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This section looks at the demand for the Desktop Engineer role in IT jobs within the Kent 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Desktop Engineer
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank9392
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching permanent IT job ads42
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.316 %0.150 %
Salaries quoted42
Average minimum salary£22,500£23,500
Average salary£23,750£24,000
% change on same period last year-1.04 %
Average maximum salary£25,000£24,500
UK excluding London average salary£24,275£24,363
% change on same period last year-0.35 %
Kent IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Kent
Matching permanent IT job ads12661334
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.668 %0.546 %
Salaries quoted10241109
Average minimum salary£32,247£31,566
Average salary£35,048£33,770
% change on same period last year+3.78 %
Average maximum salary£37,849£35,974
UK excluding London average salary£38,197£39,483
% change on same period last year-3.25 %
Desktop Engineer South EastDesktop Engineer
South East

Desktop Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Desktop Engineer Salary Trend

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer across the Kent region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Kent Desktop Engineer Salary Histogram

Desktop Engineer
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the Kent region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
MaidstoneNew entry-2£23,000-
Tunbridge WellsNew entry-1£22,500-
StanstedNew entry-1£26,500-
Desktop Engineer South EastDesktop Engineer
South East

Desktop Engineer
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Kent 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.

18 (80.00 %)Windows
27 (70.00 %)Active Directory
27 (70.00 %)MS Excel
36 (60.00 %)Windows XP
36 (60.00 %)MS Office
36 (60.00 %)Microsoft
44 (40.00 %)TCP/IP
44 (40.00 %)DNS
44 (40.00 %)Cisco
52 (20.00 %)IIS
61 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
61 (10.00 %).NET Framework
61 (10.00 %)Firewall
61 (10.00 %)Education
61 (10.00 %)Windows 2000
61 (10.00 %)MCSE
61 (10.00 %)Citrix
61 (10.00 %)Microsoft Certification
61 (10.00 %)Apple
61 (10.00 %)MCP
61 (10.00 %)SQL
61 (10.00 %).NET
61 (10.00 %)LAN
61 (10.00 %)WAN
61 (10.00 %)FTP

Desktop Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Kent 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.

Kent IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (10.00 %).NET
11 (10.00 %).NET Framework
Kent IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (20.00 %)IIS
21 (10.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
Kent IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (70.00 %)MS Excel
26 (60.00 %)MS Office
Kent IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (40.00 %)TCP/IP
14 (40.00 %)DNS
21 (10.00 %)Firewall
21 (10.00 %)LAN
21 (10.00 %)WAN
21 (10.00 %)FTP
Kent IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (10.00 %)Education
Kent IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (80.00 %)Windows
26 (60.00 %)Windows XP
31 (10.00 %)Windows 2000
Kent IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (10.00 %)SQL
Kent IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (10.00 %)MCP
11 (10.00 %)MCSE
11 (10.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Kent IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (70.00 %)Active Directory
Kent IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (60.00 %)Microsoft
24 (40.00 %)Cisco
31 (10.00 %)Citrix
31 (10.00 %)Apple
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