Desktop Support Engineer Jobs in England

Desktop Support Engineer
UK > England

The median Desktop Support Engineer salary in England is £32,500 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 655 721 927
Rank change year-on-year +66 +206 -119
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 195 199 243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.24% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.26% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 172 177 207
10th Percentile £24,240 £25,750 £25,900
25th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £28,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £33,000
Median % change year-on-year - -1.52% -
75th Percentile £35,250 £38,000 £41,750
90th Percentile £47,500 £45,400 £58,750
UK median annual salary £30,000 £32,500 £33,250
% change year-on-year -7.69% -2.26% +0.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 86,435 76,952 135,807
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.31% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 63,785 50,234 75,047
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
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 England

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in England

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Desktop Support Engineer in England

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Desktop Support Engineer in England

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Locations in England

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 England 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
London +91 77 £40,000 +5.26% 7
South East -16 33 £29,000 -1.36% 4
South West -32 31 £29,290 +6.51% 3
North of England +43 25 £28,000 +10.89% 5
North West -4 19 £27,000 +8.00% 4
Midlands -4 17 £32,500 +22.64% 2
East of England 0 12 £24,240 -25.42% 1
East Midlands -4 12 £32,500 +44.44%
Yorkshire +65 6 £32,500 +3.17% 1
West Midlands -14 5 £32,500 +22.64% 2
Desktop Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 England region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 153 (78.46%) Windows
2 143 (73.33%) Microsoft
3 124 (63.59%) Active Directory
4 86 (44.10%) Microsoft Office
5 85 (43.59%) Microsoft 365
6 82 (42.05%) Social Skills
7 57 (29.23%) Windows 10
8 49 (25.13%) Customer Service
9 44 (22.56%) Finance
9 44 (22.56%) SCCM
10 42 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
10 42 (21.54%) Driving Licence
11 41 (21.03%) Security Cleared
12 40 (20.51%) Degree
13 39 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
13 39 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
13 39 (20.00%) Azure
14 34 (17.44%) Microsoft Certification
15 32 (16.41%) ITIL
16 31 (15.90%) Entra ID
17 28 (14.36%) Windows 7
18 27 (13.85%) Break/Fix
18 27 (13.85%) Onboarding
18 27 (13.85%) Smartphone
19 25 (12.82%) Computer Science
20 24 (12.31%) A+ Certification
20 24 (12.31%) Computer Science Degree
20 24 (12.31%) Mac OS
21 23 (11.79%) DBS Check
21 23 (11.79%) DNS

