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 7 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
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 624 648 868
Rank change year-on-year +24 +220 -83
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 234 251 327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.30% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.33% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 205 222 269
10th Percentile £24,744 £25,750 £26,200
25th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £28,000
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 £51,900 £50,000 £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 88,752 75,954 137,584
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 91.23% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 65,003 49,705 75,781
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £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 7 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 7 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 +71 94 £41,500 +9.21% 7
South East -34 39 £30,000 +0.17% 6
South West -31 34 £29,290 +6.51% 8
North of England +35 29 £30,250 +8.04% 4
Midlands -10 22 £32,500 +22.64% 6
North West -4 19 £27,000 -1.82% 1
East of England +3 16 £24,240 -30.74% 1
East Midlands -11 12 £30,000 +33.33% 3
Yorkshire +78 10 £32,500 -15.13% 3
West Midlands -7 10 £33,750 +26.17% 3
Desktop Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 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.

1 179 (76.50%) Windows
2 160 (68.38%) Microsoft
3 151 (64.53%) Active Directory
4 103 (44.02%) Microsoft 365
5 99 (42.31%) Social Skills
6 92 (39.32%) Microsoft Office
7 69 (29.49%) Windows 10
8 60 (25.64%) Customer Service
9 57 (24.36%) Problem-Solving
10 52 (22.22%) SCCM
11 48 (20.51%) Finance
11 48 (20.51%) Degree
12 47 (20.09%) Microsoft Exchange
12 47 (20.09%) Security Cleared
12 47 (20.09%) Azure
13 46 (19.66%) ITIL
14 45 (19.23%) Microsoft Intune
15 43 (18.38%) Microsoft Certification
16 42 (17.95%) Driving Licence
17 34 (14.53%) Entra ID
18 33 (14.10%) Onboarding
19 31 (13.25%) Computer Science
19 31 (13.25%) DBS Check
19 31 (13.25%) Break/Fix
19 31 (13.25%) Mac OS
20 30 (12.82%) Computer Science Degree
20 30 (12.82%) A+ Certification
20 30 (12.82%) DNS
21 29 (12.39%) MCP
21 29 (12.39%) Smartphone

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 47 (20.09%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (2.99%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.56%) Skype for Business
4 4 (1.71%) IBM Domino
5 3 (1.28%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.43%) CMS
Applications
1 92 (39.32%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (8.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (8.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.28%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 103 (44.02%) Microsoft 365
2 47 (20.09%) Azure
3 34 (14.53%) Entra ID
4 21 (8.97%) OneDrive
5 6 (2.56%) WhatsApp
6 5 (2.14%) Mimecast
7 3 (1.28%) AWS
7 3 (1.28%) Slack
8 2 (0.85%) 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 30 (12.82%) DNS
2 29 (12.39%) Network Security
3 23 (9.83%) Wi-Fi
4 21 (8.97%) Remote Desktop
5 15 (6.41%) Firewall
6 14 (5.98%) VPN
7 13 (5.56%) LAN
7 13 (5.56%) TCP/IP
8 11 (4.70%) DHCP
9 9 (3.85%) Skype
10 6 (2.56%) WAN
11 4 (1.71%) Cisco IOS
12 3 (1.28%) FTP
12 3 (1.28%) SMTP
12 3 (1.28%) SNMP
12 3 (1.28%) Telepresence
12 3 (1.28%) VLAN
12 3 (1.28%) WebEx
13 2 (0.85%) Internet
14 1 (0.43%) PSTN
Development Applications
1 1 (0.43%) JIRA
1 1 (0.43%) MSI
1 1 (0.43%) Visual Studio
General
1 99 (42.31%) Social Skills
2 48 (20.51%) Finance
3 22 (9.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 22 (9.40%) Organisational Skills
4 9 (3.85%) Legal
5 8 (3.42%) Automotive
6 7 (2.99%) Banking
