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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Highlands - - -
As % of the Job Titles category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Highlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38 33 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Highlands 97.44% 94.29% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7 20 4
Average salary £25,000 £42,500 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-41.17% +88.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £21,000 £19,350
10% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £22,500 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Desktop Support
Scotland

Desktop Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Highlands 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 Highlands region.

Highlands Desktop Support Salary Trend

Desktop Support
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Highlands 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 2 (100.00%) VB
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Advertising
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Highlands 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.

General
1 2 (100.00%) Advertising
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Server 2008
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) VB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory