The first table below looks at the demand for the Help Desk Consultant role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Help Desk Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Help Desk Consultant
Rank - 888 869
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Consultant 0 8 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK - 0.007% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.007% 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 2
Average salary - £30,000 £16,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +81.81%
UK excluding London average salary - £55,000 £16,500
% change year-on-year
- +233.33%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101791 114576 116360
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.44% 94.74% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 84727 98303 98213
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,000 £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%

Help Desk Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Help Desk Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Help Desk Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Help Desk Consultant Salary Trend

Help Desk Consultant
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Help Desk Consultant 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 Help Desk Consultant in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (50.00%) MS Office
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 2 (50.00%) Legal
4 1 (25.00%) VMware
4 1 (25.00%) Xen
4 1 (25.00%) Firewall
4 1 (25.00%) Law
4 1 (25.00%) SLA
4 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
4 1 (25.00%) Citrix
4 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V

Help Desk Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Help Desk Consultant 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 Help Desk Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (50.00%) MS Office
2 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
General
1 2 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Law
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (50.00%) Windows XP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Xen
1 1 (25.00%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) VMware
Stockport, North West
My client are a software and services company based in Stockport that provide state of the art interaction solutions. They work with a number of big brands such...
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Competitive package
Posted: 16 May 2013