Desktop Engineer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Desktop Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Desktop Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £29,000 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 599 572 707
Rank change year-on-year -27 +135 -65
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 172 161 156
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.28% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.32% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 159 138 115
10th Percentile £24,240 £25,000 £24,600
25th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £27,750 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.50% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £35,125
90th Percentile £37,500 £37,075 £40,000
UK median annual salary £32,500 £32,500 £34,000
% change year-on-year - -4.41% -2.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 72,397 50,271 70,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.93% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,949 29,577 42,673
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Desktop Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Desktop Engineer in the UK excluding London

Desktop Engineer
Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London 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
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
Wales +14 20 £28,290 +2.87% 2
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
Scotland -58 12 £24,240 -25.42% 5
Yorkshire +67 10 £32,500 -11.32% 3
West Midlands -14 8 £32,500 +21.50% 3
Northern Ireland - 1 £35,000 - 2
Desktop Engineer
UK

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

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 UK excluding London region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 132 (76.74%) Windows
2 124 (72.09%) Microsoft
3 95 (55.23%) Active Directory
4 76 (44.19%) Social Skills
5 63 (36.63%) Microsoft Office
6 59 (34.30%) Microsoft 365
7 50 (29.07%) Security Cleared
8 47 (27.33%) Driving Licence
9 46 (26.74%) Customer Service
10 45 (26.16%) Problem-Solving
11 41 (23.84%) Break/Fix
11 41 (23.84%) Azure
12 40 (23.26%) Windows 10
13 37 (21.51%) Microsoft Intune
14 36 (20.93%) Degree
14 36 (20.93%) Microsoft Certification
15 35 (20.35%) Entra ID
16 33 (19.19%) SCCM
17 32 (18.60%) OneDrive
18 30 (17.44%) Microsoft Excel
18 30 (17.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
18 30 (17.44%) Remote Desktop
19 29 (16.86%) DBS Check
19 29 (16.86%) Ticket Management
20 28 (16.28%) Computer Science
20 28 (16.28%) Mac OS
21 27 (15.70%) A+ Certification
21 27 (15.70%) MCP
21 27 (15.70%) Network Security
21 27 (15.70%) Computer Science Degree

Desktop Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 8 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 63 (36.63%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (17.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (17.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 59 (34.30%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (23.84%) Azure
3 35 (20.35%) Entra ID
4 32 (18.60%) OneDrive
5 3 (1.74%) AWS
6 2 (1.16%) GCP
7 1 (0.58%) Azure Storage
7 1 (0.58%) PaaS
7 1 (0.58%) Power Platform
7 1 (0.58%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (17.44%) Remote Desktop
2 27 (15.70%) Network Security
3 24 (13.95%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (6.98%) LAN
5 8 (4.65%) DNS
6 7 (4.07%) TCP/IP
7 5 (2.91%) DHCP
8 4 (2.33%) Firewall
8 4 (2.33%) WAN
9 3 (1.74%) VPN
10 2 (1.16%) Internet
11 1 (0.58%) HTTP
11 1 (0.58%) SAN
11 1 (0.58%) VoIP
11 1 (0.58%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Visual Studio
General
1 76 (44.19%) Social Skills
2 22 (12.79%) Finance
2 22 (12.79%) Organisational Skills
3 6 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 5 (2.91%) Automotive
5 3 (1.74%) Law
5 3 (1.74%) Legal
5 3 (1.74%) Telecoms
6 2 (1.16%) Aerospace
6 2 (1.16%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (1.16%) Billing
6 2 (1.16%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.16%) Police
7 1 (0.58%) Back Office
7 1 (0.58%) Electronics
7 1 (0.58%) Games
7 1 (0.58%) Marketing
7 1 (0.58%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.81%) WPF
2 7 (4.07%) WinForms
3 3 (1.74%) .NET
4 1 (0.58%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.58%) CSS
4 1 (0.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 47 (27.33%) Driving Licence
2 27 (15.70%) Onboarding
3 16 (9.30%) Smartphone
4 6 (3.49%) iPhone
5 3 (1.74%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.16%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.16%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.16%) Fat Client
6 2 (1.16%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.16%) Thin Client
7 1 (0.58%) Data Protection Act
7 1 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.58%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.58%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 132 (76.74%) Windows
2 40 (23.26%) Windows 10
3 28 (16.28%) Mac OS
4 21 (12.21%) Windows 7
5 9 (5.23%) Android
6 7 (4.07%) Windows Server
7 5 (2.91%) Linux
8 3 (1.74%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.16%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.58%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (26.74%) Customer Service
2 45 (26.16%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (23.84%) Break/Fix
4 29 (16.86%) Ticket Management
5 28 (16.28%) Computer Science
6 23 (13.37%) Asset Management
6 23 (13.37%) ITIL
7 18 (10.47%) Proactive Maintenance
8 14 (8.14%) Time Management
9 12 (6.98%) Mobile Device Management
10 10 (5.81%) Service Delivery
11 9 (5.23%) Software Deployment
12 8 (4.65%) Incident Management
12 8 (4.65%) Software Engineering
13 7 (4.07%) Continuous Improvement
13 7 (4.07%) Customer Requirements
13 7 (4.07%) Software Testing
14 6 (3.49%) ITSM
15 4 (2.33%) Agile
16 3 (1.74%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.65%) C#
2 5 (2.91%) C
3 4 (2.33%) C++
4 3 (1.74%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.58%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 50 (29.07%) Security Cleared
2 36 (20.93%) Degree
2 36 (20.93%) Microsoft Certification
3 29 (16.86%) DBS Check
4 27 (15.70%) A+ Certification
4 27 (15.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 27 (15.70%) MCP
5 18 (10.47%) BPSS Clearance
6 17 (9.88%) SC Cleared
7 13 (7.56%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (1.16%) CCNA
9 2 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (1.16%) MCSE
10 1 (0.58%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.58%) MCSA
10 1 (0.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (12.21%) SLA
2 18 (10.47%) PCI DSS
3 9 (5.23%) GDPR
System Software
1 95 (55.23%) Active Directory
2 18 (10.47%) KVM
3 7 (4.07%) Firmware
4 4 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.16%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.16%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 37 (21.51%) Microsoft Intune
2 33 (19.19%) SCCM
3 2 (1.16%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 124 (72.09%) Microsoft
2 22 (12.79%) Dell
3 12 (6.98%) McAfee
3 12 (6.98%) MobileIron
4 10 (5.81%) ServiceNow
5 8 (4.65%) HP
6 4 (2.33%) Citrix
7 2 (1.16%) Cognizant
7 2 (1.16%) VMware
8 1 (0.58%) Agilent
8 1 (0.58%) Apple
8 1 (0.58%) Aruba
8 1 (0.58%) Cisco
8 1 (0.58%) Sage
8 1 (0.58%) SAP
8 1 (0.58%) SolarWinds