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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Administrator
Rank 583 616 643
Rank change year-on-year
+33 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Administrator 1 20 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.002% 0.037% 0.012%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.002% 0.040% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 0 18 6
Average salary - £27,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -31.25%
UK excluding London average salary £25,500 £31,000 £26,500
% change year-on-year
-17.74% +16.98%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40860 50394 54260
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.43% 93.96% 93.55%
Number of salaries quoted 34360 43737 45781
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Desktop Administrator
England

Desktop Administrator
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Desktop Administrator Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Administrator
Salary Trend

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

London Desktop Administrator Salary Trend

Desktop Administrator
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Desktop Administrator 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 Administrator in their job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Linux
2 5 (83.33%) Perl
2 5 (83.33%) MS Excel
2 5 (83.33%) MS Office
2 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
3 4 (66.67%) Windows XP
3 4 (66.67%) MS Exchange
3 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (66.67%) SQL
4 3 (50.00%) Python
4 3 (50.00%) Oracle
4 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
4 3 (50.00%) Fidessa
4 3 (50.00%) NetApp
4 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (50.00%) Banking
4 3 (50.00%) Asset Management
4 3 (50.00%) Investment Banking
4 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (50.00%) Finance
4 3 (50.00%) Windows 7
5 2 (33.33%) Bash shell
5 2 (33.33%) Hedge funds
5 2 (33.33%) CentOS
5 2 (33.33%) Red Hat
5 2 (33.33%) VB
5 2 (33.33%) Java
5 2 (33.33%) JavaScript

Desktop Administrator
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Desktop Administrator 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 Administrator in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (66.67%) MS Exchange
2 1 (16.67%) IIS
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (16.67%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 5 (83.33%) MS Excel
1 5 (83.33%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (50.00%) Banking
1 3 (50.00%) Investment Banking
1 3 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Hedge funds
2 1 (16.67%) Blackberry
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Linux
3 4 (66.67%) Windows XP
4 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (50.00%) Windows 7
5 2 (33.33%) CentOS
6 1 (16.67%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (83.33%) Perl
1 5 (83.33%) PowerShell
2 4 (66.67%) SQL
3 3 (50.00%) Python
4 2 (33.33%) Bash shell
4 2 (33.33%) VB
4 2 (33.33%) Java
4 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Oracle
2 3 (50.00%) Fidessa
2 3 (50.00%) NetApp
3 2 (33.33%) Red Hat