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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 Derby 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 Derby region.

 Desktop Support
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank184965
Rank change year-on-year
Up+31Up+16
Matching permanent IT job ads1511
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derby6.276 %0.306 %0.142 %
As % of the Job Titles category6.944 %0.323 %0.152 %
Salaries quoted801
Average salary£21,500-£19,000
UK excluding London average salary£23,000£22,500£23,500
% change year-on-year
+2.220 %-4.250 %
Derby IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Derby
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
216310656
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Derby90.38 %94.80 %93.05 %
Salaries quoted183281562
Average salary£32,500£30,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-14.28 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,500£22,500£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£50,000£42,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Desktop Support DerbyshireDesktop Support
Derbyshire

Desktop Support
Demand Trend

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

Derby 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 Derby region.

Derby Desktop Support Salary Trend

Desktop Support
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Derby 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.

128 (93.33 %)Windows
223 (76.67 %)MS Office
320 (66.67 %)Microsoft Certification
419 (63.33 %)Banking
518 (60.00 %)MCP
617 (56.67 %)MS Excel
715 (50.00 %)Remedy
715 (50.00 %)SLA
814 (46.67 %)MOS
98 (26.67 %)Windows Vista
106 (20.00 %)VMware
106 (20.00 %)Windows XP
106 (20.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
114 (13.33 %)Microsoft
123 (10.00 %)Active Directory
123 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
123 (10.00 %)Windows 2000
123 (10.00 %)MCSE
123 (10.00 %)Citrix
123 (10.00 %)Investment Banking
123 (10.00 %)PDA
132 (6.667 %)Telecoms
132 (6.667 %)Finance
132 (6.667 %)MCSA
132 (6.667 %)VPN
132 (6.667 %)Blackberry
141 (3.333 %)Intel
141 (3.333 %)Education

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Derby 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.

Derby IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
123 (76.67 %)MS Office
217 (56.67 %)MS Excel
Derby IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
22 (6.667 %)VPN
Derby IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
119 (63.33 %)Banking
23 (10.00 %)Investment Banking
32 (6.667 %)Telecoms
32 (6.667 %)Finance
41 (3.333 %)Education
Derby IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
13 (10.00 %)PDA
22 (6.667 %)Blackberry
Derby IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
128 (93.33 %)Windows
28 (26.67 %)Windows Vista
36 (20.00 %)Windows XP
43 (10.00 %)Windows 2000
Derby IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
120 (66.67 %)Microsoft Certification
218 (60.00 %)MCP
314 (46.67 %)MOS
43 (10.00 %)MCSE
52 (6.667 %)MCSA
Derby IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
115 (50.00 %)SLA
Derby IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
16 (20.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
23 (10.00 %)Active Directory
Derby IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
115 (50.00 %)Remedy
26 (20.00 %)VMware
34 (13.33 %)Microsoft
43 (10.00 %)Citrix
51 (3.333 %)Intel