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This section looks at the demand for the Technical Support 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 Technical Support in their job title over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTechnical Support
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank5876
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching permanent IT job ads363310
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.178 %0.137 %
As % of the category below3.447 %2.538 %
Salaries quoted327253
Average minimum salary£31,220£28,344
Average salary£33,486£29,941
% change on same period last year+11.83 %
Average maximum salary£35,751£31,538
UK excluding London average salary£30,901£27,314
% change on same period last year+13.13 %
Job Titles BerkshireJob Titles
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads1053112215
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled5.163 %5.408 %
Salaries quoted87339757
Average minimum salary£38,415£39,608
Average salary£41,888£42,765
% change on same period last year-2.04 %
Average maximum salary£45,362£45,921
UK excluding London average salary£38,585£39,157
% change on same period last year-1.46 %
Technical Support South EastTechnical Support
South East

Technical Support
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Technical Support Demand Trend

Technical Support
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Technical Support Salary Trend

Technical Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Support across the Berkshire region over the past 3 months.

Berkshire Technical Support Salary Histogram

Technical Support
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Support within the Berkshire region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1ReadingUp+55115£33,874+0.82 %
2SloughDown-1931£33,558+25.39 %
3BracknellUp+130£31,107-15.79 %
4MaidenheadDown-119£28,974-5.05 %
5WokinghamDown-717£40,000+43.14 %
6HungerfordNew entry-10£33,900-
7NewburyUp+38£37,938+43.93 %
8WindsorUp+47£25,929+3.71 %
9ThatchamNew entry-1£22,000-
Technical Support South EastTechnical Support
South East

Technical Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Technical Support also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Technical Support.

1316 (47.66 %)Windows
2163 (24.59 %)SQL
3161 (24.28 %)Unix
4158 (23.83 %)Oracle
5156 (23.53 %)Microsoft
6118 (17.80 %)Firewall
6118 (17.80 %)Solaris
7116 (17.50 %)Linux
7116 (17.50 %)SQL Server
8115 (17.35 %)Windows NT
9106 (15.99 %)TCP/IP
10105 (15.84 %)Active Directory
1199 (14.93 %)MS Exchange
1298 (14.78 %)French Language
1395 (14.33 %)MS Excel
1494 (14.18 %)Degree
1591 (13.73 %)WAN
1687 (13.12 %)LAN
1786 (12.97 %)Microsoft Certification
1883 (12.52 %)German Language
1971 (10.71 %)Sun
1971 (10.71 %)Java
2070 (10.56 %)MCSE
2167 (10.11 %)AIX
2265 (9.804 %)HPUX
2362 (9.351 %)Cisco
2461 (9.201 %)Windows 2000
2557 (8.597 %)Telecoms
2655 (8.296 %)Red Hat
2754 (8.145 %)SAN

Technical Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing Technical Support also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Technical Support. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
140 (6.033 %)XML
228 (4.223 %)WebSphere
327 (4.072 %)J2EE
420 (3.017 %).NET
519 (2.866 %)HTML
616 (2.413 %)EJB
711 (1.659 %)ASP
86 (0.905 %)WebServices
94 (0.603 %)CGI
103 (0.452 %)JSP
103 (0.452 %)Servlets
103 (0.452 %)COM+
112 (0.302 %)DCOM
112 (0.302 %)LAMP
112 (0.302 %)J2ME
112 (0.302 %)J2SE
121 (0.151 %)XSL
121 (0.151 %)XSLT
121 (0.151 %)JDBC
121 (0.151 %)COM
Application Platforms
199 (14.93 %)MS Exchange
253 (7.994 %)IIS
345 (6.787 %)Tomcat
345 (6.787 %)Exchange Server 2003
435 (5.279 %)Exchange Server 2000
533 (4.977 %)Lotus Notes
630 (4.525 %)Apache
724 (3.620 %)WebLogic
822 (3.318 %)Exchange Server 5.5
913 (1.961 %)SharePoint
1010 (1.508 %)JBoss
119 (1.357 %)Lotus Domino
125 (0.754 %)SAS
134 (0.603 %)Exchange Server 2007
143 (0.452 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
152 (0.302 %)BizTalk Server
161 (0.151 %)GroupWise
161 (0.151 %)WebSphere Application Server
Applications
195 (14.33 %)MS Excel
244 (6.637 %)MS Office
38 (1.207 %)MS Visio
Business Applications
118 (2.715 %)Oracle BRM
24 (0.603 %)GoldMine
32 (0.302 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
32 (0.302 %)SageBI
41 (0.151 %)Oracle Applications
41 (0.151 %)Unica Affinium
Communications & Networking
1118 (17.80 %)Firewall
2106 (15.99 %)TCP/IP
391 (13.73 %)WAN
487 (13.12 %)LAN
554 (8.145 %)SAN
646 (6.938 %)VoIP
743 (6.486 %)ISDN
840 (6.033 %)Internet
937 (5.581 %)VPN
1033 (4.977 %)IP Telephony
1129 (4.374 %)DNS
1222 (3.318 %)Network Security
1321 (3.167 %)DHCP
1419 (2.866 %)SMTP
1419 (2.866 %)IPX
1419 (2.866 %)IPX/SPX
1516 (2.413 %)ADSL
1614 (2.112 %)Wireless
176 (0.905 %)IMAP
176 (0.905 %)MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1116 (17.50 %)SQL Server
246 (6.938 %)RDBMS
327 (4.072 %)SQL Server 2000
425 (3.771 %)Informix
521 (3.167 %)Datawarehouse
617 (2.564 %)DB2
713 (1.961 %)BusinessObjects
811 (1.659 %)SQLPlus
811 (1.659 %)TOAD
910 (1.508 %)MySQL
109 (1.357 %)SQL Server 2005
118 (1.207 %)Oracle 9i
118 (1.207 %)Oracle 10g
127 (1.056 %)EDMS
134 (0.603 %)ETL
143 (0.452 %)Oracle 11g
151 (0.151 %)MSDE
151 (0.151 %)SAP BW
Development Applications
12 (0.302 %)Ant
12 (0.302 %)Visual Studio
12 (0.302 %)PVCS
12 (0.302 %)Eclipse
21 (0.151 %)Oracle Forms
General
157 (8.597 %)Telecoms
238 (5.732 %)Education
333 (4.977 %)Pensions
427 (4.072 %)Health
525 (3.771 %)Finance
618 (2.715 %)Billing
78 (1.207 %)Insurance
78 (1.207 %)Manufacturing
87 (1.056 %)Pharmaceutical
87 (1.056 %)Retail
95 (0.754 %)Electronics
103 (0.452 %)Automotive
103 (0.452 %)Marketing
112 (0.302 %)Auditing
112 (0.302 %)Construction
112 (0.302 %)Electric
112 (0.302 %)Legal
121 (0.151 %)Law
121 (0.151 %)Advertising
121 (0.151 %)Banking
Miscellaneous
198 (14.78 %)French Language
283 (12.52 %)German Language
338 (5.732 %)Spanish Language
435 (5.279 %)Computer Science
531 (4.676 %)Client/Server
630 (4.525 %)Italian Language
717 (2.564 %)Portuguese Language
813 (1.961 %)Clustering
912 (1.810 %)Video Conferencing
108 (1.207 %)Blackberry
108 (1.207 %)Mainframe
117 (1.056 %)HACMP
124 (0.603 %)Thin Client
124 (0.603 %)Dutch Language
124 (0.603 %)Fat Client
133 (0.452 %)Handset
133 (0.452 %)Asset Management
133 (0.452 %)Mathematics
142 (0.302 %)IVR
151 (0.151 %)AS400
Operating Systems
1316 (47.66 %)Windows
2161 (24.28 %)Unix
3118 (17.80 %)Solaris
4116 (17.50 %)Linux
5115 (17.35 %)Windows NT
667 (10.11 %)AIX
765 (9.804 %)HPUX
861 (9.201 %)Windows 2000
944 (6.637 %)SUSE
1035 (5.279 %)Windows XP
1131 (4.676 %)Windows Server 2003
122 (0.302 %)Debian
122 (0.302 %)Windows Vista
122 (0.302 %)OS/400
122 (0.302 %)Mac OS X
131 (0.151 %)IRIX
131 (0.151 %)Tru64
Processes & Methodologies
135 (5.279 %)ITIL
231 (4.676 %)Business Intelligence
322 (3.318 %)CRM
418 (2.715 %)Project Management
517 (2.564 %)Performance Management
615 (2.262 %)Disaster Recovery
713 (1.961 %)Operations Management
811 (1.659 %)Validation
910 (1.508 %)ERP
910 (1.508 %)EAI
109 (1.357 %)Project Planning
118 (1.207 %)Service Management
126 (0.905 %)Data Management
135 (0.754 %)Service Delivery
135 (0.754 %)Web Development
144 (0.603 %)Load Balancing
144 (0.603 %)Network Load Balancing
153 (0.452 %)Problem Management
153 (0.452 %)Information Security
153 (0.452 %)ITSM
Programming Languages
1163 (24.59 %)SQL
271 (10.71 %)Java
351 (7.692 %)C
445 (6.787 %)C++
526 (3.922 %)Perl
622 (3.318 %)VB
717 (2.564 %)Shell Script
815 (2.262 %)AWK
914 (2.112 %)JavaScript
105 (0.754 %)C#
113 (0.452 %)VB6
113 (0.452 %)PL/SQL
122 (0.302 %)PHP
131 (0.151 %)Delphi
131 (0.151 %)ABAP
131 (0.151 %)Tcl
131 (0.151 %)Transact-SQL
Qualifications
194 (14.18 %)Degree
286 (12.97 %)Microsoft Certification
370 (10.56 %)MCSE
453 (7.994 %)Cisco Certification
545 (6.787 %)CCNA
628 (4.223 %)MCP
715 (2.262 %)Sun Certification
812 (1.810 %)CCNP
911 (1.659 %)MCSA
109 (1.357 %)SCSA
118 (1.207 %)Citrix Certification
127 (1.056 %)SCNA
135 (0.754 %)CCSP
144 (0.603 %)CCA
153 (0.452 %)RHCE
153 (0.452 %)A+ Certification
153 (0.452 %)CCVP
162 (0.302 %)GSEC
162 (0.302 %)MCDST
162 (0.302 %)Novell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
151 (7.692 %)SLA
24 (0.603 %)ISO9001
32 (0.302 %)QA
System Software
1105 (15.84 %)Active Directory
216 (2.413 %)NetBackup
313 (1.961 %)Terminal Services
412 (1.810 %)ISA Server
57 (1.056 %)Backup Exec
62 (0.302 %)Nmap
62 (0.302 %)MetaFrame
62 (0.302 %)Novell eDirectory
62 (0.302 %)Citrix Presentation Server
62 (0.302 %)BlackBerry Internet Service
62 (0.302 %)NDS
71 (0.151 %)Squid
71 (0.151 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
136 (5.430 %)Tivoli
230 (4.525 %)OpenView
316 (2.413 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
415 (2.262 %)EMC NetWorker
514 (2.112 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
514 (2.112 %)Unicenter
67 (1.056 %)OVSD
67 (1.056 %)ServiceCenter
76 (0.905 %)MOM
85 (0.754 %)MAILsweeper
93 (0.452 %)BMC Performance Manager
93 (0.452 %)OVPM
93 (0.452 %)BMC PATROL
102 (0.302 %)Nessus
111 (0.151 %)Tivoli Monitoring
Vendors
1158 (23.83 %)Oracle
2156 (23.53 %)Microsoft
371 (10.71 %)Sun
462 (9.351 %)Cisco
555 (8.296 %)Red Hat
651 (7.692 %)IBM
651 (7.692 %)HP
742 (6.335 %)Sybase
841 (6.184 %)Citrix
935 (5.279 %)Lotus
1034 (5.128 %)CA
1131 (4.676 %)VERITAS
1224 (3.620 %)EMC
1320 (3.017 %)SAP
1416 (2.413 %)Novell
1515 (2.262 %)Altiris
1614 (2.112 %)LANDesk
1614 (2.112 %)Teradata
1614 (2.112 %)Novadigm
1713 (1.961 %)Cognos
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