Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Berkshire region.

 Desktop Support
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank158147189
Rank change year-on-year
Down-11Up+42
Matching permanent IT job ads81688
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire0.204 %0.346 %0.745 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.219 %0.374 %0.790 %
Salaries quoted81582
Average salary£29,000£25,000£24,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.00 %+4.160 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,000£19,200
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£35,000£65,000£34,800
UK excluding London average salary£23,000£22,500£23,500
% change year-on-year
+2.220 %-4.250 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3651427911140
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire93.21 %92.42 %94.33 %
Salaries quoted307634779174
Average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %-
Desktop Support South EastDesktop Support
South East

Desktop Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Desktop Support
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Desktop Support across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

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 18 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SloughUp+33£32,500-32.98 %
ReadingUp+212£33,750+35.00 %
NewburyNew entry-1£27,500-
Desktop Support South EastDesktop Support
South East

Desktop Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, 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.

110 (76.92 %)Windows
27 (53.85 %)Active Directory
27 (53.85 %)Windows Vista
36 (46.15 %)Cisco
36 (46.15 %)LAN
36 (46.15 %)WAN
45 (38.46 %)MS Exchange
45 (38.46 %)Windows Server 2003
54 (30.77 %)Exchange Server 2003
54 (30.77 %)TCP/IP
54 (30.77 %)Windows XP
63 (23.08 %)Windows 2000 Server
72 (15.38 %)Kaseya
72 (15.38 %)Windows Server 2008
72 (15.38 %)Exchange Server 2007
72 (15.38 %)MS Excel
72 (15.38 %)Windows 2000
72 (15.38 %)C
72 (15.38 %)VPN
72 (15.38 %)DNS
72 (15.38 %)SLA
72 (15.38 %)Broadband
72 (15.38 %)DHCP
72 (15.38 %)Symantec
72 (15.38 %)Microsoft
72 (15.38 %)Wi-Fi
72 (15.38 %)Wireless
81 (7.692 %)Finance
81 (7.692 %)Manufacturing
81 (7.692 %)VMware

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, 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.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (38.46 %)MS Exchange
24 (30.77 %)Exchange Server 2003
32 (15.38 %)Exchange Server 2007
41 (7.692 %)Lotus Notes
41 (7.692 %)Exchange Server 2000
Berkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (15.38 %)MS Excel
21 (7.692 %)MS Office
Berkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (46.15 %)LAN
16 (46.15 %)WAN
24 (30.77 %)TCP/IP
32 (15.38 %)VPN
32 (15.38 %)DNS
32 (15.38 %)Broadband
32 (15.38 %)DHCP
32 (15.38 %)Wi-Fi
32 (15.38 %)Wireless
41 (7.692 %)Network Security
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (7.692 %)SQL Server
Berkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (7.692 %)Finance
11 (7.692 %)Manufacturing
11 (7.692 %)Retail
Berkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
110 (76.92 %)Windows
27 (53.85 %)Windows Vista
35 (38.46 %)Windows Server 2003
44 (30.77 %)Windows XP
53 (23.08 %)Windows 2000 Server
62 (15.38 %)Windows Server 2008
62 (15.38 %)Windows 2000
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11 (7.692 %)ITIL
11 (7.692 %)Incident Management
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12 (15.38 %)C
Berkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (15.38 %)SLA
Berkshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (53.85 %)Active Directory
Berkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16 (46.15 %)Cisco
22 (15.38 %)Kaseya
22 (15.38 %)Symantec
22 (15.38 %)Microsoft
31 (7.692 %)VMware
31 (7.692 %)Citrix
31 (7.692 %)Avaya
31 (7.692 %)Veritas
31 (7.692 %)Lotus