The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucester region. 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 24 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 Gloucester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support
Rank 49 54 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 1 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 0.413% 0.985% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.435% 1.039% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 0
Average salary £29,000 £19,375 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+49.67% -
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Gloucester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
230 385 210
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucester 95.04% 94.83% 96.77%
Number of salaries quoted 193 292 171
Average salary £41,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.50% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £30,000 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,944 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Desktop Support
Gloucestershire

Desktop Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucester Desktop Support Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support
Salary Trend

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

Gloucester Desktop Support Salary Trend

Desktop Support
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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.

1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) McAfee
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL V3
2 3 (75.00%) Lumension
2 3 (75.00%) Software Deployment
2 3 (75.00%) SCCM
2 3 (75.00%) Sysprep
2 3 (75.00%) Application Packaging
2 3 (75.00%) LANDesk
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) VB
2 3 (75.00%) MS Office
3 2 (50.00%) MCP
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Apple
3 2 (50.00%) Blackberry
3 2 (50.00%) MCITP
3 2 (50.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (25.00%) Active Directory

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucester 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 Development
1 3 (75.00%) Application Packaging
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
1 3 (75.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL V3
2 3 (75.00%) Software Deployment
2 3 (75.00%) Change Management
2 3 (75.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (50.00%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) MCP
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (50.00%) MCITP
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) SCCM
1 3 (75.00%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Cisco
1 4 (100.00%) McAfee
2 3 (75.00%) Lumension
2 3 (75.00%) LANDesk
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Apple
Gloucester, South West
You will have experience of working in a Windows environment with experience Windows 7 Enterprise... Experience of working in a ITIL V3 framework will also be needed... Experience...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £28000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013