Desktop Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Desktop Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Desktop Engineer salary in the Midlands 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 300 297 331
Rank change year-on-year -3 +34 -48
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 21 13 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.16% 0.15% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.17% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 20 13 21
10th Percentile - £21,790 £24,000
25th Percentile £24,240 £23,949 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £26,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.64% -3.64% -21.43%
75th Percentile £33,750 £28,750 £29,500
90th Percentile £43,227 £33,900 £32,000
England median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year - -4.41% -2.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 12,402 7,667 10,697
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 89.54% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,032 4,534 7,065
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,250 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in the Midlands

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Desktop Engineer in the Midlands

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Desktop Engineer in the Midlands

Desktop Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the Midlands 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
East Midlands -3 13 £32,500 +44.44% 1
West Midlands -14 8 £32,500 +21.50% 3
Desktop Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 across the Midlands region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 18 (85.71%) Windows
2 17 (80.95%) Microsoft
3 14 (66.67%) Active Directory
4 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
4 10 (47.62%) Customer Service
5 9 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (38.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (38.10%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
7 7 (33.33%) Degree
7 7 (33.33%) Security Cleared
7 7 (33.33%) Mac OS
7 7 (33.33%) Driving Licence
8 6 (28.57%) DBS Check
8 6 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (28.57%) Onboarding
8 6 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (28.57%) Network Security
8 6 (28.57%) Computer Science
8 6 (28.57%) SLA
8 6 (28.57%) A+ Certification
8 6 (28.57%) MCP
9 5 (23.81%) Dell
9 5 (23.81%) Asset Management
9 5 (23.81%) PCI DSS
9 5 (23.81%) KVM
9 5 (23.81%) Proactive Maintenance
9 5 (23.81%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (19.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (19.05%) Entra ID

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

Applications
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (19.05%) Azure
2 4 (19.05%) Entra ID
3 2 (9.52%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (38.10%) Wi-Fi
2 6 (28.57%) Network Security
3 1 (4.76%) DNS
3 1 (4.76%) LAN
3 1 (4.76%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (4.76%) SAN
3 1 (4.76%) VPN
General
1 10 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 4 (19.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (9.52%) Police
4 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.76%) Back Office
4 1 (4.76%) Finance
4 1 (4.76%) Legal
4 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 7 (33.33%) Driving Licence
2 6 (28.57%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.76%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.76%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 18 (85.71%) Windows
2 7 (33.33%) Mac OS
3 3 (14.29%) Windows 10
4 2 (9.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) Customer Service
2 9 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 5 (23.81%) Asset Management
4 5 (23.81%) Proactive Maintenance
5 3 (14.29%) ITIL
6 2 (9.52%) Agile
7 1 (4.76%) Business Continuity
7 1 (4.76%) Business Strategy
7 1 (4.76%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (4.76%) Data Protection
7 1 (4.76%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (4.76%) Incident Management
7 1 (4.76%) ITSM
7 1 (4.76%) Performance Monitoring
7 1 (4.76%) Problem Management
7 1 (4.76%) Software Deployment
7 1 (4.76%) Statistics
7 1 (4.76%) System Testing
7 1 (4.76%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (33.33%) Degree
2 7 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 6 (28.57%) A+ Certification
3 6 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (28.57%) DBS Check
3 6 (28.57%) MCP
4 5 (23.81%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (9.52%) DV Cleared
5 2 (9.52%) MCSE
5 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) SLA
2 5 (23.81%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 5 (23.81%) KVM
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) SCCM
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 17 (80.95%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) Dell
3 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.76%) Agilent
4 1 (4.76%) Apple
4 1 (4.76%) Cisco
4 1 (4.76%) HP