The first table below looks at the demand for the 3rd Line Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3rd Line Support in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Third Line Support
Rank 46 45 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 2 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 0.576% 0.723% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.606% 0.779% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 0
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
All Job Titles
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
330 385 247
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 95.10% 92.77% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 240 293 206
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £52,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
3rd Line Support
Scotland

3rd Line Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen 3rd Line Support Jobs Demand Trend

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen 3rd Line Support Salary Trend

3rd Line Support
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Support in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 2 (66.67%) Citrix
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Server
2 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) Windows
3 1 (33.33%) SCCM
3 1 (33.33%) SCOM
3 1 (33.33%) Clustering
3 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (33.33%) Blackberry
3 1 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
3 1 (33.33%) DNS
3 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (33.33%) HP

3rd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) MS Exchange
1 1 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) DNS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Blackberry
1 1 (33.33%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Server
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
1 1 (33.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (66.67%) Citrix
2 2 (66.67%) VMware
3 1 (33.33%) HP
Aberdeen, Scotland
Infrastructure support engineer working at senior server level required with strong VMWare / virtualisation experience with solid Microsoft / Wintel knowledge. Citrix and Exchange also highly desirable. MS / VMWare training...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 26 April 2013