Desktop Engineer Jobs in London

Desktop Engineer
England > London

The median Desktop Engineer salary in London is £41,500 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 414 498 744
Rank change year-on-year +84 +246 -151
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 97 105 182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.39% 0.34% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.41% 0.35% 0.25%
Number of salaries quoted 79 95 156
10th Percentile £30,250 £30,800 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,000 £31,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £38,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.21% -5.00% -3.03%
75th Percentile £52,500 £49,375 £48,750
90th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
England median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year - -4.41% -2.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 23,403 29,645 71,541
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.44% 94.97% 96.13%
Number of salaries quoted 17,198 22,316 34,853
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,988 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in London

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Desktop Engineer in London

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Engineer in London over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Desktop Engineer in London

Desktop Engineer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the London 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
Central London +45 19 £50,000 +36.05%
West London +7 17 £32,500 -10.34% 1
North London - 1 £37,500 -
Desktop Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 London region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 76 (78.35%) Active Directory
2 71 (73.20%) Windows
3 60 (61.86%) Microsoft 365
4 56 (57.73%) Microsoft
5 40 (41.24%) Microsoft Exchange
5 40 (41.24%) Finance
6 36 (37.11%) Windows 10
6 36 (37.11%) Social Skills
7 32 (32.99%) Microsoft Office
8 24 (24.74%) SCCM
8 24 (24.74%) Microsoft Intune
8 24 (24.74%) ITIL
8 24 (24.74%) DNS
9 23 (23.71%) Azure
10 17 (17.53%) Bloomberg
11 16 (16.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 15 (15.46%) Customer Service
12 15 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
13 14 (14.43%) Entra ID
14 13 (13.40%) ServiceNow
14 13 (13.40%) Smartphone
15 12 (12.37%) Degree
16 11 (11.34%) VMware
16 11 (11.34%) Firewall
16 11 (11.34%) VPN
16 11 (11.34%) Citrix
16 11 (11.34%) Apple
17 10 (10.31%) ITSM
18 9 (9.28%) Cisco
18 9 (9.28%) Hyper-V

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 40 (41.24%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (6.19%) Skype for Business
3 5 (5.15%) SharePoint
4 4 (4.12%) IBM Domino
5 2 (2.06%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (1.03%) CMS
Applications
1 32 (32.99%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (4.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (3.09%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 60 (61.86%) Microsoft 365
2 23 (23.71%) Azure
3 14 (14.43%) Entra ID
4 6 (6.19%) WhatsApp
5 5 (5.15%) Mimecast
6 4 (4.12%) OneDrive
7 3 (3.09%) Slack
8 1 (1.03%) Google Workspace
8 1 (1.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 24 (24.74%) DNS
2 11 (11.34%) Firewall
2 11 (11.34%) VPN
3 9 (9.28%) Skype
4 8 (8.25%) TCP/IP
5 6 (6.19%) DHCP
6 4 (4.12%) Cisco IOS
6 4 (4.12%) Remote Desktop
6 4 (4.12%) VLAN
6 4 (4.12%) Wi-Fi
7 3 (3.09%) FTP
7 3 (3.09%) LAN
7 3 (3.09%) SMTP
7 3 (3.09%) SNMP
7 3 (3.09%) Telepresence
7 3 (3.09%) WAN
7 3 (3.09%) WebEx
8 2 (2.06%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 1 (1.03%) JIRA
1 1 (1.03%) MSI
General
1 40 (41.24%) Finance
2 36 (37.11%) Social Skills
3 16 (16.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (8.25%) Banking
5 6 (6.19%) Legal
6 3 (3.09%) Automotive
6 3 (3.09%) Pharmaceutical
6 3 (3.09%) Telecoms
7 2 (2.06%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (2.06%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.06%) Retail
8 1 (1.03%) Marketing
8 1 (1.03%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.03%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.40%) Smartphone
2 6 (6.19%) Onboarding
2 6 (6.19%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (4.12%) CMDB
3 4 (4.12%) Management Information System
4 3 (3.09%) iPad
5 2 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.03%) Blackberry
6 1 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.03%) Derivative
6 1 (1.03%) Driving Licence
6 1 (1.03%) EPoS
6 1 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.03%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 71 (73.20%) Windows
2 36 (37.11%) Windows 10
3 7 (7.22%) Windows Server
4 6 (6.19%) Windows 7
5 5 (5.15%) Android
5 5 (5.15%) Apple iOS
5 5 (5.15%) Mac OS X
6 3 (3.09%) Mac OS
6 3 (3.09%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (24.74%) ITIL
2 15 (15.46%) Customer Service
2 15 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
3 10 (10.31%) ITSM
4 7 (7.22%) Root Cause Analysis
5 6 (6.19%) Asset Management
5 6 (6.19%) Change Management
5 6 (6.19%) Patch Management
6 4 (4.12%) Service Management
7 3 (3.09%) Break/Fix
7 3 (3.09%) Computer Science
7 3 (3.09%) Configuration Management
7 3 (3.09%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (3.09%) Ticket Management
8 2 (2.06%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (2.06%) Customer-Centricity
8 2 (2.06%) Cybersecurity
8 2 (2.06%) Mobile Device Management
9 1 (1.03%) Software Deployment
9 1 (1.03%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.25%) SQL
2 3 (3.09%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (12.37%) Degree
2 7 (7.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (3.09%) A+ Certification
3 3 (3.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (3.09%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 3 (3.09%) Master's Degree
3 3 (3.09%) MBA
3 3 (3.09%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.06%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.06%) MCP
4 2 (2.06%) MCSE
4 2 (2.06%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.03%) Azure Certification
5 1 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.03%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.03%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.12%) SLA
2 1 (1.03%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (1.03%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 76 (78.35%) Active Directory
2 9 (9.28%) Hyper-V
3 8 (8.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (3.09%) vSphere
5 1 (1.03%) Firmware
5 1 (1.03%) KVM
5 1 (1.03%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 24 (24.74%) Microsoft Intune
1 24 (24.74%) SCCM
2 2 (2.06%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.03%) AirWatch
3 1 (1.03%) WSUS
3 1 (1.03%) XenMobile
Vendors
1 56 (57.73%) Microsoft
2 17 (17.53%) Bloomberg
3 13 (13.40%) ServiceNow
4 11 (11.34%) Apple
4 11 (11.34%) Citrix
4 11 (11.34%) VMware
5 9 (9.28%) Cisco
6 6 (6.19%) Reuters
7 5 (5.15%) Dell
8 4 (4.12%) Lotus
9 3 (3.09%) Ivanti
9 3 (3.09%) MobileIron
9 3 (3.09%) Okta
9 3 (3.09%) Polycom
10 2 (2.06%) HP
10 2 (2.06%) Trayport
11 1 (1.03%) Google
11 1 (1.03%) SolarWinds
11 1 (1.03%) Trend Micro
11 1 (1.03%) Xerox