Desktop Engineer Jobs in England

Desktop Engineer
UK > England

The median Desktop Engineer salary in England is £32,500 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 620 666 852
Rank change year-on-year +46 +186 -75
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 231 260 325
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.31% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.34% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 206 227 265
10th Percentile £24,870 £25,750 £26,100
25th Percentile £28,073 £26,250 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £32,500 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year - -4.41% -2.86%
75th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £51,000 £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
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 86,435 76,952 135,807
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.31% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 63,785 50,234 75,047
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in England

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Desktop Engineer in England

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in England over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Desktop Engineer in England

Desktop Engineer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 2 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
London +87 92 £41,500 +9.21% 7
South East -28 41 £30,000 -1.64% 6
South West -36 32 £29,290 +6.51% 5
North of England +36 29 £30,250 -0.82% 8
Midlands -3 21 £32,500 +22.64% 4
North West -13 19 £27,000 -1.82% 5
East of England +2 16 £24,240 -30.74% 2
East Midlands -3 13 £32,500 +44.44% 1
Yorkshire +67 10 £32,500 -11.32% 3
West Midlands -14 8 £32,500 +21.50% 3
Desktop Engineer
UK

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

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 job ads across the England region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 180 (77.92%) Windows
2 162 (70.13%) Microsoft
3 150 (64.94%) Active Directory
4 104 (45.02%) Microsoft 365
5 97 (41.99%) Social Skills
6 93 (40.26%) Microsoft Office
7 71 (30.74%) Windows 10
8 60 (25.97%) Customer Service
9 56 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
10 51 (22.08%) SCCM
11 49 (21.21%) Finance
12 48 (20.78%) Degree
13 47 (20.35%) Security Cleared
13 47 (20.35%) Azure
14 46 (19.91%) ITIL
14 46 (19.91%) Microsoft Exchange
15 44 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
16 43 (18.61%) Driving Licence
17 41 (17.75%) Microsoft Certification
18 36 (15.58%) Entra ID
19 34 (14.72%) Onboarding
20 31 (13.42%) Break/Fix
20 31 (13.42%) DBS Check
20 31 (13.42%) Mac OS
20 31 (13.42%) Computer Science
21 30 (12.99%) A+ Certification
21 30 (12.99%) Computer Science Degree
22 29 (12.55%) MCP
22 29 (12.55%) Smartphone
22 29 (12.55%) Network Security

