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 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 609 578 719
Rank change year-on-year -31 +141 -83
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 171 150 155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.27% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.31% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 157 131 117
10th Percentile £24,240 £25,000 £24,400
25th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £29,000 £27,500 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.45% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £35,000
90th Percentile £37,500 £37,250 £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

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 75,991 49,070 72,896
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 88.81% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 53,059 29,227 42,783
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,519 £50,296
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +6.41% +5.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,500
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 12 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 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
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
Wales +21 20 £28,290 +2.87% 2
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
Scotland -59 11 £24,240 -25.42% 3
Yorkshire +73 10 £32,500 -15.13% 3
West Midlands -13 9 £35,000 +30.84% 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £35,000 - 1
Desktop Engineer
UK

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

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

1 128 (74.85%) Windows
2 122 (71.35%) Microsoft
3 93 (54.39%) Active Directory
4 73 (42.69%) Social Skills
5 62 (36.26%) Microsoft Office
6 58 (33.92%) Microsoft 365
7 49 (28.65%) Security Cleared
8 45 (26.32%) Driving Licence
9 44 (25.73%) Customer Service
10 43 (25.15%) Problem-Solving
11 41 (23.98%) Break/Fix
11 41 (23.98%) Azure
12 38 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
13 37 (21.64%) Microsoft Certification
14 36 (21.05%) Degree
14 36 (21.05%) Windows 10
15 34 (19.88%) Entra ID
16 31 (18.13%) OneDrive
16 31 (18.13%) SCCM
17 30 (17.54%) Remote Desktop
18 29 (16.96%) DBS Check
18 29 (16.96%) Microsoft Excel
18 29 (16.96%) Mac OS
18 29 (16.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
19 28 (16.37%) Computer Science
19 28 (16.37%) Network Security
19 28 (16.37%) Ticket Management
20 27 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
20 27 (15.79%) Onboarding
20 27 (15.79%) MCP

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 9 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (2.92%) SharePoint
Applications
1 62 (36.26%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (16.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (16.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 58 (33.92%) Microsoft 365
2 41 (23.98%) Azure
3 34 (19.88%) Entra ID
4 31 (18.13%) OneDrive
5 3 (1.75%) AWS
6 2 (1.17%) 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 (17.54%) Remote Desktop
2 28 (16.37%) Network Security
3 25 (14.62%) Wi-Fi
4 9 (5.26%) DNS
4 9 (5.26%) LAN
5 7 (4.09%) TCP/IP
6 6 (3.51%) DHCP
7 5 (2.92%) Firewall
8 4 (2.34%) VPN
8 4 (2.34%) WAN
9 2 (1.17%) Internet
10 1 (0.58%) HTTP
10 1 (0.58%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Visual Studio
General
1 73 (42.69%) Social Skills
2 22 (12.87%) Finance
3 21 (12.28%) Organisational Skills
4 8 (4.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (2.92%) Automotive
6 3 (1.75%) Law
6 3 (1.75%) Legal
6 3 (1.75%) Police
6 3 (1.75%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.17%) Aerospace
7 2 (1.17%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.17%) Billing
8 1 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.58%) Electronics
8 1 (0.58%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.58%) Marketing
8 1 (0.58%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.85%) WPF
2 7 (4.09%) WinForms
3 4 (2.34%) .NET
4 1 (0.58%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.58%) CSS
4 1 (0.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 45 (26.32%) Driving Licence
2 27 (15.79%) Onboarding
3 16 (9.36%) Smartphone
4 5 (2.92%) iPhone
5 3 (1.75%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.17%) Algorithms
6 2 (1.17%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.17%) Fat Client
6 2 (1.17%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.17%) 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%) Replication
7 1 (0.58%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.58%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 128 (74.85%) Windows
2 36 (21.05%) Windows 10
3 29 (16.96%) Mac OS
4 18 (10.53%) Windows 7
5 8 (4.68%) Android
6 7 (4.09%) Windows Server
7 5 (2.92%) Linux
8 3 (1.75%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.17%) Windows Server 2008
9 2 (1.17%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (25.73%) Customer Service
2 43 (25.15%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (23.98%) Break/Fix
4 28 (16.37%) Computer Science
4 28 (16.37%) Ticket Management
5 23 (13.45%) Asset Management
6 21 (12.28%) ITIL
7 18 (10.53%) Proactive Maintenance
8 14 (8.19%) Time Management
9 12 (7.02%) Mobile Device Management
10 9 (5.26%) Software Engineering
11 8 (4.68%) Incident Management
11 8 (4.68%) Service Delivery
12 7 (4.09%) Continuous Improvement
12 7 (4.09%) Software Deployment
13 6 (3.51%) ITSM
14 5 (2.92%) Agile
14 5 (2.92%) Customer Requirements
14 5 (2.92%) Software Testing
15 3 (1.75%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (5.26%) C#
2 5 (2.92%) C
3 4 (2.34%) C++
4 3 (1.75%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.58%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 49 (28.65%) Security Cleared
2 37 (21.64%) Microsoft Certification
3 36 (21.05%) Degree
4 29 (16.96%) DBS Check
5 27 (15.79%) A+ Certification
5 27 (15.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 27 (15.79%) MCP
6 18 (10.53%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (10.53%) SC Cleared
7 12 (7.02%) DV Cleared
8 4 (2.34%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.75%) MCSE
10 2 (1.17%) CCNA
10 2 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.58%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.58%) MCSA
11 1 (0.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (12.28%) SLA
2 18 (10.53%) PCI DSS
3 9 (5.26%) GDPR
System Software
1 93 (54.39%) Active Directory
2 18 (10.53%) KVM
3 5 (2.92%) Firmware
4 4 (2.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (1.17%) Hyper-V
5 2 (1.17%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.58%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 38 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 31 (18.13%) SCCM
3 2 (1.17%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 122 (71.35%) Microsoft
2 22 (12.87%) Dell
3 12 (7.02%) McAfee
3 12 (7.02%) MobileIron
4 10 (5.85%) ServiceNow
5 5 (2.92%) HP
6 4 (2.34%) Citrix
7 2 (1.17%) Cognizant
7 2 (1.17%) VMware
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