The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Support 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 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
Rank 179 186 156
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -30
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 38 35 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.728% 0.559% 0.643%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.773% 0.592% 0.681%
Number of salaries quoted 37 32 31
Average salary £25,000 £25,000 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,869 £21,250 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £33,850 £95,000
UK excluding London average salary £24,000 £24,000 £24,000
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
South East

IT Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire IT Support Jobs Demand Trend

IT Support
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire IT Support Salary Trend

IT Support
Salary Histogram

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

Berkshire IT Support Salary Histogram

IT Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support 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
Reading +3 18 £25,000 +13.63%
Bracknell -11 9 £21,500 -33.84%
Newbury - 4 £25,750 -
Slough +2 3 £40,000 +23.07%
IT Support
South East

IT Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 43 (60.56%) Windows
2 28 (39.44%) Active Directory
3 23 (32.39%) Microsoft
4 20 (28.17%) TCP/IP
4 20 (28.17%) Linux
5 18 (25.35%) LAN
5 18 (25.35%) WAN
6 15 (21.13%) MS Excel
6 15 (21.13%) Cisco
6 15 (21.13%) VMware
6 15 (21.13%) Windows Server 2008
7 14 (19.72%) Windows Server 2003
7 14 (19.72%) MS Exchange
8 13 (18.31%) MS Office
8 13 (18.31%) VMware Infrastructure
9 11 (15.49%) ITIL
9 11 (15.49%) UNIX
9 11 (15.49%) Windows XP
9 11 (15.49%) Windows 7
10 8 (11.27%) SQL
10 8 (11.27%) Citrix
10 8 (11.27%) Firewall
11 7 (9.859%) Finance
11 7 (9.859%) Service Delivery
11 7 (9.859%) Blackberry
11 7 (9.859%) Exchange Server 2010
12 6 (8.451%) Juniper
12 6 (8.451%) CheckPoint
13 5 (7.042%) Debian
13 5 (7.042%) Ubuntu

IT Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (7.042%) .NET
2 2 (2.817%) ASP.NET
2 2 (2.817%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 14 (19.72%) MS Exchange
2 7 (9.859%) Exchange Server 2010
3 4 (5.634%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (4.225%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (4.225%) Lotus Domino
4 3 (4.225%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (2.817%) Drupal
5 2 (2.817%) Lotus Notes
5 2 (2.817%) SharePoint
6 1 (1.408%) IIS
6 1 (1.408%) Lync
Applications
1 15 (21.13%) MS Excel
2 13 (18.31%) MS Office
3 2 (2.817%) Google Apps
3 2 (2.817%) Photoshop
3 2 (2.817%) Acrobat
3 2 (2.817%) QuarkXPress
4 1 (1.408%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 1 (1.408%) SyteLine
Communications & Networking
1 20 (28.17%) TCP/IP
2 18 (25.35%) LAN
2 18 (25.35%) WAN
3 8 (11.27%) Firewall
4 5 (7.042%) VoIP
5 4 (5.634%) Intranet
5 4 (5.634%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (4.225%) VLAN
6 3 (4.225%) VPN
6 3 (4.225%) DNS
6 3 (4.225%) DHCP
7 2 (2.817%) HTTP
7 2 (2.817%) SMTP
7 2 (2.817%) SAN
7 2 (2.817%) Internet
7 2 (2.817%) Wireless
8 1 (1.408%) SSL
8 1 (1.408%) ADSL
8 1 (1.408%) Unified Communications
8 1 (1.408%) Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.225%) SQL Server 2005
1 3 (4.225%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.817%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.408%) NonStop SQL
3 1 (1.408%) SQL Server 2000
3 1 (1.408%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (1.408%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 7 (9.859%) Finance
2 3 (4.225%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.408%) Law
3 1 (1.408%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.408%) Danish Language
3 1 (1.408%) Dutch Language
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.859%) Blackberry
2 4 (5.634%) FMCG
3 3 (4.225%) PDA
4 2 (2.817%) Fat Client
4 2 (2.817%) Client/Server
4 2 (2.817%) Thin Client
5 1 (1.408%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.408%) SaaS
5 1 (1.408%) EqualLogic
5 1 (1.408%) Open Source
5 1 (1.408%) Mathematics
5 1 (1.408%) Physics
5 1 (1.408%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.408%) Wiki
5 1 (1.408%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 43 (60.56%) Windows
2 20 (28.17%) Linux
3 15 (21.13%) Windows Server 2008
4 14 (19.72%) Windows Server 2003
5 11 (15.49%) UNIX
5 11 (15.49%) Windows XP
5 11 (15.49%) Windows 7
6 5 (7.042%) Debian
6 5 (7.042%) Ubuntu
6 5 (7.042%) Windows 2000
6 5 (7.042%) CentOS
6 5 (7.042%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (4.225%) Windows 2000 Server
8 2 (2.817%) Android
8 2 (2.817%) Windows 8
8 2 (2.817%) Windows Vista
9 1 (1.408%) SUSE
9 1 (1.408%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (1.408%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (15.49%) ITIL
2 7 (9.859%) Service Delivery
3 4 (5.634%) Service Management
4 2 (2.817%) ERP
4 2 (2.817%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (1.408%) Migration
5 1 (1.408%) Project Planning
5 1 (1.408%) E-Commerce
5 1 (1.408%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (1.408%) Time Management
5 1 (1.408%) Market Research
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.27%) SQL
2 2 (2.817%) C#
3 1 (1.408%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.408%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (7.042%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (4.225%) Degree
2 3 (4.225%) SC Cleared
2 3 (4.225%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.408%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.408%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.408%) CCNA
3 1 (1.408%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.042%) SLA
System Software
1 28 (39.44%) Active Directory
2 13 (18.31%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (4.225%) Hyper-V
4 2 (2.817%) XenApp
4 2 (2.817%) vSphere
5 1 (1.408%) VMware ESX
5 1 (1.408%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 4 (5.634%) Backup Exec
2 3 (4.225%) WSUS
3 1 (1.408%) MOM
3 1 (1.408%) ARCserve
3 1 (1.408%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (1.408%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (1.408%) SCCM
3 1 (1.408%) SCOM
Vendors
1 23 (32.39%) Microsoft
2 15 (21.13%) Cisco
2 15 (21.13%) VMware
3 8 (11.27%) Citrix
4 6 (8.451%) Juniper
4 6 (8.451%) CheckPoint
5 5 (7.042%) Red Hat
5 5 (7.042%) Apple
6 4 (5.634%) Nokia
7 3 (4.225%) Lotus
7 3 (4.225%) Symantec
8 2 (2.817%) HP
8 2 (2.817%) Dell
8 2 (2.817%) Quark
8 2 (2.817%) Google
9 1 (1.408%) Mitel
9 1 (1.408%) Blue Coat
9 1 (1.408%) Websense
9 1 (1.408%) Remedy
9 1 (1.408%) McAfee
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