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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support
Rank 121 117 117
Rank change year-on-year
-4 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 12 15 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.553% 0.663% 0.212%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.582% 0.697% 0.226%
Number of salaries quoted 12 15 3
Average salary £30,000 £26,000 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -8.77%
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2062 2151 1768
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 95.07% 95.01% 93.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1675 1848 1424
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £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 Support
Berkshire

Desktop Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Desktop Support Salary Trend

Desktop Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 22 (84.62%) Windows
2 20 (76.92%) Microsoft
3 18 (69.23%) MS Excel
4 17 (65.38%) MS Exchange
5 12 (46.15%) Active Directory
6 11 (42.31%) VMware
6 11 (42.31%) Exchange Server 2010
7 10 (38.46%) Windows Server 2008
7 10 (38.46%) TCP/IP
7 10 (38.46%) MS Office
8 9 (34.62%) SQL
8 9 (34.62%) Linux
8 9 (34.62%) DNS
8 9 (34.62%) German Language
9 8 (30.77%) Blackberry
10 7 (26.92%) Windows 7
10 7 (26.92%) Exchange Server 2007
10 7 (26.92%) Symantec
11 6 (23.08%) Wireless
11 6 (23.08%) Degree
11 6 (23.08%) French Language
11 6 (23.08%) iPhone
11 6 (23.08%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 6 (23.08%) SaaS
12 4 (15.38%) LAN
13 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
13 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
13 3 (11.54%) Banking
13 3 (11.54%) PDA
13 3 (11.54%) WAN

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading 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 1 (3.846%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 17 (65.38%) MS Exchange
2 11 (42.31%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (26.92%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (23.08%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 18 (69.23%) MS Excel
2 10 (38.46%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (38.46%) TCP/IP
2 9 (34.62%) DNS
3 6 (23.08%) Wireless
4 4 (15.38%) LAN
5 3 (11.54%) WAN
6 2 (7.692%) VPN
7 1 (3.846%) Ethernet
7 1 (3.846%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.846%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (34.62%) German Language
2 6 (23.08%) French Language
3 3 (11.54%) Banking
4 2 (7.692%) Law
5 1 (3.846%) Legal
5 1 (3.846%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) Blackberry
2 6 (23.08%) iPhone
2 6 (23.08%) SaaS
3 3 (11.54%) PDA
4 1 (3.846%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 22 (84.62%) Windows
2 10 (38.46%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (34.62%) Linux
4 7 (26.92%) Windows 7
5 3 (11.54%) Windows XP
6 1 (3.846%) Mac OS X
6 1 (3.846%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (7.692%) ITIL
2 1 (3.846%) Software Distribution
Programming Languages
1 9 (34.62%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (23.08%) Degree
2 3 (11.54%) SC Cleared
2 3 (11.54%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.846%) MCP
3 1 (3.846%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (3.846%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.692%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (46.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.846%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (3.846%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (7.692%) SCCM
2 1 (3.846%) Backup Exec
2 1 (3.846%) SCOM
Vendors
1 20 (76.92%) Microsoft
2 11 (42.31%) VMware
3 7 (26.92%) Symantec
4 1 (3.846%) McAfee
4 1 (3.846%) HP
4 1 (3.846%) Dell
4 1 (3.846%) Citrix