The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Engineer 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 Aberdeen region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 29 25 37
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 16 26 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 4.638% 6.103% 0.766%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.863% 6.582% 0.803%
Number of salaries quoted 14 22 1
Average salary £38,500 £25,000 £20,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+54.00% +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Aberdeen
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
329 395 249
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Aberdeen 95.36% 92.72% 95.40%
Number of salaries quoted 236 299 207
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £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%
Support Engineer
Scotland

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Aberdeen Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Aberdeen Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 16 (61.54%) Windows
2 14 (53.85%) ITIL
3 12 (46.15%) Microsoft
3 12 (46.15%) Active Directory
4 9 (34.62%) MS Exchange
4 9 (34.62%) Cisco
5 8 (30.77%) Firewall
5 8 (30.77%) VMware
6 7 (26.92%) Wireless
6 7 (26.92%) VPN
6 7 (26.92%) LAN
6 7 (26.92%) WAN
6 7 (26.92%) CCNP
6 7 (26.92%) CCNA
6 7 (26.92%) CCDA
6 7 (26.92%) Citrix
6 7 (26.92%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (26.92%) Network Security
6 7 (26.92%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (26.92%) Riverbed
6 7 (26.92%) Windows 7
7 6 (23.08%) Windows Server 2008
7 6 (23.08%) DHCP
7 6 (23.08%) VoIP
7 6 (23.08%) DNS
7 6 (23.08%) Linux
8 5 (19.23%) TCP/IP
8 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2003
8 5 (19.23%) SCCM
9 4 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2010

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (3.846%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 9 (34.62%) MS Exchange
2 4 (15.38%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (11.54%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (3.846%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (15.38%) MS Office
2 3 (11.54%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (30.77%) Firewall
2 7 (26.92%) Wireless
2 7 (26.92%) VPN
2 7 (26.92%) LAN
2 7 (26.92%) WAN
2 7 (26.92%) Network Security
3 6 (23.08%) DHCP
3 6 (23.08%) VoIP
3 6 (23.08%) DNS
4 5 (19.23%) TCP/IP
5 1 (3.846%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (3.846%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.692%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (3.846%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 3 (11.54%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.692%) Blackberry
2 1 (3.846%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 16 (61.54%) Windows
2 7 (26.92%) Windows 7
3 6 (23.08%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (23.08%) Linux
4 5 (19.23%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (11.54%) Windows XP
6 2 (7.692%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (3.846%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (53.85%) ITIL
2 4 (15.38%) Problem Management
3 3 (11.54%) Change Management
4 1 (3.846%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 7 (26.92%) CCNP
1 7 (26.92%) CCNA
1 7 (26.92%) CCDA
1 7 (26.92%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (15.38%) A+ Certification
2 4 (15.38%) MCP
2 4 (15.38%) MCDST
2 4 (15.38%) MCTS
3 1 (3.846%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.692%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (46.15%) Active Directory
2 7 (26.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (7.692%) VMware Server
3 2 (7.692%) XenServer
4 1 (3.846%) XenApp
4 1 (3.846%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 5 (19.23%) SCCM
2 2 (7.692%) Tivoli
2 2 (7.692%) SCOM
3 1 (3.846%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 12 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 9 (34.62%) Cisco
3 8 (30.77%) VMware
4 7 (26.92%) Citrix
4 7 (26.92%) Riverbed
5 2 (7.692%) Red Hat
5 2 (7.692%) Apple
5 2 (7.692%) EMC
5 2 (7.692%) Altiris
5 2 (7.692%) Twitter
6 1 (3.846%) Nortel
6 1 (3.846%) HP
6 1 (3.846%) Avaya
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