Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Merseyside region.

 Desktop Support
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank374869
Rank change year-on-year
Up+11Up+21
Matching permanent IT job ads6718
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside1.554 %1.351 %1.540 %
As % of the Job Titles category1.648 %1.417 %1.651 %
Salaries quoted5418
Average salary£25,000£22,000£20,875
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.63 %+5.380 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£20,450£16,700
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,900£22,500£27,200
UK excluding London average salary£23,000£22,500£23,500
% change year-on-year
+2.220 %-4.250 %
Merseyside IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3644941090
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside94.30 %95.37 %93.24 %
Salaries quoted299451904
Average salary£31,500£32,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.070 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£21,000£21,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£52,500£50,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Desktop Support North WestDesktop Support
North West

Desktop Support
Demand Trend

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

Merseyside Desktop Support Demand Trend

Desktop Support
Salary Trend

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

Merseyside Desktop Support Salary Trend

Desktop Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LiverpoolUp+114£23,000+4.54 %
PrescotNew entry-1£26,500-
Desktop Support North WestDesktop Support
North West

Desktop Support
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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.

17 (87.50 %)Windows
25 (62.50 %)Citrix
25 (62.50 %)Windows Server 2003
34 (50.00 %)MS Office
34 (50.00 %)MS Excel
34 (50.00 %)Microsoft
34 (50.00 %)Active Directory
34 (50.00 %)Finance
34 (50.00 %)Banking
43 (37.50 %)Windows XP
52 (25.00 %)HP
52 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes
52 (25.00 %)Back Office
52 (25.00 %)Lotus
52 (25.00 %)Asset Management
52 (25.00 %)Education
52 (25.00 %)Investment Banking
61 (12.50 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (12.50 %)Legal
61 (12.50 %)Altiris
61 (12.50 %)C
61 (12.50 %)Microsoft Certification
61 (12.50 %)MCSA
61 (12.50 %)ITIL
61 (12.50 %)HND

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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.

Merseyside IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes
Merseyside IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (50.00 %)MS Office
14 (50.00 %)MS Excel
Merseyside IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (50.00 %)Finance
14 (50.00 %)Banking
22 (25.00 %)Investment Banking
22 (25.00 %)Education
22 (25.00 %)Back Office
31 (12.50 %)Legal
Merseyside IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
17 (87.50 %)Windows
25 (62.50 %)Windows Server 2003
33 (37.50 %)Windows XP
41 (12.50 %)Windows 2000 Server
Merseyside IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (25.00 %)Asset Management
21 (12.50 %)ITIL
Merseyside IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11 (12.50 %)C
Merseyside IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (12.50 %)HND
11 (12.50 %)MCSA
11 (12.50 %)Microsoft Certification
Merseyside IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (50.00 %)Active Directory
Merseyside IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (62.50 %)Citrix
24 (50.00 %)Microsoft
32 (25.00 %)HP
32 (25.00 %)Lotus
41 (12.50 %)Altiris