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This section looks at the demand for the Support Technician role in IT jobs within the Bedfordshire 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 Support Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Support Technician
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7067
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads82
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.929 %0.235 %
Salaries quoted81
Average minimum salary£26,125£21,000
Average salary£29,313£23,750
% change on same period last year+23.42 %
Average maximum salary£32,500£26,500
UK excluding London average salary£22,858£23,062
% change on same period last year-0.88 %
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Bedfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads861852
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.463 %0.355 %
Salaries quoted709735
Average minimum salary£34,913£32,961
Average salary£37,712£35,421
% change on same period last year+6.46 %
Average maximum salary£40,511£37,882
UK excluding London average salary£38,072£39,428
% change on same period last year-3.43 %
Support Technician East of EnglandSupport Technician
East of England

Support Technician
Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire Support Technician Demand Trend

Support Technician
Salary Trend

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

Bedfordshire Support Technician Salary Trend

Support Technician
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Technician across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Bedfordshire Support Technician Salary Histogram

Support Technician
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BedfordNew entry-7£30,357-
DunstableNew entry-1£22,000-
Support Technician East of EnglandSupport Technician
East of England

Support Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited Support Technician 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 Technician in their job title.

17 (70.00 %)IBM
26 (60.00 %)Windows
35 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
44 (40.00 %)AS400
44 (40.00 %)Windows XP
44 (40.00 %)MCDST
53 (30.00 %)DHCP
53 (30.00 %)DNS
53 (30.00 %)Lotus Notes
53 (30.00 %)Lotus Domino
53 (30.00 %)Active Directory
53 (30.00 %)Intel
53 (30.00 %)Microsoft Certification
53 (30.00 %)VERITAS
53 (30.00 %)Lotus
53 (30.00 %)McAfee Security
53 (30.00 %)Blackberry
53 (30.00 %)VMware
53 (30.00 %)Backup Exec
62 (20.00 %)Disaster Recovery
62 (20.00 %)Health
62 (20.00 %)IBM Certification
62 (20.00 %)MCSA
62 (20.00 %)Pensions
71 (10.00 %)MS Office
71 (10.00 %)MCP
71 (10.00 %)Apple
71 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
71 (10.00 %)Education
71 (10.00 %)Microsoft

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region that cited Support Technician 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 Technician in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (30.00 %)Lotus Notes
13 (30.00 %)Lotus Domino
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (10.00 %)MS Office
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (30.00 %)DHCP
13 (30.00 %)DNS
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (20.00 %)Health
12 (20.00 %)Pensions
21 (10.00 %)Education
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (40.00 %)AS400
23 (30.00 %)Blackberry
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (60.00 %)Windows
25 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
34 (40.00 %)Windows XP
41 (10.00 %)Windows Server 2003
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (20.00 %)Disaster Recovery
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (40.00 %)MCDST
23 (30.00 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (20.00 %)IBM Certification
32 (20.00 %)MCSA
41 (10.00 %)MCP
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (30.00 %)Active Directory
13 (30.00 %)Backup Exec
Bedfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (70.00 %)IBM
23 (30.00 %)McAfee Security
23 (30.00 %)VMware
23 (30.00 %)Intel
23 (30.00 %)VERITAS
23 (30.00 %)Lotus
31 (10.00 %)Apple
31 (10.00 %)Microsoft