Berkshire Desktop Engineer Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Engineer role in IT jobs within the Berkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Desktop Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Desktop Engineer
Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Aldershot Avonmouth Barnet Bath Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cannock Caterham Chelmsford Chippenham City of London Coulsdon County Antrim Coventry Croydon Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking East Kilbride East Midlands East of England England Essex Exeter Fareham Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Hertford Hertfordshire Hitchin Inverurie Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Livingston London Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Norfolk North East North West Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Pontypool Portsmouth Preston Reading Rochester Romsey Salisbury Scotland Slough Somerset South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West Southampton St Albans St Neots Staffordshire Staines Suffolk Surrey Swindon Torfaen Towcester Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Wallingford Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Wiltshire Windsor Witham Wokingham Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Nov 2008	Same period last year
Rank	203	268
Rank change on same period last year	+65
Matching permanent IT job ads	37	18
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.024 %	0.008 %
As % of the category below	0.486 %	0.158 %
Salaries quoted	32	16
Average minimum salary	£22,243	£24,531
Average salary	£23,643	£25,844
% change on same period last year	-8.51 %
Average maximum salary	£25,043	£27,156
UK excluding London average salary	£25,226	£23,774
% change on same period last year	+6.10 %
Job Titles Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	7610	11412
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	4.910 %	5.108 %
Salaries quoted	6369	9337
Average minimum salary	£38,871	£38,405
Average salary	£42,272	£42,054
% change on same period last year	+0.51 %
Average maximum salary	£45,673	£45,703
UK excluding London average salary	£38,468	£39,125
% change on same period last year	-1.68 %
Desktop Engineer South East

Desktop Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	+28	13	£23,813	-10.14 %
Slough	+3	11	£20,909	-16.36 %
Newbury	-	6	£26,167	-
Windsor	-	3	£29,333	-
Bracknell	-	2	£20,000	-
Maidenhead	-	2	£22,500	-
Wokingham	-	1	£24,000	-

Desktop Engineer South East

Desktop Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Desktop 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 50 (74.63 %) Windows 2 34 (50.75 %) Microsoft 3 28 (41.79 %) Active Directory 4 25 (37.31 %) Microsoft Certification 5 23 (34.33 %) MS Office 6 22 (32.84 %) MS Excel 7 21 (31.34 %) Windows Server 2003 8 18 (26.87 %) TCP/IP 9 17 (25.37 %) Windows XP 10 15 (22.39 %) MCSE 11 14 (20.90 %) Windows Vista 12 12 (17.91 %) Computer Science 12 12 (17.91 %) LAN 13 11 (16.42 %) MS Exchange 13 11 (16.42 %) MCP

14 10 (14.93 %) Blackberry 15 8 (11.94 %) A+ Certification 15 8 (11.94 %) ITIL 15 8 (11.94 %) WAN 15 8 (11.94 %) MCDST 16 7 (10.45 %) Exchange Server 2003 16 7 (10.45 %) Network+ Certification 16 7 (10.45 %) Windows 2000 17 6 (8.955 %) Lotus Notes 17 6 (8.955 %) Cisco 17 6 (8.955 %) Lotus 17 6 (8.955 %) Degree 18 5 (7.463 %) Windows 2000 Server 18 5 (7.463 %) Cisco Certification 18 5 (7.463 %) CCNA

Desktop Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Desktop 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 11 (16.42 %) MS Exchange 2 7 (10.45 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 6 (8.955 %) Lotus Notes 4 3 (4.478 %) Exchange Server 2007 5 2 (2.985 %) Exchange Server 2000 6 1 (1.493 %) GroupWise	Applications 1 23 (34.33 %) MS Office 2 22 (32.84 %) MS Excel
Communications & Networking 1 18 (26.87 %) TCP/IP 2 12 (17.91 %) LAN 3 8 (11.94 %) WAN 4 5 (7.463 %) DHCP 4 5 (7.463 %) DNS 5 4 (5.970 %) Ethernet 5 4 (5.970 %) VPN 6 3 (4.478 %) Internet 7 1 (1.493 %) Firewall 7 1 (1.493 %) Wireless 7 1 (1.493 %) Cisco PIX 7 1 (1.493 %) DEFINITY 7 1 (1.493 %) Broadband 7 1 (1.493 %) SMTP 7 1 (1.493 %) VoIP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 3 (4.478 %) SQL Server 2 1 (1.493 %) SQL Server 2005
General 1 3 (4.478 %) Pharmaceutical 1 3 (4.478 %) Electric 1 3 (4.478 %) Pensions 2 1 (1.493 %) Legal 2 1 (1.493 %) Back Office	Miscellaneous 1 12 (17.91 %) Computer Science 2 10 (14.93 %) Blackberry 3 4 (5.970 %) PDA 4 2 (2.985 %) Client/Server 5 1 (1.493 %) Dutch Language
Operating Systems 1 50 (74.63 %) Windows 2 21 (31.34 %) Windows Server 2003 3 17 (25.37 %) Windows XP 4 14 (20.90 %) Windows Vista 5 7 (10.45 %) Windows 2000 6 5 (7.463 %) Windows 2000 Server 7 2 (2.985 %) Linux 8 1 (1.493 %) Windows NT 8 1 (1.493 %) NetWare	Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (11.94 %) ITIL 2 2 (2.985 %) Incident Management 2 2 (2.985 %) SC Cleared 2 2 (2.985 %) DV Cleared 2 2 (2.985 %) Security Cleared 2 2 (2.985 %) Migration 3 1 (1.493 %) Network Design 3 1 (1.493 %) PRINCE 3 1 (1.493 %) Service Management 3 1 (1.493 %) ITSM
Programming Languages 1 2 (2.985 %) SQL 2 1 (1.493 %) C	Qualifications 1 25 (37.31 %) Microsoft Certification 2 15 (22.39 %) MCSE 3 11 (16.42 %) MCP 4 8 (11.94 %) MCDST 4 8 (11.94 %) A+ Certification 5 7 (10.45 %) Network+ Certification 6 6 (8.955 %) Degree 7 5 (7.463 %) CCNA 7 5 (7.463 %) Cisco Certification 8 3 (4.478 %) ITIL Certification 9 2 (2.985 %) MCSA 10 1 (1.493 %) CCSA 10 1 (1.493 %) HP APS
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (1.493 %) SLA	System Software 1 28 (41.79 %) Active Directory 2 3 (4.478 %) MetaFrame 3 2 (2.985 %) Backup Exec
Systems Management 1 1 (1.493 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 1 1 (1.493 %) ZENworks	Vendors 1 34 (50.75 %) Microsoft 2 6 (8.955 %) Cisco 2 6 (8.955 %) Lotus 3 4 (5.970 %) Citrix 4 3 (4.478 %) HP 4 3 (4.478 %) Altiris 5 1 (1.493 %) CheckPoint 5 1 (1.493 %) Oracle 5 1 (1.493 %) Avaya 5 1 (1.493 %) Lucent 5 1 (1.493 %) Novell