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

 Help Desk Support
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1113
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads53
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below6.757 %5.357 %
Salaries quoted53
Average minimum salary£21,600£25,000
Average salary£22,050£25,000
% change on same period last year-11.80 %
Average maximum salary£22,500£25,000
UK excluding London average salary£20,652£20,525
% change on same period last year+0.61 %
Wigan IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Wigan
Matching permanent IT job ads7456
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.040 %0.023 %
Salaries quoted6551
Average minimum salary£27,818£25,568
Average salary£29,808£28,258
% change on same period last year+5.48 %
Average maximum salary£31,798£30,948
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Helpdesk Support ManchesterHelpdesk Support
Manchester

Helpdesk Support
Demand Trend

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

Wigan Helpdesk Support Demand Trend

Helpdesk Support
Salary Trend

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

Wigan Helpdesk Support Salary Trend

Helpdesk Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Helpdesk Support across the Wigan region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Wigan Helpdesk Support Salary Histogram

Helpdesk Support
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Wigan region that cited Helpdesk 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 Helpdesk Support in their job title.

14 (80.00 %)MS Office
14 (80.00 %)MS Excel
23 (60.00 %)ERP
23 (60.00 %)PeopleSoft
23 (60.00 %)SAP
23 (60.00 %)Baan
23 (60.00 %)JD Edwards
23 (60.00 %)Remedy
23 (60.00 %)Back Office
23 (60.00 %)DameWare
23 (60.00 %)Finance
23 (60.00 %)Banking
31 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
31 (20.00 %)Windows
31 (20.00 %)Windows XP
31 (20.00 %)Active Directory

Helpdesk Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Wigan region that cited Helpdesk 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 Helpdesk Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Wigan IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (80.00 %)MS Office
14 (80.00 %)MS Excel
Wigan IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (60.00 %)Back Office
13 (60.00 %)Finance
13 (60.00 %)Banking
Wigan IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (20.00 %)Windows
11 (20.00 %)Windows XP
11 (20.00 %)Windows Vista
Wigan IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (60.00 %)ERP
Wigan IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (20.00 %)Active Directory
Wigan IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (60.00 %)DameWare
Wigan IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (60.00 %)PeopleSoft
13 (60.00 %)SAP
13 (60.00 %)Baan
13 (60.00 %)JD Edwards
13 (60.00 %)Remedy