The first table below looks at the demand for the Help Desk Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Help Desk Engineer 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Help Desk Engineer
Rank - 124 125
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Engineer 0 3 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge - 0.150% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.156% 0.099%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 2
Average salary - £17,000 £24,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -29.89%
UK excluding London average salary £21,500 £22,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year
-2.27% -8.33%
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1774 1927 2029
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 95.33% 96.25% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1572 1639 1849
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,150 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Help Desk Engineer
Cambridgeshire

Help Desk Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Help Desk Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Help Desk Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge Help Desk Engineer Salary Trend

Help Desk Engineer
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Help Desk 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 Help Desk Engineer in their job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Wireless
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (20.00%) Active Directory

Help Desk Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Help Desk 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 Help Desk Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 4 (80.00%) SQL Server
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (80.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory