The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Technician role in IT jobs advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Desktop Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Dorset region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Technician
Rank 63 57 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Technician 1 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 0.166% 0.207% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.170% 0.214% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £23,500 £23,500 £21,250
% change year-on-year
- +10.58%
All Job Titles
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
588 467 545
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 97.35% 96.69% 94.95%
Number of salaries quoted 511 371 421
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Desktop Technician
South West

Desktop Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset Desktop Technician Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Technician
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Desktop Technician across the Dorset region.

Dorset Desktop Technician Salary Trend

Desktop Technician
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Technician in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Lotus Notes
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Lotus
1 1 (100.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) Fat Client
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012

Desktop Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Technician in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Lotus Notes
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (100.00%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server 2012
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (100.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Lotus
1 1 (100.00%) VMware