The first table below looks at the demand for the Service Desk Technician 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 Service Desk Technician 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Desk Technician
Rank 212 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Technician 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.076% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.079% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Average salary £22,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £19,000 £21,500
% change year-on-year
+18.42% -11.62%
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5064 5285 5727
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.53% 95.48% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4455 4564 4906
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%
Service Desk Technician
England

Service Desk Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Service Desk Technician Jobs Demand Trend

Service Desk Technician
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Service Desk Technician across the South West region.

South West Service Desk Technician Salary Trend

Service Desk Technician
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Service Desk Technician within the South West 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
Bristol - 2 £27,000 -
Dorset - 1 £16,000 -
Wiltshire - 1 £22,500 -
Service Desk Technician
England

Service Desk Technician
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Service Desk Technician 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 Service Desk Technician in their job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) MS Excel
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (80.00%) Windows 7
2 3 (60.00%) Firewall
3 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (20.00%) MS Office
3 1 (20.00%) MCP
3 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Intranet
3 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
3 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP

Service Desk Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) Intranet
2 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
1 4 (80.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) MCP
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft