The first table below looks at the demand for the Service Desk Technician 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 Service Desk Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 East Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Desk Technician
Rank - 162 166
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Technician 0 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands - 0.030% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.032% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 3
Average salary - £22,500 £22,500
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £19,000 £21,500
% change year-on-year
+18.42% -11.62%
All Job Titles
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2915 3168 3477
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 95.01% 94.88% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2502 2825 2995
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Service Desk Technician
England

Service Desk Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands Service Desk Technician Salary Trend

Service Desk Technician
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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 1 (100.00%) MS Office
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy
1 1 (100.00%) Degree

Service Desk Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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.

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Office
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Remedy