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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 46 41 38
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 6 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 2.390% 0.976% 0.592%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.449% 1.000% 0.595%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 1
Average salary £24,000 £20,000 £23,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% -13.04%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
245 200 168
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 97.61% 97.56% 99.41%
Number of salaries quoted 239 190 163
Average salary £41,000 £41,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £25,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £48,800 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Engineer
Bedfordshire

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford 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 Bedford region.

Bedford Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 21 (91.30%) Windows
2 12 (52.17%) VMware
3 11 (47.83%) TCP/IP
4 10 (43.48%) SAN
5 9 (39.13%) VoIP
5 9 (39.13%) Microsoft
5 9 (39.13%) Active Directory
5 9 (39.13%) Linux
5 9 (39.13%) Degree
6 8 (34.78%) Computer Science
6 8 (34.78%) Python
6 8 (34.78%) C
6 8 (34.78%) C#
6 8 (34.78%) C++
6 8 (34.78%) Java
6 8 (34.78%) Cisco
6 8 (34.78%) IP Telephony
6 8 (34.78%) Software Engineering
6 8 (34.78%) SS7
7 7 (30.43%) Disaster Recovery
7 7 (30.43%) Oracle
7 7 (30.43%) Fibre Channel
8 6 (26.09%) FalconStor
8 6 (26.09%) vSphere
8 6 (26.09%) SQL
8 6 (26.09%) MS Exchange
8 6 (26.09%) CommVault
9 5 (21.74%) Citrix
9 5 (21.74%) Replication
10 4 (17.39%) Network Security

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford 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 Platforms
1 6 (26.09%) MS Exchange
2 3 (13.04%) Exchange Server 2010
3 2 (8.696%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (4.348%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (4.348%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 11 (47.83%) TCP/IP
2 10 (43.48%) SAN
3 9 (39.13%) VoIP
4 8 (34.78%) SS7
4 8 (34.78%) IP Telephony
5 7 (30.43%) Fibre Channel
6 4 (17.39%) Network Security
7 3 (13.04%) DNS
7 3 (13.04%) WAN
7 3 (13.04%) DHCP
8 2 (8.696%) LAN
8 2 (8.696%) VLAN
8 2 (8.696%) Firewall
8 2 (8.696%) NAS
8 2 (8.696%) Cisco PIX
9 1 (4.348%) Frame Relay
9 1 (4.348%) NGN
9 1 (4.348%) SSL
9 1 (4.348%) ISDN
9 1 (4.348%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.04%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.696%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 3 (13.04%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 8 (34.78%) Computer Science
2 5 (21.74%) Replication
3 1 (4.348%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 21 (91.30%) Windows
2 9 (39.13%) Linux
3 1 (4.348%) Windows XP
3 1 (4.348%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (4.348%) Windows 7
3 1 (4.348%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) Software Engineering
2 7 (30.43%) Disaster Recovery
3 2 (8.696%) Change Management
3 2 (8.696%) Migration
3 2 (8.696%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (4.348%) Data Security
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) C
1 8 (34.78%) C#
1 8 (34.78%) C++
1 8 (34.78%) Java
1 8 (34.78%) Python
2 6 (26.09%) SQL
3 1 (4.348%) VBScript
3 1 (4.348%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 9 (39.13%) Degree
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (8.696%) CCSA
3 2 (8.696%) CCSE
3 2 (8.696%) MCSE
3 2 (8.696%) CCIE
3 2 (8.696%) CCSP
3 2 (8.696%) CCNP
3 2 (8.696%) CCNA
3 2 (8.696%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (8.696%) MCITP
4 1 (4.348%) MCP
4 1 (4.348%) MCTS
4 1 (4.348%) A+ Certification
4 1 (4.348%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 9 (39.13%) Active Directory
2 6 (26.09%) vSphere
3 4 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (8.696%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (8.696%) Terminal Server
4 2 (8.696%) VMware ESX
5 1 (4.348%) Hyper-V
5 1 (4.348%) XenApp
5 1 (4.348%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 1 (4.348%) WSUS
Vendors
1 12 (52.17%) VMware
2 9 (39.13%) Microsoft
3 8 (34.78%) Cisco
4 7 (30.43%) Oracle
5 6 (26.09%) CommVault
5 6 (26.09%) FalconStor
6 5 (21.74%) Citrix
7 2 (8.696%) CheckPoint
8 1 (4.348%) LANDesk
8 1 (4.348%) HP