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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support Analyst
Rank 153 146 153
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +7
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Analyst 4 8 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.128% 0.233% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.135% 0.245% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 3
Average salary £26,250 £28,000 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +30.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,050 £23,400 £19,900
10% offered a salary of more than £28,450 £34,700 £24,300
UK excluding London average salary £24,000 £23,750 £23,500
% change year-on-year
+1.05% +1.06%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2957 3263 3257
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.47% 94.88% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1764 2393 2441
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Desktop Support Analyst
UK

Desktop Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Desktop Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Desktop Support Analyst Salary Trend

Desktop Support Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Analyst within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Aberdeen +1 2 £23,500 -11.32%
Glasgow -20 1 £29,000 +16.00%
Aberdeenshire - 1 - -
Desktop Support Analyst
UK

Desktop Support Analyst
Top 18 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (60.00%) MS Office
2 3 (60.00%) SLA
2 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (20.00%) VoIP
4 1 (20.00%) Web Services
4 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (20.00%) Apple
4 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
4 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Vista
4 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (20.00%) Change Control

Desktop Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) Web Services
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Office
2 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) VoIP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (20.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (20.00%) Change Control
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Apple