The first table below looks at the demand for the Help Desk Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Woking region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Help Desk Support in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 advertised for the Woking region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Help Desk Support
Rank 26 58 -
Rank change year-on-year
+32 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Help Desk Support 27 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Woking 7.200% 0.230% -
As % of the Job Titles category 7.438% 0.244% -
Number of salaries quoted 25 1 0
Average salary £20,000 £23,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.89% -
UK excluding London average salary £21,500 £20,250 £20,000
% change year-on-year
+6.17% +1.25%
All Job Titles
Woking
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
363 409 433
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Woking 96.80% 94.24% 93.93%
Number of salaries quoted 325 292 318
Average salary £37,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.76% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,900 £30,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Help Desk Support
Surrey

Help Desk Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Woking Help Desk Support Jobs Demand Trend

Help Desk Support
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Help Desk Support across the Woking region.

Woking Help Desk Support Salary Trend

Help Desk Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Help Desk Support across the Woking region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Woking Help Desk Support Salary Histogram

Help Desk Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Woking region that cited Help Desk 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 Help Desk Support in their job title.

1 28 (75.68%) Windows
2 22 (59.46%) Microsoft
3 16 (43.24%) Windows XP
4 15 (40.54%) ITIL
4 15 (40.54%) Citrix
5 14 (37.84%) MS Office
6 13 (35.14%) Windows 7
7 11 (29.73%) Service Management
8 10 (27.03%) Finance
8 10 (27.03%) Russian Language
9 9 (24.32%) MS Excel
10 6 (16.22%) Active Directory
11 5 (13.51%) SLA
11 5 (13.51%) Internet
11 5 (13.51%) Symantec
11 5 (13.51%) SonicWALL
12 4 (10.81%) Windows Server 2008
12 4 (10.81%) Firewall
12 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Certification
12 4 (10.81%) EPoS
12 4 (10.81%) Windows Server 2003
12 4 (10.81%) Windows 2000
12 4 (10.81%) MS Exchange
12 4 (10.81%) TCP/IP
12 4 (10.81%) VPN
13 2 (5.405%) Legal
14 1 (2.703%) Problem Management
14 1 (2.703%) Video Conferencing
14 1 (2.703%) Lync
14 1 (2.703%) Unified Communications

Help Desk Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Woking region that cited Help Desk 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 Help Desk Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (10.81%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.703%) Lync
Applications
1 14 (37.84%) MS Office
2 9 (24.32%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (13.51%) Internet
2 4 (10.81%) Firewall
2 4 (10.81%) TCP/IP
2 4 (10.81%) VPN
3 1 (2.703%) Unified Communications
General
1 10 (27.03%) Finance
1 10 (27.03%) Russian Language
2 2 (5.405%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) EPoS
2 1 (2.703%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 28 (75.68%) Windows
2 16 (43.24%) Windows XP
3 13 (35.14%) Windows 7
4 4 (10.81%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (10.81%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (10.81%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (40.54%) ITIL
2 11 (29.73%) Service Management
3 1 (2.703%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 4 (10.81%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (16.22%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 22 (59.46%) Microsoft
2 15 (40.54%) Citrix
3 5 (13.51%) Symantec
3 5 (13.51%) SonicWALL
Woking, Surrey
The successful candidate will require strong technical background in desktop support for Windows 7, XP, Microsoft Windows server technologies, MS Office and other 3rd party application installation and...
Fidessa
Salary: Competitive salary
Posted: 20 May 2013
Woking, Surrey
They are currently seeking a MS Helpdesk 1st Level Support person to join their expanding company. You will assist callers with their technical and account queries, you must...
Tectre Limited
Salary: Up to £30,000 per year
Posted: 13 May 2013