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The table below looks at the demand for the 2nd Line Support role in IT jobs within the Bedford region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Second Line Support
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank4429
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching permanent IT job ads36
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.003 %
As % of the category below1.017 %2.273 %
Salaries quoted36
Average minimum salary£23,500£23,333
Average salary£24,583£23,333
% change on same period last year+5.35 %
Average maximum salary£25,667£23,333
UK excluding London average salary£25,310£25,136
% change on same period last year+0.69 %
Bedford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Bedford
Matching permanent IT job ads295264
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.190 %0.118 %
Salaries quoted275236
Average minimum salary£31,333£33,890
Average salary£34,019£38,302
% change on same period last year-11.18 %
Average maximum salary£36,705£42,714
UK excluding London average salary£38,468£39,125
% change on same period last year-1.68 %
2nd Line Support Bedfordshire2nd Line Support
Bedfordshire

2nd Line Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bedford 2nd Line Support Demand Trend

2nd Line Support
Salary Trend

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

Bedford 2nd Line Support Salary Trend

2nd Line Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Bedford 2nd Line Support Salary Histogram

2nd Line Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford 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.

13 (75.00 %)Windows
13 (75.00 %)Windows XP
22 (50.00 %)MS Office
22 (50.00 %)MCSA
22 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
22 (50.00 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (50.00 %)Internet
22 (50.00 %)VMware
22 (50.00 %)Microsoft
22 (50.00 %)Active Directory
31 (25.00 %)Intel
31 (25.00 %)Backup Exec
31 (25.00 %)MCDST
31 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (25.00 %)Pensions
31 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (25.00 %)Degree
31 (25.00 %)Windows Vista
31 (25.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
31 (25.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
31 (25.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (25.00 %)Firewall
31 (25.00 %)Manufacturing
31 (25.00 %)Publishing
31 (25.00 %)PowerHouse
31 (25.00 %)McAfee Security
31 (25.00 %)Blackberry
31 (25.00 %)VERITAS
31 (25.00 %)Lotus

2nd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford 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.

Bedford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (25.00 %)ASP
Bedford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (25.00 %)IIS
11 (25.00 %)Lotus Notes
11 (25.00 %)Lotus Domino
11 (25.00 %)SharePoint
11 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
11 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
11 (25.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
11 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
Bedford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (50.00 %)MS Office
Bedford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (50.00 %)Internet
21 (25.00 %)Firewall
21 (25.00 %)DHCP
21 (25.00 %)DNS
21 (25.00 %)SSL
Bedford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Bedford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Manufacturing
11 (25.00 %)Publishing
11 (25.00 %)Pensions
Bedford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Blackberry
Bedford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (75.00 %)Windows XP
13 (75.00 %)Windows
22 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
31 (25.00 %)Windows NT
31 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (25.00 %)Windows Vista
31 (25.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
Bedford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (25.00 %)VBScript
11 (25.00 %)VB
11 (25.00 %)VBA
11 (25.00 %)PowerHouse
Bedford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (50.00 %)MCSA
12 (50.00 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (25.00 %)MCDST
21 (25.00 %)Degree
21 (25.00 %)MCP
21 (25.00 %)MCSE
Bedford IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (50.00 %)Active Directory
21 (25.00 %)Backup Exec
21 (25.00 %)VMware Infrastructure
Bedford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (50.00 %)Microsoft
12 (50.00 %)VMware
21 (25.00 %)IBM
21 (25.00 %)Intel
21 (25.00 %)VERITAS
21 (25.00 %)Lotus
21 (25.00 %)McAfee Security