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 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 629 658 869
Rank change year-on-year +29 +211 -80
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 236 240 327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.25% 0.29% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.32% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 207 212 268
10th Percentile £24,996 £25,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,145 £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 £40,000 £40,000 £43,750
90th Percentile £52,500 £52,250 £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

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £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 12 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 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
London +84 97 £41,500 +9.21% 9
South East -37 38 £30,000 -1.64% 6
South West -46 34 £29,290 +6.51% 5
North of England +14 28 £28,000 - 4
Midlands -27 23 £32,500 +22.64% 3
North West -25 18 £27,000 -1.82% 1
East of England -2 16 £24,240 -30.74% 1
East Midlands -16 14 £32,500 +44.44% 1
Yorkshire +73 10 £32,500 -15.13% 3
West Midlands -13 9 £35,000 +30.84% 2
Desktop Engineer
UK

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

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 England region featuring Desktop Engineer in the job title.

1 180 (76.27%) Windows
2 160 (67.80%) Microsoft
3 153 (64.83%) Active Directory
4 104 (44.07%) Microsoft 365
5 98 (41.53%) Social Skills
6 94 (39.83%) Microsoft Office
7 71 (30.08%) Windows 10
8 59 (25.00%) Customer Service
9 57 (24.15%) Problem-Solving
10 54 (22.88%) SCCM
11 49 (20.76%) Microsoft Exchange
12 48 (20.34%) Finance
12 48 (20.34%) Degree
12 48 (20.34%) Azure
13 47 (19.92%) Microsoft Intune
14 46 (19.49%) Security Cleared
15 44 (18.64%) ITIL
16 43 (18.22%) Microsoft Certification
17 41 (17.37%) Driving Licence
18 34 (14.41%) Entra ID
19 33 (13.98%) Onboarding
20 32 (13.56%) Mac OS
20 32 (13.56%) DNS
21 31 (13.14%) Computer Science
21 31 (13.14%) DBS Check
21 31 (13.14%) Break/Fix
22 30 (12.71%) Computer Science Degree
22 30 (12.71%) Network Security
22 30 (12.71%) A+ Certification
23 29 (12.29%) MCP

