The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support 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 Support Engineer 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support Engineer
Rank 129 125 118
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 5 9 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.221% 0.391% 0.156%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.233% 0.416% 0.165%
Number of salaries quoted 5 9 2
Average salary £30,000 £26,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% +4.00%
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £24,150 £23,000
% change year-on-year
+3.51% +5.00%
All Job Titles
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2145 2164 1823
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 95.00% 94.09% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1745 1827 1499
Average salary £40,000 £43,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.97% +4.87%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Desktop Support Engineer
Berkshire

Desktop Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Desktop Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Reading Desktop Support Engineer Salary Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited Desktop Support 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 Support Engineer in their job title.

1 11 (78.57%) VMware
1 11 (78.57%) Windows
2 10 (71.43%) MS Exchange
2 10 (71.43%) TCP/IP
2 10 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 10 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
2 10 (71.43%) Exchange Server 2010
3 9 (64.29%) SQL
3 9 (64.29%) Linux
3 9 (64.29%) MS Excel
3 9 (64.29%) DNS
3 9 (64.29%) German Language
4 6 (42.86%) French Language
5 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
6 3 (21.43%) PDA
6 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
6 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
7 2 (14.29%) SCCM
7 2 (14.29%) Blackberry
7 2 (14.29%) Windows XP
8 1 (7.143%) LAN
8 1 (7.143%) WAN
8 1 (7.143%) Ethernet
8 1 (7.143%) Citrix
8 1 (7.143%) Mac OS X
8 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (7.143%) Symantec
8 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
8 1 (7.143%) MS Office
8 1 (7.143%) VPN

Desktop Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (7.143%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 10 (71.43%) MS Exchange
1 10 (71.43%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 9 (64.29%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.143%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (71.43%) TCP/IP
2 9 (64.29%) DNS
3 1 (7.143%) LAN
3 1 (7.143%) WAN
3 1 (7.143%) Ethernet
3 1 (7.143%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (64.29%) German Language
2 6 (42.86%) French Language
3 1 (7.143%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) PDA
2 2 (14.29%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 11 (78.57%) Windows
2 10 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (64.29%) Linux
4 2 (14.29%) Windows XP
5 1 (7.143%) Mac OS X
5 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (7.143%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (7.143%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 9 (64.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (21.43%) SC Cleared
1 3 (21.43%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.143%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (14.29%) SCCM
2 1 (7.143%) Backup Exec
2 1 (7.143%) SCOM
Vendors
1 11 (78.57%) VMware
2 10 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.143%) Citrix
3 1 (7.143%) Symantec
Reading, Berkshire
Experience with Windows 7 and 8 desktop Operating Systems and associated applications e.g... DNS and TCP/IP), security and network management practices - Experience working with Active Directory,...
Specialist Software Services
Salary: £20,000 - £25,000 per year
Posted: 14 June 2013