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The table below looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT jobs within the Whitstable 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 Support in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Desktop Support
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank121
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching permanent IT job ads21
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below12.50 %50.00 %
Salaries quoted21
Average minimum salary£16,500£15,000
Average salary£16,750£16,000
% change on same period last year+4.68 %
Average maximum salary£17,000£17,000
UK excluding London average salary£24,726£23,168
% change on same period last year+6.72 %
Whitstable IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Whitstable
Matching permanent IT job ads162
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.001 %
Salaries quoted161
Average minimum salary£27,478£15,000
Average salary£31,370£16,000
% change on same period last year+96.05 %
Average maximum salary£35,261£17,000
UK excluding London average salary£38,498£39,074
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Desktop Support KentDesktop Support
Kent

Desktop Support
Demand Trend

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

Whitstable Desktop Support Demand Trend

Desktop Support
Salary Trend

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

Whitstable Desktop Support Salary Trend

Desktop Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Desktop Support across the Whitstable region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

Whitstable Desktop Support Salary Histogram

Desktop Support
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Whitstable region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Support in their job title.

13 (100.00 %)Windows
22 (66.67 %)Windows 2000
22 (66.67 %)Windows XP
31 (33.33 %)LAN
31 (33.33 %)WAN
31 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
31 (33.33 %)MS Excel
31 (33.33 %)MS Office

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Whitstable region that cited Desktop 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 Desktop Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Whitstable IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (33.33 %)MS Office
11 (33.33 %)MS Excel
Whitstable IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (33.33 %)LAN
11 (33.33 %)WAN
11 (33.33 %)TCP/IP
Whitstable IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (100.00 %)Windows
22 (66.67 %)Windows 2000
22 (66.67 %)Windows XP