The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Desktop Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support Analyst
Rank 303 283 297
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Analyst 20 40 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.167% 0.304% 0.247%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.179% 0.325% 0.265%
Number of salaries quoted 18 37 33
Average salary £28,250 £29,000 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.58% -
90% offered a salary of more than £23,850 £23,000 £26,100
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £34,100 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £26,000 £24,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
+8.33% -4.00%
All Job Titles
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11163 12316 14730
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 92.96% 93.51% 93.29%
Number of salaries quoted 9631 11241 13261
Average salary £52,500 £53,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.94% -3.63%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £77,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Desktop Support Analyst
London

Desktop Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Desktop Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support Analyst
Salary Trend

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

City of London Desktop Support Analyst Salary Trend

Desktop Support Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Desktop Support Analyst across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

City of London Desktop Support Analyst Salary Histogram

Desktop Support Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited Desktop Support 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 Desktop Support Analyst in their job title.

1 60 (86.96%) Windows
2 40 (57.97%) MS Office
3 38 (55.07%) Active Directory
4 33 (47.83%) Blackberry
5 29 (42.03%) Microsoft
5 29 (42.03%) Finance
6 27 (39.13%) Windows 7
7 26 (37.68%) MS Excel
8 20 (28.99%) Windows XP
8 20 (28.99%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (27.54%) Citrix
10 16 (23.19%) ITIL
11 15 (21.74%) LAN
11 15 (21.74%) Banking
11 15 (21.74%) Degree
12 14 (20.29%) MCSE
12 14 (20.29%) TCP/IP
12 14 (20.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 13 (18.84%) Lotus
13 13 (18.84%) IBM Notes
14 11 (15.94%) MCP
14 11 (15.94%) WAN
14 11 (15.94%) Reuters
14 11 (15.94%) Bloomberg
15 10 (14.49%) Law
15 10 (14.49%) Front Office
16 9 (13.04%) IP Telephony
16 9 (13.04%) MCDST
16 9 (13.04%) Windows Server 2008
17 8 (11.59%) Investment Management

Desktop Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited Desktop Support 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 Desktop Support Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 14 (20.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 13 (18.84%) IBM Notes
3 7 (10.14%) MS Exchange
4 2 (2.899%) WorkSite
Applications
1 40 (57.97%) MS Office
2 26 (37.68%) MS Excel
3 2 (2.899%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.449%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.449%) 3000 Xtra
1 1 (1.449%) Front Arena
1 1 (1.449%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 15 (21.74%) LAN
2 14 (20.29%) TCP/IP
3 11 (15.94%) WAN
4 9 (13.04%) IP Telephony
5 7 (10.14%) Network Security
6 5 (7.246%) VPN
7 4 (5.797%) DNS
7 4 (5.797%) DHCP
8 1 (1.449%) VoIP
8 1 (1.449%) Firewall
8 1 (1.449%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.449%) SQL Server
General
1 29 (42.03%) Finance
2 15 (21.74%) Banking
3 10 (14.49%) Law
3 10 (14.49%) Front Office
4 5 (7.246%) Legal
5 3 (4.348%) Advertising
5 3 (4.348%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.348%) Investment Banking
6 2 (2.899%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.449%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 33 (47.83%) Blackberry
2 3 (4.348%) Computer Science
2 3 (4.348%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.449%) iPhone
3 1 (1.449%) Streaming Video
3 1 (1.449%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 60 (86.96%) Windows
2 27 (39.13%) Windows 7
3 20 (28.99%) Windows XP
4 9 (13.04%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (8.696%) Windows Vista
6 5 (7.246%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (1.449%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.449%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (23.19%) ITIL
2 8 (11.59%) Investment Management
3 5 (7.246%) Document Management
3 5 (7.246%) Project Planning
4 4 (5.797%) Migration
5 3 (4.348%) Incident Management
5 3 (4.348%) Fund Management
5 3 (4.348%) Configuration Management
5 3 (4.348%) E-business
6 2 (2.899%) Disaster Recovery
6 2 (2.899%) Asset Management
7 1 (1.449%) Customer Engagement
7 1 (1.449%) Problem Management
7 1 (1.449%) Electronic Trading
7 1 (1.449%) Wealth Management
7 1 (1.449%) Workflow
7 1 (1.449%) Business Analysis
7 1 (1.449%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.899%) VBScript
2 1 (1.449%) PowerShell
2 1 (1.449%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (28.99%) Microsoft Certification
2 15 (21.74%) Degree
3 14 (20.29%) MCSE
4 11 (15.94%) MCP
5 9 (13.04%) MCDST
6 1 (1.449%) MCTS
6 1 (1.449%) CCNA
6 1 (1.449%) CNA
6 1 (1.449%) CNE
6 1 (1.449%) Novell Certification
6 1 (1.449%) A+ Certification
6 1 (1.449%) Avaya Certification
6 1 (1.449%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.449%) SLA
System Software
1 38 (55.07%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.899%) XenApp
2 2 (2.899%) XenDesktop
3 1 (1.449%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.449%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (7.246%) WSUS
1 5 (7.246%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 29 (42.03%) Microsoft
2 19 (27.54%) Citrix
3 13 (18.84%) Lotus
4 11 (15.94%) Reuters
4 11 (15.94%) Bloomberg
5 7 (10.14%) VMware
5 7 (10.14%) Apple
6 6 (8.696%) Cisco
6 6 (8.696%) Fidessa
7 5 (7.246%) Tradeweb
7 5 (7.246%) Symantec
8 2 (2.899%) Murex
8 2 (2.899%) Open Text
8 2 (2.899%) AppSense
8 2 (2.899%) Hummingbird
8 2 (2.899%) Meridio
8 2 (2.899%) LANDesk
9 1 (1.449%) Oracle
9 1 (1.449%) IBM
9 1 (1.449%) Avaya
City, London
50k plus Bonus and excellent benefits package. Key Sills & Background. Work in a senior Desktop Support, Infrastructure support capacity. You will be a Windows XP and Windows 7...
NDK Consulting.co.uk ltd
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum Plus excellent benefits & Bonus
Posted: 16 June 2013
City, London
Key skill requirements include registry level knowledge of Windows client, in-depth hardware, software and application knowledge, strong packaging skills including MSI, AppSense and Citrix, strong scripting skills...
NDK Consulting.co.uk ltd
Salary: From £50,000 to £55,000 per annum plus excellent bens & bonus
Posted: 16 June 2013