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This section looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT jobs within the Edinburgh region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited Desktop Support in their job title over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Desktop Support
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank8595
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching permanent IT job ads26
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.153 %0.297 %
Salaries quoted24
Average minimum salary£20,000£23,750
Average salary£20,625£24,375
% change on same period last year-15.38 %
Average maximum salary£21,250£25,000
UK excluding London average salary£24,590£23,980
% change on same period last year+2.54 %
Job Titles EdinburghJob Titles
Edinburgh
Matching permanent IT job ads13092022
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.683 %0.834 %
Salaries quoted9391358
Average minimum salary£31,194£33,607
Average salary£34,493£36,930
% change on same period last year-6.60 %
Average maximum salary£37,792£40,253
UK excluding London average salary£38,227£39,513
% change on same period last year-3.25 %
Desktop Support ScotlandDesktop Support
Scotland

Desktop Support
Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Desktop Support Salary Trend

Desktop Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Desktop Support across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

Edinburgh Desktop Support Salary Histogram

Desktop Support
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

12 (66.67 %)MS Office
12 (66.67 %)Windows
12 (66.67 %)MS Excel
12 (66.67 %)Finance
21 (33.33 %)Legal
21 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
21 (33.33 %)Microsoft
21 (33.33 %)Active Directory
21 (33.33 %)Blackberry
21 (33.33 %)Financial Institution

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Application Platforms
11 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
Applications
12 (66.67 %)MS Office
12 (66.67 %)MS Excel
General
12 (66.67 %)Finance
21 (33.33 %)Legal
21 (33.33 %)Financial Institution
Miscellaneous
11 (33.33 %)Blackberry
Operating Systems
12 (66.67 %)Windows
System Software
11 (33.33 %)Active Directory
Vendors
11 (33.33 %)Microsoft
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