The first table below looks at the demand for the Help Desk Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Help Desk Engineer 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Help Desk Engineer
Rank 267 263 250
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Engineer 2 9 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.024% 0.103% 0.116%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% 0.107% 0.122%
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 11
Average salary £22,250 £25,000 £24,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.00% +4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,650 £17,000 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £22,850 £28,100 £25,000
UK excluding London average salary £21,500 £21,875 £24,000
% change year-on-year
-1.71% -8.85%
All Job Titles
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7891 8411 8993
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 95.43% 96.72% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 6875 7028 7682
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Help Desk Engineer
England

Help Desk Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Help Desk Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Help Desk Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Help Desk Engineer across the East of England region.

East of England Help Desk Engineer Salary Trend

Help Desk Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Help Desk Engineer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hertfordshire +6 1 £23,000 -19.29%
Essex - 1 £21,500 -
Help Desk Engineer
England

Help Desk Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region that cited Help Desk Engineer 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 Help Desk Engineer in their job title.

1 11 (73.33%) Active Directory
2 10 (66.67%) Windows
3 7 (46.67%) Windows Vista
4 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (40.00%) MCP
4 6 (40.00%) Windows XP
4 6 (40.00%) MS Exchange
5 5 (33.33%) Windows 7
6 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
6 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
6 4 (26.67%) SQL Server 2008
6 4 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2007
6 4 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2003
6 4 (26.67%) DHCP
6 4 (26.67%) DNS
6 4 (26.67%) MCSA
6 4 (26.67%) SQL Server
6 4 (26.67%) Wireless
7 3 (20.00%) Firewall
7 3 (20.00%) Broadband
7 3 (20.00%) MCTS
8 2 (13.33%) Network Design
8 2 (13.33%) Statistics
8 2 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (13.33%) Network Management
8 2 (13.33%) LAN
8 2 (13.33%) WAN

Help Desk Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region that cited Help Desk Engineer 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 Help Desk Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 6 (40.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2003
2 4 (26.67%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (13.33%) IIS
3 2 (13.33%) SharePoint
4 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) MS Office
2 1 (6.667%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (26.67%) DHCP
1 4 (26.67%) DNS
1 4 (26.67%) Wireless
2 3 (20.00%) Firewall
2 3 (20.00%) Broadband
3 2 (13.33%) LAN
3 2 (13.33%) WAN
3 2 (13.33%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (6.667%) iSCSI
4 1 (6.667%) NAS
4 1 (6.667%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) SQL Server
1 4 (26.67%) SQL Server 2008
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 10 (66.67%) Windows
2 7 (46.67%) Windows Vista
3 6 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (40.00%) Windows XP
3 6 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (33.33%) Windows 7
5 1 (6.667%) Windows 8
5 1 (6.667%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (13.33%) Network Design
1 2 (13.33%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 6 (40.00%) MCP
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
2 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (26.67%) MCSA
3 3 (20.00%) MCTS
4 2 (13.33%) A+ Certification
5 1 (6.667%) MCSE
5 1 (6.667%) MCITP
System Software
1 11 (73.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (13.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (6.667%) vSphere
3 1 (6.667%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (6.667%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Cisco
2 2 (13.33%) VMware
3 1 (6.667%) Apple
Colchester, South East
Printer setup, adding users, backup and restore etc- Undertake installation and maintenance of clients software and liaise with 3rd party vendors.Role Requirements:- 1-2 years previous IT...
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013