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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Engineer
Rank 90 99 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 2 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 0.227% 0.244% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.236% 0.253% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 0
Average salary £21,500 £26,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.30% -
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £21,500
% change year-on-year
- +16.27%
All Job Titles
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
849 1186 1048
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 96.26% 96.50% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 757 1008 908
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Desktop Engineer
South West

Desktop Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire Desktop Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Gloucestershire Desktop Engineer Salary Trend

Desktop Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the Gloucestershire 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
Cirencester - 1 £18,000 -
Tewkesbury - 1 £25,000 -
Desktop Engineer
South West

Desktop Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
3 2 (50.00%) ITIL
4 1 (25.00%) Change Management
4 1 (25.00%) Advertising
4 1 (25.00%) VMware
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (25.00%) McAfee
4 1 (25.00%) VB
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (25.00%) MS Office
4 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (25.00%) Windows NT
4 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
4 1 (25.00%) DHCP
4 1 (25.00%) VPN
4 1 (25.00%) DNS
4 1 (25.00%) Cisco
4 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
4 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 5.5
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
4 1 (25.00%) Application Packaging
4 1 (25.00%) LANDesk
4 1 (25.00%) SCCM
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008

Desktop Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 5.5
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DHCP
1 1 (25.00%) VPN
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (25.00%) Advertising
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) Windows NT
3 1 (25.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Vista
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL V3
2 1 (25.00%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
1 1 (25.00%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) McAfee
1 1 (25.00%) VMware
1 1 (25.00%) LANDesk
1 1 (25.00%) Lumension