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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Engineer
Rank 383 389 389
Rank change year-on-year
+6 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 50 50 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.226% 0.210% 0.153%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.238% 0.221% 0.162%
Number of salaries quoted 35 47 34
Average salary £26,000 £26,000 £24,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £22,300 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £44,000 £26,400
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £22,750
% change year-on-year
- +9.89%
All Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
20978 22652 21667
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 94.79% 95.25% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 17417 19544 18626
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Desktop Engineer
England

Desktop Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Desktop Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer across the South East region.

South East Desktop Engineer Salary Trend

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Desktop Engineer Salary Histogram

Desktop Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the South East 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
Berkshire +16 33 £26,000 -16.12%
Hampshire -2 5 £27,500 -37.50%
Surrey 0 4 £27,750 +6.73%
Oxfordshire -20 3 £21,500 -6.52%
Middlesex +2 1 £20,000 -
West Sussex -13 1 £30,000 +16.50%
Buckinghamshire -13 1 £18,500 -31.48%
Kent -16 1 £26,000 +11.82%
Desktop Engineer
England

Desktop Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region that cited Desktop 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 81 (83.51%) Windows
2 66 (68.04%) Microsoft
3 54 (55.67%) MS Excel
4 44 (45.36%) Windows XP
5 42 (43.30%) Microsoft Certification
6 37 (38.14%) Active Directory
7 36 (37.11%) MCSE
8 35 (36.08%) MCP
8 35 (36.08%) Windows Server 2003
9 30 (30.93%) Security Cleared
9 30 (30.93%) SC Cleared
10 29 (29.90%) Finance
11 27 (27.84%) MCITP
11 27 (27.84%) HP
12 26 (26.80%) SCCM
13 24 (24.74%) Software Distribution
14 23 (23.71%) Software Deployment
14 23 (23.71%) Retail
14 23 (23.71%) Fujitsu
14 23 (23.71%) Telecoms
14 23 (23.71%) TCP/IP
14 23 (23.71%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
14 23 (23.71%) OpenView Configuration Management
14 23 (23.71%) McAfee
14 23 (23.71%) Sophos
15 21 (21.65%) MS Exchange
15 21 (21.65%) Windows Server 2008
16 18 (18.56%) Windows 7
17 17 (17.53%) MS Office
18 16 (16.49%) Citrix

Desktop Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East region that cited Desktop 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (3.093%) Web Services
2 1 (1.031%) Software Packaging
Application Platforms
1 21 (21.65%) MS Exchange
2 11 (11.34%) Exchange Server 2010
3 5 (5.155%) Lotus Notes
4 3 (3.093%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (3.093%) SharePoint
4 3 (3.093%) IIS
5 2 (2.062%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (1.031%) Lotus Domino
6 1 (1.031%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 54 (55.67%) MS Excel
2 17 (17.53%) MS Office
3 3 (3.093%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.031%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 23 (23.71%) TCP/IP
2 14 (14.43%) DNS
3 11 (11.34%) LAN
3 11 (11.34%) WAN
4 7 (7.216%) Firewall
5 6 (6.186%) IP Telephony
6 5 (5.155%) DHCP
7 4 (4.124%) VPN
8 3 (3.093%) SAN
8 3 (3.093%) VoIP
9 2 (2.062%) Wireless
10 1 (1.031%) ADSL
10 1 (1.031%) Ethernet
10 1 (1.031%) VLAN
10 1 (1.031%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.062%) SQL Server
General
1 29 (29.90%) Finance
2 23 (23.71%) Retail
2 23 (23.71%) Telecoms
3 9 (9.278%) German Language
4 6 (6.186%) French Language
5 1 (1.031%) Banking
5 1 (1.031%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 16 (16.49%) Blackberry
2 6 (6.186%) Replication
3 5 (5.155%) Handset
4 3 (3.093%) Firmware
4 3 (3.093%) PDA
5 2 (2.062%) Mathematics
6 1 (1.031%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.031%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 81 (83.51%) Windows
2 44 (45.36%) Windows XP
3 35 (36.08%) Windows Server 2003
4 21 (21.65%) Windows Server 2008
5 18 (18.56%) Windows 7
6 12 (12.37%) Linux
7 4 (4.124%) Android
8 3 (3.093%) Windows Vista
8 3 (3.093%) Windows 8
9 2 (2.062%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (1.031%) Mac OS X
10 1 (1.031%) UNIX
10 1 (1.031%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (1.031%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (24.74%) Software Distribution
2 23 (23.71%) Software Deployment
3 10 (10.31%) ITIL
4 6 (6.186%) Service Delivery
4 6 (6.186%) Incident Management
5 4 (4.124%) Time Management
6 3 (3.093%) Configuration Management
6 3 (3.093%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (2.062%) Change Control
7 2 (2.062%) Process Management
7 2 (2.062%) Data Security
8 1 (1.031%) Service Management
8 1 (1.031%) Validation
8 1 (1.031%) ITIL V3
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.31%) SQL
2 2 (2.062%) C
Qualifications
1 42 (43.30%) Microsoft Certification
2 36 (37.11%) MCSE
3 35 (36.08%) MCP
4 30 (30.93%) Security Cleared
4 30 (30.93%) SC Cleared
5 27 (27.84%) MCITP
6 10 (10.31%) MCDST
7 9 (9.278%) MCSA
8 3 (3.093%) Citrix Certification
9 2 (2.062%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (1.031%) CCNA
10 1 (1.031%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (1.031%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.278%) SLA
2 1 (1.031%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (1.031%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 37 (38.14%) Active Directory
2 4 (4.124%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (3.093%) XenApp
3 3 (3.093%) XenServer
3 3 (3.093%) XenDesktop
4 1 (1.031%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 26 (26.80%) SCCM
2 23 (23.71%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 23 (23.71%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 4 (4.124%) Backup Exec
4 3 (3.093%) Norton AntiVirus
5 2 (2.062%) WSUS
6 1 (1.031%) SCOM
Vendors
1 66 (68.04%) Microsoft
2 27 (27.84%) HP
3 23 (23.71%) Fujitsu
3 23 (23.71%) McAfee
3 23 (23.71%) Sophos
4 16 (16.49%) Citrix
5 15 (15.46%) VMware
6 5 (5.155%) Avaya
6 5 (5.155%) Lotus
6 5 (5.155%) Remedy
7 4 (4.124%) Symantec
8 3 (3.093%) Adobe
8 3 (3.093%) LANDesk
9 1 (1.031%) Novell
9 1 (1.031%) Cisco
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Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
South East England
Experience of supporting a range of hardware and software is essential including; - Laptops, Desktops, iPads, Blackberry's, Wireless Routers, Printers.- Windows 7, Windows XP, Office 2003/2007/2010,...
Montash Associates
Salary: £200 - £250 per annum + Negotiable
Posted: 10 May 2013
Basingstoke, South East
Knowledge of Citrix Xen Server, Xen App, Xen Desktop, or other related environments... Proven working knowledge of Incident Management tools Full Driving License Desired Experience/Skills: MCP/MCDST/...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Basingstoke, South East
Knowledge of Citrix Xen Server, Xen App, Xen Desktop, or other related environments... Proven working knowledge of Incident Management tools Desirable skills and experience MCP/MCDST/ITIL/Citrix...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
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Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013