Desktop Support Jobs in the North West

Desktop Support
England > North West

The median Desktop Support salary in the North West is £27,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 292 261 326
Rank change year-on-year -31 +65 -74
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 21 29 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.18% 0.40% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.45% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 19 22 13
10th Percentile £23,592 £14,250 -
25th Percentile £26,000 £25,000 £25,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £27,000 £25,840 £28,750
Median % change year-on-year +4.49% -10.12% +6.48%
75th Percentile £33,750 £26,260 £33,000
90th Percentile £35,200 £28,652 -
England median annual salary £32,500 £31,500 £33,500
% change year-on-year +3.17% -5.97% +3.08%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 10,836 6,498 9,523
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 89.52% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8,080 3,977 5,427
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Desktop Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in the North West

Desktop Support
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Desktop Support in the North West

Desktop Support
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support in the North West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Desktop Support in the North West

Desktop Support
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support within the North West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Lancashire - 9 £27,000 -
Cheshire -25 6 £34,500 +33.51% 1
Merseyside +8 3 £22,000 -20.77%
Manchester +4 3 £29,000 +16.00%
Desktop Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Desktop Support 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 North West region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 16 (76.19%) Windows
1 16 (76.19%) Microsoft
2 14 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (47.62%) Driving Licence
4 9 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (28.57%) TCP/IP
5 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
5 6 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
7 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (19.05%) SCCM
7 4 (19.05%) Degree
8 3 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (14.29%) ServiceNow
8 3 (14.29%) Windows 10
8 3 (14.29%) Law
8 3 (14.29%) Firewall
8 3 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (14.29%) LAN
8 3 (14.29%) WAN
9 2 (9.52%) Windows XP
9 2 (9.52%) VPN
9 2 (9.52%) DNS
9 2 (9.52%) Citrix
9 2 (9.52%) Thin Client
9 2 (9.52%) Terminal Services
9 2 (9.52%) Internet
9 2 (9.52%) DHCP
9 2 (9.52%) Service Management

Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.76%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 9 (42.86%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (4.76%) AWS
2 1 (4.76%) Azure
2 1 (4.76%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) TCP/IP
2 3 (14.29%) Firewall
2 3 (14.29%) LAN
2 3 (14.29%) WAN
2 3 (14.29%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (9.52%) DHCP
3 2 (9.52%) DNS
3 2 (9.52%) Internet
3 2 (9.52%) VPN
4 1 (4.76%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (4.76%) Wireless
General
1 6 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (14.29%) Law
3 2 (9.52%) Billing
3 2 (9.52%) Legal
4 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 10 (47.62%) Driving Licence
2 3 (14.29%) Video Conferencing
3 2 (9.52%) Fat Client
3 2 (9.52%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 16 (76.19%) Windows
2 3 (14.29%) Windows 10
3 2 (9.52%) Windows XP
4 1 (4.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (9.52%) Customer Service
2 2 (9.52%) ITSM
2 2 (9.52%) Service Management
2 2 (9.52%) Statistics
3 1 (4.76%) Asset Management
3 1 (4.76%) Data Management
3 1 (4.76%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (4.76%) Document Management
3 1 (4.76%) ITIL
3 1 (4.76%) Proactive Maintenance
3 1 (4.76%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (23.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (19.05%) Degree
3 1 (4.76%) A+ Certification
3 1 (4.76%) AWS Certification
3 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (4.76%) CCNA
3 1 (4.76%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) PCI DSS
1 1 (4.76%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.52%) Terminal Services
3 1 (4.76%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.76%) KVM
3 1 (4.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (19.05%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (76.19%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) ServiceNow
3 2 (9.52%) Citrix
4 1 (4.76%) Aruba
4 1 (4.76%) Dell
4 1 (4.76%) Unisys
4 1 (4.76%) VMware