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

 Desktop Engineer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank139120
Rank change on same period last yearDown-19
Matching permanent IT job ads56
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.181 %0.237 %
Salaries quoted54
Average minimum salary£13,200£20,750
Average salary£15,100£22,000
% change on same period last year-31.36 %
Average maximum salary£17,000£23,250
UK excluding London average salary£23,884£24,702
% change on same period last year-3.31 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads27632535
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.529 %1.063 %
Salaries quoted23502084
Average minimum salary£32,384£33,456
Average salary£35,603£36,484
% change on same period last year-2.41 %
Average maximum salary£38,821£39,512
UK excluding London average salary£38,058£39,448
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
Desktop Engineer CambridgeshireDesktop Engineer
Cambridgeshire

Desktop Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Desktop Engineer Demand Trend

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge Desktop Engineer Salary Trend

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Cambridge Desktop Engineer Salary Histogram

Desktop Engineer
Top 13 Related IT Skills

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

14 (80.00 %)Windows
23 (60.00 %)Windows XP
23 (60.00 %)Novell
32 (40.00 %)Local Government
32 (40.00 %)Government
32 (40.00 %)Backup Exec
32 (40.00 %)Remedy
32 (40.00 %)ITIL
41 (20.00 %)SQL
41 (20.00 %)MS Excel
41 (20.00 %)Microsoft
41 (20.00 %)Active Directory
41 (20.00 %)Education

Desktop Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Cambridge IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (20.00 %)MS Excel
Cambridge IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (40.00 %)Government
12 (40.00 %)Local Government
21 (20.00 %)Education
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (80.00 %)Windows
23 (60.00 %)Windows XP
Cambridge IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)ITIL
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)SQL
Cambridge IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (40.00 %)Backup Exec
21 (20.00 %)Active Directory
Cambridge IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (60.00 %)Novell
22 (40.00 %)Remedy
31 (20.00 %)Microsoft