The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support 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 in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support
Rank 179 207 184
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 38 20 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.729% 0.326% 0.255%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.774% 0.345% 0.270%
Number of salaries quoted 26 19 12
Average salary £26,000 £26,000 £24,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,250 £23,700 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £31,250 £31,000 £28,500
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
4908 5802 4813
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 94.10% 94.54% 94.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3903 4946 3993
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Desktop Support
South East

Desktop Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Desktop Support Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Desktop Support Salary Trend

Desktop Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Desktop Support across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Berkshire Desktop Support Salary Histogram

Desktop Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Reading -1 13 £30,000 +15.38%
Bracknell - 12 - -
Slough - 8 £21,500 -
Desktop Support
South East

Desktop Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Desktop Support 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 in their job title.

1 59 (79.73%) Windows
1 59 (79.73%) MS Excel
1 59 (79.73%) Microsoft
2 33 (44.59%) Windows XP
3 31 (41.89%) MCP
3 31 (41.89%) Microsoft Certification
4 30 (40.54%) MCSE
5 28 (37.84%) Finance
6 27 (36.49%) Windows Server 2003
6 27 (36.49%) HP
6 27 (36.49%) SC Cleared
6 27 (36.49%) Security Cleared
7 26 (35.14%) SCCM
7 26 (35.14%) Telecoms
8 25 (33.78%) McAfee
8 25 (33.78%) Software Distribution
9 24 (32.43%) Software Deployment
9 24 (32.43%) MCITP
9 24 (32.43%) Fujitsu
9 24 (32.43%) Retail
9 24 (32.43%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 24 (32.43%) OpenView Configuration Management
9 24 (32.43%) Sophos
10 22 (29.73%) MS Office
11 21 (28.38%) MS Exchange
12 16 (21.62%) Active Directory
13 14 (18.92%) LAN
13 14 (18.92%) Exchange Server 2010
14 12 (16.22%) Windows 7
14 12 (16.22%) TCP/IP

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Desktop Support 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 in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (1.351%) LAMP
1 1 (1.351%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 21 (28.38%) MS Exchange
2 14 (18.92%) Exchange Server 2010
3 10 (13.51%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (8.108%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 4 (5.405%) Lotus Notes
6 1 (1.351%) Drupal
6 1 (1.351%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 59 (79.73%) MS Excel
2 22 (29.73%) MS Office
3 2 (2.703%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.351%) Acrobat
4 1 (1.351%) QuarkXPress
4 1 (1.351%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.351%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (18.92%) LAN
2 12 (16.22%) TCP/IP
3 10 (13.51%) WAN
3 10 (13.51%) DNS
4 6 (8.108%) Wireless
5 2 (2.703%) IP Telephony
5 2 (2.703%) Firewall
5 2 (2.703%) DHCP
5 2 (2.703%) VPN
5 2 (2.703%) VoIP
6 1 (1.351%) Ethernet
6 1 (1.351%) Internet
6 1 (1.351%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.351%) SQL Server
General
1 28 (37.84%) Finance
2 26 (35.14%) Telecoms
3 24 (32.43%) Retail
4 9 (12.16%) German Language
5 6 (8.108%) French Language
6 3 (4.054%) Banking
7 2 (2.703%) Law
8 1 (1.351%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.22%) Blackberry
2 6 (8.108%) SaaS
2 6 (8.108%) iPhone
2 6 (8.108%) Replication
3 4 (5.405%) Handset
4 3 (4.054%) FMCG
4 3 (4.054%) PDA
5 1 (1.351%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 59 (79.73%) Windows
2 33 (44.59%) Windows XP
3 27 (36.49%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (16.22%) Windows 7
5 11 (14.86%) Windows Server 2008
6 10 (13.51%) Linux
7 1 (1.351%) Mac OS X
7 1 (1.351%) Windows Vista
7 1 (1.351%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (33.78%) Software Distribution
2 24 (32.43%) Software Deployment
3 5 (6.757%) Service Delivery
4 3 (4.054%) Incident Management
4 3 (4.054%) Problem Management
5 2 (2.703%) Time Management
5 2 (2.703%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 10 (13.51%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (41.89%) MCP
1 31 (41.89%) Microsoft Certification
2 30 (40.54%) MCSE
3 27 (36.49%) SC Cleared
3 27 (36.49%) Security Cleared
4 24 (32.43%) MCITP
5 7 (9.459%) Degree
6 6 (8.108%) MCDST
6 6 (8.108%) MCSA
7 1 (1.351%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.108%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (21.62%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.351%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (1.351%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 26 (35.14%) SCCM
2 24 (32.43%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 24 (32.43%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 2 (2.703%) Norton AntiVirus
4 1 (1.351%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.351%) SCOM
Vendors
1 59 (79.73%) Microsoft
2 27 (36.49%) HP
3 25 (33.78%) McAfee
4 24 (32.43%) Fujitsu
4 24 (32.43%) Sophos
5 11 (14.86%) VMware
6 9 (12.16%) Symantec
7 5 (6.757%) Citrix
8 4 (5.405%) Lotus
9 2 (2.703%) Remedy
9 2 (2.703%) Avaya
9 2 (2.703%) Adobe
10 1 (1.351%) IBM
10 1 (1.351%) Dell
10 1 (1.351%) Quark
10 1 (1.351%) Google