The first table below looks at the demand for the IT 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 IT Support in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Support
Rank 43 41 38
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 4 10 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 1.156% 2.358% 0.755%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.212% 2.538% 0.794%
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 2
Average salary £33,000 £25,000 £19,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+32.00% +28.20%
UK excluding London average salary £24,000 £24,000 £24,000
All Job Titles
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
330 394 252
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 95.38% 92.92% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 235 299 209
Average salary £40,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £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%
IT Support
Scotland

IT Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen IT Support Jobs Demand Trend

IT Support
Salary Trend

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

Aberdeen IT Support Salary Trend

IT Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IT Support across the Aberdeen region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Aberdeen IT Support Salary Histogram

IT Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited IT 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 IT Support in their job title.

1 5 (45.45%) MS Office
2 4 (36.36%) SLA
2 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
2 4 (36.36%) Time Management
3 3 (27.27%) Windows
3 3 (27.27%) .NET
3 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
4 2 (18.18%) Oracle
4 2 (18.18%) C#
4 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
4 2 (18.18%) PL/SQL
4 2 (18.18%) SQL
4 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
4 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
4 2 (18.18%) Degree
4 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (18.18%) ITIL
5 1 (9.091%) Windows 7
5 1 (9.091%) vSphere
5 1 (9.091%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (9.091%) QA
5 1 (9.091%) System Testing
5 1 (9.091%) QMS
5 1 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (9.091%) VPN
5 1 (9.091%) Service Management
5 1 (9.091%) Quality Management

IT Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Aberdeen region that cited IT 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 IT Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (27.27%) .NET
2 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (9.091%) Lotus Notes
1 1 (9.091%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 5 (45.45%) MS Office
2 4 (36.36%) MS Excel
3 1 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (9.091%) MS Project
3 1 (9.091%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
2 1 (9.091%) VPN
2 1 (9.091%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) SQL Server
2 1 (9.091%) MS Access
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
2 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (9.091%) Windows 7
3 1 (9.091%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Time Management
2 2 (18.18%) ITIL
3 1 (9.091%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (9.091%) System Testing
3 1 (9.091%) QMS
3 1 (9.091%) Service Management
3 1 (9.091%) Quality Management
3 1 (9.091%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) C#
1 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
1 2 (18.18%) PL/SQL
1 2 (18.18%) SQL
2 1 (9.091%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) SLA
2 1 (9.091%) QA
System Software
1 1 (9.091%) vSphere
1 1 (9.091%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.091%) VMware
2 1 (9.091%) Nortel
2 1 (9.091%) Avaya
2 1 (9.091%) Lotus
2 1 (9.091%) Symantec