The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Desktop Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support Engineer
Rank 128 127 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 1 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.050% 0.155% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.051% 0.164% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 0
Average salary £18,500 £27,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.48% -
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £24,000 £23,500
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.12%
All Job Titles
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1942 1829 1955
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 96.23% 94.72% 94.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1682 1553 1722
Average salary £41,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £26,150
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Desktop Support Engineer
South East

Desktop Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Desktop Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Buckinghamshire Desktop Support Engineer Salary Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes - 1 £18,500 -
Desktop Support Engineer
South East

Desktop Support Engineer
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire region that cited Desktop Support 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 Support Engineer in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) MCSE
1 2 (100.00%) MCSA
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
1 2 (100.00%) Backup Exec
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 2000 Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 8

Desktop Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 2000 Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Security
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) MCSE
1 2 (100.00%) MCSA
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft