Desktop Technician Jobs
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Technician role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Desktop Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 currently tracked.

Location
 3 months to
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Technician
Rank 821 861 849
Rank change year-on-year
+40 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Technician 39 26 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.036% 0.021% 0.018%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.038% 0.023% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 35 16 20
Average salary £25,000 £26,250 £22,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% +19.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £19,250 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £31,000 £25,500
UK excluding London average salary £23,500 £23,500 £21,250
% change year-on-year
- +10.58%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 102582 114838 114977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 85352 98508 97090
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Desktop Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Desktop Technician within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Desktop Technician Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Technician
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Desktop Technician within the UK.

Desktop Technician Salary Trend

Desktop Technician
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Desktop Technician over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

Desktop Technician Salary Histogram

Desktop Technician
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Technician within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 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
England +22 37 £25,000 -5.66%
London +33 11 £28,500 +7.54%
East of England +16 9 £23,500 -
South East +1 9 £25,000 -10.71%
South West -2 4 £23,500 +17.50%
Suffolk -8 4 £24,000 -
City of London +6 3 £32,500 +4.83%
Oxford - 3 £22,000 -
Norwich - 3 £23,500 -
Newcastle upon Tyne - 3 £19,000 -
Oxfordshire - 3 £22,000 -
Norfolk - 3 £23,500 -
Hampshire - 3 £11,250 -
Tyne and Wear - 3 £19,000 -
North East - 3 £19,000 -
Surrey +9 2 £31,000 +10.71%
Gloucestershire +8 2 £24,250 +25.97%
Scotland -3 2 £34,310 -
Ipswich - 2 £22,000 -
St Albans - 2 £25,250 -
Hertfordshire - 2 £25,250 -
Wiltshire +10 1 £19,000 -19.14%
Worcestershire +1 1 £34,500 +30.18%
Yorkshire -5 1 £19,000 -17.39%
Dorset -9 1 - -
West Midlands -23 1 £34,500 +20.00%
South Yorkshire - 1 £19,000 -
Berkshire - 1 £35,000 -
Worcester - 1 £34,500 -
Weybridge - 1 £35,000 -

Desktop Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Technician in their job title.

1 55 (83.33%) Windows
2 41 (62.12%) Active Directory
3 34 (51.52%) Microsoft
4 29 (43.94%) MS Office
5 26 (39.39%) Windows XP
6 25 (37.88%) Windows 7
7 22 (33.33%) MS Exchange
8 21 (31.82%) ITIL
9 18 (27.27%) Citrix
9 18 (27.27%) Windows Server 2008
10 17 (25.76%) Windows Server 2003
11 15 (22.73%) Cisco
12 13 (19.70%) Microsoft Certification
13 12 (18.18%) SCCM
14 11 (16.67%) DNS
14 11 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
15 9 (13.64%) SLA
15 9 (13.64%) Windows Vista
16 8 (12.12%) LANDesk
16 8 (12.12%) VMware
16 8 (12.12%) DHCP
16 8 (12.12%) Blackberry
17 7 (10.61%) McAfee
17 7 (10.61%) Apple
17 7 (10.61%) VPN
17 7 (10.61%) MCP
17 7 (10.61%) VMware Infrastructure
17 7 (10.61%) ITIL V3
18 6 (9.091%) Application Packaging
18 6 (9.091%) VoIP

