The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support Engineer 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 Engineer 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 Engineer
Rank 303 313 307
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 20 10 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.167% 0.076% 0.184%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.179% 0.081% 0.197%
Number of salaries quoted 17 10 28
Average salary £30,000 £27,750 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.10% -0.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,800 £22,950 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,000 £32,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £24,150 £23,250
% change year-on-year
+3.51% +3.87%
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 Engineer
London

Desktop Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Desktop Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

City of London Desktop Support Engineer Salary Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

City of London Desktop Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Desktop Support Engineer
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 Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 35 (87.50%) Windows
2 23 (57.50%) Windows 7
3 21 (52.50%) Active Directory
4 20 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 18 (45.00%) Finance
6 14 (35.00%) MS Office
7 13 (32.50%) Windows XP
7 13 (32.50%) Blackberry
8 12 (30.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 11 (27.50%) MS Exchange
9 11 (27.50%) Citrix
10 10 (25.00%) DNS
10 10 (25.00%) ITIL
10 10 (25.00%) Banking
11 9 (22.50%) DHCP
12 8 (20.00%) MS Excel
13 7 (17.50%) SCCM
13 7 (17.50%) Windows Server 2008
14 6 (15.00%) Investment Banking
14 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
14 6 (15.00%) Mac OS X
15 5 (12.50%) TCP/IP
15 5 (12.50%) Wireless
15 5 (12.50%) IP Telephony
15 5 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
16 4 (10.00%) Fat Client
16 4 (10.00%) MCITP
16 4 (10.00%) VMware
16 4 (10.00%) Backup Exec
16 4 (10.00%) Bloomberg

Desktop Support Engineer
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 Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 12 (30.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 11 (27.50%) MS Exchange
3 5 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (5.000%) IIS
4 2 (5.000%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.500%) IBM Notes
5 1 (2.500%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 14 (35.00%) MS Office
2 8 (20.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (2.500%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (2.500%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (25.00%) DNS
2 9 (22.50%) DHCP
3 5 (12.50%) TCP/IP
3 5 (12.50%) Wireless
3 5 (12.50%) IP Telephony
4 3 (7.500%) VPN
5 1 (2.500%) Broadband
5 1 (2.500%) SMS
Development Applications
1 3 (7.500%) MSI
General
1 18 (45.00%) Finance
2 10 (25.00%) Banking
3 6 (15.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.500%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.500%) Front Office
4 1 (2.500%) Advertising
4 1 (2.500%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 13 (32.50%) Blackberry
2 4 (10.00%) Fat Client
2 4 (10.00%) Thin Client
3 3 (7.500%) Video Conferencing
3 3 (7.500%) iPad
3 3 (7.500%) iPhone
4 2 (5.000%) Smartphone
5 1 (2.500%) Replication
5 1 (2.500%) Computer Science
5 1 (2.500%) Life Science
5 1 (2.500%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 35 (87.50%) Windows
2 23 (57.50%) Windows 7
3 13 (32.50%) Windows XP
4 7 (17.50%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (15.00%) Mac OS X
6 4 (10.00%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (5.000%) Mac OS
8 1 (2.500%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.00%) ITIL
2 3 (7.500%) Migration
3 1 (2.500%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 3 (7.500%) Java
2 2 (5.000%) PowerShell
2 2 (5.000%) SQL
3 1 (2.500%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (10.00%) MCITP
3 3 (7.500%) ITIL Certification
3 3 (7.500%) MCP
3 3 (7.500%) MCSE
3 3 (7.500%) MCDST
4 2 (5.000%) Degree
4 2 (5.000%) MCSA
5 1 (2.500%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.500%) CCNA
5 1 (2.500%) A+ Certification
5 1 (2.500%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (2.500%) VTSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.000%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 21 (52.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (7.500%) XenApp
2 3 (7.500%) XenDesktop
2 3 (7.500%) vSphere
3 1 (2.500%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (17.50%) SCCM
2 4 (10.00%) Backup Exec
3 2 (5.000%) WSUS
4 1 (2.500%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (2.500%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 20 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (27.50%) Citrix
3 4 (10.00%) VMware
3 4 (10.00%) Bloomberg
4 3 (7.500%) Fidessa
4 3 (7.500%) Reuters
5 1 (2.500%) Intel
5 1 (2.500%) Cisco
5 1 (2.500%) Avaya
5 1 (2.500%) Lotus
5 1 (2.500%) Symantec
5 1 (2.500%) Remedy
5 1 (2.500%) NEC
5 1 (2.500%) Polycom
City, London
Windows Server 2008. Windows XP/7 Administration. Active Directory Administration... Blackberry Support. General Networking Support - TCP/IP... Lotus Notes an advantage but not essential... CompTIA Network + MCDST. MCP.
Kelway Ltd
Salary: From £21,000 to £24,000 per annum £21,000 - £24,000 + Benefits + Caree
Posted: 13 June 2013
City of London
Strong windows OS support across AD, exchange, applications etc... Knowledge of Mobile Device, Networks and ideally Market Data (Reuters/Bloomberg etc) Good knowledge of technology trends, eg end...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Banking Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 5 June 2013