Desktop Support Engineer Skills you Need for your CV and Career in It & Telecoms

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Desktop Support Engineer Skills List in It & Telecoms

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Desktop Support Engineer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Desktop Support Engineer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 46% of Desktop Support Engineer job descriptions contained 2nd line as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

2nd line
46%
active directory
31%
helpdesk
28%
desktop
28%
deskside
25%
o365
22%
windows server
22%
itil
19%
networking
19%
1st line
19%
infrastructure
19%
ad
19%
service desk
19%
windows
16%
it support
16%
windows azure
16%
software
13%
vmware
13%
network
13%
1st line support
13%
london
13%
technology
13%
servicedesk
13%
hardware
13%
desktop support
13%
cloud
13%
av
13%
troubleshooting
13%
audio visual
13%
tech
13%
incident response
10%
third line support
10%
senior it engineer
10%
second line support
10%
it operations
10%
first line support
10%
2nd line support
10%
systems administration
10%
network infrastructure
10%
3rd line support
10%
remote desktop
10%
virtualization
10%
second line
10%
desktop computers
7%
vip
7%
euc
7%
3rd line
7%
breakfix
7%
group policies
7%
roll out
7%
sc
7%
level 3
7%
sc clearance
7%
deskside support
7%
sc cleared
7%
sccm
7%
security cleared
7%
security clearance
7%
it engineer
4%
leeds
4%
mobile devices
4%
configure
4%
servicenow
4%
end user
4%
voip
4%
level 2
4%
hardware support
4%
information security
4%
setups
4%
desktop support engineer
4%
office 365
4%
sharepoint
4%
microsoft office
4%
microsoft technologies
4%
executive support
4%
help desk
4%
tier 1
4%
tier 2
4%
technical support
4%
customer service
4%
printers
4%
ad/gpo
4%
win 10
4%

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