The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Specialist
Rank 194 195 190
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 25 27 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.480% 0.438% 0.385%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.510% 0.464% 0.408%
Number of salaries quoted 16 25 19
Average salary £37,000 £45,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.77% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £56,250 £53,750 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,309 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+6.20% +0.88%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4901 5818 4903
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 94.07% 94.43% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3900 4958 4077
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £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%
Support Specialist
South East

Support Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Support Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Support Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Support Specialist Salary Trend

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Specialist across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Berkshire Support Specialist Salary Histogram

Support Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 +9 20 £37,000 -22.10%
Maidenhead +13 2 - -
Bracknell -27 1 - -
Support Specialist
South East

Support Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Support Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 41 (59.42%) Linux
2 30 (43.48%) Windows
3 29 (42.03%) UNIX
4 21 (30.43%) Solaris
4 21 (30.43%) Java
5 20 (28.99%) AIX
5 20 (28.99%) HPUX
5 20 (28.99%) SAN
6 18 (26.09%) Business Intelligence
7 17 (24.64%) WebSphere
8 15 (21.74%) Microsoft
8 15 (21.74%) SQL Server
9 14 (20.29%) SQL
10 13 (18.84%) Oracle
11 12 (17.39%) E-Commerce
11 12 (17.39%) ATG
11 12 (17.39%) Degree
11 12 (17.39%) Computer Science
11 12 (17.39%) Magento
11 12 (17.39%) hybris
12 11 (15.94%) Clustering
13 10 (14.49%) Replication
13 10 (14.49%) Red Hat
14 9 (13.04%) Sybase
14 9 (13.04%) DB2
14 9 (13.04%) Finance
14 9 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
14 9 (13.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
15 8 (11.59%) SUSE
15 8 (11.59%) EMC

Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Support Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (24.64%) WebSphere
2 5 (7.246%) J2EE
3 3 (4.348%) XML
3 3 (4.348%) HTML
4 2 (2.899%) JSP
5 1 (1.449%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 12 (17.39%) Magento
2 5 (7.246%) WebLogic
2 5 (7.246%) IIS
2 5 (7.246%) SharePoint
3 4 (5.797%) SharePoint 2010
3 4 (5.797%) WebSphere Application Server
3 4 (5.797%) Apache
4 3 (4.348%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 3 (4.348%) MS Exchange
4 3 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2003
4 3 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (2.899%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (2.899%) Lync
5 2 (2.899%) Exchange Server 5.5
5 2 (2.899%) Exchange Server 2000
6 1 (1.449%) Live Communications Server
Applications
1 6 (8.696%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.449%) MS Office
2 1 (1.449%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 5 (7.246%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 4 (5.797%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 20 (28.99%) SAN
2 3 (4.348%) LDAP
2 3 (4.348%) Internet
2 3 (4.348%) Kerberos
2 3 (4.348%) PBX
2 3 (4.348%) Wireshark
3 2 (2.899%) Firewall
3 2 (2.899%) TCP/IP
3 2 (2.899%) HTTP
4 1 (1.449%) VoIP
4 1 (1.449%) Ethereal
4 1 (1.449%) tcpdump
4 1 (1.449%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (21.74%) SQL Server
2 9 (13.04%) DB2
3 7 (10.14%) RDBMS
4 5 (7.246%) Big Data
5 2 (2.899%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (2.899%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (1.449%) SQL Server 2000
6 1 (1.449%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.449%) DB2 UDB
General
1 9 (13.04%) Finance
2 3 (4.348%) German Language
3 2 (2.899%) French Language
4 1 (1.449%) Italian Language
4 1 (1.449%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 12 (17.39%) Computer Science
2 11 (15.94%) Clustering
3 10 (14.49%) Replication
4 4 (5.797%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (4.348%) Blackberry
5 3 (4.348%) PKI
6 2 (2.899%) Data Integration
6 2 (2.899%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.449%) BBC
7 1 (1.449%) SaaS
7 1 (1.449%) Wiki
7 1 (1.449%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 41 (59.42%) Linux
2 30 (43.48%) Windows
3 29 (42.03%) UNIX
4 21 (30.43%) Solaris
5 20 (28.99%) AIX
5 20 (28.99%) HPUX
6 9 (13.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (11.59%) SUSE
8 7 (10.14%) Windows Server 2003
8 7 (10.14%) Windows Server 2008
9 3 (4.348%) Windows Vista
9 3 (4.348%) Windows 7
9 3 (4.348%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (2.899%) Windows 2000 Server
10 2 (2.899%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.09%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (17.39%) E-Commerce
3 9 (13.04%) Disaster Recovery
4 7 (10.14%) ITIL
4 7 (10.14%) Service Delivery
5 5 (7.246%) Technical Architecture
5 5 (7.246%) Information Management
6 4 (5.797%) User Acceptance Testing
7 3 (4.348%) Identity Management
7 3 (4.348%) Analytics
8 2 (2.899%) OOP
9 1 (1.449%) Configuration Management
9 1 (1.449%) B2B
9 1 (1.449%) Regression Testing
9 1 (1.449%) Service Management
9 1 (1.449%) Project Planning
9 1 (1.449%) Network Management
9 1 (1.449%) Release Management
9 1 (1.449%) High Availability
9 1 (1.449%) Business Analytics
Programming Languages
1 21 (30.43%) Java
2 14 (20.29%) SQL
3 3 (4.348%) C
3 3 (4.348%) C++
4 2 (2.899%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.899%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.899%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.449%) Perl
5 1 (1.449%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 12 (17.39%) Degree
2 3 (4.348%) MCSE
2 3 (4.348%) MCP
2 3 (4.348%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.899%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.899%) DV Cleared
3 2 (2.899%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.899%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.449%) SLA
1 1 (1.449%) Data Quality
System Software
1 7 (10.14%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.246%) Hyper-V
3 3 (4.348%) DFS Replication
3 3 (4.348%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (2.899%) Terminal Server
5 1 (1.449%) Squid
5 1 (1.449%) Shibboleth
5 1 (1.449%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 3 (4.348%) MIIS
1 3 (4.348%) SCCM
1 3 (4.348%) SCOM
2 2 (2.899%) WSUS
2 2 (2.899%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (1.449%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 15 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 13 (18.84%) Oracle
3 12 (17.39%) ATG
3 12 (17.39%) hybris
4 10 (14.49%) Red Hat
5 9 (13.04%) Sybase
6 8 (11.59%) EMC
7 7 (10.14%) Hitachi
7 7 (10.14%) Sun
8 5 (7.246%) Cognos
8 5 (7.246%) JBoss
8 5 (7.246%) IBM
9 4 (5.797%) VMware
9 4 (5.797%) Siebel
10 3 (4.348%) Cisco
10 3 (4.348%) Nortel
10 3 (4.348%) Citrix
10 3 (4.348%) Avaya
11 2 (2.899%) HP
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