Desktop Support Jobs in the South East

Desktop Support
England > South East

The median Desktop Support salary in the South East is £29,500 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 367 328 431
Rank change year-on-year -39 +103 -65
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 37 49 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.20% 0.37% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.41% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 32 35 60
10th Percentile - £25,000 £22,500
25th Percentile £25,760 £26,000 £26,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,500 £29,400 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.34% -2.00% -
75th Percentile £34,500 £32,750 £36,000
90th Percentile £37,700 £35,100 £41,750
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
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 17,582 11,899 20,479
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 89.64% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12,383 7,812 12,372
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support in the South East

Desktop Support
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support in the South East.

Salary trend for Desktop Support in the South East

Desktop Support
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Desktop Support in the South East

Desktop Support
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support within the South East 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
Thames Valley +2 15 £34,500 +9.52%
East Sussex +25 14 £25,760 +3.04% 1
Berkshire +18 13 £34,500 +15.00%
Hampshire -59 3 £33,500 +13.95%
Buckinghamshire -14 2 £28,500 -2.56%
Kent -20 2 - - 2
Middlesex - 2 £30,250 -
Surrey -16 1 - - 2
Desktop Support
England

Desktop Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

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 South East region featuring Desktop Support in the job title.

1 26 (70.27%) Windows
2 25 (67.57%) Social Skills
3 21 (56.76%) Microsoft
4 16 (43.24%) Azure
4 16 (43.24%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (40.54%) Active Directory
6 14 (37.84%) Entra ID
7 13 (35.14%) Break/Fix
7 13 (35.14%) Microsoft Intune
8 12 (32.43%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (32.43%) Remote Desktop
8 12 (32.43%) Ticket Management
9 11 (29.73%) Windows 10
9 11 (29.73%) OneDrive
9 11 (29.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 11 (29.73%) Microsoft Excel
10 10 (27.03%) Security Cleared
11 9 (24.32%) DV Cleared
11 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Office
12 7 (18.92%) Customer Service
12 7 (18.92%) ITIL
13 6 (16.22%) Software Deployment
13 6 (16.22%) Windows 7
14 5 (13.51%) Customer Requirements
14 5 (13.51%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (13.51%) SCCM
14 5 (13.51%) Software Testing
14 5 (13.51%) LAN
14 5 (13.51%) HP
14 5 (13.51%) Firmware

Desktop Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (29.73%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (29.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 9 (24.32%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 16 (43.24%) Azure
1 16 (43.24%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (37.84%) Entra ID
3 11 (29.73%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 12 (32.43%) Remote Desktop
2 5 (13.51%) LAN
3 3 (8.11%) DNS
4 2 (5.41%) DHCP
5 1 (2.70%) Firewall
5 1 (2.70%) TCP/IP
General
1 25 (67.57%) Social Skills
2 5 (13.51%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (8.11%) Multimedia
4 2 (5.41%) Law
5 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (2.70%) Legal
5 1 (2.70%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Driving Licence
1 4 (10.81%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (5.41%) Data Centre
2 2 (5.41%) Smartphone
3 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.70%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 26 (70.27%) Windows
2 11 (29.73%) Windows 10
3 6 (16.22%) Windows 7
4 4 (10.81%) Windows Server
5 3 (8.11%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.70%) Android
6 1 (2.70%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (35.14%) Break/Fix
2 12 (32.43%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (32.43%) Ticket Management
3 7 (18.92%) Customer Service
3 7 (18.92%) ITIL
4 6 (16.22%) Software Deployment
5 5 (13.51%) Customer Requirements
5 5 (13.51%) Service Delivery
5 5 (13.51%) Software Testing
6 4 (10.81%) Asset Management
7 3 (8.11%) IT Asset Management
8 2 (5.41%) DevOps
8 2 (5.41%) Migration
9 1 (2.70%) Case Management
9 1 (2.70%) Data Protection
9 1 (2.70%) Disaster Recovery
9 1 (2.70%) High Availability
9 1 (2.70%) Incident Management
9 1 (2.70%) Logistics
9 1 (2.70%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.70%) PowerShell
1 1 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (27.03%) Security Cleared
2 9 (24.32%) DV Cleared
3 3 (8.11%) Degree
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (2.70%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.11%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (40.54%) Active Directory
2 5 (13.51%) Firmware
3 2 (5.41%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (2.70%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 13 (35.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (13.51%) SCCM
Vendors
1 21 (56.76%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.51%) HP
3 2 (5.41%) Citrix
3 2 (5.41%) Cognizant
4 1 (2.70%) ServiceNow