Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Surrey region. 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Surrey region.

 Desktop Support
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank142154129
Rank change year-on-year
Up+12Down-25
Matching permanent IT job ads1314119
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey0.390 %0.354 %1.314 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.405 %0.373 %1.377 %
Salaries quoted1111102
Average salary£19,500£23,000£24,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.21 %-4.160 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£18,600£23,000£20,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£29,000£27,500£32,500
UK excluding London average salary£23,000£22,500£23,500
% change year-on-year
+2.220 %-4.250 %
Surrey IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
321237528641
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey96.25 %94.84 %95.45 %
Salaries quoted257632007160
Average salary£42,500£40,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.250 %+6.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£57,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
Desktop Support South EastDesktop Support
South East

Desktop Support
Demand Trend

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

Surrey Desktop Support Demand Trend

Desktop Support
Salary Trend

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

Surrey Desktop Support Salary Trend

Desktop Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Desktop Support across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Surrey Desktop Support Salary Histogram

Desktop Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
GuildfordUp+324£18,600-27.05 %
SheppertonNew entry-2£19,250-
RedhillNew entry-1£19,500-
Desktop Support South EastDesktop Support
South East

Desktop Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Surrey 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.

129 (90.63 %)Windows
220 (62.50 %)MS Office
220 (62.50 %)Active Directory
318 (56.25 %)Windows XP
413 (40.63 %)Microsoft
511 (34.38 %)TCP/IP
610 (31.25 %)Cisco
610 (31.25 %)Windows 2000
610 (31.25 %)Windows Vista
79 (28.13 %)IBM
88 (25.00 %)VPN
88 (25.00 %)SLA
88 (25.00 %)HP
88 (25.00 %)Microsoft Certification
88 (25.00 %)MCSE
88 (25.00 %)PDA
97 (21.88 %)MS Excel
97 (21.88 %)ADSL
97 (21.88 %)Compaq
97 (21.88 %)Windows Server 2003
97 (21.88 %)Health
106 (18.75 %)Apple
114 (12.50 %)Blackberry
114 (12.50 %)Pharmaceutical
123 (9.375 %)Internet
123 (9.375 %)Handset
123 (9.375 %)Citrix
123 (9.375 %)Lotus
123 (9.375 %)MS Exchange
123 (9.375 %)Lotus Notes

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Surrey 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.

Surrey IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (9.375 %)Lotus Notes
13 (9.375 %)MS Exchange
22 (6.250 %)Exchange Server 2003
22 (6.250 %)Exchange Server 2007
Surrey IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
120 (62.50 %)MS Office
27 (21.88 %)MS Excel
32 (6.250 %)MS PowerPoint
Surrey IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
111 (34.38 %)TCP/IP
28 (25.00 %)VPN
37 (21.88 %)ADSL
43 (9.375 %)Internet
52 (6.250 %)DHCP
52 (6.250 %)DNS
61 (3.125 %)LAN
Surrey IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (3.125 %)MS Access
Surrey IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (3.125 %)InstallShield
Surrey IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
17 (21.88 %)Health
24 (12.50 %)Pharmaceutical
32 (6.250 %)Manufacturing
41 (3.125 %)Telecoms
Surrey IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (25.00 %)PDA
24 (12.50 %)Blackberry
33 (9.375 %)Handset
41 (3.125 %)Fat Client
41 (3.125 %)Video Conferencing
41 (3.125 %)Thin Client
Surrey IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
129 (90.63 %)Windows
218 (56.25 %)Windows XP
310 (31.25 %)Windows 2000
310 (31.25 %)Windows Vista
47 (21.88 %)Windows Server 2003
53 (9.375 %)Windows Server 2008
61 (3.125 %)Windows 2000 Server
61 (3.125 %)Windows 7
61 (3.125 %)UNIX
61 (3.125 %)AIX
61 (3.125 %)Linux
Surrey IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (6.250 %)ITIL
Surrey IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12 (6.250 %)VB
21 (3.125 %)SQL
Surrey IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (25.00 %)MCSE
18 (25.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (6.250 %)MCDST
31 (3.125 %)Degree
31 (3.125 %)MCP
31 (3.125 %)HNC
Surrey IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (25.00 %)SLA
Surrey IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
120 (62.50 %)Active Directory
Surrey IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (6.250 %)Norton AntiVirus
12 (6.250 %)MSI
21 (3.125 %)Sysprep
21 (3.125 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Surrey IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
113 (40.63 %)Microsoft
210 (31.25 %)Cisco
39 (28.13 %)IBM
48 (25.00 %)HP
57 (21.88 %)Compaq
66 (18.75 %)Apple
73 (9.375 %)Citrix
73 (9.375 %)Lotus
82 (6.250 %)Avaya
82 (6.250 %)Symantec
82 (6.250 %)VMware
82 (6.250 %)Altiris
91 (3.125 %)Tandberg
91 (3.125 %)Kaseya
91 (3.125 %)Dell
91 (3.125 %)Intel
91 (3.125 %)Adobe