Desktop Engineer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Desktop Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Desktop Engineer salary in Work from Home is £45,000 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 568 603 811
Rank change year-on-year +35 +208 -234
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 32 46 81
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.092% 0.12% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.12% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 31 43 53
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £36,500 £29,500 £29,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% - -7.89%
75th Percentile £55,000 £45,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £53,750 £57,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year - -4.41% -2.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 33,479 36,977 72,509
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.22% 95.95% 97.33%
Number of salaries quoted 25,508 26,851 42,434
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Desktop Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Desktop Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Desktop Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Desktop Engineer.

Desktop Engineer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Desktop Engineer over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Desktop Engineer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with remote work options featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 23 (71.88%) Windows
2 22 (68.75%) Active Directory
3 20 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (43.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (40.63%) Windows 10
5 13 (40.63%) Microsoft
6 11 (34.38%) ITIL
7 10 (31.25%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (28.13%) Azure
9 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
9 8 (25.00%) Finance
9 8 (25.00%) Firewall
10 7 (21.88%) SQL
10 7 (21.88%) VPN
11 6 (18.75%) Customer Service
12 5 (15.63%) TCP/IP
12 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
12 5 (15.63%) Entra ID
12 5 (15.63%) DNS
12 5 (15.63%) .NET
12 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Exchange
12 5 (15.63%) WPF
12 5 (15.63%) SCCM
13 4 (12.50%) Banking
13 4 (12.50%) ITSM
13 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
13 4 (12.50%) PowerShell
14 3 (9.38%) Citrix
14 3 (9.38%) VMware
15 2 (6.25%) Law

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 5 (15.63%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
2 9 (28.13%) Azure
3 5 (15.63%) Entra ID
4 2 (6.25%) AWS
4 2 (6.25%) WhatsApp
5 1 (3.13%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (25.00%) Firewall
2 7 (21.88%) VPN
3 5 (15.63%) DNS
3 5 (15.63%) TCP/IP
4 2 (6.25%) DHCP
4 2 (6.25%) FTP
4 2 (6.25%) Internet
4 2 (6.25%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (6.25%) SMTP
4 2 (6.25%) SNMP
4 2 (6.25%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (3.13%) HTTP
5 1 (3.13%) LAN
5 1 (3.13%) VLAN
5 1 (3.13%) WAN
5 1 (3.13%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) MSI
1 1 (3.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (43.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (25.00%) Finance
2 8 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Banking
4 2 (6.25%) Billing
4 2 (6.25%) Law
5 1 (3.13%) Electronics
5 1 (3.13%) Manufacturing
5 1 (3.13%) Marketing
5 1 (3.13%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.13%) Retail
5 1 (3.13%) Spanish Language
5 1 (3.13%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (15.63%) .NET
1 5 (15.63%) WPF
2 1 (3.13%) .NET Framework
2 1 (3.13%) CSS
2 1 (3.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (6.25%) Fat Client
1 2 (6.25%) Thin Client
1 2 (6.25%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (3.13%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.13%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (3.13%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 23 (71.88%) Windows
2 13 (40.63%) Windows 10
3 1 (3.13%) Android
3 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
3 1 (3.13%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) ITIL
2 6 (18.75%) Customer Service
3 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (12.50%) ITSM
5 2 (6.25%) Patch Management
5 2 (6.25%) Service Management
5 2 (6.25%) Statistics
6 1 (3.13%) Android Development
6 1 (3.13%) Collaborative Working
6 1 (3.13%) Customer Experience
6 1 (3.13%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (3.13%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (3.13%) Fintech
6 1 (3.13%) Hardware Maintenance
6 1 (3.13%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (3.13%) iOS Development
6 1 (3.13%) Mobile Application Development
6 1 (3.13%) Service Delivery
6 1 (3.13%) Software Deployment
6 1 (3.13%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.88%) SQL
2 4 (12.50%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.13%) C#
3 1 (3.13%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (6.25%) MCSE
3 1 (3.13%) AWS Certification
3 1 (3.13%) CCNA
3 1 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.13%) Degree
System Software
1 22 (68.75%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.25%) Terminal Services
2 2 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (3.13%) Hyper-V
3 1 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (31.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (15.63%) SCCM
3 1 (3.13%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 13 (40.63%) Microsoft
2 3 (9.38%) Citrix
2 3 (9.38%) VMware
3 2 (6.25%) Bloomberg
3 2 (6.25%) Reuters
3 2 (6.25%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.13%) Apple
4 1 (3.13%) Aruba
4 1 (3.13%) SAP
4 1 (3.13%) Xerox