The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Technician 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 Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Technician
Rank 216 201 200
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 3 12 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.056% 0.197% 0.111%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.059% 0.209% 0.117%
Number of salaries quoted 3 7 5
Average salary £21,500 £27,500 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.81% -1.78%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,815 £21,400 £20,400
10% offered a salary of more than £24,300 £36,000 £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £23,000 £23,000 £22,270
% change year-on-year
- +3.27%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5047 5749 5114
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 93.79% 94.37% 94.44%
Number of salaries quoted 4039 4833 4288
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Support Technician
South East

Support Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Support Technician Jobs Demand Trend

Support Technician
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Support Technician Salary Trend

Support Technician
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Reading 0 1 £18,144 -28.84% 1
Slough - 1 £21,500 -
Newbury - 1 £25,000 -
Support Technician
South East

Support Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

1 10 (66.67%) Windows
2 8 (53.33%) Active Directory
3 6 (40.00%) DNS
3 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (33.33%) Cisco
5 4 (26.67%) DHCP
5 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
6 3 (20.00%) Linux
6 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
6 3 (20.00%) Windows XP
6 3 (20.00%) SQL
6 3 (20.00%) .NET
6 3 (20.00%) UNIX
6 3 (20.00%) SLA
6 3 (20.00%) HP
6 3 (20.00%) Internet
6 3 (20.00%) Telecoms
6 3 (20.00%) Retail
6 3 (20.00%) Degree
6 3 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (13.33%) Windows 7
7 2 (13.33%) Meridio
7 2 (13.33%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
7 2 (13.33%) Windows Vista
7 2 (13.33%) Fujitsu
7 2 (13.33%) Time Management
7 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
7 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
7 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Application Development
1 3 (20.00%) .NET
2 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET
2 2 (13.33%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 4 (26.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (13.33%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (13.33%) IIS
2 2 (13.33%) MS Exchange
3 1 (6.667%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
2 2 (13.33%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.667%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) DNS
2 4 (26.67%) DHCP
3 3 (20.00%) Internet
4 2 (13.33%) Wireless
4 2 (13.33%) Intranet
4 2 (13.33%) SMTP
4 2 (13.33%) HTTP
4 2 (13.33%) LAN
4 2 (13.33%) VoIP
5 1 (6.667%) WAN
5 1 (6.667%) VPN
5 1 (6.667%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) EDRMS
General
1 3 (20.00%) Telecoms
1 3 (20.00%) Retail
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 1 (6.667%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 10 (66.67%) Windows
2 3 (20.00%) Linux
2 3 (20.00%) Windows XP
2 3 (20.00%) UNIX
2 3 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (13.33%) Windows 7
3 2 (13.33%) Windows Vista
4 1 (6.667%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (13.33%) Time Management
1 2 (13.33%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (13.33%) ITIL
2 1 (6.667%) E-Commerce
2 1 (6.667%) Service Management
2 1 (6.667%) Service Delivery
2 1 (6.667%) Change Management
2 1 (6.667%) Project Management
2 1 (6.667%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) SQL
2 2 (13.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (13.33%) C#
2 2 (13.33%) VBScript
3 1 (6.667%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
2 2 (13.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
2 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.667%) CCNA
3 1 (6.667%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (6.667%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (53.33%) Active Directory
2 2 (13.33%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Netcool
Vendors
1 6 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (33.33%) Cisco
3 3 (20.00%) HP
4 2 (13.33%) Meridio
4 2 (13.33%) Fujitsu
4 2 (13.33%) Apple
5 1 (6.667%) Dell
5 1 (6.667%) Citrix
5 1 (6.667%) McAfee
Reading, Berkshire
The 1st Line Support / Junior Support Technician will be responsible for supporting a mix of customers and internal clients, providing support within Windows 7, Outlook 2010, and Office...
TEKsystems
Salary: £8.00 - £12.00 per hour
Posted: 17 June 2013