7 5 (2.14%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.28%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.28%) Law
8 3 (1.28%) Manufacturing
8 3 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.28%) Police
9 2 (0.85%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.85%) Billing
9 2 (0.85%) Retail
10 1 (0.43%) Back Office
10 1 (0.43%) Games
10 1 (0.43%) Marketing
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 42 (17.95%) Driving Licence
2 33 (14.10%) Onboarding
3 29 (12.39%) Smartphone
4 7 (2.99%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (2.56%) iPhone
6 5 (2.14%) Management Information System
7 4 (1.71%) CMDB
8 3 (1.28%) iPad
8 3 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.85%) Blackberry
9 2 (0.85%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.85%) Fat Client
9 2 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.85%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.85%) Thin Client
10 1 (0.43%) Derivative
10 1 (0.43%) EPoS
10 1 (0.43%) Team-Oriented Environment
10 1 (0.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 179 (76.50%) Windows
2 69 (29.49%) Windows 10
3 31 (13.25%) Mac OS
4 26 (11.11%) Windows 7
5 14 (5.98%) Android
6 13 (5.56%) Windows Server
7 8 (3.42%) Apple iOS
8 5 (2.14%) Mac OS X
9 4 (1.71%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.85%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.43%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (25.64%) Customer Service
2 57 (24.36%) Problem-Solving
3 46 (19.66%) ITIL
4 31 (13.25%) Break/Fix
4 31 (13.25%) Computer Science
5 24 (10.26%) Asset Management
6 19 (8.12%) Ticket Management
7 17 (7.26%) ITSM
8 15 (6.41%) Time Management
9 14 (5.98%) Mobile Device Management
9 14 (5.98%) Proactive Maintenance
10 10 (4.27%) Service Delivery
11 9 (3.85%) Continuous Improvement
11 9 (3.85%) Software Deployment
12 7 (2.99%) Incident Management
12 7 (2.99%) Root Cause Analysis
12 7 (2.99%) Service Management
13 6 (2.56%) Change Management
13 6 (2.56%) Patch Management
13 6 (2.56%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 9 (3.85%) SQL
2 5 (2.14%) PowerShell
3 1 (0.43%) C#
Qualifications
1 48 (20.51%) Degree
2 47 (20.09%) Security Cleared
3 43 (18.38%) Microsoft Certification
4 31 (13.25%) DBS Check
5 30 (12.82%) A+ Certification
5 30 (12.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (12.39%) MCP
7 19 (8.12%) SC Cleared
8 14 (5.98%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (5.56%) DV Cleared
10 5 (2.14%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (2.14%) MCSE
11 3 (1.28%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (1.28%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.28%) MBA
12 2 (0.85%) CCNA
12 2 (0.85%) 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 (8.55%) SLA
2 14 (5.98%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.71%) GDPR
4 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 151 (64.53%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.98%) KVM
3 11 (4.70%) Hyper-V
4 8 (3.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (2.99%) Firmware
6 3 (1.28%) vSphere
7 2 (0.85%) Terminal Services
7 2 (0.85%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 52 (22.22%) SCCM
2 45 (19.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.85%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.43%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.43%) Backup Exec
4 1 (0.43%) WSUS
4 1 (0.43%) XenMobile
Vendors
1 160 (68.38%) Microsoft
2 24 (10.26%) ServiceNow
3 22 (9.40%) Dell
4 15 (6.41%) Bloomberg
5 13 (5.56%) Citrix
5 13 (5.56%) MobileIron
6 12 (5.13%) Apple
6 12 (5.13%) McAfee
7 11 (4.70%) VMware
8 9 (3.85%) Cisco
9 8 (3.42%) HP
10 5 (2.14%) Reuters
11 4 (1.71%) Lotus
12 3 (1.28%) Ivanti
12 3 (1.28%) Okta
12 3 (1.28%) Polycom
13 2 (0.85%) Cognizant
13 2 (0.85%) SolarWinds
13 2 (0.85%) Trayport
14 1 (0.43%) Symantec