The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support Engineer 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 Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support Engineer
Rank 562 596 565
Rank change year-on-year
+34 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 45 49 84
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.102% 0.092% 0.140%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.109% 0.098% 0.150%
Number of salaries quoted 36 46 70
Average salary £31,750 £27,500 £27,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.45% +0.91%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,750 £19,750 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £32,500 £37,750
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £24,150 £23,250
% change year-on-year
+3.51% +3.87%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
41358 50112 55964
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.45% 94.20% 93.44%
Number of salaries quoted 34786 43619 47333
Average salary £51,500 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.00% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Desktop Support Engineer
England

Desktop Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Desktop Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

London Desktop Support Engineer Salary Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer across the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

London Desktop Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer within the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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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
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City of London +10 20 £30,000 +8.10% 5
Desktop Support Engineer
England

Desktop Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Desktop Support 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 Support Engineer in their job title.

1 82 (87.23%) Windows
2 50 (53.19%) Microsoft
3 49 (52.13%) Active Directory
3 49 (52.13%) Windows 7
4 38 (40.43%) Windows XP
5 37 (39.36%) Blackberry
6 32 (34.04%) MS Office
7 29 (30.85%) MS Exchange
7 29 (30.85%) MS Excel
8 26 (27.66%) ITIL
8 26 (27.66%) Finance
9 23 (24.47%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (23.40%) DNS
11 20 (21.28%) Citrix
12 18 (19.15%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 17 (18.09%) DHCP
13 17 (18.09%) TCP/IP
13 17 (18.09%) VPN
13 17 (18.09%) Windows Server 2008
14 16 (17.02%) Banking
14 16 (17.02%) Bloomberg
15 13 (13.83%) Wireless
15 13 (13.83%) VMware
15 13 (13.83%) HP
15 13 (13.83%) MCITP
16 12 (12.77%) Windows Server 2003
16 12 (12.77%) MCSE
16 12 (12.77%) Firewall
17 11 (11.70%) Backup Exec
17 11 (11.70%) Investment Banking

