Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT jobs advertised for the East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

 Desktop Support
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank86115168
Rank change year-on-year
Up+29Up+53
Matching permanent IT job ads361227
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands1.507 %0.498 %0.454 %
As % of the Job Titles category1.588 %0.526 %0.478 %
Salaries quoted26827
Average salary£21,500£23,500£19,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.510 %+23.68 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£19,250£20,000£18,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£41,500£25,300£21,900
UK excluding London average salary£23,000£22,500£23,500
% change year-on-year
+2.220 %-4.250 %
East Midlands IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
226722835651
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands94.89 %94.81 %95.12 %
Salaries quoted193619744895
Average salary£32,500£32,500£32,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,000£22,500£21,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£50,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Desktop Support EnglandDesktop Support
England

Desktop Support
Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Desktop Support Salary Trend

Desktop Support
Salary Histogram

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

East Midlands Desktop Support Salary Histogram

Desktop Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
DerbyshireUp+2417£21,500-
LeicestershireUp+189£36,500+40.38 %
NottinghamshireUp+79£21,000+5.00 %
NorthamptonshireDown-53£20,500-14.58 %
Desktop Support EnglandDesktop Support
England

Desktop Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

152 (78.79 %)Windows
243 (65.15 %)MS Office
339 (59.09 %)Microsoft Certification
436 (54.55 %)MCP
529 (43.94 %)Banking
624 (36.36 %)SLA
723 (34.85 %)MS Excel
821 (31.82 %)Windows Vista
919 (28.79 %)Windows XP
1018 (27.27 %)Remedy
1116 (24.24 %)Active Directory
1116 (24.24 %)MOS
1215 (22.73 %)Windows 2000
1314 (21.21 %)Microsoft
1412 (18.18 %)MCSE
1510 (15.15 %)MCSA
1510 (15.15 %)TCP/IP
169 (13.64 %)Citrix
169 (13.64 %)VMware
169 (13.64 %)VMware Infrastructure
178 (12.12 %)Blackberry
178 (12.12 %)Avaya
187 (10.61 %)ITIL
187 (10.61 %)Windows Server 2003
187 (10.61 %)Investment Banking
196 (9.091 %)MCDST
196 (9.091 %)Internet
196 (9.091 %)VPN
196 (9.091 %)MS Exchange
205 (7.576 %)HP

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

East Midlands IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (1.515 %).NET
East Midlands IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
16 (9.091 %)MS Exchange
25 (7.576 %)Exchange Server 2000
31 (1.515 %)IIS
31 (1.515 %)Lotus Notes
East Midlands IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
143 (65.15 %)MS Office
223 (34.85 %)MS Excel
31 (1.515 %)MS PowerPoint
East Midlands IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (1.515 %)3000 Xtra
East Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
110 (15.15 %)TCP/IP
26 (9.091 %)VPN
26 (9.091 %)Internet
35 (7.576 %)IP Telephony
43 (4.545 %)Wireless
52 (3.030 %)Firewall
52 (3.030 %)DNS
52 (3.030 %)ADSL
61 (1.515 %)LAN
61 (1.515 %)WAN
61 (1.515 %)DHCP
61 (1.515 %)NAS
East Midlands IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (1.515 %)Visual Studio
East Midlands IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
129 (43.94 %)Banking
27 (10.61 %)Investment Banking
35 (7.576 %)Finance
43 (4.545 %)Insurance
52 (3.030 %)Retail
52 (3.030 %)Back Office
52 (3.030 %)Telecoms
52 (3.030 %)Retail Banking
61 (1.515 %)Front Office
61 (1.515 %)Education
61 (1.515 %)Pensions
East Midlands IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (12.12 %)Blackberry
25 (7.576 %)PDA
East Midlands IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
152 (78.79 %)Windows
221 (31.82 %)Windows Vista
319 (28.79 %)Windows XP
415 (22.73 %)Windows 2000
57 (10.61 %)Windows Server 2003
61 (1.515 %)Windows Server 2008
61 (1.515 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (1.515 %)Windows 7
61 (1.515 %)UNIX
East Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
17 (10.61 %)ITIL
23 (4.545 %)BCP
31 (1.515 %)Problem Management
31 (1.515 %)UML
East Midlands IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (1.515 %)C#
11 (1.515 %)SQL
East Midlands IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
139 (59.09 %)Microsoft Certification
236 (54.55 %)MCP
316 (24.24 %)MOS
412 (18.18 %)MCSE
510 (15.15 %)MCSA
66 (9.091 %)MCDST
71 (1.515 %)Security Cleared
71 (1.515 %)A+ Certification
East Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
124 (36.36 %)SLA
East Midlands IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
116 (24.24 %)Active Directory
29 (13.64 %)VMware Infrastructure
35 (7.576 %)Terminal Services
41 (1.515 %)vSphere
East Midlands IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (1.515 %)DameWare
11 (1.515 %)Backup Exec
East Midlands IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
118 (27.27 %)Remedy
214 (21.21 %)Microsoft
39 (13.64 %)Citrix
39 (13.64 %)VMware
48 (12.12 %)Avaya
55 (7.576 %)HP
55 (7.576 %)McAfee
64 (6.061 %)Dell
72 (3.030 %)Cisco
81 (1.515 %)SAP
81 (1.515 %)Intel
81 (1.515 %)Lotus
81 (1.515 %)Reuters
81 (1.515 %)Bloomberg