Desktop Engineer
UK

The median Desktop Engineer salary in the UK is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 655 694 877
Rank change year-on-year +39 +183 -89
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 249 291 329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.29% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.31% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 226 249 263
10th Percentile £24,240 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,250 £28,750 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £33,500 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.99% +1.52% -
75th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,500
90th Percentile £54,750 £54,000 £57,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £29,000 £29,400 £29,500
% change year-on-year -1.36% -0.34% -1.67%

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 93,878 92,381 151,160
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,248 58,258 84,340
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 £71,250 £81,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in the UK

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Desktop Engineer in the UK

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Desktop Engineer in the UK

Desktop Engineer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 10 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 +33 214 £32,500 -4.41% 48
UK excluding London -10 165 £29,000 -1.36% 40
London +73 82 £42,500 +11.84% 18
South East -24 43 £31,250 +5.22% 4
North of England +56 30 £28,000 -8.20% 4
South West -21 29 £29,290 +6.51% 6
Work from Home +37 28 £49,000 +40.00% 9
Wales +22 20 £28,290 +2.87% 2
North West +4 19 £27,000 -10.00% 2
Midlands -7 18 £27,500 +3.77% 3
East Midlands -3 14 £30,000 +12.15% 1
East of England +13 12 £24,240 -30.74% 11
Scotland -49 12 £24,240 -25.42% 9
Yorkshire +96 11 £32,500 -15.13% 1
West Midlands -4 4 £27,000 +1.89% 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £35,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 10 May 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 featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 191 (76.71%) Windows
2 175 (70.28%) Microsoft
3 156 (62.65%) Active Directory
4 111 (44.58%) Microsoft 365
5 99 (39.76%) Social Skills
6 92 (36.95%) Microsoft Office
7 71 (28.51%) Windows 10
8 59 (23.69%) Customer Service
9 58 (23.29%) Finance
10 56 (22.49%) Microsoft Intune
10 56 (22.49%) Azure
11 54 (21.69%) Problem-Solving
12 47 (18.88%) Degree
12 47 (18.88%) Driving Licence
13 46 (18.47%) Security Cleared
14 45 (18.07%) Microsoft Exchange
15 44 (17.67%) SCCM
15 44 (17.67%) Entra ID
16 42 (16.87%) ITIL
17 39 (15.66%) Microsoft Certification
18 38 (15.26%) Break/Fix
19 33 (13.25%) Onboarding
20 32 (12.85%) Mac OS
21 31 (12.45%) DBS Check
21 31 (12.45%) OneDrive
21 31 (12.45%) Computer Science
22 30 (12.05%) Computer Science Degree
22 30 (12.05%) A+ Certification
22 30 (12.05%) Microsoft Excel
22 30 (12.05%) Remote Desktop

Desktop 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:

