The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Oldham 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 20 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 Oldham region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oldham 1.667% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.724% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £26,000 £24,500 £24,500
% change year-on-year
+6.12% -
All Job Titles
Oldham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
58 44 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oldham 96.67% 93.62% 88.37%
Number of salaries quoted 39 42 34
Average salary £39,246 £26,500 £22,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+48.09% +20.45%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £21,500 £19,100
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £37,500 £32,750
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Desktop Support
Manchester

Desktop Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oldham 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 Oldham region.

Oldham Desktop Support Salary Trend

Desktop Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oldham 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 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (50.00%) Lync
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 8
2 1 (50.00%) MS Project
2 1 (50.00%) MS Office
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (50.00%) Wyse
2 1 (50.00%) Backup Exec
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (50.00%) MS Project Server
2 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (50.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (50.00%) SCCM
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) NAS
2 1 (50.00%) XenApp
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
2 1 (50.00%) SAN
2 1 (50.00%) Thin Client

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Oldham 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 2 (100.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (50.00%) Lync
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (50.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (50.00%) MS Project Server
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Project
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) NAS
1 1 (50.00%) SAN
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) VoIP
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) DNS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (50.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (50.00%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 8
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Citrix Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Backup Exec
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Wyse
2 1 (50.00%) HP
2 1 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (50.00%) Sophos
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco