The first table below looks at the demand for the Help Desk Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Help Desk Support in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Help Desk Support
Rank - 61 55
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Support 0 5 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough - 0.760% 0.395%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.829% 0.439%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 2
Average salary - £27,500 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.77%
UK excluding London average salary £21,375 £20,000 £20,000
% change year-on-year
+6.87% -
All Job Titles
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
633 603 456
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 95.33% 91.64% 90.12%
Number of salaries quoted 538 468 370
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,000 £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%
Help Desk Support
Berkshire

Help Desk Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough Help Desk Support Jobs Demand Trend

Help Desk Support
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Help Desk Support across the Slough region.

Slough Help Desk Support Salary Trend

Help Desk Support
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough region that cited Help Desk 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 Help Desk Support in their job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
1 1 (50.00%) MCP
1 1 (50.00%) HNC
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) MCSE
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification

Help Desk Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough region that cited Help Desk 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 Help Desk Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) MS Office
1 1 (50.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows XP
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) MCP
1 1 (50.00%) HNC
1 1 (50.00%) MCSE
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft