Service Desk Engineer
UK
The median Service Desk Engineer salary in the UK is £31,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 798 | 826 | 1111 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +28 | +285 | -311 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Engineer | 109 | 121 | 150 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.10% | 0.13% | 0.089% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.11% | 0.14% | 0.093% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 102 | 118 | 134 |
| 10th Percentile | £23,500 | £23,350 | £21,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £25,625 | £26,250 | £24,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £31,500 | £27,750 | £29,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +13.51% | -4.31% | +16.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £36,500 | £35,000 | £35,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £38,000 | £37,025 | £43,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £31,500 | £27,500 | £26,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.55% | +3.77% | +8.16% |
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 | 99,552 | 86,380 | 162,088 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.85% | 91.27% | 96.05% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 70,786 | 55,655 | 84,889 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,625 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,000 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,500 | £50,244 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.54% | +6.48% | +5.78% |
Service Desk Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Service Desk Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Service Desk Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Service Desk Engineer.
Service Desk Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Service Desk Engineer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.
Service Desk Engineer
Top 14 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 |
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| UK excluding London | -42 | 95 | £31,500 | +14.55% | 45 |
| England | +22 | 94 | £30,000 | +9.09% | 53 |
| Midlands | -8 | 20 | £24,000 | -12.73% | 11 |
| Work from Home | +46 | 19 | £32,500 | +8.33% | 23 |
| South East | -23 | 19 | £31,500 | +8.62% | 4 |
| North of England | +28 | 18 | £26,000 | -5.45% | 12 |
| South West | -17 | 17 | £33,750 | +35.00% | 8 |
| Northern Ireland | +35 | 15 | £35,000 | +7.69% | |
| West Midlands | -6 | 15 | £24,000 | -20.00% | 8 |
| London | +113 | 14 | £32,500 | -12.75% | 9 |
| North West | 0 | 14 | £26,000 | -22.96% | 4 |
| East of England | -6 | 6 | £25,000 | -5.66% | 9 |
| East Midlands | -21 | 5 | £37,500 | +36.36% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | +56 | 4 | £27,000 | -1.82% | 7 |
Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Service Desk 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 Service Desk Engineer in the job title.
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Service Desk 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:
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