The first table below looks at the demand for the 2nd 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 2nd Line Support in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Second Line Support
Rank 17 - 24
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 18 0 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Abingdon 12.86% - 4.380%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.24% - 4.380%
Number of salaries quoted 18 0 6
Average salary £24,000 - £24,000
UK excluding London average salary £24,500 £24,500 £24,500
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 115 97 124
Average salary £34,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.00% +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £25,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
2nd Line Support
Oxfordshire

2nd Line Support
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Abingdon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Abingdon 2nd Line Support Jobs Demand Trend

2nd Line Support
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Abingdon region.

Abingdon 2nd Line Support Salary Trend

2nd Line Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Abingdon region that cited 2nd 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 2nd Line Support in their job title.

1 19 (100.00%) Windows
1 19 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 18 (94.74%) Microsoft
2 18 (94.74%) MS Exchange
3 16 (84.21%) VMware
4 15 (78.95%) Apple
4 15 (78.95%) Blackberry
4 15 (78.95%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 15 (78.95%) WatchGuard
4 15 (78.95%) Cisco IOS
4 15 (78.95%) VoIP
4 15 (78.95%) TCP/IP
4 15 (78.95%) Cisco
4 15 (78.95%) SQL
4 15 (78.95%) Windows XP
4 15 (78.95%) Citrix
5 11 (57.89%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (57.89%) MS Excel
5 11 (57.89%) MS Office
5 11 (57.89%) SAN
6 5 (26.32%) Windows 7
7 4 (21.05%) MCP
7 4 (21.05%) MCSE
7 4 (21.05%) CCNP
7 4 (21.05%) CCNA
7 4 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (21.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 4 (21.05%) MCITP
8 3 (15.79%) Exchange Server 2003

2nd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Abingdon region that cited 2nd 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 2nd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 18 (94.74%) MS Exchange
2 15 (78.95%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (15.79%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 11 (57.89%) MS Office
1 11 (57.89%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 15 (78.95%) VoIP
1 15 (78.95%) TCP/IP
1 15 (78.95%) Cisco IOS
2 11 (57.89%) SAN
Miscellaneous
1 15 (78.95%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 19 (100.00%) Windows
2 15 (78.95%) Windows XP
3 5 (26.32%) Windows 7
Programming Languages
1 15 (78.95%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) MCP
1 4 (21.05%) MCSE
1 4 (21.05%) CCNP
1 4 (21.05%) CCNA
1 4 (21.05%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (21.05%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 4 (21.05%) MCITP
System Software
1 19 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 11 (57.89%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 18 (94.74%) Microsoft
2 16 (84.21%) VMware
3 15 (78.95%) WatchGuard
3 15 (78.95%) Citrix
3 15 (78.95%) Apple
3 15 (78.95%) Cisco