Deskside Engineer
UK

The median Deskside Engineer salary in the UK is £31,350 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 886 871 1196
Rank change year-on-year -15 +325 -289
Permanent jobs requiring a Deskside Engineer 21 89 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.089% 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.098% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 20 80 21
10th Percentile - £23,900 £25,500
25th Percentile £26,500 £25,400 £26,680
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,350 £26,840 £29,408
Median % change year-on-year +16.80% -8.73% -8.10%
75th Percentile £32,250 £29,580 £32,000
90th Percentile £34,425 £34,250 £36,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,350 £26,640 £26,680
% change year-on-year +17.68% -0.15% +6.72%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 94,634 91,081 154,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,599 57,631 84,466
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,974 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,183 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +6.37% +5.26%

Deskside Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Deskside Engineer in the UK

Deskside Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Deskside Engineer in the UK

Deskside Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Deskside Engineer over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Deskside Engineer in the UK

Deskside Engineer
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Deskside Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
England +5 20 £31,350 +16.80% 11
UK excluding London -66 18 £31,350 +17.68% 12
South West -8 12 £27,000 -1.82% 5
Midlands 0 4 £32,000 -4.48%
London +96 3 £33,000 -1.49% 2
East Midlands - 3 £32,000 -
Work from Home +63 2 £32,250 +24.04%
West Midlands +10 1 £33,500 -
South East -35 1 - -
Wales - 1 £33,500 -

Deskside Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, Deskside 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 featuring Deskside Engineer in the job title.

1 20 (95.24%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (80.95%) ITIL
3 16 (76.19%) Social Skills
4 14 (66.67%) Windows
4 14 (66.67%) Active Directory
5 13 (61.90%) Microsoft
6 11 (52.38%) SLA
7 9 (42.86%) Customer Service
7 9 (42.86%) Windows 10
8 8 (38.10%) Azure
9 7 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
9 7 (33.33%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
9 7 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 7 (33.33%) Degree
9 7 (33.33%) Service Management
9 7 (33.33%) Service Delivery
9 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (28.57%) DNS
10 6 (28.57%) DHCP
10 6 (28.57%) ServiceNow
11 5 (23.81%) Incident Management
12 4 (19.05%) Finance
12 4 (19.05%) Automotive
12 4 (19.05%) SCCM
12 4 (19.05%) Time Management
12 4 (19.05%) Android
12 4 (19.05%) iPhone
12 4 (19.05%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (19.05%) Dell

Deskside Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (95.24%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (38.10%) Azure
3 1 (4.76%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (33.33%) Remote Desktop
2 6 (28.57%) DHCP
2 6 (28.57%) DNS
3 3 (14.29%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (33.33%) Amazon RDS
General
1 16 (76.19%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Automotive
2 4 (19.05%) Finance
2 4 (19.05%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Banking
4 1 (4.76%) Legal
4 1 (4.76%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Driving Licence
1 4 (19.05%) iPhone
2 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (66.67%) Windows
2 9 (42.86%) Windows 10
3 4 (19.05%) Android
4 3 (14.29%) Windows Server
4 3 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
4 3 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
4 3 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (4.76%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (80.95%) ITIL
2 9 (42.86%) Customer Service
3 7 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
3 7 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 7 (33.33%) Service Management
4 5 (23.81%) Incident Management
5 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (19.05%) Time Management
6 1 (4.76%) Break/Fix
6 1 (4.76%) Case Management
6 1 (4.76%) Migration
6 1 (4.76%) Performance Tuning
6 1 (4.76%) Workflow
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) Degree
1 7 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (19.05%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (14.29%) DBS Check
4 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
4 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (52.38%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.76%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) SCCM
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (61.90%) Microsoft
2 6 (28.57%) ServiceNow
3 4 (19.05%) Dell