The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IT Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Support Engineer
Rank 193 208 184
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -24
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 24 13 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.460% 0.208% 0.097%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.488% 0.220% 0.103%
Number of salaries quoted 24 13 5
Average salary £24,000 £27,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.72% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,650 £21,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £32,500 £27,100
UK excluding London average salary £24,000 £23,894 £26,250
% change year-on-year
+0.44% -8.97%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4914 5915 4843
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 94.10% 94.50% 94.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3900 5047 4023
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
IT Support Engineer
South East

IT Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire IT Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire IT Support Engineer Salary Trend

IT Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IT Support Engineer across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Berkshire IT Support Engineer Salary Histogram

IT Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Engineer within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bracknell -11 9 £21,500 -33.84%
Reading +3 8 £31,000 +12.72%
Slough +3 3 £40,000 +23.07%
Newbury - 2 £19,000 -
IT Support Engineer
South East

IT Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited IT 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 IT Support Engineer in their job title.

1 18 (45.00%) Windows
2 16 (40.00%) Active Directory
3 14 (35.00%) TCP/IP
4 12 (30.00%) Linux
5 10 (25.00%) VMware
6 9 (22.50%) MS Excel
6 9 (22.50%) LAN
6 9 (22.50%) WAN
7 8 (20.00%) Microsoft
7 8 (20.00%) MS Exchange
7 8 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
8 7 (17.50%) UNIX
8 7 (17.50%) Cisco
9 6 (15.00%) Juniper
9 6 (15.00%) Firewall
9 6 (15.00%) Exchange Server 2010
10 5 (12.50%) CheckPoint
10 5 (12.50%) Citrix
10 5 (12.50%) MS Office
11 4 (10.00%) Nokia
11 4 (10.00%) Red Hat
11 4 (10.00%) Finance
11 4 (10.00%) Debian
11 4 (10.00%) Ubuntu
11 4 (10.00%) CentOS
11 4 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 4 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
12 3 (7.500%) SC Cleared
12 3 (7.500%) Security Cleared
12 3 (7.500%) Exchange Server 2003

IT Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited IT 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 IT Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (7.500%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 8 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 6 (15.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (7.500%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (5.000%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (2.500%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 9 (22.50%) MS Excel
2 5 (12.50%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.500%) SyteLine
Communications & Networking
1 14 (35.00%) TCP/IP
2 9 (22.50%) LAN
2 9 (22.50%) WAN
3 6 (15.00%) Firewall
4 3 (7.500%) VoIP
5 1 (2.500%) Cisco PIX
5 1 (2.500%) Cisco ASA
5 1 (2.500%) VLAN
5 1 (2.500%) Wireless
5 1 (2.500%) HTTP
5 1 (2.500%) VPN
5 1 (2.500%) SAN
5 1 (2.500%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.500%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (2.500%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (2.500%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (2.500%) Danish Language
2 1 (2.500%) Dutch Language
2 1 (2.500%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.500%) PDA
2 2 (5.000%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.500%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 18 (45.00%) Windows
2 12 (30.00%) Linux
3 7 (17.50%) UNIX
4 4 (10.00%) Debian
4 4 (10.00%) Ubuntu
4 4 (10.00%) CentOS
4 4 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 4 (10.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (7.500%) Windows 7
6 2 (5.000%) Windows XP
6 2 (5.000%) Windows 8
7 1 (2.500%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (2.500%) Mac OS
7 1 (2.500%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (2.500%) SUSE
7 1 (2.500%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (2.500%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (5.000%) ITIL
2 1 (2.500%) Market Research
2 1 (2.500%) Time Management
2 1 (2.500%) E-Commerce
2 1 (2.500%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.500%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (7.500%) SC Cleared
1 3 (7.500%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.500%) CCNA
2 1 (2.500%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (2.500%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.500%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.500%) SLA
System Software
1 16 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 8 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (5.000%) Hyper-V
4 1 (2.500%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 3 (7.500%) WSUS
2 2 (5.000%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 10 (25.00%) VMware
2 8 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 7 (17.50%) Cisco
4 6 (15.00%) Juniper
5 5 (12.50%) CheckPoint
5 5 (12.50%) Citrix
6 4 (10.00%) Nokia
6 4 (10.00%) Red Hat
7 2 (5.000%) Symantec
8 1 (2.500%) F5
8 1 (2.500%) Mitel
8 1 (2.500%) Blue Coat
8 1 (2.500%) Remedy
8 1 (2.500%) Websense
8 1 (2.500%) Apple
8 1 (2.500%) HP