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This section looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT jobs within the Exeter region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Desktop Support in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Desktop Support
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4445
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads56
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.003 %
As % of the category below1.377 %2.069 %
Salaries quoted46
Average minimum salary£23,750£22,000
Average salary£24,375£22,667
% change on same period last year+7.53 %
Average maximum salary£25,000£23,333
UK excluding London average salary£24,348£24,529
% change on same period last year-0.73 %
Exeter IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Exeter
Matching permanent IT job ads363290
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.195 %0.121 %
Salaries quoted327246
Average minimum salary£27,283£31,571
Average salary£29,784£33,266
% change on same period last year-10.46 %
Average maximum salary£32,284£34,960
UK excluding London average salary£38,072£39,428
% change on same period last year-3.43 %
Desktop Support DevonDesktop Support
Devon

Desktop Support
Demand Trend

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

Exeter 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 Exeter region.

Exeter Desktop Support Salary Trend

Desktop Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Desktop Support across the Exeter region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Exeter Desktop Support Salary Histogram

Desktop Support
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Exeter 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.

15 (83.33 %)MS Excel
24 (66.67 %)Telecoms
24 (66.67 %)MS Exchange
24 (66.67 %)Active Directory
24 (66.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
24 (66.67 %)Exchange Server 2007
32 (33.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
32 (33.33 %)Windows
32 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (16.67 %)Remedy
41 (16.67 %)MS Office
41 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
41 (16.67 %)Windows XP
41 (16.67 %)Citrix
41 (16.67 %)SLA
41 (16.67 %)Microsoft

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Exeter 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.

Exeter IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (66.67 %)MS Exchange
14 (66.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
14 (66.67 %)Exchange Server 2007
Exeter IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (83.33 %)MS Excel
21 (16.67 %)MS Office
Exeter IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (66.67 %)Telecoms
Exeter IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (33.33 %)Windows
12 (33.33 %)Windows Server 2003
12 (33.33 %)Windows 2000 Server
21 (16.67 %)Windows 2000
21 (16.67 %)Windows XP
Exeter IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (16.67 %)SLA
Exeter IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (66.67 %)Active Directory
Exeter IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (16.67 %)Microsoft
11 (16.67 %)Citrix
11 (16.67 %)Remedy