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The table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Engineer role in IT jobs within the Hertfordshire 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 Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Desktop Engineer
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank149163
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching permanent IT job ads1115
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.301 %0.329 %
Salaries quoted85
Average minimum salary£20,875£22,200
Average salary£23,094£23,600
% change on same period last year-2.14 %
Average maximum salary£25,313£25,000
UK excluding London average salary£24,371£23,924
% change on same period last year+1.86 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads36514564
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.131 %1.957 %
Salaries quoted31183907
Average minimum salary£37,804£36,289
Average salary£41,362£39,806
% change on same period last year+3.90 %
Average maximum salary£44,920£43,323
UK excluding London average salary£38,201£39,267
% change on same period last year-2.71 %
Desktop Engineer East of EnglandDesktop Engineer
East of England

Desktop Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Desktop Engineer Demand Trend

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire Desktop Engineer Salary Trend

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Hertfordshire Desktop Engineer Salary Histogram

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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
HitchinNew entry-5£26,188-
HertfordUp+13£18,250+30.35 %
St AlbansNew entry-1--
Desktop Engineer East of EnglandDesktop Engineer
East of England

Desktop Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

124 (96.00 %)Windows
217 (68.00 %)Windows XP
315 (60.00 %)MS Office
414 (56.00 %)Active Directory
513 (52.00 %)Windows 2000
610 (40.00 %)DNS
610 (40.00 %)SLA
610 (40.00 %)Citrix
79 (36.00 %)Avaya
79 (36.00 %)Microsoft
79 (36.00 %)Blackberry
79 (36.00 %)HP
79 (36.00 %)Dell
79 (36.00 %)Nortel
79 (36.00 %)ADSL
79 (36.00 %)ISDN
79 (36.00 %)DHCP
79 (36.00 %)PDA
88 (32.00 %)Windows Server 2003
97 (28.00 %)TCP/IP
105 (20.00 %)Lotus Notes
105 (20.00 %)Lotus
114 (16.00 %)Novell
114 (16.00 %)Incident Management
114 (16.00 %)Asset Management
123 (12.00 %)MS Excel
123 (12.00 %)ITIL
132 (8.000 %)Finance
132 (8.000 %)Electric
141 (4.000 %)VMware

Desktop Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (20.00 %)Lotus Notes
21 (4.000 %)MS Exchange
21 (4.000 %)Exchange Server 2003
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
115 (60.00 %)MS Office
23 (12.00 %)MS Excel
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (40.00 %)DNS
29 (36.00 %)ADSL
29 (36.00 %)ISDN
29 (36.00 %)DHCP
37 (28.00 %)TCP/IP
41 (4.000 %)LAN
41 (4.000 %)Internet
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (8.000 %)Finance
12 (8.000 %)Electric
21 (4.000 %)Insurance
21 (4.000 %)Education
21 (4.000 %)Electronics
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (36.00 %)Blackberry
19 (36.00 %)PDA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
124 (96.00 %)Windows
217 (68.00 %)Windows XP
313 (52.00 %)Windows 2000
48 (32.00 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (4.000 %)Windows 2000 Server
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (16.00 %)Asset Management
14 (16.00 %)Incident Management
23 (12.00 %)ITIL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (4.000 %)SQL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (40.00 %)SLA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
114 (56.00 %)Active Directory
21 (4.000 %)VMware Infrastructure
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (4.000 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (40.00 %)Citrix
29 (36.00 %)Avaya
29 (36.00 %)Microsoft
29 (36.00 %)HP
29 (36.00 %)Dell
29 (36.00 %)Nortel
35 (20.00 %)Lotus
44 (16.00 %)Novell
51 (4.000 %)VMware