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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support
Rank 50 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 0.273% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.286% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £26,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Peterborough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
350 290 294
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Peterborough 95.63% 93.85% 98.33%
Number of salaries quoted 311 253 238
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £20,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Desktop Support
Cambridgeshire

Desktop Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough Desktop Support Salary Trend

Desktop Support
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough 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 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Application Packaging
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (50.00%) Citrix
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) ITIL
3 1 (25.00%) Puppet
3 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) XenApp
3 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (25.00%) SCCM
3 1 (25.00%) SCOM
3 1 (25.00%) Publishing
3 1 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
3 1 (25.00%) DHCP
3 1 (25.00%) DNS
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) OpenView

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Peterborough 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 Development
1 2 (50.00%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DHCP
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
General
1 1 (25.00%) Publishing
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) ITIL
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (25.00%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) OpenView
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
1 1 (25.00%) SCOM
1 1 (25.00%) Puppet
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft