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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support 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 in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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 City of London region.

 Desktop Support
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank229169163
Rank change year-on-year
Down-60Down-6
Matching permanent IT job ads6871194
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London0.583 %0.861 %1.010 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.629 %0.928 %1.072 %
Salaries quoted5661149
Average salary£28,000£30,000£29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.660 %+3.440 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,000£24,500£23,400
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£38,250£38,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£23,000£22,500£23,500
% change year-on-year
+2.220 %-4.250 %
City of London IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
10803765318090
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London92.60 %92.77 %94.21 %
Salaries quoted9363640814547
Average salary£52,500£50,000£52,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.000 %-3.840 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£31,500£30,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£85,000£77,500£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Desktop Support LondonDesktop Support
London

Desktop Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Desktop Support across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London Desktop Support Salary Trend

Desktop Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Desktop Support across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

City of London Desktop Support Salary Histogram

Desktop Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

1102 (75.56 %)Windows
262 (45.93 %)Finance
361 (45.19 %)MS Office
455 (40.74 %)Windows XP
543 (31.85 %)Microsoft
543 (31.85 %)Active Directory
641 (30.37 %)MS Excel
740 (29.63 %)Banking
838 (28.15 %)TCP/IP
928 (20.74 %)Windows Server 2003
928 (20.74 %)Bloomberg
1023 (17.04 %)Microsoft Certification
1120 (14.81 %)Reuters
1120 (14.81 %)Blackberry
1219 (14.07 %)Citrix
1219 (14.07 %)ITIL
1219 (14.07 %)Degree
1318 (13.33 %)MCSE
1318 (13.33 %)Back Office
1417 (12.59 %)Windows Vista
1417 (12.59 %)Investment Banking
1516 (11.85 %)SQL
1516 (11.85 %)Lotus
1615 (11.11 %)Lotus Notes
1615 (11.11 %)MS Exchange
1615 (11.11 %)Fixed Income
1615 (11.11 %)User Acceptance Testing
1714 (10.37 %)Tradeweb
1812 (8.889 %)Windows Server 2008
1812 (8.889 %)Investment Management

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (1.481 %)COM
21 (0.741 %)XML
21 (0.741 %)Application Packaging
City of London IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
115 (11.11 %)Lotus Notes
115 (11.11 %)MS Exchange
210 (7.407 %)Exchange Server 2003
38 (5.926 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
47 (5.185 %)SharePoint
54 (2.963 %)Exchange Server 2007
62 (1.481 %)IIS
62 (1.481 %)SharePoint Server 2007
71 (0.741 %)Exchange Server 5.5
City of London IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
161 (45.19 %)MS Office
241 (30.37 %)MS Excel
33 (2.222 %)MS PowerPoint
City of London IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (3.704 %)InvestOne
22 (1.481 %)Global One
31 (0.741 %)assyst
31 (0.741 %)3000 Xtra
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
138 (28.15 %)TCP/IP
210 (7.407 %)VPN
39 (6.667 %)Wireless
47 (5.185 %)VoIP
54 (2.963 %)LAN
54 (2.963 %)DNS
54 (2.963 %)SSL
54 (2.963 %)DHCP
63 (2.222 %)Ethernet
63 (2.222 %)IPsec
63 (2.222 %)SAN
63 (2.222 %)PPTP
63 (2.222 %)WAN
72 (1.481 %)SMS
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (1.481 %)SQL Server
City of London IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
162 (45.93 %)Finance
240 (29.63 %)Banking
318 (13.33 %)Back Office
417 (12.59 %)Investment Banking
57 (5.185 %)Financial Institution
57 (5.185 %)Front Office
66 (4.444 %)Telecoms
75 (3.704 %)Law
75 (3.704 %)Corporate Banking
84 (2.963 %)Legal
93 (2.222 %)Advertising
102 (1.481 %)Private Banking
102 (1.481 %)Health
102 (1.481 %)Insurance
111 (0.741 %)Pensions
111 (0.741 %)Marketing
111 (0.741 %)Games
City of London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
120 (14.81 %)Blackberry
215 (11.11 %)Fixed Income
38 (5.926 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
45 (3.704 %)PDA
52 (1.481 %)French Language
52 (1.481 %)German Language
52 (1.481 %)Equities
52 (1.481 %)Video Conferencing
61 (0.741 %)NHS
61 (0.741 %)Thin Client
61 (0.741 %)Fat Client
61 (0.741 %)Derivative
City of London IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1102 (75.56 %)Windows
255 (40.74 %)Windows XP
328 (20.74 %)Windows Server 2003
417 (12.59 %)Windows Vista
512 (8.889 %)Windows Server 2008
611 (8.148 %)Windows 2000
79 (6.667 %)Windows 7
84 (2.963 %)Windows NT
84 (2.963 %)Windows 2000 Server
93 (2.222 %)Mac OS X
102 (1.481 %)UNIX
111 (0.741 %)Linux
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
119 (14.07 %)ITIL
215 (11.11 %)User Acceptance Testing
312 (8.889 %)Investment Management
48 (5.926 %)Electronic Trading
56 (4.444 %)Asset Management
63 (2.222 %)Migration
63 (2.222 %)Business Continuity
63 (2.222 %)Disaster Recovery
63 (2.222 %)System Testing
72 (1.481 %)Project Management
72 (1.481 %)Service Management
72 (1.481 %)Workflow
72 (1.481 %)Incident Management
81 (0.741 %)Algorithmic Trading
81 (0.741 %)Release Management
81 (0.741 %)Document Management
81 (0.741 %)Practice Management
81 (0.741 %)Validation
81 (0.741 %)Change Management
81 (0.741 %)Risk Management
City of London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
116 (11.85 %)SQL
26 (4.444 %)VBScript
26 (4.444 %)PowerShell
City of London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
123 (17.04 %)Microsoft Certification
219 (14.07 %)Degree
318 (13.33 %)MCSE
412 (8.889 %)MCP
510 (7.407 %)MCSA
63 (2.222 %)CCNA
63 (2.222 %)Cisco Certification
72 (1.481 %)ITIL Certification
81 (0.741 %)MCDST
81 (0.741 %)MCTS
81 (0.741 %)SC Cleared
81 (0.741 %)Security Cleared
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (4.444 %)SLA
City of London IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
143 (31.85 %)Active Directory
24 (2.963 %)VMware Infrastructure
33 (2.222 %)XenApp
33 (2.222 %)VMware ESX
42 (1.481 %)Terminal Services
51 (0.741 %)Terminal Server
City of London IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (3.704 %)Backup Exec
24 (2.963 %)WSUS
33 (2.222 %)SCCM
41 (0.741 %)SCOM
41 (0.741 %)McAfee ePO
41 (0.741 %)Norton AntiVirus
41 (0.741 %)NetBackup
City of London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
143 (31.85 %)Microsoft
228 (20.74 %)Bloomberg
320 (14.81 %)Reuters
419 (14.07 %)Citrix
516 (11.85 %)Lotus
614 (10.37 %)Tradeweb
77 (5.185 %)Oracle
77 (5.185 %)Sybase
86 (4.444 %)Symantec
95 (3.704 %)Apple
95 (3.704 %)HP
95 (3.704 %)VMware
95 (3.704 %)Charles River
104 (2.963 %)McAfee
104 (2.963 %)Dell
104 (2.963 %)Nortel
104 (2.963 %)Cisco
113 (2.222 %)Adobe
113 (2.222 %)Macromedia
113 (2.222 %)Sophos