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 Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

 Desktop Support
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank8177126
Rank change year-on-year
Down-4Up+49
Matching permanent IT job ads6717
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire0.472 %0.621 %0.541 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.488 %0.659 %0.561 %
Salaries quoted6715
Average salary£23,250£22,000£23,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.680 %-5.370 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,000£18,150£18,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£26,000£27,000
UK excluding London average salary£23,000£22,500£23,500
% change year-on-year
+2.220 %-4.250 %
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
123010623032
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire96.77 %94.23 %96.47 %
Salaries quoted11069382770
Average salary£37,500£33,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.94 %-4.280 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£22,500£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Desktop Support South EastDesktop Support
South East

Desktop Support
Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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
BanburyNew entry-4£23,250-
OxfordUp+51£28,000+54.48 %
Desktop Support South EastDesktop Support
South East

Desktop Support
Top 29 Related IT Skills

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

115 (100.00 %)Windows
115 (100.00 %)Windows XP
213 (86.67 %)MS Office
39 (60.00 %)Microsoft
48 (53.33 %)Windows Server 2003
56 (40.00 %)MS Excel
56 (40.00 %)Mac OS X
56 (40.00 %)ITIL
56 (40.00 %)MS Exchange
65 (33.33 %)Linux
65 (33.33 %)Active Directory
74 (26.67 %)Back Office
74 (26.67 %)VoIP
74 (26.67 %)Exchange Server 2007
83 (20.00 %)Ethernet
83 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
83 (20.00 %)DNS
83 (20.00 %)Internet
92 (13.33 %)Publishing
92 (13.33 %)WAN
92 (13.33 %)Mac OS X Server
92 (13.33 %)Windows Vista
101 (6.667 %)Windows Server 2008
101 (6.667 %)Cisco
101 (6.667 %)ITIL Certification
101 (6.667 %)Exchange Server 2003
101 (6.667 %)Backup Exec
101 (6.667 %)Blackberry
101 (6.667 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
16 (40.00 %)MS Exchange
24 (26.67 %)Exchange Server 2007
31 (6.667 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
31 (6.667 %)Exchange Server 2003
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
113 (86.67 %)MS Office
26 (40.00 %)MS Excel
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (26.67 %)VoIP
23 (20.00 %)Ethernet
23 (20.00 %)TCP/IP
23 (20.00 %)DNS
23 (20.00 %)Internet
32 (13.33 %)WAN
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (26.67 %)Back Office
22 (13.33 %)Publishing
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (6.667 %)Blackberry
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
115 (100.00 %)Windows
115 (100.00 %)Windows XP
28 (53.33 %)Windows Server 2003
36 (40.00 %)Mac OS X
45 (33.33 %)Linux
52 (13.33 %)Windows Vista
52 (13.33 %)Mac OS X Server
61 (6.667 %)Windows Server 2008
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
16 (40.00 %)ITIL
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (6.667 %)ITIL Certification
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (33.33 %)Active Directory
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (6.667 %)Backup Exec
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
19 (60.00 %)Microsoft
21 (6.667 %)Cisco