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This section looks at the demand for the Desktop Support role in IT jobs within the York 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Desktop Support
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank8986
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads32
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.281 %0.202 %
Salaries quoted32
Average minimum salary£20,333£25,625
Average salary£22,667£25,625
% change on same period last year-11.54 %
Average maximum salary£25,000£25,625
UK excluding London average salary£24,348£24,529
% change on same period last year-0.73 %
York IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
York
Matching permanent IT job ads1068991
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.575 %0.413 %
Salaries quoted789749
Average minimum salary£32,120£30,981
Average salary£34,810£33,178
% change on same period last year+4.91 %
Average maximum salary£37,499£35,375
UK excluding London average salary£38,072£39,428
% change on same period last year-3.43 %
Desktop Support North YorkshireDesktop Support
North Yorkshire

Desktop Support
Demand Trend

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

York 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 York region.

York Desktop Support Salary Trend

Desktop Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Desktop Support across the York region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

York Desktop Support Salary Histogram

Desktop Support
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the York 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.

14 (100.00 %)Microsoft
23 (75.00 %)Windows
32 (50.00 %)Windows XP
32 (50.00 %)LAN
32 (50.00 %)HP
32 (50.00 %)IBM
41 (25.00 %)Lotus
41 (25.00 %)Mac OS X
41 (25.00 %)Apple
41 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (25.00 %)Blackberry
41 (25.00 %)Service Delivery
41 (25.00 %)Finance
41 (25.00 %)VMware
41 (25.00 %)Windows Vista
41 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
41 (25.00 %)Active Directory
41 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
41 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes
41 (25.00 %)MS Office
41 (25.00 %)ITIL

Desktop Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the York 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.

York IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes
York IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)MS Office
York IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (50.00 %)LAN
21 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
York IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Finance
York IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Blackberry
York IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)Windows
22 (50.00 %)Windows XP
31 (25.00 %)Mac OS X
31 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (25.00 %)Windows Vista
31 (25.00 %)Windows 2000
York IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)ITIL
11 (25.00 %)Service Delivery
York IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (25.00 %)Active Directory
York IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (100.00 %)Microsoft
22 (50.00 %)HP
22 (50.00 %)IBM
31 (25.00 %)Lotus
31 (25.00 %)Apple
31 (25.00 %)VMware