The first table below looks at the demand for the Help Desk Support role in IT jobs advertised for the East Sussex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Help Desk Support in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Help Desk Support
Rank 87 90 67
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Support 1 4 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 0.110% 0.409% 1.225%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.114% 0.424% 1.305%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 8
Average salary £25,000 £35,000 £18,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.57% +89.18%
UK excluding London average salary £21,250 £20,000 £20,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -
All Job Titles
East Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
880 944 613
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 96.70% 96.42% 93.87%
Number of salaries quoted 783 842 588
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £49,000 £47,700
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Help Desk Support
South East

Help Desk Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex Help Desk Support Jobs Demand Trend

Help Desk Support
Salary Trend

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

East Sussex Help Desk Support Salary Trend

Help Desk Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Help Desk Support within the East Sussex region over the 3 months to 22 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
Brighton 0 1 £25,000 -28.57%
Help Desk Support
South East

Help Desk Support
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex region that cited Help Desk 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 Help Desk Support in their job title.

1 7 (87.50%) MS Office
1 7 (87.50%) ITIL
1 7 (87.50%) MS Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Firewall
2 1 (12.50%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) Backup Exec
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (12.50%) Xen
2 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
2 1 (12.50%) Windows XP
2 1 (12.50%) Cisco
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) Mac OS X
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (12.50%) Symantec
2 1 (12.50%) Windows
2 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
2 1 (12.50%) C#
2 1 (12.50%) VB
2 1 (12.50%) .NET
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
2 1 (12.50%) IIS

Help Desk Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex region that cited Help Desk 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 Help Desk Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) ASP.NET
1 1 (12.50%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (87.50%) MS Office
1 7 (87.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
1 1 (12.50%) Windows XP
1 1 (12.50%) Mac OS X
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) PowerShell
1 1 (12.50%) C#
1 1 (12.50%) VB
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Xen
1 1 (12.50%) Hyper-V
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) VMware
1 1 (12.50%) Cisco
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 1 (12.50%) Symantec
Brighton, East Sussex
The successful candidate will have substantial experience supporting Windows 7 and should be comfortable in a user facing environment dealing with MS Office and Windows Desktop issues. Experience...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £28000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
Technology wise you will be comfortable supporting in a Windows environment and have excellent knowledge of the following: * Windows 7 / XP * Windows Server 2003/ 2008 * Exchange * Active Directory *...
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 Per Annum £25,000 per annum + Great Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013