The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Desktop Support in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support
Rank 138 149 139
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 1 2 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.039% 0.070% 0.200%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.041% 0.072% 0.210%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 4
Average salary £22,500 £22,000 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.27% +2.32%
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2446 2767 2856
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 95.25% 96.21% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2185 2346 2538
Average salary £38,500 £39,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.28% +11.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Desktop Support
East of England

Desktop Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Desktop Support Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support
Salary Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Desktop Support Salary Trend

Desktop Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Support in their job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (37.50%) VMware
3 3 (37.50%) Citrix
3 3 (37.50%) TCP/IP
3 3 (37.50%) DNS
4 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
4 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (25.00%) Degree
4 2 (25.00%) Application Packaging
4 2 (25.00%) Project Management
4 2 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (25.00%) Open Source
5 1 (12.50%) Puppet
5 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (12.50%) Twitter
5 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Management
5 1 (12.50%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (12.50%) XenApp
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (12.50%) SCCM
5 1 (12.50%) SCOM
5 1 (12.50%) Windows Vista
5 1 (12.50%) Multimedia
5 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (25.00%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (12.50%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) TCP/IP
1 3 (37.50%) DNS
2 1 (12.50%) LAN
2 1 (12.50%) WAN
2 1 (12.50%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (12.50%) Multimedia
1 1 (12.50%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Video Conferencing
1 2 (25.00%) Open Source
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
2 1 (12.50%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 4 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 4 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (12.50%) Windows 2000 Server
4 1 (12.50%) Windows Vista
4 1 (12.50%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Management
2 1 (12.50%) CRM
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (37.50%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (12.50%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Puppet
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
1 1 (12.50%) SCOM
1 1 (12.50%) OpenView
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) VMware
2 3 (37.50%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) Twitter
3 1 (12.50%) Apple