Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Cambridgeshire region.

 Desktop Support
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank115105145
Rank change year-on-year
Down-10Up+40
Matching permanent IT job ads41618
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire0.169 %0.708 %0.416 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.181 %0.759 %0.440 %
Salaries quoted31618
Average salary£27,500£22,250£27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.59 %-19.09 %
UK excluding London average salary£23,000£22,500£23,500
% change year-on-year
+2.220 %-4.250 %
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
220421074094
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire93.31 %93.27 %94.70 %
Salaries quoted199518343429
Average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£52,500£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,000£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.850 %-
Desktop Support East of EnglandDesktop Support
East of England

Desktop Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Desktop Support
Salary Trend

The 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
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeDown-54£27,500+52.77 %
Desktop Support East of EnglandDesktop Support
East of England

Desktop Support
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, 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.

14 (100.00 %)MS Office
14 (100.00 %)Microsoft
23 (75.00 %)SQL
23 (75.00 %)Windows
23 (75.00 %)Windows XP
23 (75.00 %)Windows Vista
31 (25.00 %)MS Excel
31 (25.00 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (25.00 %)MCDST

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (100.00 %)MS Office
21 (25.00 %)MS Excel
21 (25.00 %)MS PowerPoint
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)Windows
13 (75.00 %)Windows XP
13 (75.00 %)Windows Vista
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13 (75.00 %)SQL
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (25.00 %)MCDST
Cambridgeshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14 (100.00 %)Microsoft