Desktop Support Engineer Jobs in the South East

Desktop Support Engineer
England > South East

The median Desktop Support Engineer salary in the South East is £28,000 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 374 347 468
Rank change year-on-year -27 +121 -81
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 30 30 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.16% 0.23% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.25% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 28 26 32
10th Percentile £25,682 £25,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £25,760 £28,725 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £29,400 £31,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -6.67% +0.80%
75th Percentile £34,500 £32,500 £38,500
90th Percentile £34,575 £36,000 £41,750
England median annual salary £32,000 £32,500 £33,250
% change year-on-year -1.54% -2.26% +0.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 17,582 11,899 20,479
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.31% 89.64% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 12,383 7,812 12,372
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the South East

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer in the South East.

Salary trend for Desktop Support Engineer in the South East

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the South East

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

Salary histogram for Desktop Support Engineer in the South East

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer within the South East 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 Sussex +24 13 £25,760 +3.04% 1
Thames Valley +3 12 £32,250 -0.77%
Berkshire +16 10 £34,500 +6.15%
Buckinghamshire -12 2 £28,500 -12.31%
Kent -20 2 - - 1
Middlesex - 2 £30,250 -
Hampshire -50 1 £37,000 +25.85%
Desktop Support Engineer
England

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Desktop Support 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 South East region featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.

1 21 (70.00%) Windows
2 19 (63.33%) Microsoft
2 19 (63.33%) Social Skills
3 14 (46.67%) Azure
3 14 (46.67%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (43.33%) Active Directory
5 12 (40.00%) Entra ID
5 12 (40.00%) Break/Fix
6 11 (36.67%) Remote Desktop
6 11 (36.67%) OneDrive
6 11 (36.67%) Ticket Management
6 11 (36.67%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (36.67%) Microsoft Excel
6 11 (36.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 9 (30.00%) DV Cleared
7 9 (30.00%) Security Cleared
7 9 (30.00%) Windows 10
8 8 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Office
10 6 (20.00%) Windows 7
10 6 (20.00%) Software Deployment
11 5 (16.67%) SCCM
11 5 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (16.67%) Customer Service
11 5 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
11 5 (16.67%) ITIL
11 5 (16.67%) LAN
11 5 (16.67%) HP
11 5 (16.67%) Firmware
11 5 (16.67%) Software Testing

Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 7 (23.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (46.67%) Azure
1 14 (46.67%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (40.00%) Entra ID
3 11 (36.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 11 (36.67%) Remote Desktop
2 5 (16.67%) LAN
3 2 (6.67%) DNS
4 1 (3.33%) DHCP
General
1 19 (63.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Law
3 1 (3.33%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.33%) Driving Licence
2 2 (6.67%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.67%) Smartphone
3 1 (3.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.33%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.33%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 21 (70.00%) Windows
2 9 (30.00%) Windows 10
3 6 (20.00%) Windows 7
4 3 (10.00%) Windows Server
5 1 (3.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (40.00%) Break/Fix
2 11 (36.67%) Ticket Management
3 8 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (20.00%) Software Deployment
5 5 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
5 5 (16.67%) Customer Service
5 5 (16.67%) ITIL
5 5 (16.67%) Service Delivery
5 5 (16.67%) Software Testing
6 2 (6.67%) DevOps
7 1 (3.33%) Asset Management
7 1 (3.33%) High Availability
7 1 (3.33%) Logistics
7 1 (3.33%) Migration
Qualifications
1 9 (30.00%) DV Cleared
1 9 (30.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.67%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (43.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (16.67%) Firmware
3 1 (3.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (36.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (63.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (16.67%) HP
3 2 (6.67%) Cognizant
4 1 (3.33%) Citrix