The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Portsmouth 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 24 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 Portsmouth region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support
Rank - - 37
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 0 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth - - 1.435%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 1.471%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 3
Average salary - - £17,000
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Portsmouth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
207 194 204
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Portsmouth 96.28% 96.04% 97.61%
Number of salaries quoted 193 180 196
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £47,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Desktop Support
Hampshire

Desktop Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Portsmouth 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 Portsmouth region.

Portsmouth Desktop Support Salary Trend

Desktop Support
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Back Office
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Portsmouth 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 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
General
1 1 (100.00%) Back Office
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft