The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support
Rank 82 81 66
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 1 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Brighton 0.132% 0.264% 0.419%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.134% 0.268% 0.440%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 2
Average salary £19,000 £28,000 £25,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-32.14% +10.89%
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Brighton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
745 747 455
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Brighton 98.03% 98.55% 95.39%
Number of salaries quoted 679 668 436
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £49,080
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Desktop Support
East Sussex

Desktop Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Brighton Desktop Support Salary Trend

Desktop Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Brighton 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 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) Linux
2 7 (77.78%) LDAP
2 7 (77.78%) Mac OS X
2 7 (77.78%) Samba
3 6 (66.67%) VoIP
3 6 (66.67%) Windows 7
4 5 (55.56%) Asterisk PBX
4 5 (55.56%) Mac OS X Server
4 5 (55.56%) ITIL
4 5 (55.56%) Ubuntu
5 3 (33.33%) Information Security Management
5 3 (33.33%) Security Management
5 3 (33.33%) Information Security
5 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (33.33%) Project Planning
5 3 (33.33%) Web Development
5 3 (33.33%) Mac OS
6 2 (22.22%) SUSE
6 2 (22.22%) CentOS
6 2 (22.22%) Debian
6 2 (22.22%) Red Hat
6 2 (22.22%) Apple
6 2 (22.22%) Internet
7 1 (11.11%) X-Windows
7 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (11.11%) Cisco
7 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
7 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
7 1 (11.11%) Windows XP

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Brighton 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 (11.11%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 7 (77.78%) LDAP
2 6 (66.67%) VoIP
3 5 (55.56%) Asterisk PBX
4 2 (22.22%) Internet
5 1 (11.11%) Firewall
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 7 (77.78%) Linux
2 7 (77.78%) Mac OS X
3 6 (66.67%) Windows 7
4 5 (55.56%) Mac OS X Server
4 5 (55.56%) Ubuntu
5 3 (33.33%) Mac OS
6 2 (22.22%) SUSE
6 2 (22.22%) CentOS
6 2 (22.22%) Debian
7 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
7 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (11.11%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) ITIL
2 3 (33.33%) Information Security Management
2 3 (33.33%) Security Management
2 3 (33.33%) Information Security
2 3 (33.33%) Project Planning
2 3 (33.33%) Web Development
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (77.78%) Samba
2 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Red Hat
1 2 (22.22%) Apple
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) VMware
Brighton, East Sussex
Essentially you must have a good broad technical knowledge of IT systems and infrastructure including most of the following - - Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8 - Servers -...
Focus Select Ltd
Salary: From £17,000 to £21,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 15 May 2013