The first table below looks at the demand for the Service Desk Technician 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 Service Desk Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Desk Technician
Rank 318 - 330
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Technician 3 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.026% - 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% - 0.007%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 1
Average salary £22,500 - £34,000
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £19,000 £21,500
% change year-on-year
+18.42% -11.62%
All Job Titles
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
10837 12171 14447
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 92.90% 93.16% 93.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9335 11069 13022
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Service Desk Technician
London

Service Desk Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Service Desk Technician Jobs Demand Trend

Service Desk Technician
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Service Desk Technician across the City of London region.

City of London Service Desk Technician Salary Trend

Service Desk Technician
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Service Desk Technician across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London Service Desk Technician Salary Histogram

Service Desk Technician
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited Service Desk Technician 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 Service Desk Technician in their job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (60.00%) Windows XP
1 3 (60.00%) VoIP
1 3 (60.00%) SLA
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Broadband
2 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Problem Management
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (20.00%) ITIL
3 1 (20.00%) MCSE
3 1 (20.00%) MCSA
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) Nortel
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (20.00%) Intranet
3 1 (20.00%) Remedy

Service Desk Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited Service Desk Technician 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 Service Desk Technician in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) VoIP
2 2 (40.00%) Broadband
3 1 (20.00%) Intranet
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) MCSE
1 1 (20.00%) MCSA
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Nortel
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix
2 1 (20.00%) Remedy