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This section looks at the demand for the Helpdesk Support role in IT jobs within the Brighton 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 Helpdesk Support in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Help Desk Support
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5660
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching permanent IT job ads51
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.986 %0.164 %
Salaries quoted51
Average minimum salary£22,800£20,000
Average salary£24,250£20,000
% change on same period last year+21.25 %
Average maximum salary£25,700£20,000
UK excluding London average salary£20,665£20,525
% change on same period last year+0.68 %
Brighton IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Brighton
Matching permanent IT job ads507610
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.273 %0.254 %
Salaries quoted428515
Average minimum salary£31,255£32,915
Average salary£34,136£35,520
% change on same period last year-3.89 %
Average maximum salary£37,016£38,126
UK excluding London average salary£38,072£39,428
% change on same period last year-3.43 %
Helpdesk Support East SussexHelpdesk Support
East Sussex

Helpdesk Support
Demand Trend

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

Brighton Helpdesk Support Demand Trend

Helpdesk Support
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Helpdesk Support across the Brighton region.

Brighton Helpdesk Support Salary Trend

Helpdesk Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Helpdesk Support across the Brighton region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Brighton Helpdesk Support Salary Histogram

Helpdesk Support
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Brighton region that cited Helpdesk 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 Helpdesk Support in their job title.

18 (50.00 %)VPN
27 (43.75 %)TCP/IP
27 (43.75 %)MS Excel
36 (37.50 %)Windows
36 (37.50 %)Windows XP
36 (37.50 %)SMTP
36 (37.50 %)DNS
36 (37.50 %)Cisco
36 (37.50 %)DSL
44 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
44 (25.00 %)Microsoft
53 (18.75 %)MS Office
53 (18.75 %)Windows 2000
62 (12.50 %)Active Directory
62 (12.50 %)Wireless
62 (12.50 %)Windows 2000 Server
71 (6.250 %)Windows Vista
71 (6.250 %)Microsoft Certification
71 (6.250 %)Internet
71 (6.250 %)Blackberry
71 (6.250 %)MCSE
71 (6.250 %)SharePoint
71 (6.250 %)LAN
71 (6.250 %)WAN

Helpdesk Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Brighton region that cited Helpdesk 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 Helpdesk Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Brighton IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (6.250 %)SharePoint
Brighton IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (43.75 %)MS Excel
23 (18.75 %)MS Office
Brighton IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (50.00 %)VPN
27 (43.75 %)TCP/IP
36 (37.50 %)SMTP
36 (37.50 %)DNS
36 (37.50 %)DSL
42 (12.50 %)Wireless
51 (6.250 %)Internet
51 (6.250 %)LAN
51 (6.250 %)WAN
Brighton IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (6.250 %)Blackberry
Brighton IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (37.50 %)Windows
16 (37.50 %)Windows XP
24 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (18.75 %)Windows 2000
42 (12.50 %)Windows 2000 Server
51 (6.250 %)Windows Vista
Brighton IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (6.250 %)MCSE
11 (6.250 %)Microsoft Certification
Brighton IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (12.50 %)Active Directory
Brighton IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (37.50 %)Cisco
24 (25.00 %)Microsoft