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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support Engineer
Rank 148 141 157
Rank change year-on-year
-7 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 5 14 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.159% 0.405% 0.057%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.168% 0.428% 0.061%
Number of salaries quoted 5 14 2
Average salary £23,000 £25,000 £21,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.00% +17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,600 £20,000 £20,250
10% offered a salary of more than £29,000 £26,400 £22,250
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.16%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2983 3268 3297
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.79% 94.59% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1797 2372 2477
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 £26,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Desktop Support Engineer
UK

Desktop Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Desktop Support Engineer Salary Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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
Edinburgh +7 2 £29,000 +38.09%
Glasgow -20 2 £20,250 -25.00%
Scottish Borders - 1 £22,750 -
Desktop Support Engineer
UK

Desktop Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 10 (90.91%) Windows
2 9 (81.82%) Active Directory
3 6 (54.55%) Windows 7
4 5 (45.45%) ITIL
4 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
5 4 (36.36%) MS Office
5 4 (36.36%) TCP/IP
6 3 (27.27%) DHCP
6 3 (27.27%) DNS
6 3 (27.27%) MCP
6 3 (27.27%) Linux
6 3 (27.27%) Windows XP
6 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (27.27%) A+ Certification
6 3 (27.27%) MCDST
6 3 (27.27%) MCTS
6 3 (27.27%) Problem Management
7 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (18.18%) Degree
7 2 (18.18%) VMware
7 2 (18.18%) Finance
7 2 (18.18%) Legal
7 2 (18.18%) Advertising
7 2 (18.18%) Citrix
7 2 (18.18%) XenApp
7 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
7 2 (18.18%) VB
7 2 (18.18%) SLA
8 1 (9.091%) Ethernet

Desktop Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 (9.091%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) MS Exchange
1 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) TCP/IP
2 3 (27.27%) DHCP
2 3 (27.27%) DNS
3 1 (9.091%) Ethernet
3 1 (9.091%) VPN
3 1 (9.091%) SAN
3 1 (9.091%) Wireless
General
1 2 (18.18%) Finance
1 2 (18.18%) Legal
1 2 (18.18%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Client/Server
1 1 (9.091%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 10 (90.91%) Windows
2 6 (54.55%) Windows 7
3 3 (27.27%) Linux
3 3 (27.27%) Windows XP
4 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (9.091%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) ITIL
2 3 (27.27%) Problem Management
3 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 1 (9.091%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (9.091%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) VB
2 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) MCP
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (27.27%) A+ Certification
1 3 (27.27%) MCDST
1 3 (27.27%) MCTS
2 2 (18.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (81.82%) Active Directory
2 2 (18.18%) XenApp
3 1 (9.091%) ISA Server
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 2 (18.18%) VMware
2 2 (18.18%) Citrix
3 1 (9.091%) Websense
3 1 (9.091%) Dell
3 1 (9.091%) EMC
3 1 (9.091%) Intel
3 1 (9.091%) SurfControl
Galashiels, Borders, Scotland
1st / 2nd line technical support engineer required for a desktop support role with a fast growing company, accessible from Edinburgh. Supporting all the latest Microsoft technologies. Opportunity to...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £18000 - £27500 per annum
Posted: 1 May 2013