Desktop Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Desktop Support 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 Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (2.128%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.064%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 29 (30.85%) MS Exchange
2 18 (19.15%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 9 (9.574%) Exchange Server 2003
3 9 (9.574%) Exchange Server 2010
4 8 (8.511%) SharePoint
5 7 (7.447%) Exchange Server 2007
6 6 (6.383%) IBM Notes
7 3 (3.191%) IIS
Applications
1 32 (34.04%) MS Office
2 29 (30.85%) MS Excel
3 6 (6.383%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.064%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (1.064%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 22 (23.40%) DNS
2 17 (18.09%) DHCP
2 17 (18.09%) TCP/IP
2 17 (18.09%) VPN
3 13 (13.83%) Wireless
4 12 (12.77%) Firewall
5 7 (7.447%) WAN
6 6 (6.383%) IP Telephony
6 6 (6.383%) LAN
7 4 (4.255%) Internet
7 4 (4.255%) SAN
8 3 (3.191%) Broadband
8 3 (3.191%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (3.191%) MPLS
8 3 (3.191%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (2.128%) DMZ
10 1 (1.064%) SSL
10 1 (1.064%) PBX
10 1 (1.064%) SMS
10 1 (1.064%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.447%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.128%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (2.128%) MS Access
2 2 (2.128%) Crystal Reports
2 2 (2.128%) MySQL
2 2 (2.128%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 5 (5.319%) MSI
2 2 (2.128%) InstallShield
3 1 (1.064%) Subversion
General
1 26 (27.66%) Finance
2 16 (17.02%) Banking
3 11 (11.70%) Investment Banking
4 5 (5.319%) Front Office
4 5 (5.319%) Pharmaceutical
5 4 (4.255%) Back Office
6 3 (3.191%) Financial Institution
7 2 (2.128%) Retail
8 1 (1.064%) Telecoms
8 1 (1.064%) Law
8 1 (1.064%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 37 (39.36%) Blackberry
2 8 (8.511%) iPad
3 5 (5.319%) Thin Client
3 5 (5.319%) Fat Client
3 5 (5.319%) Hedge funds
3 5 (5.319%) iPhone
4 4 (4.255%) Video Conferencing
5 3 (3.191%) Biotechnology
5 3 (3.191%) Smartphone
5 3 (3.191%) PDA
6 2 (2.128%) Computer Science
6 2 (2.128%) Life Science
6 2 (2.128%) Smartcard
6 2 (2.128%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.064%) Firmware
7 1 (1.064%) Replication
7 1 (1.064%) Social Network
7 1 (1.064%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 82 (87.23%) Windows
2 49 (52.13%) Windows 7
3 38 (40.43%) Windows XP
4 17 (18.09%) Windows Server 2008
5 12 (12.77%) Windows Server 2003
6 10 (10.64%) Mac OS X
7 5 (5.319%) Windows Vista
8 4 (4.255%) Linux
9 3 (3.191%) Mac OS
10 2 (2.128%) Ubuntu
10 2 (2.128%) Windows 2000 Server
10 2 (2.128%) CentOS
11 1 (1.064%) SUSE
11 1 (1.064%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (1.064%) Android
11 1 (1.064%) Windows 8
11 1 (1.064%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (27.66%) ITIL
2 8 (8.511%) Change Management
3 5 (5.319%) Workflow
4 3 (3.191%) Migration
4 3 (3.191%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (3.191%) Release Management
4 3 (3.191%) Incident Management
5 2 (2.128%) Software Distribution
5 2 (2.128%) Time Management
5 2 (2.128%) Service Management
5 2 (2.128%) Validation
5 2 (2.128%) CRM
6 1 (1.064%) Practice Management
6 1 (1.064%) ITSM
6 1 (1.064%) Risk Management
6 1 (1.064%) Service Delivery
6 1 (1.064%) Project Management
6 1 (1.064%) Configuration Management
6 1 (1.064%) Problem Management
6 1 (1.064%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.383%) Java
2 5 (5.319%) SQL
3 3 (3.191%) VBScript
4 2 (2.128%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.128%) C
Qualifications
1 23 (24.47%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (13.83%) MCITP
3 12 (12.77%) MCSE
4 10 (10.64%) MCSA
5 9 (9.574%) Degree
6 8 (8.511%) MCP
7 5 (5.319%) MCDST
8 3 (3.191%) Cisco Certification
8 3 (3.191%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (3.191%) CCNA
9 2 (2.128%) A+ Certification
10 1 (1.064%) CCA
10 1 (1.064%) Citrix Certification
10 1 (1.064%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (1.064%) Security Cleared
10 1 (1.064%) VTSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.128%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 2 (2.128%) SLA
System Software
1 49 (52.13%) Active Directory
2 6 (6.383%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (5.319%) XenApp
4 4 (4.255%) Hyper-V
5 3 (3.191%) XenDesktop
5 3 (3.191%) vSphere
6 2 (2.128%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 2 (2.128%) VMware ESX
6 2 (2.128%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (1.064%) Terminal Server
7 1 (1.064%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 11 (11.70%) Backup Exec
2 9 (9.574%) SCCM
3 5 (5.319%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 2 (2.128%) Sysprep
4 2 (2.128%) McAfee ePO
4 2 (2.128%) WSUS
4 2 (2.128%) DameWare
5 1 (1.064%) Norton AntiVirus
5 1 (1.064%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (1.064%) HP SIM
Vendors
1 50 (53.19%) Microsoft
2 20 (21.28%) Citrix
3 16 (17.02%) Bloomberg
4 13 (13.83%) VMware
4 13 (13.83%) HP
5 10 (10.64%) Reuters
6 9 (9.574%) Apple
6 9 (9.574%) Fidessa
6 9 (9.574%) Cisco
7 6 (6.383%) Dell
7 6 (6.383%) Lotus
8 5 (5.319%) Remedy
9 4 (4.255%) WatchGuard
10 3 (3.191%) Avaya
10 3 (3.191%) Symantec
11 2 (2.128%) Mitel
11 2 (2.128%) SonicWALL
11 2 (2.128%) McAfee
11 2 (2.128%) Wyse
11 2 (2.128%) Adobe
City, London
Windows Server 2008. Windows XP/7 Administration. Active Directory Administration... Blackberry Support. General Networking Support - TCP/IP... Lotus Notes an advantage but not essential... CompTIA Network + MCDST. MCP.
Kelway Ltd
Salary: From £21,000 to £24,000 per annum £21,000 - £24,000 + Benefits + Caree
Posted: 13 June 2013
City of London
Strong windows OS support across AD, exchange, applications etc... Knowledge of Mobile Device, Networks and ideally Market Data (Reuters/Bloomberg etc) Good knowledge of technology trends, eg end...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Banking Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 5 June 2013
United Kingdom,London
Additionally, project work opportunities may be presented.Expectations andQualifications:- 1st & 2nd line Remote / Desktop support experience.- Mobile technology experience including smartphone and laptops support.- Working understanding of MS...
Bloomberg
Posted: 23 May 2013
London
Additionally, project work opportunities may be presented.Expectations andQualifications:- 1st & 2nd line Remote / Desktop support experience.- Mobile technology experience including smartphone and laptops support.- Working understanding of MS...
Bloomberg
Posted: 23 May 2013