The first 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 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 Surrey region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support
Rank 195 200 173
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support 19 32 42
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 0.369% 0.534% 0.758%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.386% 0.557% 0.802%
Number of salaries quoted 19 26 40
Average salary £29,000 £24,000 £23,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.83% +4.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £20,000 £19,500
10% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £28,000 £26,900
UK excluding London average salary £26,000 £24,500 £24,500
% change year-on-year
+6.12% -
All Job Titles
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4916 5750 5237
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 95.53% 95.93% 94.55%
Number of salaries quoted 4017 4990 4625
Average salary £42,500 £43,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.16% +4.87%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Desktop Support
South East

Desktop Support
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support
Salary Trend

This 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

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Desktop Support across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

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 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
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Job
Vacancies
Farnham - 5 £32,500 - 1
Staines - 3 £32,500 -
Reigate +22 1 £30,000 +37.93%
Guildford -10 1 £27,500 +25.00%
Addlestone - 1 £16,000 -
Walton-on-Thames - 1 £22,500 -
Desktop Support
South East

Desktop Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 22 (68.75%) Windows
2 15 (46.88%) MS Excel
2 15 (46.88%) Microsoft
3 13 (40.63%) Active Directory
4 12 (37.50%) MS Office
4 12 (37.50%) Windows 7
5 10 (31.25%) MS Exchange
6 9 (28.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (25.00%) Blackberry
7 8 (25.00%) MCSE
8 7 (21.88%) Windows XP
9 6 (18.75%) MCSA
9 6 (18.75%) Windows Server 2003
9 6 (18.75%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (15.63%) Exchange Server 2010
10 5 (15.63%) iPhone
10 5 (15.63%) SCCM
10 5 (15.63%) Symantec
10 5 (15.63%) AS400
10 5 (15.63%) LAN
10 5 (15.63%) Citrix
11 4 (12.50%) DNS
11 4 (12.50%) TCP/IP
11 4 (12.50%) ITIL
11 4 (12.50%) Wireless
11 4 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
11 4 (12.50%) MCTS
11 4 (12.50%) iPad
12 3 (9.375%) FMCG
12 3 (9.375%) Change Data Capture

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 2 (6.250%) Application Packaging
2 1 (3.125%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 10 (31.25%) MS Exchange
2 5 (15.63%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (9.375%) BizTalk Server
4 3 (9.375%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (3.125%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (3.125%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (3.125%) IBM Notes
5 1 (3.125%) Lotus Domino
5 1 (3.125%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (46.88%) MS Excel
2 12 (37.50%) MS Office
3 1 (3.125%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (15.63%) LAN
2 4 (12.50%) DNS
2 4 (12.50%) TCP/IP
2 4 (12.50%) Wireless
3 3 (9.375%) WAN
3 3 (9.375%) DHCP
4 1 (3.125%) IP Telephony
4 1 (3.125%) Firewall
4 1 (3.125%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (3.125%) Internet
4 1 (3.125%) VPN
4 1 (3.125%) VoIP
4 1 (3.125%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.375%) SQL Server
1 3 (9.375%) Crystal Reports
General
1 1 (3.125%) Telecoms
1 1 (3.125%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.00%) Blackberry
2 5 (15.63%) iPhone
2 5 (15.63%) AS400
3 4 (12.50%) iPad
4 3 (9.375%) FMCG
5 2 (6.250%) Computer Science
5 2 (6.250%) iSeries
6 1 (3.125%) Mathematics
6 1 (3.125%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 22 (68.75%) Windows
2 12 (37.50%) Windows 7
3 7 (21.88%) Windows XP
4 6 (18.75%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (18.75%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (3.125%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (3.125%) Windows Mobile
5 1 (3.125%) Windows Vista
5 1 (3.125%) Mac OS X
5 1 (3.125%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (12.50%) ITIL
2 3 (9.375%) Change Data Capture
2 3 (9.375%) Mobile Device Management
2 3 (9.375%) Problem Management
2 3 (9.375%) Incident Management
3 2 (6.250%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (3.125%) ITIL V3
4 1 (3.125%) Time Management
4 1 (3.125%) Asset Management
4 1 (3.125%) Service Delivery
4 1 (3.125%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.125%) Korn
1 1 (3.125%) AWK
1 1 (3.125%) Perl
1 1 (3.125%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (28.13%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (25.00%) MCSE
3 6 (18.75%) MCSA
4 4 (12.50%) MCTS
5 3 (9.375%) MCP
6 2 (6.250%) Degree
7 1 (3.125%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.125%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (40.63%) Active Directory
2 2 (6.250%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (6.250%) XenApp
3 1 (3.125%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (15.63%) SCCM
2 3 (9.375%) NetBackup
2 3 (9.375%) Tivoli
3 1 (3.125%) Backup Exec
3 1 (3.125%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 15 (46.88%) Microsoft
2 5 (15.63%) Symantec
2 5 (15.63%) Citrix
3 3 (9.375%) IBM
4 2 (6.250%) HP
4 2 (6.250%) Avaya
4 2 (6.250%) VMware
5 1 (3.125%) LANDesk
5 1 (3.125%) Lotus
5 1 (3.125%) Apple
5 1 (3.125%) Remedy
5 1 (3.125%) Cisco
5 1 (3.125%) Adobe
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