The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support 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 Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support Engineer
Rank 211 207 208
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 3 5 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.056% 0.091% 0.064%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.095% 0.067%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 4
Average salary £28,000 £20,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+40.00% -38.46%
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £24,150 £23,000
% change year-on-year
+3.51% +5.00%
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5149 5291 5963
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.08% 96.38% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 4545 4588 5167
Average salary £35,500 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.42%
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 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Desktop Support Engineer
England

Desktop Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West Desktop Support Engineer Salary Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer across the South West region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

South West Desktop Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer within the South West region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Wiltshire +7 1 £28,000 +40.00%
Bristol -5 1 £22,500 +2.27%
Somerset - 1 £35,000 -
Desktop Support Engineer
England

Desktop Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Windows XP
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (33.33%) Citrix
2 3 (33.33%) ITIL
2 3 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 2 (22.22%) VMware
3 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Vista
3 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (22.22%) Internet
3 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
3 2 (22.22%) MS Office
3 2 (22.22%) MCSE
3 2 (22.22%) MCSA
4 1 (11.11%) ERP
4 1 (11.11%) MS Exchange
4 1 (11.11%) Broadband
4 1 (11.11%) LAN
4 1 (11.11%) WAN
4 1 (11.11%) FTP
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco
4 1 (11.11%) C
4 1 (11.11%) CCNA
4 1 (11.11%) OpenView
4 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (11.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 1 (11.11%) ISA Server
4 1 (11.11%) Symantec

Desktop Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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 1 (11.11%) MS Exchange
1 1 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Internet
2 1 (11.11%) Broadband
2 1 (11.11%) LAN
2 1 (11.11%) WAN
2 1 (11.11%) FTP
2 1 (11.11%) Intranet
2 1 (11.11%) Wireless
General
1 1 (11.11%) Electronics
1 1 (11.11%) Finance
1 1 (11.11%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
1 1 (11.11%) Thin Client
1 1 (11.11%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Windows XP
2 3 (33.33%) Windows 7
3 2 (22.22%) Windows Vista
4 1 (11.11%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (11.11%) ERP
2 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
2 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Security Cleared
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (22.22%) MCSE
1 2 (22.22%) MCSA
2 1 (11.11%) CCNA
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (11.11%) MCDST
2 1 (11.11%) MCITP
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) OpenView
1 1 (11.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (11.11%) SCCM
1 1 (11.11%) SCOM
1 1 (11.11%) Backup Exec
1 1 (11.11%) Puppet
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 3 (33.33%) Citrix
2 2 (22.22%) VMware
3 1 (11.11%) Cisco
3 1 (11.11%) Symantec
3 1 (11.11%) Remedy
3 1 (11.11%) Apple