The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Sheffield 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 19 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 Sheffield region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support
Rank 62 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 0.171% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.174% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £21,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £26,000 £24,500 £24,500
% change year-on-year
+6.12% -
All Job Titles
Sheffield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
574 582 564
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Sheffield 97.95% 96.84% 98.09%
Number of salaries quoted 517 496 499
Average salary £34,000 £34,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.49%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £44,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Desktop Support
South Yorkshire

Desktop Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield Desktop Support Salary Trend

Desktop Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) MS Office
2 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
3 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 2 (50.00%) MCP
3 2 (50.00%) MCSE
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Vista
4 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 8
4 1 (25.00%) Software Distribution
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (25.00%) Time Management
4 1 (25.00%) QMS
4 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
4 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Firewall
4 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (25.00%) Wireless
4 1 (25.00%) VMware
4 1 (25.00%) Data Management
4 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Sheffield 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 Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (25.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Office
2 2 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
1 1 (25.00%) Internet
General
1 1 (25.00%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Vista
4 1 (25.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 8
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (25.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (25.00%) Mac OS X
4 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Software Distribution
1 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Management
1 1 (25.00%) Time Management
1 1 (25.00%) QMS
1 1 (25.00%) Quality Management
1 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (25.00%) Data Management
1 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (25.00%) CRM
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) MCP
1 2 (50.00%) MCSE
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (25.00%) MCDST
2 1 (25.00%) CCNA
2 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (25.00%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) Apple
2 1 (25.00%) Symantec
2 1 (25.00%) Sophos
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