The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support Administrator role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Desktop Support Administrator 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support Administrator
Rank 827 851 856
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Administrator 3 12 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.003% 0.011% 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.011% 0.003%
Number of salaries quoted 3 12 2
Average salary £22,500 £30,250 £38,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.61% -20.91%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,500 £25,000 £30,850
10% offered a salary of more than £25,700 £31,000 £45,650
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £31,000 -
% change year-on-year
-27.41% -
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
95250 107641 110251
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.45% 94.76% 94.31%
Number of salaries quoted 80210 93021 93605
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Desktop Support Administrator
UK

Desktop Support Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Desktop Support Administrator across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Desktop Support Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support Administrator
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Desktop Support Administrator across the England region.

England Desktop Support Administrator Salary Trend

Desktop Support Administrator
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Administrator within the 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
South East +3 3 £22,500 -27.41%
Desktop Support Administrator
UK

Desktop Support Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Desktop Support Administrator 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 Administrator in their job title.

1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (66.67%) Windows 7
2 12 (66.67%) MS Office
3 11 (61.11%) MS Excel
3 11 (61.11%) MS Exchange
3 11 (61.11%) Microsoft
4 9 (50.00%) Active Directory
4 9 (50.00%) Linux
5 7 (38.89%) ITIL
5 7 (38.89%) Exchange Server 2007
5 7 (38.89%) Degree
6 6 (33.33%) iPhone
6 6 (33.33%) Wireless
6 6 (33.33%) Symantec
6 6 (33.33%) Blackberry
6 6 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 6 (33.33%) SaaS
7 5 (27.78%) LDAP
7 5 (27.78%) Mac OS X
7 5 (27.78%) Finance
7 5 (27.78%) Samba
7 5 (27.78%) Asterisk PBX
7 5 (27.78%) Ubuntu
8 4 (22.22%) Perl
8 4 (22.22%) Windows XP
8 4 (22.22%) VoIP
9 3 (16.67%) Python
9 3 (16.67%) SQL
9 3 (16.67%) Oracle
9 3 (16.67%) SQL Server

Desktop Support Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Desktop Support Administrator 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 Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.556%) X-Windows
1 1 (5.556%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 11 (61.11%) MS Exchange
2 7 (38.89%) Exchange Server 2007
3 6 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 12 (66.67%) MS Office
2 11 (61.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (33.33%) Wireless
2 5 (27.78%) Asterisk PBX
2 5 (27.78%) LDAP
3 4 (22.22%) VoIP
4 2 (11.11%) DNS
5 1 (5.556%) WAN
5 1 (5.556%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (27.78%) Finance
2 3 (16.67%) Banking
2 3 (16.67%) Investment Banking
2 3 (16.67%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Blackberry
1 6 (33.33%) iPhone
1 6 (33.33%) SaaS
2 1 (5.556%) Social Media
2 1 (5.556%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 18 (100.00%) Windows
2 12 (66.67%) Windows 7
3 9 (50.00%) Linux
4 5 (27.78%) Mac OS X
4 5 (27.78%) Ubuntu
5 4 (22.22%) Windows XP
6 3 (16.67%) Mac OS X Server
6 3 (16.67%) Mac OS
7 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (5.556%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (5.556%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) ITIL
2 3 (16.67%) Information Security Management
2 3 (16.67%) Security Management
2 3 (16.67%) Information Security
2 3 (16.67%) Asset Management
2 3 (16.67%) Project Planning
2 3 (16.67%) Web Development
3 1 (5.556%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) Perl
2 3 (16.67%) SQL
2 3 (16.67%) Python
2 3 (16.67%) PowerShell
3 1 (5.556%) AWK
3 1 (5.556%) Korn
Qualifications
1 7 (38.89%) Degree
2 1 (5.556%) MCP
2 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (5.556%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 9 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 5 (27.78%) Samba
Systems Management
1 1 (5.556%) SCCM
Vendors
1 11 (61.11%) Microsoft
2 6 (33.33%) Symantec
3 3 (16.67%) NetApp
3 3 (16.67%) Fidessa
3 3 (16.67%) Oracle
4 1 (5.556%) SAP
4 1 (5.556%) Citrix
4 1 (5.556%) Altiris
Salfords, Surrey, South East
Position: Desktop Support AdministratorLocation: Salfords, SurreySalary: £23,000 - £26,000 Dependant on ExperienceThe Company:We are a leading global supplier of security inspection systems- Since 1993, we have...
Net Recruit.co.uk Ltd
Salary: GBP23,000 - GBP26,000
Posted: 18 May 2013
Surrey
Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Windows XP & 7. -Competent knowledge of Microsoft Office 2003+ above... -Networking experience (for desktop troubleshooting) -MCP, MCSA or MCSE qualification preferred... -Knowledge of BlackBerrys...
Net Recruit.co.uk Ltd
Salary: £23,000 - £26,000
Posted: 17 May 2013