The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support 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 Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support Engineer
Rank 185 203 203
Rank change year-on-year
+18 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 31 16 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.600% 0.261% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.638% 0.276% 0.040%
Number of salaries quoted 19 15 1
Average salary £27,000 £26,000 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4862 5796 4977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 94.10% 94.44% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3861 4940 4138
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Desktop Support Engineer
South East

Desktop Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire 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 Berkshire region.

Berkshire Desktop Support Engineer Salary Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 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
Bracknell - 12 - -
Reading 0 10 £30,000 +15.38%
Slough - 7 £21,500 -
Desktop Support Engineer
South East

Desktop Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 47 (87.04%) Microsoft
2 45 (83.33%) MS Excel
3 42 (77.78%) Windows
4 29 (53.70%) MCSE
4 29 (53.70%) MCP
4 29 (53.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 27 (50.00%) Windows XP
5 27 (50.00%) Finance
6 26 (48.15%) Windows Server 2003
6 26 (48.15%) SC Cleared
6 26 (48.15%) Security Cleared
7 25 (46.30%) SCCM
7 25 (46.30%) HP
8 24 (44.44%) Software Distribution
9 23 (42.59%) Software Deployment
9 23 (42.59%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 23 (42.59%) OpenView Configuration Management
9 23 (42.59%) McAfee
9 23 (42.59%) Telecoms
9 23 (42.59%) Sophos
9 23 (42.59%) Retail
9 23 (42.59%) MCITP
9 23 (42.59%) Fujitsu
10 12 (22.22%) TCP/IP
11 11 (20.37%) MS Exchange
11 11 (20.37%) VMware
11 11 (20.37%) Windows Server 2008
12 10 (18.52%) Exchange Server 2010
13 9 (16.67%) German Language
13 9 (16.67%) MS Office

Desktop Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Application Development
1 1 (1.852%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 11 (20.37%) MS Exchange
2 10 (18.52%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (7.407%) Lotus Notes
4 1 (1.852%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (1.852%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 45 (83.33%) MS Excel
2 9 (16.67%) MS Office
3 2 (3.704%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 12 (22.22%) TCP/IP
2 9 (16.67%) DNS
3 8 (14.81%) LAN
3 8 (14.81%) WAN
4 2 (3.704%) VoIP
4 2 (3.704%) IP Telephony
4 2 (3.704%) Firewall
5 1 (1.852%) Ethernet
5 1 (1.852%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.852%) SQL Server
General
1 27 (50.00%) Finance
2 23 (42.59%) Telecoms
2 23 (42.59%) Retail
3 9 (16.67%) German Language
4 6 (11.11%) French Language
5 1 (1.852%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.11%) Blackberry
1 6 (11.11%) Replication
2 4 (7.407%) Handset
3 3 (5.556%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 42 (77.78%) Windows
2 27 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 26 (48.15%) Windows Server 2003
4 11 (20.37%) Windows Server 2008
5 9 (16.67%) Linux
6 2 (3.704%) Windows 7
7 1 (1.852%) Windows Vista
7 1 (1.852%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (44.44%) Software Distribution
2 23 (42.59%) Software Deployment
3 4 (7.407%) Service Delivery
4 2 (3.704%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (53.70%) MCSE
1 29 (53.70%) MCP
1 29 (53.70%) Microsoft Certification
2 26 (48.15%) SC Cleared
2 26 (48.15%) Security Cleared
3 23 (42.59%) MCITP
4 6 (11.11%) MCDST
4 6 (11.11%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.407%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (14.81%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.852%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (1.852%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 25 (46.30%) SCCM
2 23 (42.59%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 23 (42.59%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 2 (3.704%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (1.852%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.852%) SCOM
Vendors
1 47 (87.04%) Microsoft
2 25 (46.30%) HP
3 23 (42.59%) McAfee
3 23 (42.59%) Sophos
3 23 (42.59%) Fujitsu
4 11 (20.37%) VMware
5 5 (9.259%) Citrix
6 4 (7.407%) Lotus
7 3 (5.556%) Symantec
8 2 (3.704%) Remedy
8 2 (3.704%) Adobe
8 2 (3.704%) Avaya
Slough, Berkshire
20,000 - £25,000 (Depending on Experience) -Slough, Berkshire 2nd Line Desktop Support Engineer with experience of Windows server, Active Directory, Exchange server, and Cisco products including switching,...
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Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013