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 20 May 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 20 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 770 | 836 | 1098 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +66 | +262 | -295 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Engineer | 114 | 139 | 144 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.11% | 0.14% | 0.088% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.12% | 0.15% | 0.092% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 109 | 137 | 128 |
| 10th Percentile | £23,500 | £22,750 | £21,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £25,500 | £26,250 | £24,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £31,500 | £28,500 | £28,250 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.53% | +0.88% | +13.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £36,500 | £35,000 | £35,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £38,000 | £37,200 | £45,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £31,500 | £27,500 | £26,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +14.55% | +3.77% | +6.00% |
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 | 94,627 | 91,047 | 156,403 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 94.71% | 91.54% | 96.08% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 67,562 | 57,571 | 85,106 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,500 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £38,500 | £45,000 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,500 | £60,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.50% | - | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £70,750 | £80,000 | £78,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £90,000 | £100,000 | £95,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £53,000 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.66% | +6.00% | +5.26% |
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 20 May 2024.
Service Desk Engineer
Top 15 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 20 May 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 | -29 | 100 | £31,500 | +14.55% | 53 |
| England | +58 | 98 | £30,000 | +9.09% | 59 |
| South East | -7 | 21 | £31,500 | +5.00% | 8 |
| Work from Home | +78 | 20 | £30,000 | - | 22 |
| North of England | +26 | 19 | £26,000 | -5.45% | 12 |
| South West | -12 | 19 | £36,000 | +38.46% | 12 |
| Midlands | -8 | 18 | £24,000 | -12.73% | 8 |
| Northern Ireland | +46 | 16 | £35,000 | +7.69% | 1 |
| West Midlands | +22 | 16 | £24,000 | -20.00% | 5 |
| London | +106 | 14 | £32,500 | -7.14% | 10 |
| North West | +1 | 13 | £26,000 | -25.71% | 2 |
| East of England | +2 | 7 | £25,000 | -9.09% | 11 |
| Yorkshire | +71 | 5 | £30,000 | +9.09% | 7 |
| East Midlands | -28 | 2 | £30,750 | +17.14% | 3 |
| North East | -2 | 1 | £30,000 | - | 4 |
Service Desk Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 20 May 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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