
2 26 (38.24%) Social Skills
3 8 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (8.82%) Banking
5 4 (5.88%) Legal
6 3 (4.41%) Automotive
6 3 (4.41%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (4.41%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
8 1 (1.47%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.47%) Retail
8 1 (1.47%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 13 (19.12%) Smartphone
2 6 (8.82%) Onboarding
3 5 (7.35%) Video Conferencing
4 3 (4.41%) iPad
5 2 (2.94%) Blackberry
5 2 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.47%) CMDB
6 1 (1.47%) Derivative
6 1 (1.47%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.47%) EPoS
6 1 (1.47%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.47%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 55 (80.88%) Windows
2 22 (32.35%) Windows 10
3 8 (11.76%) Windows 7
3 8 (11.76%) Windows Server
4 6 (8.82%) Android
4 6 (8.82%) Mac OS X
5 5 (7.35%) Apple iOS
6 4 (5.88%) Windows Server 2008
7 3 (4.41%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (23.53%) ITIL
2 13 (19.12%) Customer Service
3 10 (14.71%) ITSM
4 7 (10.29%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (8.82%) Asset Management
5 6 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (7.35%) Service Management
7 4 (5.88%) Change Management
8 3 (4.41%) Break/Fix
8 3 (4.41%) Computer Science
8 3 (4.41%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (4.41%) Ticket Management
9 2 (2.94%) Customer-Centricity
9 2 (2.94%) Cybersecurity
10 1 (1.47%) Application Packaging
10 1 (1.47%) Budgeting and Forecasting
10 1 (1.47%) Customer-Centric Approach
10 1 (1.47%) Mentoring
10 1 (1.47%) Resource Management
10 1 (1.47%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.41%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.47%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (16.18%) Degree
2 5 (7.35%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (4.41%) A+ Certification
3 3 (4.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (4.41%) Master's Degree
3 3 (4.41%) MBA
3 3 (4.41%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.94%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.94%) MCP
4 2 (2.94%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.47%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.47%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.41%) SLA
2 1 (1.47%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.47%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 57 (83.82%) Active Directory
2 9 (13.24%) Hyper-V
3 3 (4.41%) vSphere
4 2 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (1.47%) Firmware
5 1 (1.47%) KVM
Systems Management
1 23 (33.82%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (19.12%) SCCM
3 2 (2.94%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.47%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.47%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (1.47%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 51 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (17.65%) ServiceNow
3 11 (16.18%) Apple
4 8 (11.76%) Cisco
5 7 (10.29%) Bloomberg
6 6 (8.82%) Citrix
7 5 (7.35%) VMware
8 4 (5.88%) Dell
9 3 (4.41%) Ivanti
9 3 (4.41%) Polycom
10 2 (2.94%) Okta
10 2 (2.94%) Trayport
11 1 (1.47%) Becrypt
11 1 (1.47%) Meraki
11 1 (1.47%) Palo Alto
11 1 (1.47%) Snow
11 1 (1.47%) SolarWinds
11 1 (1.47%) Symantec
11 1 (1.47%) Veeam
11 1 (1.47%) Xerox