Berkshire Support Specialist Jobs

This section looks at the demand for the Support Specialist role in IT jobs within the Berkshire 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 Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 23 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Support Specialist
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Andover Aylesbury Banbury Barking Basingstoke Beaconsfield Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Bristol Bromley Buckingham Buckinghamshire Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chatham Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chorley Cirencester City of London County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dunstable East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Feltham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucestershire Godalming Greenock Guildford Hampshire Harrogate Hayes Hertfordshire High Wycombe Horsham Hounslow Hull Ilford Inverclyde Isle of Man Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Rotherham Royston Rugby Runcorn Scotland Sheffield Skipton Slough South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staines Stirling Suffolk Surbiton Surrey Swindon Thame Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Wallingford Warrington Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Woking York Yorkshire	3 months to 23 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	179	155
Rank change on same period last year	-24
Matching permanent IT job ads	83	155
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.044 %	0.064 %
As % of the category below	0.871 %	1.197 %
Salaries quoted	81	108
Average minimum salary	£34,549	£31,183
Average salary	£38,088	£32,720
% change on same period last year	+16.40 %
Average maximum salary	£41,628	£34,257
UK excluding London average salary	£34,269	£31,141
% change on same period last year	+10.04 %
Job Titles Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	9527	12954
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	5.011 %	5.317 %
Salaries quoted	7965	10476
Average minimum salary	£37,964	£39,672
Average salary	£41,509	£43,087
% change on same period last year	-3.66 %
Average maximum salary	£45,053	£46,502
UK excluding London average salary	£38,210	£39,482
% change on same period last year	-3.22 %
Support Specialist South East

Support Specialist
Demand Trend

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

Support Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Specialist across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 July 2008.

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Job Locations

This section 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 23 July 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Reading	+8	24	£35,717	+0.82 %
Slough	-9	10	£33,250	-11.03 %
Maidenhead	0	8	£39,813	-13.45 %
Newbury	+6	4	£29,875	-8.07 %
Bracknell	-13	3	£43,333	+40.74 %
Windsor	+2	1	£21,500	-36.76 %

Support Specialist South East

Support Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 July 2008, 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 38 (31.40 %) Windows 2 26 (21.49 %) Cisco 3 24 (19.83 %) SQL 4 21 (17.36 %) Windows 2000 4 21 (17.36 %) VoIP 5 18 (14.88 %) TCP/IP 6 15 (12.40 %) Computer Science 7 14 (11.57 %) IP Telephony 7 14 (11.57 %) Degree 7 14 (11.57 %) UNIX 7 14 (11.57 %) Active Directory 7 14 (11.57 %) Cisco Certification 8 13 (10.74 %) Telecoms 8 13 (10.74 %) IPCC 9 12 (9.917 %) CCVP

9 12 (9.917 %) Cisco IPT 9 12 (9.917 %) VB 10 11 (9.091 %) .NET 10 11 (9.091 %) Microsoft 11 10 (8.264 %) CheckPoint 11 10 (8.264 %) DNS 11 10 (8.264 %) WAN 11 10 (8.264 %) LAN 12 9 (7.438 %) Transact-SQL 12 9 (7.438 %) C 12 9 (7.438 %) CCNA 12 9 (7.438 %) Firewall 13 8 (6.612 %) CCNP 13 8 (6.612 %) CA 13 8 (6.612 %) C++

Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 July 2008, 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 11 (9.091 %) .NET 2 6 (4.959 %) .NET Framework 3 3 (2.479 %) ASP 4 1 (0.826 %) ASP.NET 4 1 (0.826 %) XML 4 1 (0.826 %) XSD 4 1 (0.826 %) WebSphere 4 1 (0.826 %) Adobe Flex 4 1 (0.826 %) HTML	Application Platforms 1 8 (6.612 %) MS Exchange 2 5 (4.132 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 4 (3.306 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 4 (3.306 %) IIS 4 3 (2.479 %) Lotus Domino 4 3 (2.479 %) GroupWise 5 1 (0.826 %) IBM HTTP Server 5 1 (0.826 %) WPS 5 1 (0.826 %) SAS 5 1 (0.826 %) CICS 5 1 (0.826 %) Apache 5 1 (0.826 %) SharePoint 5 1 (0.826 %) Lotus Notes 5 1 (0.826 %) WebSphere Application Server
Applications 1 8 (6.612 %) MS Excel 2 7 (5.785 %) MS Project 3 5 (4.132 %) MS Office 4 4 (3.306 %) MS PowerPoint 5 3 (2.479 %) MS Visio	Communications & Networking 1 21 (17.36 %) VoIP 2 18 (14.88 %) TCP/IP 3 14 (11.57 %) IP Telephony 4 13 (10.74 %) IPCC 5 12 (9.917 %) Cisco IPT 6 10 (8.264 %) DNS 6 10 (8.264 %) WAN 6 10 (8.264 %) LAN 7 9 (7.438 %) Firewall 8 8 (6.612 %) DHCP 9 7 (5.785 %) Cisco PIX 9 7 (5.785 %) Network Security 10 4 (3.306 %) SS7 10 4 (3.306 %) GSM 10 4 (3.306 %) VPN 10 4 (3.306 %) UMTS 11 3 (2.479 %) Internet 11 3 (2.479 %) 3G 11 3 (2.479 %) Wireless 12 2 (1.653 %) TCAP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 5 (4.132 %) SQL Server 1 5 (4.132 %) SQL Server 2000 1 5 (4.132 %) SQL Server 2005 2 2 (1.653 %) Datawarehouse 3 1 (0.826 %) Adabas 3 1 (0.826 %) RDBMS 3 1 (0.826 %) SQL Server 7 3 1 (0.826 %) Oracle 8/8i 3 1 (0.826 %) MS Access 3 1 (0.826 %) MySQL	Development Applications 1 3 (2.479 %) Visual Studio
General 1 13 (10.74 %) Telecoms 2 8 (6.612 %) Health 2 8 (6.612 %) Pensions 3 7 (5.785 %) Marketing 3 7 (5.785 %) Finance 3 7 (5.785 %) Aerospace 3 7 (5.785 %) Automotive 4 5 (4.132 %) Education 5 4 (3.306 %) Pharmaceutical 5 4 (3.306 %) Electronics 5 4 (3.306 %) Banking 6 3 (2.479 %) 3D Graphics 7 2 (1.653 %) Retail 8 1 (0.826 %) Military	Miscellaneous 1 15 (12.40 %) Computer Science 2 6 (4.959 %) French Language 3 5 (4.132 %) German Language 4 3 (2.479 %) Client/Server 4 3 (2.479 %) PMI 4 3 (2.479 %) Blackberry 4 3 (2.479 %) Mathematics 5 2 (1.653 %) Mainframe 6 1 (0.826 %) Replication 6 1 (0.826 %) VSAM 6 1 (0.826 %) EFT
Operating Systems 1 38 (31.40 %) Windows 2 21 (17.36 %) Windows 2000 3 14 (11.57 %) UNIX 4 8 (6.612 %) Linux 5 4 (3.306 %) Windows Server 2003 6 2 (1.653 %) Solaris 7 1 (0.826 %) Windows NT 7 1 (0.826 %) Windows XP 7 1 (0.826 %) OS/400 7 1 (0.826 %) zOS	Processes & Methodologies 1 5 (4.132 %) ITIL 1 5 (4.132 %) Project Planning 2 3 (2.479 %) PRINCE2 2 3 (2.479 %) Business Intelligence 2 3 (2.479 %) Programme Management 2 3 (2.479 %) Logistics 3 2 (1.653 %) Validation 3 2 (1.653 %) Service Delivery 3 2 (1.653 %) Project Management 3 2 (1.653 %) Web Development 4 1 (0.826 %) Problem Management 4 1 (0.826 %) Service Management 4 1 (0.826 %) BCP 4 1 (0.826 %) CRM 4 1 (0.826 %) EAI 4 1 (0.826 %) Change Management 4 1 (0.826 %) E-business 4 1 (0.826 %) Risk Management 4 1 (0.826 %) Business Continuity 4 1 (0.826 %) Incident Management
Programming Languages 1 24 (19.83 %) SQL 2 12 (9.917 %) VB 3 9 (7.438 %) C 3 9 (7.438 %) Transact-SQL 4 8 (6.612 %) C++ 5 4 (3.306 %) Java 5 4 (3.306 %) C# 5 4 (3.306 %) VBA 6 3 (2.479 %) Fortran 7 2 (1.653 %) Perl 8 1 (0.826 %) REXX 8 1 (0.826 %) JCL 8 1 (0.826 %) VBScript	Qualifications 1 14 (11.57 %) Cisco Certification 1 14 (11.57 %) Degree 2 12 (9.917 %) CCVP 3 9 (7.438 %) CCNA 4 8 (6.612 %) CCNP 5 7 (5.785 %) CCSP 6 4 (3.306 %) MCP 6 4 (3.306 %) Microsoft Certification 7 3 (2.479 %) ISEB 8 2 (1.653 %) Postgraduate 8 2 (1.653 %) CCSA 9 1 (0.826 %) MCSE 9 1 (0.826 %) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (6.612 %) SLA 2 1 (0.826 %) QA	System Software 1 14 (11.57 %) Active Directory 2 1 (0.826 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 7 (5.785 %) Unicenter 2 5 (4.132 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 4 (3.306 %) SCCM 3 4 (3.306 %) Tivoli 4 3 (2.479 %) MOM	Vendors 1 26 (21.49 %) Cisco 2 11 (9.091 %) Microsoft 3 10 (8.264 %) CheckPoint 4 8 (6.612 %) CA 5 7 (5.785 %) Blue Coat 5 7 (5.785 %) IronPort 5 7 (5.785 %) Finjan 6 6 (4.959 %) IBM 7 4 (3.306 %) Lotus 8 3 (2.479 %) Oracle 8 3 (2.479 %) Cognos 9 2 (1.653 %) HP 9 2 (1.653 %) Nokia 9 2 (1.653 %) Niku 9 2 (1.653 %) VMware 10 1 (0.826 %) Altiris 10 1 (0.826 %) Symantec 10 1 (0.826 %) Remedy 10 1 (0.826 %) Red Hat 10 1 (0.826 %) Compaq