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 46 (19.91%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (3.03%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.60%) Skype for Business
4 3 (1.30%) Exchange Server 2010
4 3 (1.30%) IBM Domino
5 1 (0.43%) CMS
Applications
1 93 (40.26%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (8.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.30%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 104 (45.02%) Microsoft 365
2 47 (20.35%) Azure
3 36 (15.58%) Entra ID
4 22 (9.52%) OneDrive
5 7 (3.03%) Mimecast
6 6 (2.60%) WhatsApp
7 3 (1.30%) AWS
7 3 (1.30%) Slack
8 2 (0.87%) SaaS
9 1 (0.43%) GCP
9 1 (0.43%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.43%) PaaS
9 1 (0.43%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 29 (12.55%) Network Security
2 28 (12.12%) DNS
3 21 (9.09%) Remote Desktop
3 21 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
4 15 (6.49%) Firewall
5 14 (6.06%) LAN
5 14 (6.06%) VPN
6 11 (4.76%) DHCP
6 11 (4.76%) TCP/IP
7 10 (4.33%) Skype
8 6 (2.60%) WAN
9 5 (2.16%) Cisco IOS
10 3 (1.30%) FTP
10 3 (1.30%) SMTP
10 3 (1.30%) SNMP
10 3 (1.30%) Telepresence
10 3 (1.30%) WebEx
11 2 (0.87%) Internet
11 2 (0.87%) VoIP
12 1 (0.43%) SAN
Development Applications
1 1 (0.43%) JIRA
1 1 (0.43%) MSI
1 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 97 (41.99%) Social Skills
2 49 (21.21%) Finance
3 22 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
4 19 (8.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (3.90%) Legal
6 8 (3.46%) Automotive
6 8 (3.46%) Banking
7 5 (2.16%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.30%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.30%) Law
8 3 (1.30%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.30%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (0.87%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.87%) Billing
9 2 (0.87%) Police
9 2 (0.87%) Retail
10 1 (0.43%) Games
10 1 (0.43%) Marketing
10 1 (0.43%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.43%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (0.43%) .NET
1 1 (0.43%) .NET Framework
1 1 (0.43%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 43 (18.61%) Driving Licence
2 34 (14.72%) Onboarding
3 29 (12.55%) Smartphone
4 8 (3.46%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (2.60%) iPhone
6 4 (1.73%) CMDB
6 4 (1.73%) Management Information System
7 3 (1.30%) iPad
7 3 (1.30%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.87%) Blackberry
8 2 (0.87%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.87%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.87%) Fat Client
8 2 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.87%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.87%) Thin Client
9 1 (0.43%) Derivative
9 1 (0.43%) EPoS
9 1 (0.43%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 1 (0.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 180 (77.92%) Windows
2 71 (30.74%) Windows 10
3 31 (13.42%) Mac OS
4 28 (12.12%) Windows 7
5 15 (6.49%) Android
5 15 (6.49%) Windows Server
6 8 (3.46%) Apple iOS
7 6 (2.60%) Mac OS X
8 5 (2.16%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.87%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (25.97%) Customer Service
2 56 (24.24%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (19.91%) ITIL
4 31 (13.42%) Break/Fix
4 31 (13.42%) Computer Science
5 24 (10.39%) Asset Management
6 19 (8.23%) Ticket Management
7 16 (6.93%) ITSM
8 15 (6.49%) Time Management
9 14 (6.06%) Mobile Device Management
9 14 (6.06%) Proactive Maintenance
10 11 (4.76%) Service Delivery
11 10 (4.33%) Software Deployment
12 9 (3.90%) Continuous Improvement
13 8 (3.46%) Root Cause Analysis
13 8 (3.46%) Service Management
14 7 (3.03%) Change Management
14 7 (3.03%) Customer Requirements
14 7 (3.03%) Incident Management
14 7 (3.03%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.90%) SQL
2 5 (2.16%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.43%) C#
Qualifications
1 48 (20.78%) Degree
2 47 (20.35%) Security Cleared
3 41 (17.75%) Microsoft Certification
4 31 (13.42%) DBS Check
5 30 (12.99%) A+ Certification
5 30 (12.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (12.55%) MCP
7 18 (7.79%) SC Cleared
8 14 (6.06%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (5.63%) DV Cleared
10 5 (2.16%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (1.30%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.30%) MBA
11 3 (1.30%) MCSE
12 2 (0.87%) CCNA
12 2 (0.87%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.43%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.43%) MCSA
13 1 (0.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.66%) SLA
2 14 (6.06%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.73%) GDPR
4 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 150 (64.94%) Active Directory
2 14 (6.06%) KVM
3 11 (4.76%) Hyper-V
4 8 (3.46%) Firmware
5 7 (3.03%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (1.30%) vSphere
7 2 (0.87%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 51 (22.08%) SCCM
2 44 (19.05%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.87%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.87%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.43%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.43%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.43%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.43%) WSUS
4 1 (0.43%) XenMobile
Vendors
1 162 (70.13%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.52%) Dell
2 22 (9.52%) ServiceNow
3 13 (5.63%) Apple
3 13 (5.63%) Bloomberg
3 13 (5.63%) Citrix
3 13 (5.63%) MobileIron
4 12 (5.19%) McAfee
5 10 (4.33%) Cisco
5 10 (4.33%) HP
5 10 (4.33%) VMware
6 3 (1.30%) Ivanti
6 3 (1.30%) Lotus
6 3 (1.30%) Okta
6 3 (1.30%) Polycom
6 3 (1.30%) Reuters
7 2 (0.87%) Cognizant
7 2 (0.87%) SolarWinds
7 2 (0.87%) Trayport
8 1 (0.43%) Sage