The first table below looks at the demand for the Help Desk Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Help Desk Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Help Desk Analyst
Rank 114 125 114
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Analyst 6 6 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.333% 0.299% 0.124%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.348% 0.313% 0.131%
Number of salaries quoted 6 6 2
Average salary £20,000 £24,000 £19,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% +21.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £15,500 £17,750 £17,550
10% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £25,000 £21,950
UK excluding London average salary £20,500 £20,500 £20,000
% change year-on-year
- +2.50%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1724 1917 1524
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.72% 95.47% 94.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1370 1682 1299
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Help Desk Analyst
North West

Help Desk Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Help Desk Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Help Desk Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire Help Desk Analyst Salary Trend

Help Desk Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Help Desk Analyst within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Crewe - 2 £20,000 -
Northwich - 2 £15,500 -
Wilmslow - 1 £21,000 -
Help Desk Analyst
North West

Help Desk Analyst
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Help Desk Analyst 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 Analyst in their job title.

1 9 (81.82%) Windows
2 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
3 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
3 4 (36.36%) Windows XP
3 4 (36.36%) VMware
4 3 (27.27%) MS Exchange
4 3 (27.27%) MS Office
4 3 (27.27%) Citrix
4 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (27.27%) Windows 7
5 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (18.18%) SLA
5 2 (18.18%) CRM
5 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
5 2 (18.18%) IIS
5 2 (18.18%) Firewall
5 2 (18.18%) Billing
5 2 (18.18%) Windows Vista
6 1 (9.091%) Fat Client
6 1 (9.091%) Fault Management
6 1 (9.091%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (9.091%) LAN
6 1 (9.091%) WAN
6 1 (9.091%) TCP/IP
6 1 (9.091%) HP
6 1 (9.091%) Sophos
6 1 (9.091%) Thin Client

Help Desk Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Help Desk Analyst 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 Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (27.27%) MS Exchange
2 2 (18.18%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
2 3 (27.27%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) Firewall
2 1 (9.091%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (9.091%) LAN
2 1 (9.091%) WAN
2 1 (9.091%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (18.18%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Fat Client
1 1 (9.091%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 9 (81.82%) Windows
2 4 (36.36%) Windows XP
3 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2003
3 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (27.27%) Windows 7
4 2 (18.18%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (18.18%) CRM
2 1 (9.091%) Fault Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
2 2 (18.18%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 4 (36.36%) VMware
3 3 (27.27%) Citrix
4 1 (9.091%) HP
4 1 (9.091%) Sophos