Junior Desktop Support Engineer Jobs

Junior Desktop Support Engineer
UK

The median Junior Desktop Support Engineer salary in the UK is £24,240 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 20 May 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 852 968 1238
Rank change year-on-year +116 +270 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Desktop Support Engineer 32 7 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.032% 0.007% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.008% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 32 7 4
10th Percentile - £19,500 -
25th Percentile - £19,740 £19,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,240 £20,850 £20,250
Median % change year-on-year +16.26% +2.96% -
75th Percentile £26,000 £33,750 £22,938
90th Percentile £27,000 £33,850 £25,525
UK excluding London median annual salary £24,240 £20,175 £19,500
% change year-on-year +20.15% +3.46% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Junior Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Desktop Support Engineer in the UK

Junior Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Junior Desktop Support Engineer in the UK

Junior Desktop Support Engineer
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Desktop Support Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 20 May 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
UK excluding London +20 30 £24,240 +20.15%
England +104 26 £24,240 +16.26% 1
North of England - 10 £27,000 -
North West - 10 £27,000 -
East of England - 9 £24,240 -
Scotland - 6 £24,240 -
East Midlands - 5 £24,240 -
Midlands - 5 £24,240 -
London +106 2 £27,120 -16.55% 1

Junior Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 20 May 2024, Junior 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 featuring Junior Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 26 (81.25%) Microsoft
1 26 (81.25%) Windows
2 25 (78.13%) Driving Licence
3 19 (59.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 19 (59.38%) KVM
3 19 (59.38%) Proactive Maintenance
3 19 (59.38%) Dell
3 19 (59.38%) SLA
3 19 (59.38%) Wi-Fi
3 19 (59.38%) PCI DSS
3 19 (59.38%) Security Cleared
3 19 (59.38%) Asset Management
4 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
6 1 (3.13%) Smartphone
6 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (3.13%) DNS

Junior Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (3.13%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 19 (59.38%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (3.13%) DNS
Miscellaneous
1 25 (78.13%) Driving Licence
2 1 (3.13%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 26 (81.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (59.38%) Asset Management
1 19 (59.38%) Proactive Maintenance
2 6 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 19 (59.38%) BPSS Clearance
1 19 (59.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (59.38%) PCI DSS
1 19 (59.38%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (59.38%) KVM
2 1 (3.13%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 26 (81.25%) Microsoft
2 19 (59.38%) Dell