Application Platforms
1 45 (18.07%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (3.21%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.41%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.80%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (0.40%) CMS
Applications
1 92 (36.95%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (12.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 29 (11.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 111 (44.58%) Microsoft 365
2 56 (22.49%) Azure
3 44 (17.67%) Entra ID
4 31 (12.45%) OneDrive
5 8 (3.21%) Mimecast
6 5 (2.01%) WhatsApp
7 3 (1.20%) AWS
8 2 (0.80%) GCP
8 2 (0.80%) Slack
9 1 (0.40%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.40%) PaaS
9 1 (0.40%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.40%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (12.05%) Remote Desktop
2 29 (11.65%) Network Security
3 28 (11.24%) DNS
4 23 (9.24%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (6.43%) LAN
6 15 (6.02%) Firewall
7 14 (5.62%) VPN
8 10 (4.02%) Skype
9 9 (3.61%) DHCP
10 8 (3.21%) TCP/IP
11 6 (2.41%) WAN
12 5 (2.01%) Cisco IOS
13 4 (1.61%) WebEx
14 3 (1.20%) Telepresence
14 3 (1.20%) VoIP
15 2 (0.80%) Internet
16 1 (0.40%) FTP
16 1 (0.40%) PSTN
16 1 (0.40%) SAN
16 1 (0.40%) SMTP
Development Applications
1 1 (0.40%) JIRA
1 1 (0.40%) MSI
1 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio
General
1 99 (39.76%) Social Skills
2 58 (23.29%) Finance
3 21 (8.43%) Organisational Skills
4 19 (7.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (3.21%) Automotive
5 8 (3.21%) Banking
6 7 (2.81%) Legal
7 6 (2.41%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.61%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (1.61%) Law
9 3 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.80%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.80%) Billing
10 2 (0.80%) Games
10 2 (0.80%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.80%) Public Sector
10 2 (0.80%) Retail
11 1 (0.40%) Back Office
11 1 (0.40%) Electronics
11 1 (0.40%) Investment Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.82%) WPF
2 7 (2.81%) WinForms
3 5 (2.01%) .NET
4 1 (0.40%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.40%) CSS
4 1 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (18.88%) Driving Licence
2 33 (13.25%) Onboarding
3 29 (11.65%) Smartphone
4 8 (3.21%) Video Conferencing
5 7 (2.81%) iPhone
6 4 (1.61%) CMDB
7 3 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.80%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.80%) Blackberry
8 2 (0.80%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.80%) Fat Client
8 2 (0.80%) iPad
8 2 (0.80%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.80%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.80%) Thin Client
9 1 (0.40%) Derivative
9 1 (0.40%) EPoS
9 1 (0.40%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.40%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 191 (76.71%) Windows
2 71 (28.51%) Windows 10
3 32 (12.85%) Mac OS
4 29 (11.65%) Windows 7
5 17 (6.83%) Android
6 15 (6.02%) Windows Server
7 9 (3.61%) Apple iOS
8 6 (2.41%) Linux
8 6 (2.41%) Mac OS X
9 5 (2.01%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.80%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (23.69%) Customer Service
2 54 (21.69%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (16.87%) ITIL
4 38 (15.26%) Break/Fix
5 31 (12.45%) Computer Science
6 28 (11.24%) Ticket Management
7 24 (9.64%) Asset Management
8 19 (7.63%) Proactive Maintenance
9 15 (6.02%) ITSM
10 13 (5.22%) Service Delivery
11 12 (4.82%) Mobile Device Management
11 12 (4.82%) Software Deployment
11 12 (4.82%) Time Management
12 9 (3.61%) Customer Requirements
12 9 (3.61%) Software Testing
13 8 (3.21%) Service Management
13 8 (3.21%) Software Engineering
14 7 (2.81%) Change Management
14 7 (2.81%) Continuous Improvement
14 7 (2.81%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.61%) SQL
2 8 (3.21%) C#
3 6 (2.41%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.01%) C
5 4 (1.61%) C++
6 1 (0.40%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.40%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 47 (18.88%) Degree
2 46 (18.47%) Security Cleared
3 39 (15.66%) Microsoft Certification
4 31 (12.45%) DBS Check
5 30 (12.05%) A+ Certification
5 30 (12.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (11.65%) MCP
7 19 (7.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 16 (6.43%) SC Cleared
9 13 (5.22%) DV Cleared
10 5 (2.01%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.20%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (1.20%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.20%) MBA
12 2 (0.80%) CCNA
12 2 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.40%) MCSA
13 1 (0.40%) MCSE
13 1 (0.40%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.64%) SLA
2 19 (7.63%) PCI DSS
3 9 (3.61%) GDPR
4 1 (0.40%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 156 (62.65%) Active Directory
2 19 (7.63%) KVM
3 11 (4.42%) Hyper-V
4 10 (4.02%) Firmware
5 4 (1.61%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (1.20%) vSphere
7 2 (0.80%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.40%) Microsoft App-V
8 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 56 (22.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (17.67%) SCCM
3 2 (0.80%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.40%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.40%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.40%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.40%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.40%) WSUS
4 1 (0.40%) XenMobile
Vendors
1 175 (70.28%) Microsoft
2 27 (10.84%) Dell
3 20 (8.03%) ServiceNow
4 14 (5.62%) Apple
5 12 (4.82%) HP
6 11 (4.42%) Citrix
6 11 (4.42%) MobileIron
7 10 (4.02%) Cisco
7 10 (4.02%) McAfee
8 8 (3.21%) Bloomberg
9 7 (2.81%) VMware
10 4 (1.61%) Ivanti
11 3 (1.20%) Polycom
12 2 (0.80%) Cognizant
12 2 (0.80%) Okta
12 2 (0.80%) SolarWinds
12 2 (0.80%) Trayport
13 1 (0.40%) Avaya
13 1 (0.40%) Snow
13 1 (0.40%) Xerox