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This section looks at the demand for the Helpdesk Support role in IT jobs within the Swindon 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 Helpdesk Support in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Help Desk Support
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6865
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads95
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.932 %0.533 %
Salaries quoted95
Average minimum salary£18,222£18,800
Average salary£19,833£19,800
% change on same period last year+0.16 %
Average maximum salary£21,444£20,800
UK excluding London average salary£20,714£20,583
% change on same period last year+0.63 %
Swindon IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Swindon
Matching permanent IT job ads966938
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.527 %0.394 %
Salaries quoted757763
Average minimum salary£33,760£33,447
Average salary£36,906£36,058
% change on same period last year+2.35 %
Average maximum salary£40,052£38,669
UK excluding London average salary£38,060£39,458
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Helpdesk Support WiltshireHelpdesk Support
Wiltshire

Helpdesk Support
Demand Trend

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

Swindon Helpdesk Support Demand Trend

Helpdesk Support
Salary Trend

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

Swindon Helpdesk Support Salary Trend

Helpdesk Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Helpdesk Support across the Swindon region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Swindon Helpdesk Support Salary Histogram

Helpdesk Support
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Swindon region that cited Helpdesk 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 Helpdesk Support in their job title.

15 (50.00 %)French Language
15 (50.00 %)German Language
15 (50.00 %)Italian Language
15 (50.00 %)Spanish Language
24 (40.00 %)Windows
33 (30.00 %)Lotus Notes
33 (30.00 %)Cognos Impromptu
33 (30.00 %)LAN
33 (30.00 %)WAN
33 (30.00 %)TCP/IP
33 (30.00 %)Business Intelligence
33 (30.00 %)Citrix
33 (30.00 %)InterBase
33 (30.00 %)Oracle
33 (30.00 %)MS Office
33 (30.00 %)Lotus
41 (10.00 %)Problem Management
41 (10.00 %)Release Management
41 (10.00 %)ITIL
41 (10.00 %)ITIL Certification
41 (10.00 %)Windows XP

Helpdesk Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Swindon region that cited Helpdesk 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 Helpdesk Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Swindon IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (30.00 %)Lotus Notes
Swindon IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (30.00 %)MS Office
Swindon IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (30.00 %)LAN
13 (30.00 %)WAN
13 (30.00 %)TCP/IP
Swindon IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (30.00 %)Cognos Impromptu
13 (30.00 %)InterBase
Swindon IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (50.00 %)French Language
15 (50.00 %)German Language
15 (50.00 %)Italian Language
15 (50.00 %)Spanish Language
Swindon IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (40.00 %)Windows
21 (10.00 %)Windows XP
Swindon IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (30.00 %)Business Intelligence
21 (10.00 %)Problem Management
21 (10.00 %)Release Management
21 (10.00 %)ITIL
Swindon IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (10.00 %)ITIL Certification
Swindon IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (30.00 %)Oracle
13 (30.00 %)Citrix
13 (30.00 %)Lotus