Desktop Support Engineer
UK
The median Desktop Support Engineer salary in the UK is £33,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 June 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 16 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 633 | 703 | 746 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +70 | +43 | +269 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer | 87 | 215 | 199 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.15% | 0.19% | 0.22% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.17% | 0.20% | 0.24% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 76 | 186 | 177 |
| 10th Percentile | £21,250 | £24,240 | £26,050 |
| 25th Percentile | £27,750 | £26,525 | £26,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £33,000 | £29,440 | £31,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.09% | -6.54% | -4.91% |
| 75th Percentile | £40,500 | £35,000 | £38,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £53,750 | £45,000 | £46,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £29,500 | £28,290 | £27,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.28% | +2.87% | -8.33% |
All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title | 50,468 | 105,033 | 83,541 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.90% | 94.79% | 91.16% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,658 | 74,081 | 54,579 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £39,500 | £38,572 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,055 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.11% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
Desktop Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Desktop Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer.
Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer over the 6 months to 16 June 2025.
Desktop Support Engineer
Top 13 Job Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 16 June 2025. 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 |
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| England | +72 | 83 | £33,000 | +10.00% | 235 |
| UK excluding London | +106 | 57 | £29,500 | +4.28% | 205 |
| London | +58 | 30 | £40,000 | -2.44% | 63 |
| South East | +81 | 24 | £29,500 | +5.36% | 56 |
| North of England | +56 | 13 | £31,500 | +14.55% | 41 |
| Yorkshire | +69 | 10 | £33,000 | +1.54% | 18 |
| East of England | +33 | 9 | £22,500 | -7.18% | 28 |
| Work from Home | +130 | 8 | £35,500 | -8.39% | 16 |
| South West | +88 | 7 | - | - | 25 |
| Scotland | +109 | 4 | £30,000 | +23.76% | 11 |
| North West | +5 | 3 | £28,250 | +4.63% | 19 |
| Midlands | +69 | 1 | £23,000 | -29.23% | 30 |
| East Midlands | +42 | 1 | £23,000 | -29.23% | 14 |
Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 June 2025, 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 featuring Desktop Support Engineer in the job title.
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Desktop Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:
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