The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Desktop Support Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Glasgow region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support Specialist
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Specialist 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary - £23,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
- -23.33%
All Job Titles
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1093 787 904
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 94.39% 93.69% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 643 580 714
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Desktop Support Specialist
Scotland

Desktop Support Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow Desktop Support Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Glasgow Desktop Support Specialist Salary Trend

Desktop Support Specialist
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow region that cited Desktop Support Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) MCTS
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7

Desktop Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) MS Excel
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) MCTS
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft