The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical 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
Technical Support Engineer
Rank 97 111 109
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support Engineer 137 123 82
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 2.624% 1.965% 1.597%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.788% 2.079% 1.693%
Number of salaries quoted 132 105 81
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,700 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £40,600 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £35,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +16.66%
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%
Technical Support Engineer
South East

Technical Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Technical Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Technical Support Engineer Salary Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Berkshire Technical Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Technical Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical 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
Reading +35 64 £35,000 -
Bracknell -10 50 £30,500 -17.56%
Maidenhead +11 2 £45,000 +12.50%
Newbury - 1 £30,000 -
Technical Support Engineer
South East

Technical Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 192 (76.49%) Windows
2 124 (49.40%) Linux
3 111 (44.22%) UNIX
4 88 (35.06%) SAN
5 87 (34.66%) French Language
6 86 (34.26%) Clustering
7 83 (33.07%) German Language
8 82 (32.67%) Microsoft
9 68 (27.09%) Oracle
9 68 (27.09%) VMware
9 68 (27.09%) Firewall
10 67 (26.69%) SQL
11 65 (25.90%) Cisco
12 62 (24.70%) Active Directory
13 54 (21.51%) Solaris
14 52 (20.72%) Sun
15 48 (19.12%) TCP/IP
16 43 (17.13%) DNS
16 43 (17.13%) RDBMS
17 42 (16.73%) CCNA
17 42 (16.73%) Cisco Certification
17 42 (16.73%) DHCP
18 41 (16.33%) SharePoint
19 39 (15.54%) MCSE
19 39 (15.54%) Microsoft Certification
20 37 (14.74%) MCSA
20 37 (14.74%) MCDBA
20 37 (14.74%) MCP
20 37 (14.74%) Security Management
21 30 (11.95%) Lotus Domino