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 39 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.08%) Skype for Business
3 5 (2.56%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.54%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (1.54%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.51%) CMS
Applications
1 86 (44.10%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (8.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.54%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 85 (43.59%) Microsoft 365
2 39 (20.00%) Azure
3 31 (15.90%) Entra ID
4 15 (7.69%) OneDrive
5 7 (3.59%) Mimecast
6 6 (3.08%) WhatsApp
7 3 (1.54%) Slack
8 1 (0.51%) AWS
8 1 (0.51%) GCP
8 1 (0.51%) Google Workspace
8 1 (0.51%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (11.79%) DNS
1 23 (11.79%) Network Security
2 20 (10.26%) Wi-Fi
3 17 (8.72%) Remote Desktop
4 13 (6.67%) LAN
5 10 (5.13%) Skype
6 7 (3.59%) DHCP
6 7 (3.59%) Firewall
7 6 (3.08%) TCP/IP
8 5 (2.56%) Cisco IOS
8 5 (2.56%) VPN
8 5 (2.56%) WAN
9 3 (1.54%) Telepresence
10 2 (1.03%) Internet
10 2 (1.03%) VoIP
10 2 (1.03%) WebEx
11 1 (0.51%) PSTN
11 1 (0.51%) SAN
11 1 (0.51%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (0.51%) JIRA
1 1 (0.51%) MSI
General
1 82 (42.05%) Social Skills
2 44 (22.56%) Finance
3 20 (10.26%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (5.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (4.10%) Automotive
5 8 (4.10%) Legal
6 7 (3.59%) Banking
7 4 (2.05%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.54%) Law
8 3 (1.54%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.54%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.03%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.03%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.03%) Billing
10 1 (0.51%) Back Office
10 1 (0.51%) Games
10 1 (0.51%) Marketing
10 1 (0.51%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.51%) Retail
10 1 (0.51%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 42 (21.54%) Driving Licence
2 27 (13.85%) Onboarding
2 27 (13.85%) Smartphone
3 8 (4.10%) Video Conferencing
4 6 (3.08%) iPhone
5 4 (2.05%) Management Information System
6 3 (1.54%) iPad
6 3 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.03%) Blackberry
7 2 (1.03%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.03%) Fat Client
7 2 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.03%) Thin Client
8 1 (0.51%) CMDB
8 1 (0.51%) Derivative
8 1 (0.51%) EPoS
8 1 (0.51%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.51%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 153 (78.46%) Windows
2 57 (29.23%) Windows 10
3 28 (14.36%) Windows 7
4 24 (12.31%) Mac OS
5 14 (7.18%) Windows Server
6 12 (6.15%) Android
7 6 (3.08%) Mac OS X
8 5 (2.56%) Apple iOS
8 5 (2.56%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (1.03%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.51%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (25.13%) Customer Service
2 42 (21.54%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (16.41%) ITIL
4 27 (13.85%) Break/Fix
5 25 (12.82%) Computer Science
6 20 (10.26%) Asset Management
7 15 (7.69%) Ticket Management
8 14 (7.18%) ITSM
8 14 (7.18%) Proactive Maintenance
8 14 (7.18%) Time Management
9 13 (6.67%) Mobile Device Management
10 10 (5.13%) Software Deployment
11 9 (4.62%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (4.62%) Service Delivery
12 8 (4.10%) Root Cause Analysis
12 8 (4.10%) Service Management
13 7 (3.59%) Customer Requirements
13 7 (3.59%) Software Testing
14 6 (3.08%) Incident Management
15 4 (2.05%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (2.56%) PowerShell
2 1 (0.51%) SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (21.03%) Security Cleared
2 40 (20.51%) Degree
3 34 (17.44%) Microsoft Certification
4 24 (12.31%) A+ Certification
4 24 (12.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 23 (11.79%) DBS Check
5 23 (11.79%) MCP
6 16 (8.21%) SC Cleared
7 14 (7.18%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (5.64%) DV Cleared
9 5 (2.56%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 3 (1.54%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.54%) MBA
11 2 (1.03%) MCSE
12 1 (0.51%) AWS Certification
12 1 (0.51%) CCNA
12 1 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
12 1 (0.51%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (9.74%) SLA
2 14 (7.18%) PCI DSS
3 4 (2.05%) GDPR
4 1 (0.51%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 124 (63.59%) Active Directory
2 14 (7.18%) KVM
3 10 (5.13%) Hyper-V
4 8 (4.10%) Firmware
5 6 (3.08%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (1.54%) vSphere
7 2 (1.03%) Terminal Services
8 1 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 44 (22.56%) SCCM
2 39 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.03%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.03%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.51%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.51%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 143 (73.33%) Microsoft
2 21 (10.77%) Dell
2 21 (10.77%) ServiceNow
3 12 (6.15%) Citrix
3 12 (6.15%) McAfee
3 12 (6.15%) MobileIron
4 11 (5.64%) Apple
5 10 (5.13%) Bloomberg
6 9 (4.62%) HP
6 9 (4.62%) VMware
7 8 (4.10%) Cisco
8 3 (1.54%) Ivanti
8 3 (1.54%) Lotus
8 3 (1.54%) Okta
8 3 (1.54%) Polycom
9 2 (1.03%) Cognizant
9 2 (1.03%) Trayport
10 1 (0.51%) Agilent
10 1 (0.51%) Google
10 1 (0.51%) Symantec