The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Desktop Engineer 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Engineer
Rank 120 118 112
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 12 15 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.570% 0.664% 0.107%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.601% 0.698% 0.115%
Number of salaries quoted 10 15 1
Average salary £30,000 £31,000 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.22% +19.23%
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £21,500
% change year-on-year
- +16.27%
All Job Titles
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1998 2150 1741
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 94.87% 95.17% 93.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1633 1856 1398
Average salary £42,500 £41,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65% -3.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Desktop Engineer
Berkshire

Desktop Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Desktop Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Reading Desktop Engineer Salary Trend

Desktop Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited Desktop Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 13 (81.25%) Windows
2 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 11 (68.75%) MS Excel
3 11 (68.75%) VMware
4 10 (62.50%) TCP/IP
4 10 (62.50%) MS Exchange
4 10 (62.50%) Windows Server 2008
4 10 (62.50%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (56.25%) German Language
5 9 (56.25%) Linux
5 9 (56.25%) SQL
5 9 (56.25%) DNS
6 6 (37.50%) French Language
6 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
7 4 (25.00%) Windows XP
8 3 (18.75%) PDA
8 3 (18.75%) MS Office
8 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
8 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
9 2 (12.50%) SCCM
9 2 (12.50%) Blackberry
10 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2003
10 1 (6.250%) Banking
10 1 (6.250%) Backup Exec
10 1 (6.250%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (6.250%) Finance
10 1 (6.250%) VPN
10 1 (6.250%) Citrix
10 1 (6.250%) Mac OS X
10 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2003

Desktop Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited Desktop Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (6.250%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 10 (62.50%) MS Exchange
1 10 (62.50%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 11 (68.75%) MS Excel
2 3 (18.75%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (62.50%) TCP/IP
2 9 (56.25%) DNS
3 1 (6.250%) VPN
3 1 (6.250%) LAN
3 1 (6.250%) WAN
3 1 (6.250%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (56.25%) German Language
2 6 (37.50%) French Language
3 1 (6.250%) Finance
3 1 (6.250%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) PDA
2 2 (12.50%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 13 (81.25%) Windows
2 10 (62.50%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (56.25%) Linux
4 4 (25.00%) Windows XP
5 1 (6.250%) Mac OS X
5 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (6.250%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (6.250%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 9 (56.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) SC Cleared
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.250%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (6.250%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) SCCM
2 1 (6.250%) SCOM
2 1 (6.250%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (68.75%) VMware
3 1 (6.250%) Citrix
3 1 (6.250%) Symantec