The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Desktop Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Engineer
Rank 117 113 113
Rank change year-on-year
-4 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 5 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 0.288% 0.058% 0.161%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.296% 0.061% 0.173%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 3
Average salary £22,500 £22,000 £16,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.27% +37.50%
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £22,750
% change year-on-year
- +9.89%
All Job Titles
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1687 1634 1739
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 97.29% 94.45% 93.04%
Number of salaries quoted 1464 1442 1419
Average salary £37,500 £36,122 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.81% +6.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Desktop Engineer
South West

Desktop Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol Desktop Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Bristol Desktop Engineer Salary Trend

Desktop Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region that cited Desktop Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
3 3 (42.86%) MCP
3 3 (42.86%) MCITP
3 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
4 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
4 2 (28.57%) MCSE
4 2 (28.57%) MCSA
4 2 (28.57%) MS Office
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (28.57%) Advertising
4 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (14.29%) Change Control
5 1 (14.29%) MCDST
5 1 (14.29%) Handset
5 1 (14.29%) Time Management
5 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
5 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Wireless
5 1 (14.29%) Finance
5 1 (14.29%) Apple
5 1 (14.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (14.29%) Remedy
5 1 (14.29%) McAfee
5 1 (14.29%) Blackberry
5 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification

Desktop Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region that cited Desktop Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 3 (42.86%) MS Excel
2 2 (28.57%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Wireless
1 1 (14.29%) Broadband
1 1 (14.29%) LAN
1 1 (14.29%) WAN
General
1 2 (28.57%) Advertising
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Handset
1 1 (14.29%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 6 (85.71%) Windows
2 3 (42.86%) Windows 7
3 2 (28.57%) Windows XP
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Change Control
1 1 (14.29%) Time Management
1 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (42.86%) MCP
2 3 (42.86%) MCITP
3 2 (28.57%) MCSE
3 2 (28.57%) MCSA
4 1 (14.29%) MCDST
4 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (14.29%) CCNA
System Software
1 4 (57.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Apple
2 1 (14.29%) Remedy
2 1 (14.29%) McAfee
2 1 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) Cisco