The first table below looks at the demand for the 1st Line Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Abingdon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 1st 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 Abingdon region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
First Line Support
Rank 33 - 23
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 3 0 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Abingdon 2.143% - 5.109%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.206% - 5.109%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 7
Average salary £26,000 - £19,000
UK excluding London average salary £19,500 £19,500 £20,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.50%
All Job Titles
Abingdon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
136 101 137
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Abingdon 97.14% 94.39% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 116 97 124
Average salary £34,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £25,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £49,750 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
1st Line Support
Oxfordshire

1st Line Support
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing 1st Line Support across the Abingdon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Abingdon 1st Line Support Jobs Demand Trend

1st Line Support
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing 1st Line Support across the Abingdon region.

Abingdon 1st Line Support Salary Trend

1st Line Support
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Abingdon region that cited 1st 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 1st Line Support in their job title.

1 6 (75.00%) Windows
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) MS Office
2 3 (37.50%) MCP
2 3 (37.50%) MCDST
2 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Vista
2 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
2 3 (37.50%) Windows NT
2 3 (37.50%) Windows XP
2 3 (37.50%) MS Exchange
3 2 (25.00%) Internet
3 2 (25.00%) 3G
3 2 (25.00%) Blackberry
3 2 (25.00%) Software Deployment

1st Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Abingdon region that cited 1st 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 1st Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (37.50%) MS Exchange
1 3 (37.50%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (37.50%) MS Office
1 3 (37.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Internet
1 2 (25.00%) 3G
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (37.50%) Windows NT
2 3 (37.50%) Windows XP
2 3 (37.50%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Software Deployment
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) MCP
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (37.50%) MCDST
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft