Suffolk Desktop Support Jobs

This section looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT jobs within the Suffolk region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Desktop Support in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Desktop Support
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Amersham Andover Avon Banbury Banstead Barking Barnsley Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Bradford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Burnley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cannock Cardiff Caterham Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chippenham City of London Clapham County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Daresbury Daventry Devon Docklands, London Dorset Ealing East Midlands East of England East Sussex Edgware Egham England Essex Exeter Farnborough Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Greenford Guildford Hailsham Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Hayes Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hinckley Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Inverness Ipswich Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knottingley Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Luton Maidenhead Maidstone Malvern Manchester Mansfield Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Nantwich Newbury Newcastle Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Perthshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Retford Rotherham Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Slough Somerset South Croydon South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans St Helens Staffordshire Staines Stansted Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Street Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Thame Thames Valley Thurrock Tonbridge Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Waltham Cross Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weybridge Whitstable Widnes Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Woking Wokingham Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	69	78
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching permanent IT job ads	10	2
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	1.524 %	0.271 %
Salaries quoted	9	2
Average minimum salary	£20,667	£18,000
Average salary	£20,667	£18,250
% change on same period last year	+13.24 %
Average maximum salary	£20,667	£18,500
UK excluding London average salary	£24,355	£24,535
% change on same period last year	-0.73 %
Job Titles Suffolk
Matching permanent IT job ads	656	739
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.353 %	0.308 %
Salaries quoted	544	573
Average minimum salary	£34,238	£33,355
Average salary	£36,914	£36,778
% change on same period last year	+0.36 %
Average maximum salary	£39,590	£40,201
UK excluding London average salary	£38,055	£39,430
% change on same period last year	-3.48 %
Desktop Support East of England

Desktop Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Desktop Support across the Suffolk region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Desktop Support
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Desktop Support across the Suffolk region.

Desktop Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Desktop Support across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Desktop Support
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Ipswich	-	1	-	-

Desktop Support East of England

Desktop Support
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Suffolk region that cited Desktop Support 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 in their job title.

1 10 (90.91 %) Windows 2 8 (72.73 %) Windows XP 3 6 (54.55 %) MS Exchange 3 6 (54.55 %) Windows Server 2003 4 5 (45.45 %) PL/SQL 4 5 (45.45 %) SQL 5 3 (27.27 %) Citrix 6 2 (18.18 %) Microsoft Certification 6 2 (18.18 %) Lotus Notes 6 2 (18.18 %) Active Directory 6 2 (18.18 %) MS Office 6 2 (18.18 %) Lotus 6 2 (18.18 %) Education 7 1 (9.091 %) Insurance 7 1 (9.091 %) Pensions

7 1 (9.091 %) Exchange Server 2000 7 1 (9.091 %) Exchange Server 2003 7 1 (9.091 %) Marketing 7 1 (9.091 %) Finance 7 1 (9.091 %) ITIL 7 1 (9.091 %) MCP 7 1 (9.091 %) SLA 7 1 (9.091 %) Microsoft 7 1 (9.091 %) Windows 2000 7 1 (9.091 %) A+ Certification

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Suffolk region that cited Desktop Support 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 in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 6 (54.55 %) MS Exchange 2 2 (18.18 %) Lotus Notes 3 1 (9.091 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 1 (9.091 %) Exchange Server 2003	Applications 1 2 (18.18 %) MS Office
General 1 2 (18.18 %) Education 2 1 (9.091 %) Insurance 2 1 (9.091 %) Pensions 2 1 (9.091 %) Marketing 2 1 (9.091 %) Finance	Operating Systems 1 10 (90.91 %) Windows 2 8 (72.73 %) Windows XP 3 6 (54.55 %) Windows Server 2003 4 1 (9.091 %) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (9.091 %) ITIL	Programming Languages 1 5 (45.45 %) PL/SQL 1 5 (45.45 %) SQL
Qualifications 1 2 (18.18 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (9.091 %) A+ Certification 2 1 (9.091 %) MCP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (9.091 %) SLA
System Software 1 2 (18.18 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 3 (27.27 %) Citrix 2 2 (18.18 %) Lotus 3 1 (9.091 %) Microsoft