The first table below looks at the demand for the Service Desk Technician role in IT jobs advertised for the South Yorkshire 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 17 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Service Desk Technician
Rank 72 74 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Service Desk Technician 4 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 0.556% 0.630% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.573% 0.655% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 0
Average salary £18,000 £22,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £19,250 £20,000
% change year-on-year
+16.88% -3.75%
All Job Titles
South Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
698 916 832
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 96.94% 96.22% 96.52%
Number of salaries quoted 603 760 686
Average salary £33,000 £34,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.94% +4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £44,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Service Desk Technician
Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire Service Desk Technician Salary Trend

Service Desk Technician
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Lotus Notes
1 4 (100.00%) Lotus
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) Identity Management
1 4 (100.00%) Degree

Service Desk Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Yorkshire 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 4 (100.00%) Lotus Notes
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) Identity Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Lotus