The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Manager
Rank 92 83 73
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Manager 3 1 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 0.277% 0.101% 0.590%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.292% 0.105% 0.616%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 5
Average salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.54% -
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £47,500 £40,500
% change year-on-year
-5.26% +17.28%
All Job Titles
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1029 948 812
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 94.93% 96.05% 95.87%
Number of salaries quoted 911 805 767
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £58,000 £56,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Manager
East of England

Support Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire Support Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Support Manager
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Support Manager across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Support Manager Salary Trend

Support Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited Support Manager 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 Manager in their job title.

1 4 (50.00%) Finance
2 3 (37.50%) Change Control
2 3 (37.50%) ERP
3 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
3 2 (25.00%) Service Management
3 2 (25.00%) Business Development
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
3 2 (25.00%) ServiceCenter
3 2 (25.00%) iSeries
3 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
3 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (25.00%) SLA
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco
3 2 (25.00%) Java
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle
3 2 (25.00%) WebLogic
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) Solaris
3 2 (25.00%) CRM
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle 10g
3 2 (25.00%) CCIE
3 2 (25.00%) CCNA
3 2 (25.00%) HP
3 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (25.00%) NetApp
3 2 (25.00%) Middleware
3 2 (25.00%) PRMS
3 2 (25.00%) Capacity Management
3 2 (25.00%) Wireless
3 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement

Support Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited Support Manager 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 Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (25.00%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) PRMS
1 2 (25.00%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (25.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle 10g
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
General
1 4 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) iSeries
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) ERP
1 3 (37.50%) Change Control
2 2 (25.00%) Capacity Management
2 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (25.00%) Service Management
2 2 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) CRM
2 2 (25.00%) Business Development
2 2 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 2 (25.00%) Performance Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) CCIE
1 2 (25.00%) CCNA
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco
1 2 (25.00%) HP
1 2 (25.00%) NetApp
2 1 (12.50%) IBM