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 49 (20.76%) Microsoft Exchange
2 9 (3.81%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.54%) Skype for Business
4 4 (1.69%) IBM Domino
5 2 (0.85%) Exchange Server 2010
6 1 (0.42%) CMS
Applications
1 94 (39.83%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (8.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (8.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Eikon
Cloud Services
1 104 (44.07%) Microsoft 365
2 48 (20.34%) Azure
3 34 (14.41%) Entra ID
4 22 (9.32%) OneDrive
5 6 (2.54%) WhatsApp
6 5 (2.12%) Mimecast
7 3 (1.27%) AWS
7 3 (1.27%) Slack
8 2 (0.85%) SaaS
9 1 (0.42%) GCP
9 1 (0.42%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.42%) PaaS
9 1 (0.42%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 32 (13.56%) DNS
2 30 (12.71%) Network Security
3 23 (9.75%) Wi-Fi
4 21 (8.90%) Remote Desktop
5 16 (6.78%) Firewall
6 15 (6.36%) VPN
7 14 (5.93%) TCP/IP
8 12 (5.08%) DHCP
9 11 (4.66%) LAN
10 9 (3.81%) Skype
11 6 (2.54%) WAN
12 4 (1.69%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (1.69%) VLAN
13 3 (1.27%) FTP
13 3 (1.27%) SMTP
13 3 (1.27%) SNMP
13 3 (1.27%) Telepresence
13 3 (1.27%) WebEx
14 2 (0.85%) Internet
15 1 (0.42%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (0.42%) JIRA
1 1 (0.42%) MSI
1 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 98 (41.53%) Social Skills
2 48 (20.34%) Finance
3 22 (9.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 21 (8.90%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (3.81%) Legal
6 8 (3.39%) Automotive
6 8 (3.39%) Banking
7 5 (2.12%) Telecoms
8 3 (1.27%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.27%) Law
8 3 (1.27%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.27%) Police
9 2 (0.85%) Aerospace
9 2 (0.85%) Billing
9 2 (0.85%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.85%) Retail
10 1 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.42%) Marketing
10 1 (0.42%) Public Sector
10 1 (0.42%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (0.85%) .NET
2 1 (0.42%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.42%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 41 (17.37%) Driving Licence
2 33 (13.98%) Onboarding
3 29 (12.29%) Smartphone
4 9 (3.81%) Video Conferencing
5 5 (2.12%) iPhone
5 5 (2.12%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.69%) CMDB
7 3 (1.27%) iPad
7 3 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.85%) Data Centre
8 2 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.85%) Fat Client
8 2 (0.85%) Hybrid Cloud
8 2 (0.85%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.85%) Thin Client
9 1 (0.42%) Blackberry
9 1 (0.42%) Derivative
9 1 (0.42%) EPoS
9 1 (0.42%) Replication
9 1 (0.42%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 180 (76.27%) Windows
2 71 (30.08%) Windows 10
3 32 (13.56%) Mac OS
4 24 (10.17%) Windows 7
5 14 (5.93%) Windows Server
6 13 (5.51%) Android
7 8 (3.39%) Apple iOS
8 5 (2.12%) Mac OS X
8 5 (2.12%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (0.85%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 57 (24.15%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (18.64%) ITIL
4 31 (13.14%) Break/Fix
4 31 (13.14%) Computer Science
5 24 (10.17%) Asset Management
6 18 (7.63%) Ticket Management
7 16 (6.78%) ITSM
8 15 (6.36%) Time Management
9 14 (5.93%) Mobile Device Management
9 14 (5.93%) Proactive Maintenance
10 9 (3.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 9 (3.81%) Service Delivery
11 8 (3.39%) Software Deployment
12 7 (2.97%) Incident Management
12 7 (2.97%) Patch Management
12 7 (2.97%) Root Cause Analysis
12 7 (2.97%) Service Management
13 6 (2.54%) Change Management
14 5 (2.12%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.39%) SQL
2 5 (2.12%) PowerShell
3 2 (0.85%) C#
Qualifications
1 48 (20.34%) Degree
2 46 (19.49%) Security Cleared
3 43 (18.22%) Microsoft Certification
4 31 (13.14%) DBS Check
5 30 (12.71%) A+ Certification
5 30 (12.71%) Computer Science Degree
6 29 (12.29%) MCP
7 19 (8.05%) SC Cleared
8 14 (5.93%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (5.08%) DV Cleared
10 5 (2.12%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (2.12%) MCSE
11 3 (1.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (1.27%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.27%) MBA
12 2 (0.85%) CCNA
12 2 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.42%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.42%) MCSA
13 1 (0.42%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.47%) SLA
2 14 (5.93%) PCI DSS
3 4 (1.69%) GDPR
4 1 (0.42%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 153 (64.83%) Active Directory
2 14 (5.93%) KVM
3 11 (4.66%) Hyper-V
4 10 (4.24%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (2.54%) Firmware
6 3 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.27%) vSphere
7 2 (0.85%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 54 (22.88%) SCCM
2 47 (19.92%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.85%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.85%) McAfee ePO
4 1 (0.42%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.42%) WSUS
4 1 (0.42%) XenMobile
Vendors
1 160 (67.80%) Microsoft
2 23 (9.75%) ServiceNow
3 22 (9.32%) Dell
4 17 (7.20%) Bloomberg
5 15 (6.36%) Citrix
5 15 (6.36%) MobileIron
6 13 (5.51%) VMware
7 12 (5.08%) Apple
7 12 (5.08%) McAfee
8 10 (4.24%) Cisco
9 7 (2.97%) HP
10 6 (2.54%) Reuters
11 4 (1.69%) Lotus
12 3 (1.27%) Ivanti
12 3 (1.27%) Okta
12 3 (1.27%) Polycom
13 2 (0.85%) Cognizant
13 2 (0.85%) SolarWinds
13 2 (0.85%) Trayport
14 1 (0.42%) Sage