Technical Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 13 (5.179%) XML
2 9 (3.586%) .NET
3 8 (3.187%) WebSphere
4 7 (2.789%) Web Services
4 7 (2.789%) HTML
5 5 (1.992%) Software Packaging
6 4 (1.594%) Node.js
6 4 (1.594%) ASP
6 4 (1.594%) Servlets
6 4 (1.594%) SOAP
7 3 (1.195%) JSP
7 3 (1.195%) CSS
7 3 (1.195%) J2EE
8 2 (0.797%) Spring
8 2 (0.797%) JNDI
8 2 (0.797%) FreeMarker
8 2 (0.797%) Middleware
8 2 (0.797%) JDBC
9 1 (0.398%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.398%) COM
Application Platforms
1 41 (16.33%) SharePoint
2 30 (11.95%) Lotus Domino
3 28 (11.16%) IIS
4 24 (9.562%) MS Exchange
5 21 (8.367%) Exchange Server 2010
6 12 (4.781%) Apache
7 10 (3.984%) SharePoint 2010
7 10 (3.984%) Exchange Server 2007
8 8 (3.187%) Exchange Server 2003
8 8 (3.187%) WebLogic
9 6 (2.390%) Tomcat
10 3 (1.195%) Lync
11 2 (0.797%) JCAPS
11 2 (0.797%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 2 (0.797%) WebSphere Application Server
12 1 (0.398%) Exchange Server 2000
12 1 (0.398%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
Applications
1 10 (3.984%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 88 (35.06%) SAN
2 68 (27.09%) Firewall
3 48 (19.12%) TCP/IP
4 43 (17.13%) DNS
5 42 (16.73%) DHCP
6 26 (10.36%) Internet
7 16 (6.375%) VPN
8 14 (5.578%) Cisco ASA
9 13 (5.179%) LAN
10 10 (3.984%) WAN
11 9 (3.586%) SSL
11 9 (3.586%) NetScreen
12 6 (2.390%) Fibre Channel
13 5 (1.992%) NAS
14 4 (1.594%) iSCSI
14 4 (1.594%) VLAN
15 3 (1.195%) FTP
15 3 (1.195%) 802.11
15 3 (1.195%) Network Security
15 3 (1.195%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (17.13%) RDBMS
2 25 (9.960%) DB2
3 22 (8.765%) SQL Server
4 10 (3.984%) Big Data
5 7 (2.789%) DB2 UDB
6 6 (2.390%) MySQL
7 2 (0.797%) IBM InfoSphere
7 2 (0.797%) SQL Server 2005
7 2 (0.797%) DataStage
7 2 (0.797%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.398%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (0.398%) NonStop SQL
8 1 (0.398%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (1.195%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 87 (34.66%) French Language
2 83 (33.07%) German Language
3 22 (8.765%) Italian Language
4 15 (5.976%) Banking
5 9 (3.586%) Russian Language
6 8 (3.187%) Spanish Language
7 7 (2.789%) Advertising
8 5 (1.992%) Finance
9 4 (1.594%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.594%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.195%) Pharmaceutical
10 3 (1.195%) Marketing
10 3 (1.195%) Retail
11 2 (0.797%) Billing
12 1 (0.398%) Back Office
12 1 (0.398%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 86 (34.26%) Clustering
2 14 (5.578%) Replication
3 11 (4.382%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (3.984%) Computer Science
5 7 (2.789%) Blackberry
6 4 (1.594%) Online Banking
6 4 (1.594%) Mathematics
7 3 (1.195%) SaaS
7 3 (1.195%) Data Integration
8 2 (0.797%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.797%) PKI
8 2 (0.797%) iPhone
8 2 (0.797%) Open Source
8 2 (0.797%) EqualLogic
9 1 (0.398%) Social Media
9 1 (0.398%) CCTV
9 1 (0.398%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 192 (76.49%) Windows
2 124 (49.40%) Linux
3 111 (44.22%) UNIX
4 54 (21.51%) Solaris
5 29 (11.55%) Windows Server 2008
6 20 (7.968%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 15 (5.976%) AIX
7 15 (5.976%) HPUX
8 14 (5.578%) SUSE
9 11 (4.382%) Windows Server 2003
10 8 (3.187%) Windows 2000 Server
11 6 (2.390%) Windows XP
12 3 (1.195%) Windows 2000
12 3 (1.195%) CentOS
12 3 (1.195%) Windows 8
12 3 (1.195%) Windows Server 2012
13 2 (0.797%) Android
13 2 (0.797%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (14.74%) Security Management
2 25 (9.960%) Data Protection
3 15 (5.976%) Vulnerability Management
4 14 (5.578%) Time Management
5 9 (3.586%) ITIL
6 7 (2.789%) Business Intelligence
7 6 (2.390%) Project Management
8 5 (1.992%) Service Delivery
8 5 (1.992%) Migration
9 3 (1.195%) E-Commerce
9 3 (1.195%) Web Development
9 3 (1.195%) Software Engineering
9 3 (1.195%) Analytics
10 2 (0.797%) Business Analytics
10 2 (0.797%) Content Management
10 2 (0.797%) Product Management
10 2 (0.797%) EAI
10 2 (0.797%) ETL
11 1 (0.398%) OOP
11 1 (0.398%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 67 (26.69%) SQL
2 19 (7.570%) Java
3 16 (6.375%) C
4 14 (5.578%) Shell Script
4 14 (5.578%) T-SQL
5 12 (4.781%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.390%) PHP
7 4 (1.594%) Ruby
7 4 (1.594%) Python
8 2 (0.797%) C++
9 1 (0.398%) C#
9 1 (0.398%) VBScript
9 1 (0.398%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 42 (16.73%) CCNA
1 42 (16.73%) Cisco Certification
2 39 (15.54%) MCSE
2 39 (15.54%) Microsoft Certification
3 37 (14.74%) MCSA
3 37 (14.74%) MCDBA
3 37 (14.74%) MCP
4 16 (6.375%) Degree
5 15 (5.976%) CISSP
5 15 (5.976%) CEH
6 5 (1.992%) CCNP
7 2 (0.797%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 2 (0.797%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.797%) Security Cleared
8 1 (0.398%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.984%) SLA
2 9 (3.586%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.797%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.398%) QA
System Software
1 62 (24.70%) Active Directory
2 22 (8.765%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (6.773%) Hyper-V
4 14 (5.578%) Veritas Cluster Server
5 11 (4.382%) vSphere
5 11 (4.382%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.797%) VMware ESX
6 2 (0.797%) XenApp
6 2 (0.797%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.398%) ISA Server
Systems Management
1 10 (3.984%) Backup Exec
2 7 (2.789%) SCCM
3 5 (1.992%) SCOM
3 5 (1.992%) NetBackup
4 2 (0.797%) ARCserve
5 1 (0.398%) Plesk
5 1 (0.398%) Cisco IPCC
5 1 (0.398%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 82 (32.67%) Microsoft
2 68 (27.09%) Oracle
2 68 (27.09%) VMware
3 65 (25.90%) Cisco
4 52 (20.72%) Sun
5 21 (8.367%) Sybase
6 20 (7.968%) Red Hat
7 18 (7.171%) HP
8 15 (5.976%) Veritas
9 14 (5.578%) Hitachi
9 14 (5.578%) EMC
10 11 (4.382%) Juniper
11 9 (3.586%) Symantec
11 9 (3.586%) Fortinet
12 7 (2.789%) CheckPoint
13 6 (2.390%) BEA
14 5 (1.992%) F5
15 4 (1.594%) Citrix
15 4 (1.594%) JBoss
16 3 (1.195%) Dell
Reading, Berkshire
Reading. £30,000 - £35,000 Technical Support Engineer required to join a highly motivated support team for a software company in Reading. Involved in supporting multiple technologies, you...
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £30,000 to £35,000 + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Technical Support Engineer is required for a worldwide household name. This company specialises within the technology sector and provide excellent training and career progression. The Technical Services team...
Coal IT Services
Salary: £35,000 per annum Plus Bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Technical Support Engineer is required for a worldwide household name. This company specialises within the technology sector and provide excellent training and career progression. The Technical Services team...
Coal IT Services
Salary: £35,000 per annum Plus Bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
You will also hold some virtualisation/clustering knowledge with VMWare and Hyper-V alongside any exposure to SharePoint administration/support... It will be desirable to hold relevant certifications...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Circa 25-35k plus benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
Desired skills Microsoft Exchange 2010 Administration. Windows Server Support. SSL VPN, Cisco ASA, Juniper Netscreen, Fortinet... £28,000 - £32,000 (Depending on Experience) + Laptop, Mobile Phone, Free Internet...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bracknell, Berkshire
Networking protocols (TCP/IP), networking infrastructure, DHCP, DNS, switching and routing. - Antivirus and firewall solutions. - Relational Database (RDBMS) technology - Operating System Deployment (OSD) and/or PC imaging - Unix,...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 28000 - 33000
Posted: 21 May 2013