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The table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT jobs within the Brentwood 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 Support in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Desktop Support
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank20-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads20
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.899 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted10
Average minimum salary£24,000-
Average salary£24,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£24,000-
UK excluding London average salary£24,331£24,702
% change on same period last year-1.50 %
Brentwood IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Brentwood
Matching permanent IT job ads69132
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.038 %0.055 %
Salaries quoted59130
Average minimum salary£37,761£35,617
Average salary£40,564£36,961
% change on same period last year+9.74 %
Average maximum salary£43,367£38,305
UK excluding London average salary£38,058£39,448
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
Desktop Support EssexDesktop Support
Essex

Desktop Support
Demand Trend

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

Brentwood 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 Brentwood region.

Brentwood Desktop Support Salary Trend

Desktop Support
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Brentwood 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.

15 (100.00 %)Windows
24 (80.00 %)MS Excel
24 (80.00 %)MS Office
24 (80.00 %)MCP
24 (80.00 %)Active Directory
24 (80.00 %)Citrix
24 (80.00 %)Microsoft Certification
33 (60.00 %)Insurance
33 (60.00 %)MCDST
33 (60.00 %)SQL
33 (60.00 %)DNS
33 (60.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (20.00 %)Pensions
41 (20.00 %)Microsoft
41 (20.00 %)ITIL

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Brentwood 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.

Brentwood IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (80.00 %)MS Office
14 (80.00 %)MS Excel
Brentwood IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (60.00 %)DNS
Brentwood IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (60.00 %)Insurance
21 (20.00 %)Pensions
Brentwood IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (100.00 %)Windows
23 (60.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
Brentwood IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)ITIL
Brentwood IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (60.00 %)SQL
Brentwood IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (80.00 %)MCP
14 (80.00 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (60.00 %)MCDST
Brentwood IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (80.00 %)Active Directory
Brentwood IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (80.00 %)Citrix
21 (20.00 %)Microsoft