The first table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Desktop Support Engineer 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Desktop Support Engineer
Rank 198 192 -
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Desktop Support Engineer 4 2 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.076% 0.042% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.044% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 0
Average salary £23,500 £20,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.50% -
UK excluding London average salary £25,000 £24,150 £23,250
% change year-on-year
+3.51% +3.87%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5030 4566 4118
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.37% 95.50% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 4188 4010 3490
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £58,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Desktop Support Engineer
England

Desktop Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Desktop Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Desktop Support Engineer Salary Trend

Desktop Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Desktop Support Engineer within the West Midlands 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Birmingham -11 2 £28,000 +40.00%
Coventry -19 2 £21,000 -4.54%
Desktop Support Engineer
England

Desktop Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Desktop Support 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 Support Engineer in their job title.

1 6 (75.00%) MS Office
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
3 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
4 3 (37.50%) Windows XP
4 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
5 2 (25.00%) VMware
5 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (12.50%) Mac OS X
6 1 (12.50%) Apple
6 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (12.50%) X-Windows
6 1 (12.50%) Retail
6 1 (12.50%) Google
6 1 (12.50%) Windows Vista
6 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (12.50%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (12.50%) XenApp
6 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange
6 1 (12.50%) LAN
6 1 (12.50%) WAN
6 1 (12.50%) DHCP
6 1 (12.50%) DNS
6 1 (12.50%) SLA
6 1 (12.50%) Cisco
6 1 (12.50%) ERP
6 1 (12.50%) COM
6 1 (12.50%) ITIL
6 1 (12.50%) Citrix

Desktop Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Desktop Support 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 Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (12.50%) X-Windows
1 1 (12.50%) COM
Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 6 (75.00%) MS Office
2 4 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (12.50%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
1 1 (12.50%) DHCP
1 1 (12.50%) DNS
General
1 1 (12.50%) Retail
1 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
1 1 (12.50%) Advertising
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Windows XP
2 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
3 1 (12.50%) Mac OS X
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Vista
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) ERP
1 1 (12.50%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (12.50%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (62.50%) Active Directory
2 1 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (12.50%) XenApp
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) VMware
3 1 (12.50%) Apple
3 1 (12.50%) Google
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) Adobe