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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support Engineer
Rank 64 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 8 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 1.170% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.229% - -
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
Average salary £21,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £24,000 £23,500
% change year-on-year
+4.16% +2.12%
All Job Titles
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
651 610 427
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 95.18% 91.59% 89.52%
Number of salaries quoted 551 475 339
Average salary £47,500 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
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 Slough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough Desktop Support Engineer Salary Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 9 (90.00%) MS Excel
3 6 (60.00%) MCSE
3 6 (60.00%) MCSA
3 6 (60.00%) MS Office
3 6 (60.00%) MCP
3 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (60.00%) MCDST
3 6 (60.00%) Replication
4 4 (40.00%) Windows
5 2 (20.00%) Lotus Notes
5 2 (20.00%) Windows XP
5 2 (20.00%) Lotus
5 2 (20.00%) Blackberry
5 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
5 2 (20.00%) Citrix
5 2 (20.00%) LAN
5 2 (20.00%) WAN
5 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
5 2 (20.00%) SLA
5 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
5 2 (20.00%) Finance
5 2 (20.00%) Handset
6 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
6 1 (10.00%) Windows Vista
6 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (10.00%) MS Exchange

Desktop Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (10.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 9 (90.00%) MS Excel
2 6 (60.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) LAN
1 2 (20.00%) WAN
1 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Replication
2 2 (20.00%) Blackberry
2 2 (20.00%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Vista
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) MCP
1 6 (60.00%) MCSE
1 6 (60.00%) MCSA
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (60.00%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Citrix
2 2 (20.00%) Lotus