The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford 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 18 June 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Support
Rank 42 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 4 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 1.633% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.646% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
Average salary £21,500 - -
UK excluding London average salary £24,000 £24,000 £24,000
All Job Titles
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
243 183 159
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 99.18% 96.32% 99.38%
Number of salaries quoted 236 171 151
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
IT Support
Bedfordshire

IT Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford 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 Bedford region.

Bedford IT Support Salary Trend

IT Support
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) VMware
3 5 (71.43%) MS Office
4 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (57.14%) Change Management
4 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (28.57%) Fibre Channel
5 2 (28.57%) SAN
5 2 (28.57%) MS Exchange
5 2 (28.57%) Citrix
6 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
6 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
6 1 (14.29%) ITIL
6 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
6 1 (14.29%) MCITP
6 1 (14.29%) Service Management
6 1 (14.29%) Workflow
6 1 (14.29%) Legal

IT Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 5 (71.43%) MS Office
2 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) SAN
1 2 (28.57%) Fibre Channel
General
1 1 (14.29%) Legal
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Change Management
2 1 (14.29%) Workflow
2 1 (14.29%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (14.29%) MCITP
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) VMware
2 2 (28.57%) Citrix
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
Bedford, Bedfordshire
MS Office awareness - VMWare - Customer aware - Able to prioritise workload - Interest in learning new technologies - Good at planning - Windows 2003/2008 - Backup awareness - Networking awareness The role is...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £25000 per annum + Many Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013