Desktop Engineer Jobs in the Thames Valley

Desktop Engineer
South East > Thames Valley

The median Desktop Engineer salary in the Thames Valley is £34,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 228 238 254
Rank change year-on-year +10 +16 -19
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 20 14 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.28% 0.25% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.27% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 20 2 20
10th Percentile £29,600 - £24,225
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £26,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,250 £32,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% +8.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £34,500 £33,750 £36,000
90th Percentile £35,100 - £40,000
South East median annual salary £30,000 £30,500 £30,500
% change year-on-year -1.64% - -2.40%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 the Thames Valley with a recognized job title 6,742 5,115 7,021
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.66% 89.64% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4,606 3,071 4,135
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,500 £38,750 £40,853
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £64,750 £72,500 £70,750
90th Percentile £78,080 £87,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in the Thames Valley

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Engineer in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Desktop Engineer in the Thames Valley

Desktop Engineer
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 2 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
Berkshire +32 15 £34,500 +6.15%
Buckinghamshire -20 5 £32,500 -
Desktop Engineer
South East

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 2 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 Thames Valley region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 15 (75.00%) Windows
2 14 (70.00%) Microsoft
3 12 (60.00%) Windows 10
3 12 (60.00%) Customer Service
4 11 (55.00%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (55.00%) DV Cleared
4 11 (55.00%) Security Cleared
5 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
5 10 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
6 9 (45.00%) Service Delivery
7 8 (40.00%) ITIL
8 7 (35.00%) LAN
8 7 (35.00%) HP
8 7 (35.00%) Firmware
8 7 (35.00%) Software Testing
8 7 (35.00%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (35.00%) Customer Requirements
8 7 (35.00%) SCCM
8 7 (35.00%) Windows 7
8 7 (35.00%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (35.00%) Software Deployment
9 6 (30.00%) Driving Licence
10 5 (25.00%) Degree
10 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
11 4 (20.00%) DBS Check
12 3 (15.00%) Azure
12 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (10.00%) A+ Certification
13 2 (10.00%) SLA

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 7 (35.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (15.00%) Azure
3 2 (10.00%) OneDrive
4 1 (5.00%) AWS
4 1 (5.00%) PaaS
4 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (35.00%) LAN
2 2 (10.00%) Network Security
General
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (35.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (5.00%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 6 (30.00%) Driving Licence
2 2 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 2 (10.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 15 (75.00%) Windows
2 12 (60.00%) Windows 10
3 7 (35.00%) Windows 7
4 2 (10.00%) Android
4 2 (10.00%) Apple iOS
4 2 (10.00%) Mac OS
4 2 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (60.00%) Customer Service
2 11 (55.00%) Problem-Solving
3 9 (45.00%) Service Delivery
4 8 (40.00%) ITIL
5 7 (35.00%) Customer Requirements
5 7 (35.00%) Software Deployment
5 7 (35.00%) Software Testing
6 2 (10.00%) Computer Science
6 2 (10.00%) ITSM
6 2 (10.00%) Problem Management
7 1 (5.00%) Case Management
7 1 (5.00%) Incident Management
Qualifications
1 11 (55.00%) DV Cleared
1 11 (55.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (25.00%) Degree
3 4 (20.00%) DBS Check
4 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (10.00%) A+ Certification
5 2 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (10.00%) MCP
6 1 (5.00%) CCNA
6 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (5.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (35.00%) Firmware
2 4 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (5.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (35.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 14 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (35.00%) HP
3 1 (5.00%) Sage
3 1 (5.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (5.00%) VMware