Desktop Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Technician in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (9.091%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.515%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 22 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 11 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (6.061%) Exchange Server 2007
4 3 (4.545%) SharePoint
4 3 (4.545%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (3.030%) Lotus Notes
6 1 (1.515%) IIS
6 1 (1.515%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (1.515%) Lync
6 1 (1.515%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 29 (43.94%) MS Office
2 5 (7.576%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.515%) MS Project
3 1 (1.515%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.515%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 11 (16.67%) DNS
2 8 (12.12%) DHCP
3 7 (10.61%) VPN
4 6 (9.091%) VoIP
5 3 (4.545%) TCP/IP
5 3 (4.545%) VLAN
5 3 (4.545%) Firewall
6 2 (3.030%) IP Telephony
6 2 (3.030%) Wireless
6 2 (3.030%) Network Security
6 2 (3.030%) Internet
6 2 (3.030%) LAN
6 2 (3.030%) LDAP
7 1 (1.515%) SMS
7 1 (1.515%) WAN
7 1 (1.515%) SMTP
7 1 (1.515%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.515%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (4.545%) MSI
General
1 5 (7.576%) Finance
2 3 (4.545%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.515%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (1.515%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.12%) Blackberry
2 4 (6.061%) Management Information System
3 3 (4.545%) Thin Client
3 3 (4.545%) Fat Client
3 3 (4.545%) PDA
4 1 (1.515%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.515%) FMCG
4 1 (1.515%) iPhone
4 1 (1.515%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.515%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 55 (83.33%) Windows
2 26 (39.39%) Windows XP
3 25 (37.88%) Windows 7
4 18 (27.27%) Windows Server 2008
5 17 (25.76%) Windows Server 2003
6 9 (13.64%) Windows Vista
7 2 (3.030%) Apple iOS
7 2 (3.030%) Windows 2000 Server
7 2 (3.030%) Windows 2000
8 1 (1.515%) Linux
8 1 (1.515%) Android
8 1 (1.515%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (1.515%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (31.82%) ITIL
2 7 (10.61%) ITIL V3
3 5 (7.576%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (6.061%) Service Delivery
5 3 (4.545%) BCP
5 3 (4.545%) Software Deployment
6 2 (3.030%) Software Distribution
6 2 (3.030%) Business Continuity
6 2 (3.030%) Asset Management
6 2 (3.030%) Data Management
6 2 (3.030%) Service Management
6 2 (3.030%) Change Management
6 2 (3.030%) Problem Management
6 2 (3.030%) Time Management
7 1 (1.515%) E-Commerce
7 1 (1.515%) QMS
7 1 (1.515%) Quality Management
7 1 (1.515%) Migration
7 1 (1.515%) Network Planning
7 1 (1.515%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.030%) PowerShell
1 2 (3.030%) VB
2 1 (1.515%) PHP
2 1 (1.515%) SQL
2 1 (1.515%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 13 (19.70%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (10.61%) MCP
3 4 (6.061%) Degree
3 4 (6.061%) MCDST
3 4 (6.061%) MCSA
4 3 (4.545%) MCSE
4 3 (4.545%) A+ Certification
4 3 (4.545%) MCITP
5 1 (1.515%) MCTS
5 1 (1.515%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (13.64%) SLA
2 2 (3.030%) QA
System Software
1 41 (62.12%) Active Directory
2 7 (10.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.545%) Microsoft App-V
4 2 (3.030%) XenApp
5 1 (1.515%) Terminal Services
5 1 (1.515%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (18.18%) SCCM
2 2 (3.030%) Sysprep
2 2 (3.030%) DameWare
3 1 (1.515%) Unicenter
3 1 (1.515%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 34 (51.52%) Microsoft
2 18 (27.27%) Citrix
3 15 (22.73%) Cisco
4 8 (12.12%) LANDesk
4 8 (12.12%) VMware
5 7 (10.61%) McAfee
5 7 (10.61%) Apple
6 6 (9.091%) HP
7 3 (4.545%) Remedy
8 2 (3.030%) Lumension
8 2 (3.030%) Reuters
8 2 (3.030%) Bloomberg
8 2 (3.030%) Sage
8 2 (3.030%) Lotus
8 2 (3.030%) Juniper
8 2 (3.030%) Dell
8 2 (3.030%) Cognos
9 1 (1.515%) Intel
9 1 (1.515%) CA
9 1 (1.515%) CommVault
IT Desktop Support Technician
Devon
You are likely to have previous helpdesk experience and a strong knowledge of desktop operating systems ( Win7, XP ) and applications such as Office and Lync as well as...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £22000 - £26000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Desktop Support Technician - Gloucestershire - £25,000
Gloucestershire, South West
DESKTOP SUPPORT TECHNICIAN - £25,000 - GLOUCESTERSHIREMicrosoft / Windows 7 / Remote Administration / Software / Desktop / Support / ITIL / Microsoft Word 2010 / AV / Framework / McAfee / SCCMMy client is requiring a desktop technician to...
OPUS
Salary: GBP25000 per annum
Posted: 30 April 2013
Desktop Support Technician
Gloucestershire, South West
You will have experience of working in a Windows environment with experience Windows 7 Enterprise... Experience of working in a ITIL V3 framework will also be needed... Experience...
Salary: £22000.00 - £25000.00 per annum
Posted: 30 April 2013
IT Desktop Support Technician - £38k -Swindon
Swindon, South West
LAN administration for NT 2000 2003 server - LAN WAN technology experience, in particular TCP IPA - Implementation of 3rd party software - client/server applications To be successful as IT...
JAM
Salary: £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 2 May 2013
Regional Network and Desktop Support Technician
Winchester, Hampshire
18,846 - £21,213 per annum. Winchester. 37 hours per week, permanent. Job Ref: HCC1333122. The Regional Network & Desktop support teams provide technical and business IT advice, consultancy,...
Hampshire County Council
Salary: From £18,846 to £21,213 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
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