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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTechnical Support
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank4429
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching permanent IT job ads19
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.284 %3.797 %
Salaries quoted19
Average minimum salary£32,000£28,333
Average salary£32,000£32,778
% change on same period last year-2.37 %
Average maximum salary£32,000£37,222
UK excluding London average salary£30,044£29,566
% change on same period last year+1.61 %
Bedford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Bedford
Matching permanent IT job ads352237
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.195 %0.099 %
Salaries quoted331216
Average minimum salary£32,019£31,752
Average salary£34,708£33,934
% change on same period last year+2.28 %
Average maximum salary£37,397£36,116
UK excluding London average salary£38,058£39,448
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
Technical Support BedfordshireTechnical Support
Bedfordshire

Technical Support
Demand Trend

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

Bedford Technical Support Demand Trend

Technical Support
Salary Trend

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

Bedford Technical Support Salary Trend

Technical Support
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title.

16 (85.71 %)Windows
23 (42.86 %)Cisco
32 (28.57 %)TCP/IP
32 (28.57 %)Windows 2000 Server
32 (28.57 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (28.57 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (28.57 %)MS Excel
32 (28.57 %)MCSE
32 (28.57 %)IIS
32 (28.57 %)Oracle
41 (14.29 %)SQL Server
41 (14.29 %)SQL
41 (14.29 %).NET
41 (14.29 %)MS Office
41 (14.29 %)MCP
41 (14.29 %)MCSA
41 (14.29 %)Windows XP
41 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
41 (14.29 %)LAN
41 (14.29 %)WAN
41 (14.29 %)Microsoft
41 (14.29 %)CCNP
41 (14.29 %)CCNA
41 (14.29 %)Active Directory
41 (14.29 %)Citrix
41 (14.29 %)Cisco Certification
41 (14.29 %)Firewall
41 (14.29 %)Project Management
41 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2000

Technical Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bedford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (14.29 %).NET
Bedford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (28.57 %)IIS
21 (14.29 %)MS Exchange
21 (14.29 %)Exchange Server 2000
Bedford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (28.57 %)MS Excel
21 (14.29 %)MS Office
Bedford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (28.57 %)TCP/IP
21 (14.29 %)Firewall
21 (14.29 %)LAN
21 (14.29 %)WAN
Bedford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (14.29 %)SQL Server
Bedford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (85.71 %)Windows
22 (28.57 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (28.57 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (14.29 %)Windows XP
Bedford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (14.29 %)Project Management
Bedford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (14.29 %)SQL
Bedford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (28.57 %)MCSE
12 (28.57 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (14.29 %)MCP
21 (14.29 %)MCSA
21 (14.29 %)CCNP
21 (14.29 %)CCNA
21 (14.29 %)Cisco Certification
Bedford IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (14.29 %)Active Directory
Bedford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (42.86 %)Cisco
22 (28.57 %)Oracle
31 (14.29 %)Microsoft
31 (14.29 %)Citrix