Service Desk Support Jobs with Work from Home Options

Service Desk Support
UK > Work from Home

The median Service Desk Support salary for remote or hybrid work is £30,350 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 592 591 829
Rank change year-on-year -1 +238 -240
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Support 10 42 72
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.028% 0.11% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.12% 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 8 41 72
10th Percentile £25,800 £24,750 £20,700
25th Percentile £27,375 £26,250 £24,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,350 £32,500 £26,375
Median % change year-on-year -6.62% +23.22% +5.50%
75th Percentile £55,500 £37,250 £31,938
90th Percentile £159,000 £53,750 £34,586
UK median annual salary £30,000 £27,500 £27,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% +11.92%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 34,224 35,954 73,616
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.28% 95.93% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,903 26,270 42,683
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,875 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Service Desk Support
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Service Desk Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Service Desk Support trend for jobs with a WFH option

Service Desk Support
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Service Desk Support.

Service Desk Support salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Service Desk Support
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Service Desk Support over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Service Desk Support salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Service Desk Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Service Desk Support 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Service Desk Support in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Customer Service
2 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (60.00%) ITIL
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (50.00%) ITSM
3 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (50.00%) Windows
4 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
4 4 (40.00%) Windows 10
5 3 (30.00%) Finance
5 3 (30.00%) ITIL Certification
5 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (20.00%) Break/Fix
6 2 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
6 2 (20.00%) Azure
6 2 (20.00%) Remedy
6 2 (20.00%) VPN
6 2 (20.00%) SLA
6 2 (20.00%) Legal
6 2 (20.00%) Service Management
6 2 (20.00%) Degree
6 2 (20.00%) Banking
6 2 (20.00%) Information Security
6 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (20.00%) Entra ID
6 2 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow
6 2 (20.00%) Coaching

Service Desk Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (10.00%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (20.00%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (20.00%) VPN
2 1 (10.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Banking
3 2 (20.00%) Legal
4 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (50.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (10.00%) Android
3 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
3 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Customer Service
2 6 (60.00%) ITIL
3 5 (50.00%) ITSM
4 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (20.00%) Break/Fix
5 2 (20.00%) Coaching
5 2 (20.00%) Information Security
5 2 (20.00%) Service Management
5 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
6 1 (10.00%) Configuration Management
6 1 (10.00%) Content Management
6 1 (10.00%) Customer-Centricity
6 1 (10.00%) Document Management
6 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
6 1 (10.00%) Practice Management
6 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
6 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (10.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Remedy
2 2 (20.00%) ServiceNow
3 1 (10.00%) Adobe
3 1 (10.00%) Apple
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix
3 1 (10.00%) iManage
3 1 (10.00%) Intapp
3 1 (10.00%) Sun