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This section looks at the demand for the Desktop Engineer role in IT jobs within the West Midlands 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 Desktop Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Desktop Engineer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank221217
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads517
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.062 %0.204 %
Salaries quoted514
Average minimum salary£19,600£20,286
Average salary£20,300£21,893
% change on same period last year-7.27 %
Average maximum salary£21,000£23,500
UK excluding London average salary£24,087£24,305
% change on same period last year-0.89 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads80038352
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.308 %3.481 %
Salaries quoted68457254
Average minimum salary£32,827£33,784
Average salary£35,731£36,559
% change on same period last year-2.26 %
Average maximum salary£38,635£39,334
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Desktop Engineer EnglandDesktop Engineer
England

Desktop Engineer
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Desktop Engineer Demand Trend

Desktop Engineer
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Desktop Engineer Salary Trend

Desktop Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

West Midlands Desktop Engineer Salary Histogram

Desktop Engineer
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BirminghamDown-102£20,000+21.21 %
WorcestershireNew entry-2£20,750-
Desktop Engineer EnglandDesktop Engineer
England

Desktop Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Desktop Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

15 (50.00 %)Windows
24 (40.00 %)MS Excel
33 (30.00 %)Windows XP
33 (30.00 %)MS Office
42 (20.00 %)Linux
42 (20.00 %)SQL
42 (20.00 %)Sybase
42 (20.00 %)Active Directory
42 (20.00 %)Microsoft
51 (10.00 %)Accenture
51 (10.00 %)Workflow
51 (10.00 %)Government
51 (10.00 %)Sun
51 (10.00 %)SharePoint
51 (10.00 %)HP
51 (10.00 %)Compaq
51 (10.00 %)Dell
51 (10.00 %)Citrix
51 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (10.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
51 (10.00 %)Remedy
51 (10.00 %)Blackberry
51 (10.00 %)Windows 2000
51 (10.00 %)MS Exchange
51 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
51 (10.00 %)VPN
51 (10.00 %)IBM
51 (10.00 %)Incident Management
51 (10.00 %)Application Packaging
51 (10.00 %)LANDesk

Desktop Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Desktop Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (10.00 %)Application Packaging
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (10.00 %)SharePoint
11 (10.00 %)MS Exchange
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (40.00 %)MS Excel
23 (30.00 %)MS Office
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (10.00 %)TCP/IP
11 (10.00 %)VPN
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (10.00 %)Government
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)Blackberry
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (50.00 %)Windows
23 (30.00 %)Windows XP
32 (20.00 %)Linux
41 (10.00 %)Windows 2000
41 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (10.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (10.00 %)Workflow
11 (10.00 %)Incident Management
11 (10.00 %)SC Cleared
11 (10.00 %)Security Cleared
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (20.00 %)SQL
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (20.00 %)Active Directory
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (10.00 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (20.00 %)Microsoft
12 (20.00 %)Sybase
21 (10.00 %)IBM
21 (10.00 %)Sun
21 (10.00 %)HP
21 (10.00 %)Compaq
21 (10.00 %)Dell
21 (10.00 %)Citrix
21 (10.00 %)Remedy
21 (10.00 %)Accenture
21 (10.00 %)LANDesk