Desktop Support Engineer Jobs in the West Midlands

Desktop Support Engineer
England > West Midlands

The median Desktop Support Engineer salary in the West Midlands is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 251 242 290
Rank change year-on-year -9 +48 -61
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 5 9 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.062% 0.15% 0.052%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.066% 0.17% 0.055%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 4
10th Percentile £27,925 £23,949 £22,350
25th Percentile £30,063 £25,500 £24,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £26,500 £26,250
Median % change year-on-year +22.64% +0.95% -25.00%
75th Percentile £34,688 £28,750 £32,938
90th Percentile £36,375 £29,300 £43,175
England median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £33,000
% change year-on-year - -1.52% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 7,610 5,232 7,257
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.60% 89.94% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 5,613 3,238 4,837
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £29,552
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,762
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the West Midlands

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the West Midlands

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

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 West Midlands region over the 6 months to 3 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
Birmingham -22 2 £33,750 +32.35% 2
Solihull -5 1 £27,000 -1.82%
Shropshire -8 1 - -
Worcestershire - 1 £32,500 -
Desktop Support Engineer
England

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 3 June 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 West Midlands region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
4 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (40.00%) Azure
4 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (20.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 1 (20.00%) Software Deployment
5 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
5 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
5 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
5 1 (20.00%) Ticket Management
5 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
5 1 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
5 1 (20.00%) Fintech
5 1 (20.00%) Hardware Maintenance
5 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
5 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
5 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
5 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
5 1 (20.00%) Back Office
5 1 (20.00%) Finance
5 1 (20.00%) Legal

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (40.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (20.00%) Back Office
3 1 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (20.00%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (20.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Fintech
2 1 (20.00%) Hardware Maintenance
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) ITSM
2 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (20.00%) Software Deployment
2 1 (20.00%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) MCSE
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow