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 North West 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 North West region.

 Desktop Support
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank182177198
Rank change year-on-year
Down-5Up+21
Matching permanent IT job ads62383
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West0.111 %0.403 %0.660 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.118 %0.429 %0.699 %
Salaries quoted51979
Average salary£25,000£22,500£22,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11 %+2.270 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£17,400£18,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,900£25,000£26,000
UK excluding London average salary£23,000£22,500£23,500
% change year-on-year
+2.220 %-4.250 %
North West IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5081536711866
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West93.83 %93.99 %94.29 %
Salaries quoted4449461210195
Average salary£33,000£32,500£33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.530 %-2.980 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,500£21,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£57,500£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Desktop Support EnglandDesktop Support
England

Desktop Support
Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West 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 North West 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
MerseysideUp+116£25,000+13.63 %
Desktop Support EnglandDesktop Support
England

Desktop Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

118 (85.71 %)Windows
214 (66.67 %)MS Office
312 (57.14 %)Active Directory
411 (52.38 %)Microsoft
59 (42.86 %)Microsoft Certification
68 (38.10 %)Windows Server 2003
77 (33.33 %)Windows XP
77 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
77 (33.33 %)MCP
86 (28.57 %)MS Excel
86 (28.57 %)TCP/IP
86 (28.57 %)Internet
86 (28.57 %)Telecoms
95 (23.81 %)Citrix
104 (19.05 %)Lotus
104 (19.05 %)Lotus Notes
104 (19.05 %)Finance
104 (19.05 %)Banking
113 (14.29 %)HP
122 (9.524 %)C
122 (9.524 %)MCSA
122 (9.524 %)DNS
122 (9.524 %)LAN
122 (9.524 %)Back Office
122 (9.524 %)Education
122 (9.524 %)Asset Management
122 (9.524 %)Investment Banking
131 (4.762 %)Altiris
131 (4.762 %)MCDST
131 (4.762 %)Pensions

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

North West IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
24 (19.05 %)Lotus Notes
31 (4.762 %)Exchange Server 2007
North West IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
114 (66.67 %)MS Office
26 (28.57 %)MS Excel
North West IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (28.57 %)TCP/IP
16 (28.57 %)Internet
22 (9.524 %)DNS
22 (9.524 %)LAN
31 (4.762 %)Broadband
31 (4.762 %)VPN
31 (4.762 %)3G
North West IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16 (28.57 %)Telecoms
24 (19.05 %)Finance
24 (19.05 %)Banking
32 (9.524 %)Investment Banking
32 (9.524 %)Back Office
32 (9.524 %)Education
41 (4.762 %)Legal
41 (4.762 %)Pensions
North West IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (4.762 %)Blackberry
North West IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
118 (85.71 %)Windows
28 (38.10 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (33.33 %)Windows XP
41 (4.762 %)Windows Server 2008
41 (4.762 %)Windows 2000 Server
North West IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (9.524 %)Asset Management
21 (4.762 %)ITIL
North West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12 (9.524 %)C
North West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
19 (42.86 %)Microsoft Certification
27 (33.33 %)MCP
32 (9.524 %)MCSA
41 (4.762 %)HND
41 (4.762 %)MCSE
41 (4.762 %)MCDST
North West IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
112 (57.14 %)Active Directory
North West IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (4.762 %)DameWare
North West IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
111 (52.38 %)Microsoft
25 (23.81 %)Citrix
34 (19.05 %)Lotus
43 (14.29 %)HP
51 (4.762 %)Dell
51 (4.762 %)Avaya
51 (4.762 %)Altiris