Cambridgeshire Desktop Support Jobs

This section looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT jobs within the Cambridgeshire 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 Support in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Desktop Support
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Amersham Andover Avon Banbury Banstead Barking Barnsley Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Blaenau Gwent Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chesterfield City of London Clapham County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Daresbury Daventry Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Ealing East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edgware Egham England Epsom Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenford Guildford Hailsham Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hinckley Hounslow Huddersfield Inverness Ipswich Kent Knottingley Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton Maidenhead Maidstone Malvern Manchester Mansfield Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Nantwich Newbury Newport North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Perth and Kinross Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Retford Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salford Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Helens Staffordshire Staines Stansted Stockport Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Thame Thames Valley Thurrock Tonbridge Tredegar Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Waltham Cross Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weybridge Whitstable Widnes Wigan Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Woking Wokingham Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	148	141
Rank change on same period last year	-7
Matching permanent IT job ads	21	26
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.011 %	0.011 %
As % of the category below	0.507 %	0.657 %
Salaries quoted	18	21
Average minimum salary	£31,389	£20,381
Average salary	£33,250	£22,143
% change on same period last year	+50.16 %
Average maximum salary	£35,111	£23,905
UK excluding London average salary	£24,729	£24,053
% change on same period last year	+2.81 %
Job Titles Cambridgeshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	4138	3958
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	2.184 %	1.621 %
Salaries quoted	3510	3321
Average minimum salary	£32,820	£31,919
Average salary	£35,916	£35,182
% change on same period last year	+2.08 %
Average maximum salary	£39,012	£38,445
UK excluding London average salary	£38,197	£39,483
% change on same period last year	-3.25 %
Desktop 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.

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.

Desktop Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Desktop Support across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Desktop Support
Job Locations

This section 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 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cambridge	-21	9	£42,500	+94.74 %
Peterborough	-7	5	£27,100	+42.63 %

Desktop Support East of England

Desktop Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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 23 (54.76 %) Windows 2 19 (45.24 %) Microsoft 2 19 (45.24 %) Active Directory 3 13 (30.95 %) MS Exchange 4 11 (26.19 %) Lotus Notes 4 11 (26.19 %) Windows 2000 4 11 (26.19 %) ITIL 4 11 (26.19 %) Lotus 5 8 (19.05 %) MS Office 5 8 (19.05 %) SLA 6 7 (16.67 %) Application Packaging 7 6 (14.29 %) SCCM 7 6 (14.29 %) MCP 7 6 (14.29 %) ZENworks 7 6 (14.29 %) Project Management

7 6 (14.29 %) Microsoft Certification 7 6 (14.29 %) Novell 8 5 (11.90 %) Exchange Server 2000 8 5 (11.90 %) Exchange Server 2003 9 4 (9.524 %) Finance 9 4 (9.524 %) Problem Management 9 4 (9.524 %) Degree 9 4 (9.524 %) WAN 9 4 (9.524 %) Linux 10 3 (7.143 %) MS Excel 10 3 (7.143 %) Windows NT 10 3 (7.143 %) LAN 10 3 (7.143 %) UNIX 10 3 (7.143 %) Solaris 10 3 (7.143 %) Firewall

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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 7 (16.67 %) Application Packaging 2 1 (2.381 %) .NET 2 1 (2.381 %) MFC 2 1 (2.381 %) COM 2 1 (2.381 %) WinForms	Application Platforms 1 13 (30.95 %) MS Exchange 2 11 (26.19 %) Lotus Notes 3 5 (11.90 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 5 (11.90 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 1 (2.381 %) Apache 4 1 (2.381 %) SharePoint
Applications 1 8 (19.05 %) MS Office 2 3 (7.143 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 4 (9.524 %) WAN 2 3 (7.143 %) LAN 2 3 (7.143 %) Firewall 3 1 (2.381 %) SMS 3 1 (2.381 %) DHCP 3 1 (2.381 %) FTP 3 1 (2.381 %) TCP/IP 3 1 (2.381 %) VPN 3 1 (2.381 %) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (4.762 %) SQL Server 1 2 (4.762 %) Crystal Reports 1 2 (4.762 %) RDBMS	Development Applications 1 1 (2.381 %) Visual Studio
General 1 4 (9.524 %) Finance 2 2 (4.762 %) Pharmaceutical 2 2 (4.762 %) Telecoms 3 1 (2.381 %) Automotive 3 1 (2.381 %) Health 3 1 (2.381 %) Pensions	Miscellaneous 1 2 (4.762 %) Computer Science 2 1 (2.381 %) EPoS 2 1 (2.381 %) Device Driver
Operating Systems 1 23 (54.76 %) Windows 2 11 (26.19 %) Windows 2000 3 4 (9.524 %) Linux 4 3 (7.143 %) UNIX 4 3 (7.143 %) Solaris 4 3 (7.143 %) Windows NT 4 3 (7.143 %) Windows Server 2003 5 2 (4.762 %) Windows XP 6 1 (2.381 %) NetWare	Processes & Methodologies 1 11 (26.19 %) ITIL 2 6 (14.29 %) Project Management 3 4 (9.524 %) Problem Management 4 1 (2.381 %) Time Management 4 1 (2.381 %) OO 4 1 (2.381 %) Data Modelling 4 1 (2.381 %) Service Management 4 1 (2.381 %) Service Delivery 4 1 (2.381 %) Change Management 4 1 (2.381 %) Web Design
Programming Languages 1 2 (4.762 %) SQL 1 2 (4.762 %) VB 1 2 (4.762 %) VBA 2 1 (2.381 %) C# 2 1 (2.381 %) C++	Qualifications 1 6 (14.29 %) MCP 1 6 (14.29 %) Microsoft Certification 2 4 (9.524 %) Degree 3 2 (4.762 %) MCDST 4 1 (2.381 %) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (19.05 %) SLA 2 2 (4.762 %) QA 3 1 (2.381 %) ISO27001	System Software 1 19 (45.24 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 6 (14.29 %) ZENworks 1 6 (14.29 %) SCCM 2 1 (2.381 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)	Vendors 1 19 (45.24 %) Microsoft 2 11 (26.19 %) Lotus 3 6 (14.29 %) Novell 4 2 (4.762 %) Citrix 4 2 (4.762 %) CheckPoint 4 2 (4.762 %) Cisco 5 1 (2.381 %) Oracle 5 1 (2.381 %) Sun 5 1 (2.381 %) McAfee Security 5 1 (2.381 %) Wyse