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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Engineer
Rank 195 206 211
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Engineer 15 8 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.286% 0.144% 0.114%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.296% 0.151% 0.121%
Number of salaries quoted 13 7 6
Average salary £23,750 £23,500 £22,375
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.06% +5.02%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,300 £21,200 £16,000
10% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £26,000 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £25,000 £22,750
% change year-on-year
- +9.89%
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5066 5299 5804
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.55% 95.41% 94.93%
Number of salaries quoted 4456 4574 4970
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West 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 West region.

South West Desktop Engineer Salary Trend

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer across the South West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Bristol -4 5 £22,500 +2.27%
Gloucestershire +10 2 £21,500 -17.30%
Wiltshire +9 2 £24,000 +2.12%
Devon - 2 £23,500 -
Somerset - 1 £35,000 -
Cornwall - 1 £22,000 -
Desktop Engineer
England

Desktop Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 18 (78.26%) Windows
2 11 (47.83%) Windows 7
2 11 (47.83%) Active Directory
3 10 (43.48%) Microsoft
4 8 (34.78%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (30.43%) ITIL
5 7 (30.43%) Windows XP
5 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
6 6 (26.09%) MS Office
7 5 (21.74%) MCP
7 5 (21.74%) MS Excel
7 5 (21.74%) SC Cleared
8 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (17.39%) VMware
8 4 (17.39%) MCITP
8 4 (17.39%) MCSE
8 4 (17.39%) MCSA
8 4 (17.39%) MS Exchange
8 4 (17.39%) Citrix
8 4 (17.39%) VPN
8 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2003
8 4 (17.39%) Blackberry
9 3 (13.04%) Symantec
9 3 (13.04%) McAfee
9 3 (13.04%) Internet
9 3 (13.04%) Advertising
9 3 (13.04%) Cisco
9 3 (13.04%) LAN
9 3 (13.04%) HP
9 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure

Desktop Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 1 (4.348%) CGI
1 1 (4.348%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 4 (17.39%) MS Exchange
2 1 (4.348%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (4.348%) Exchange Server 5.5
2 1 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (4.348%) Lync
Applications
1 6 (26.09%) MS Office
2 5 (21.74%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (17.39%) VPN
2 3 (13.04%) Internet
2 3 (13.04%) LAN
3 2 (8.696%) WAN
3 2 (8.696%) DHCP
3 2 (8.696%) DNS
3 2 (8.696%) Broadband
4 1 (4.348%) Intranet
4 1 (4.348%) Wireless
4 1 (4.348%) ADSL
4 1 (4.348%) FTP
4 1 (4.348%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.348%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (13.04%) Advertising
2 2 (8.696%) Finance
3 1 (4.348%) Electronics
3 1 (4.348%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Blackberry
2 1 (4.348%) Thin Client
2 1 (4.348%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.348%) Handset
2 1 (4.348%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (4.348%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 18 (78.26%) Windows
2 11 (47.83%) Windows 7
3 7 (30.43%) Windows XP
4 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (8.696%) Windows Vista
5 2 (8.696%) Windows 2000
6 1 (4.348%) Mac OS X
6 1 (4.348%) Windows NT
6 1 (4.348%) UNIX
6 1 (4.348%) Linux
6 1 (4.348%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (30.43%) ITIL
2 2 (8.696%) Service Delivery
3 1 (4.348%) Change Management
3 1 (4.348%) ERP
3 1 (4.348%) Incident Management
3 1 (4.348%) Asset Management
3 1 (4.348%) Time Management
3 1 (4.348%) ITIL V3
3 1 (4.348%) Change Control
3 1 (4.348%) Software Deployment
3 1 (4.348%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.348%) C
1 1 (4.348%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
3 5 (21.74%) MCP
3 5 (21.74%) SC Cleared
4 4 (17.39%) MCITP
4 4 (17.39%) MCSE
4 4 (17.39%) MCSA
5 2 (8.696%) MCDST
5 2 (8.696%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (8.696%) CCNA
6 1 (4.348%) A+ Certification
6 1 (4.348%) Linux+ Certification
6 1 (4.348%) MCTS
6 1 (4.348%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.696%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (47.83%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.04%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.348%) ISA Server
3 1 (4.348%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (8.696%) SCCM
2 1 (4.348%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (4.348%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (4.348%) OpenView
2 1 (4.348%) WSUS
2 1 (4.348%) NetBackup
2 1 (4.348%) Backup Exec
2 1 (4.348%) SCOM
2 1 (4.348%) Sysprep
2 1 (4.348%) Puppet
Vendors
1 10 (43.48%) Microsoft
2 4 (17.39%) VMware
2 4 (17.39%) Citrix
3 3 (13.04%) Symantec
3 3 (13.04%) McAfee
3 3 (13.04%) Cisco
3 3 (13.04%) HP
4 2 (8.696%) LANDesk
4 2 (8.696%) Remedy
5 1 (4.348%) Apple
5 1 (4.348%) Sage
5 1 (4.348%) Toshiba
5 1 (4.348%) SAP
5 1 (4.348%) Dell
5 1 (4.348%) Adobe
5 1 (4.348%) Lumension
South West England
Windows 2000, MS Office, XP, VPN, Dell, HP, Printers, Laptop, ITIL)... In depth knowledge of Windows 2000, MS Office, XP, VPN, Dell, HP, Printers, Laptop, ITIL and excellent...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £27000 per annum + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
South West
Windows 2000, MS Office, XP, VPN, Dell, HP, Printers, Laptop, ITIL)... In depth knowledge of Windows 2000, MS Office, XP, VPN, Dell, HP, Printers, Laptop, ITIL and excellent...
Streamline Connections
Salary: £25000 - £27000 per annum + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
South West England
Windows 2000, MS Office, XP, VPN, Dell, HP, Printers, Laptop, ITIL). Global organisation are looking for a Desktop Field Engineer to work across their Offices in the South...
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
South West
Windows 2000, MS Office, XP, VPN, Dell, HP, Printers, Laptop, ITIL)... In depth knowledge of Windows 2000, MS Office, XP, VPN, Dell, HP, Printers, Laptop, ITIL and excellent...
Streamline Connections
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Devon
IT Desktop Support Technician - Devon, Wintel, Linux, Unix, Mac beneficial Helpdesk experience ability to learn new technologies - £25k + benefits. Austin Fraser are working with their leading NEtwork Solutions...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £23000.00 - £27000.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013