The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. 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 20 June 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Engineer
Rank 195 198 202
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 24 15 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.446% 0.246% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.476% 0.261% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 14 15 3
Average salary £23,250 £31,000 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.00% +19.23%
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £23,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.38%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5047 5749 5114
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 93.79% 94.37% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4039 4833 4288
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Desktop Engineer
South East

Desktop Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Desktop Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Desktop Engineer Salary Trend

Desktop Engineer
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 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bracknell - 8 - -
Reading -6 7 £30,000 -3.22% 1
Slough - 7 £21,500 -
Maidenhead +3 2 £24,000 +3.22%
Desktop Engineer
South East

Desktop Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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 46 (83.64%) Microsoft
2 43 (78.18%) Windows
3 42 (76.36%) MS Excel
4 28 (50.91%) MCSE
4 28 (50.91%) Microsoft Certification
5 26 (47.27%) Windows Server 2003
5 26 (47.27%) MCP
5 26 (47.27%) Windows XP
6 24 (43.64%) Finance
7 23 (41.82%) HP
7 23 (41.82%) SC Cleared
7 23 (41.82%) Security Cleared
8 22 (40.00%) SCCM
9 21 (38.18%) Software Distribution
10 20 (36.36%) Software Deployment
10 20 (36.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 20 (36.36%) OpenView Configuration Management
10 20 (36.36%) Telecoms
10 20 (36.36%) McAfee
10 20 (36.36%) Sophos
10 20 (36.36%) Retail
10 20 (36.36%) MCITP
10 20 (36.36%) Fujitsu
11 15 (27.27%) Windows Server 2008
12 13 (23.64%) Active Directory
12 13 (23.64%) MS Exchange
13 12 (21.82%) TCP/IP
13 12 (21.82%) Exchange Server 2010
14 11 (20.00%) Linux
14 11 (20.00%) VMware

Desktop Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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 Development
1 1 (1.818%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 13 (23.64%) MS Exchange
2 12 (21.82%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (5.455%) IBM Notes
4 1 (1.818%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (1.818%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 42 (76.36%) MS Excel
2 10 (18.18%) MS Office
3 3 (5.455%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 12 (21.82%) TCP/IP
2 9 (16.36%) DNS
3 7 (12.73%) WAN
3 7 (12.73%) LAN
4 5 (9.091%) Firewall
5 1 (1.818%) VoIP
5 1 (1.818%) Ethernet
5 1 (1.818%) VPN
5 1 (1.818%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.818%) SQL Server
General
1 24 (43.64%) Finance
2 20 (36.36%) Telecoms
2 20 (36.36%) Retail
3 9 (16.36%) German Language
4 6 (10.91%) French Language
5 1 (1.818%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 7 (12.73%) Blackberry
2 6 (10.91%) Replication
3 3 (5.455%) Handset
3 3 (5.455%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 43 (78.18%) Windows
2 26 (47.27%) Windows Server 2003
2 26 (47.27%) Windows XP
3 15 (27.27%) Windows Server 2008
4 11 (20.00%) Linux
5 2 (3.636%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.818%) Mac OS X
6 1 (1.818%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (38.18%) Software Distribution
2 20 (36.36%) Software Deployment
3 4 (7.273%) ITIL
4 3 (5.455%) Service Delivery
5 1 (1.818%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (16.36%) SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (50.91%) MCSE
1 28 (50.91%) Microsoft Certification
2 26 (47.27%) MCP
3 23 (41.82%) SC Cleared
3 23 (41.82%) Security Cleared
4 20 (36.36%) MCITP
5 8 (14.55%) MCSA
6 6 (10.91%) MCDST
7 2 (3.636%) CCNA
7 2 (3.636%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.455%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (23.64%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.818%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (1.818%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (40.00%) SCCM
2 20 (36.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 20 (36.36%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 3 (5.455%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (1.818%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.818%) SCOM
Vendors
1 46 (83.64%) Microsoft
2 23 (41.82%) HP
3 20 (36.36%) McAfee
3 20 (36.36%) Sophos
3 20 (36.36%) Fujitsu
4 11 (20.00%) VMware
5 4 (7.273%) Cisco
5 4 (7.273%) Citrix
5 4 (7.273%) Symantec
6 3 (5.455%) Remedy
6 3 (5.455%) Lotus
6 3 (5.455%) Adobe
7 1 (1.818%) Avaya
Reading, Berkshire
Experience with Windows 7 and 8 desktop Operating Systems and associated applications e.g... DNS and TCP/IP), security and network management practices - Experience working with Active Directory,...
Specialist Software Services
Salary: £20,000 - £25,000 per year
Posted: 14 June 2013