The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Northamptonshire 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 17 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 Northamptonshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support
Rank 65 67 68
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 7 4 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.061% 0.524% 0.860%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.122% 0.536% 0.879%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 7
Average salary £26,000 £22,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.55% -10.00%
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
624 746 796
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 94.55% 97.77% 97.79%
Number of salaries quoted 526 681 727
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,335 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Desktop Support
East Midlands

Desktop Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire Desktop Support Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support
Salary Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
(Click each for more statistics)
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
Northampton -2 4 £26,000 +15.81%
Corby - 1 £25,000 -
Desktop Support
East Midlands

Desktop Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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.

1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 5 (55.56%) MS Office
3 5 (55.56%) Avaya
4 4 (44.44%) CMS
4 4 (44.44%) Windows 8
5 2 (22.22%) Remedy
5 2 (22.22%) ITIL
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
6 1 (11.11%) LAN
6 1 (11.11%) VoIP
6 1 (11.11%) WAN
6 1 (11.11%) Cisco
6 1 (11.11%) Dell
6 1 (11.11%) SQL
6 1 (11.11%) SAP
6 1 (11.11%) MCSE
6 1 (11.11%) MCSA
6 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
6 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
6 1 (11.11%) Wireless
6 1 (11.11%) Finance
6 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
6 1 (11.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (11.11%) SAN
6 1 (11.11%) Terminal Server
6 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (11.11%) Handset

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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.

Application Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) CMS
2 2 (22.22%) MS Exchange
3 1 (11.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 5 (55.56%) MS Office
2 1 (11.11%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) LAN
1 1 (11.11%) VoIP
1 1 (11.11%) WAN
1 1 (11.11%) SAN
1 1 (11.11%) Wireless
1 1 (11.11%) PABX
General
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
1 1 (11.11%) Handset
1 1 (11.11%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 8 (88.89%) Windows
2 4 (44.44%) Windows 8
3 1 (11.11%) Windows XP
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (11.11%) Windows Vista
3 1 (11.11%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) ITIL
2 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
2 1 (11.11%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) MCSE
2 1 (11.11%) MCSA
System Software
1 6 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) Terminal Server
2 1 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Avaya
2 2 (22.22%) Remedy
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Dell
3 1 (11.11%) SAP
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco
3 1 (11.11%) VMware