Desktop Engineer Jobs in the Midlands

Desktop Engineer
England > Midlands

The median Desktop Engineer salary in the Midlands is £32,500 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 320 293 344
Rank change year-on-year -27 +51 -47
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 23 13 24
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.16% 0.15% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.17% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 21 13 21
10th Percentile - £21,790 £24,000
25th Percentile £24,240 £23,949 £25,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £26,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.64% -3.64% -21.43%
75th Percentile £35,000 £28,750 £29,500
90th Percentile £43,227 £33,900 £32,000
England median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year - -4.41% -2.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 13,212 7,602 10,970
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.08% 89.51% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 9,398 4,488 7,088
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,750 £27,750
25th Percentile £34,834 £37,500 £37,371
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,200 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
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 the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in the Midlands

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Desktop Engineer in the Midlands

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Desktop Engineer in the Midlands

Desktop Engineer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the Midlands 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
East Midlands -16 14 £32,500 +44.44% 1
West Midlands -13 9 £35,000 +30.84% 2
Desktop Engineer
England

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

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 Midlands region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 18 (78.26%) Windows
1 18 (78.26%) Microsoft
2 14 (60.87%) Active Directory
3 11 (47.83%) Customer Service
4 10 (43.48%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
5 9 (39.13%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (39.13%) Wi-Fi
6 8 (34.78%) Microsoft Office
6 8 (34.78%) Security Cleared
6 8 (34.78%) Mac OS
7 7 (30.43%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (30.43%) Degree
7 7 (30.43%) Network Security
7 7 (30.43%) Driving Licence
8 6 (26.09%) DBS Check
8 6 (26.09%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (26.09%) Onboarding
8 6 (26.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (26.09%) MCP
8 6 (26.09%) A+ Certification
8 6 (26.09%) SLA
8 6 (26.09%) Computer Science
9 5 (21.74%) Asset Management
9 5 (21.74%) PCI DSS
9 5 (21.74%) KVM
9 5 (21.74%) Dell
9 5 (21.74%) ITIL
9 5 (21.74%) Proactive Maintenance
9 5 (21.74%) BPSS Clearance

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (4.35%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 7 (30.43%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (17.39%) Azure
3 3 (13.04%) Entra ID
4 1 (4.35%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 9 (39.13%) Wi-Fi
2 7 (30.43%) Network Security
3 2 (8.70%) DNS
3 2 (8.70%) VPN
4 1 (4.35%) DHCP
4 1 (4.35%) Firewall
4 1 (4.35%) Remote Desktop
General
1 10 (43.48%) Social Skills
2 6 (26.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (13.04%) Organisational Skills
3 3 (13.04%) Police
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Finance
4 1 (4.35%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 7 (30.43%) Driving Licence
2 6 (26.09%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.35%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (4.35%) Replication
3 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 18 (78.26%) Windows
2 8 (34.78%) Mac OS
3 3 (13.04%) Windows 10
4 2 (8.70%) Windows Server
5 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (47.83%) Customer Service
2 10 (43.48%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (26.09%) Computer Science
4 5 (21.74%) Asset Management
4 5 (21.74%) ITIL
4 5 (21.74%) Proactive Maintenance
5 3 (13.04%) Agile
6 2 (8.70%) ITSM
7 1 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (4.35%) Data Protection
7 1 (4.35%) Fintech
7 1 (4.35%) Hardware Maintenance
7 1 (4.35%) Incident Management
7 1 (4.35%) Multi-Factor Authentication
7 1 (4.35%) Software Deployment
7 1 (4.35%) Software Engineering
7 1 (4.35%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.35%) C#
1 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (39.13%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (34.78%) Security Cleared
3 7 (30.43%) Degree
4 6 (26.09%) A+ Certification
4 6 (26.09%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (26.09%) DBS Check
4 6 (26.09%) MCP
5 5 (21.74%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (13.04%) DV Cleared
6 3 (13.04%) MCSE
6 3 (13.04%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (26.09%) SLA
2 5 (21.74%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (60.87%) Active Directory
2 5 (21.74%) KVM
Systems Management
1 4 (17.39%) SCCM
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (78.26%) Microsoft
2 5 (21.74%) Dell
3 3 (13.04%) ServiceNow
4 1 (4.35%) Apple
4 1 (4.35%) Cisco