The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Desktop Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support Engineer
Rank - 39 38
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 0 11 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen - 2.676% 0.368%
As % of the Job Titles category - 2.887% 0.389%
Number of salaries quoted 0 11 1
Average salary - £25,000 £20,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
326 381 257
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 95.32% 92.70% 94.49%
Number of salaries quoted 232 289 213
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £25,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £52,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Desktop Support Engineer
Scotland

Desktop Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer across the Aberdeen region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Aberdeen Desktop Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Desktop Support Engineer Salary Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited Desktop Support Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Desktop Support Engineer in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) MS Office
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) MCP
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 3 (100.00%) MCDST
1 3 (100.00%) MCTS
1 3 (100.00%) Problem Management
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (66.67%) Legal

Desktop Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited Desktop Support Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Desktop Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) DHCP
1 3 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 3 (100.00%) DNS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) MCP
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 3 (100.00%) MCDST
1 3 (100.00%) MCTS
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft