Desktop Support Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Desktop Support Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £28,290 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 619 624 748
Rank change year-on-year +5 +124 -108
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 140 126 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.20% 0.21% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.24% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 131 112 86
10th Percentile £24,240 £25,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £25,760 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,290 £27,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.87% -8.33% +1.69%
75th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £34,500
90th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £40,340
UK median annual salary £29,605 £32,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year -8.91% -1.52% +1.54%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,966 52,773 69,497
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.88% 89.23% 95.72%
Number of salaries quoted 47,979 30,132 42,817
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Desktop Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding 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
South East +1 34 £29,500 +0.34% 4
South West -23 30 £29,290 +6.51% 3
North of England +48 26 £28,000 +12.00% 2
North West +8 20 £27,000 +8.00% 1
Midlands -2 16 £32,500 +22.64% 5
Wales +13 13 £28,290 +2.87%
East of England +6 12 £24,240 -30.74% 2
East Midlands -8 12 £32,500 +21.50% 1
Scotland -59 8 £24,240 -25.42% 3
Yorkshire +87 6 £32,500 -7.14% 1
West Midlands +8 4 £32,500 +22.64% 4
Northern Ireland - 1 £35,000 - 1
Desktop Support Engineer
UK

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 115 (82.14%) Windows
2 108 (77.14%) Microsoft
3 78 (55.71%) Active Directory
4 65 (46.43%) Social Skills
5 57 (40.71%) Microsoft Office
6 49 (35.00%) Microsoft 365
7 47 (33.57%) Driving Licence
8 44 (31.43%) Security Cleared
9 37 (26.43%) Windows 10
9 37 (26.43%) Break/Fix
9 37 (26.43%) Problem-Solving
10 35 (25.00%) Customer Service
11 31 (22.14%) Azure
12 30 (21.43%) Microsoft Intune
12 30 (21.43%) SCCM
13 29 (20.71%) Microsoft Certification
13 29 (20.71%) Degree
14 28 (20.00%) Entra ID
15 26 (18.57%) Remote Desktop
16 25 (17.86%) Microsoft Excel
16 25 (17.86%) Ticket Management
16 25 (17.86%) OneDrive
16 25 (17.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
17 22 (15.71%) Computer Science
17 22 (15.71%) Windows 7
17 22 (15.71%) Dell
18 21 (15.00%) Wi-Fi
18 21 (15.00%) MCP
18 21 (15.00%) A+ Certification
18 21 (15.00%) Mac OS

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 5 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.43%) SharePoint
Applications
1 57 (40.71%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (17.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (17.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 49 (35.00%) Microsoft 365
2 31 (22.14%) Azure
3 28 (20.00%) Entra ID
4 25 (17.86%) OneDrive
5 1 (0.71%) AWS
5 1 (0.71%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 26 (18.57%) Remote Desktop
2 21 (15.00%) Network Security
2 21 (15.00%) Wi-Fi
3 12 (8.57%) LAN
4 8 (5.71%) DNS
5 7 (5.00%) TCP/IP
6 5 (3.57%) DHCP
7 4 (2.86%) Firewall
8 3 (2.14%) WAN
9 2 (1.43%) Internet
9 2 (1.43%) VoIP
9 2 (1.43%) VPN
10 1 (0.71%) HTTP
10 1 (0.71%) SAN
10 1 (0.71%) Wireless
General
1 65 (46.43%) Social Skills
2 21 (15.00%) Organisational Skills
3 20 (14.29%) Finance
4 5 (3.57%) Automotive
5 3 (2.14%) Law
6 2 (1.43%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.43%) Billing
6 2 (1.43%) Games
6 2 (1.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.43%) Legal
6 2 (1.43%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.43%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.71%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.71%) Back Office
7 1 (0.71%) Electronics
7 1 (0.71%) Marketing
7 1 (0.71%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.71%) CSS
1 1 (0.71%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (33.57%) Driving Licence
2 21 (15.00%) Onboarding
3 14 (10.00%) Smartphone
4 7 (5.00%) iPhone
5 3 (2.14%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.43%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.43%) Fat Client
6 2 (1.43%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.71%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.71%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.71%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.71%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 115 (82.14%) Windows
2 37 (26.43%) Windows 10
3 22 (15.71%) Windows 7
4 21 (15.00%) Mac OS
5 7 (5.00%) Android
6 6 (4.29%) Windows Server
7 2 (1.43%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (26.43%) Break/Fix
1 37 (26.43%) Problem-Solving
2 35 (25.00%) Customer Service
3 25 (17.86%) Ticket Management
4 22 (15.71%) Computer Science
5 19 (13.57%) Asset Management
6 18 (12.86%) ITIL
6 18 (12.86%) Proactive Maintenance
7 13 (9.29%) Time Management
8 12 (8.57%) Mobile Device Management
9 10 (7.14%) Software Deployment
10 9 (6.43%) Service Delivery
11 8 (5.71%) Customer Requirements
11 8 (5.71%) Software Testing
12 6 (4.29%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (4.29%) Incident Management
13 5 (3.57%) ITSM
14 3 (2.14%) Service Management
14 3 (2.14%) Statistics
15 2 (1.43%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.43%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.71%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 44 (31.43%) Security Cleared
2 29 (20.71%) Degree
2 29 (20.71%) Microsoft Certification
3 21 (15.00%) A+ Certification
3 21 (15.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (15.00%) DBS Check
3 21 (15.00%) MCP
4 18 (12.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 15 (10.71%) SC Cleared
6 12 (8.57%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.86%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.71%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.71%) CCNA
8 1 (0.71%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.71%) MCSA
8 1 (0.71%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (14.29%) SLA
2 18 (12.86%) PCI DSS
3 9 (6.43%) GDPR
System Software
1 78 (55.71%) Active Directory
2 18 (12.86%) KVM
3 8 (5.71%) Firmware
4 2 (1.43%) Terminal Services
5 1 (0.71%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.71%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 30 (21.43%) Microsoft Intune
1 30 (21.43%) SCCM
2 2 (1.43%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 108 (77.14%) Microsoft
2 22 (15.71%) Dell
3 12 (8.57%) McAfee
3 12 (8.57%) MobileIron
4 10 (7.14%) ServiceNow
5 9 (6.43%) HP
6 3 (2.14%) Citrix
7 2 (1.43%) Cognizant
8 1 (0.71%) Agilent
8 1 (0.71%) Aruba
8 1 (0.71%) SAP
8 1 (0.71%) VMware