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This section looks at the demand for the 3rd Line Support role in IT jobs within the Birmingham 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 3rd Line Support in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Third Line Support
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank128117
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching permanent IT job ads913
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.369 %0.475 %
Salaries quoted96
Average minimum salary£26,222£25,167
Average salary£28,889£26,667
% change on same period last year+8.33 %
Average maximum salary£31,556£28,167
UK excluding London average salary£32,892£32,730
% change on same period last year+0.49 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads24402739
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.332 %1.150 %
Salaries quoted21342352
Average minimum salary£35,551£36,650
Average salary£39,054£40,194
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
Average maximum salary£42,558£43,738
UK excluding London average salary£38,060£39,458
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
3rd Line Support West Midlands3rd Line Support
West Midlands

3rd Line Support
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 3rd Line Support Demand Trend

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham 3rd Line Support Salary Trend

3rd Line Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Birmingham 3rd Line Support Salary Histogram

3rd Line Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited 3rd Line Support 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 3rd Line Support in their job title.

117 (89.47 %)Windows
215 (78.95 %)Active Directory
313 (68.42 %)Windows Server 2003
412 (63.16 %)MS Exchange
511 (57.89 %)MCSE
511 (57.89 %)Microsoft Certification
610 (52.63 %)Microsoft
78 (42.11 %)MS Excel
86 (31.58 %)Exchange Server 2003
95 (26.32 %)Citrix
95 (26.32 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
104 (21.05 %)Windows XP
104 (21.05 %)Windows 2000
104 (21.05 %)VMware
104 (21.05 %)Windows 2000 Server
104 (21.05 %)Exchange Server 2000
113 (15.79 %)Education
113 (15.79 %)Health
113 (15.79 %)Migration
113 (15.79 %)Windows Vista
113 (15.79 %)Pensions
113 (15.79 %)MCSA
113 (15.79 %)LAN
113 (15.79 %)VoIP
113 (15.79 %)WAN
113 (15.79 %)SQL Server
122 (10.53 %)IIS
122 (10.53 %)SQL
122 (10.53 %)ISA Server
122 (10.53 %)Symantec

3rd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited 3rd Line Support 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 3rd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (5.263 %).NET
11 (5.263 %)ASP.NET
Birmingham IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (63.16 %)MS Exchange
26 (31.58 %)Exchange Server 2003
34 (21.05 %)Exchange Server 2000
42 (10.53 %)IIS
51 (5.263 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
51 (5.263 %)Exchange Server 2007
Birmingham IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (42.11 %)MS Excel
21 (5.263 %)MS Office
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (15.79 %)LAN
13 (15.79 %)VoIP
13 (15.79 %)WAN
21 (5.263 %)TCP/IP
21 (5.263 %)SAN
Birmingham IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (15.79 %)SQL Server
Birmingham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (15.79 %)Education
13 (15.79 %)Health
13 (15.79 %)Pensions
Birmingham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.263 %)Blackberry
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (89.47 %)Windows
213 (68.42 %)Windows Server 2003
34 (21.05 %)Windows 2000
34 (21.05 %)Windows XP
34 (21.05 %)Windows 2000 Server
43 (15.79 %)Windows Vista
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (15.79 %)Migration
22 (10.53 %)Technical Architecture
22 (10.53 %)Project Management
22 (10.53 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (5.263 %)ITIL
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (10.53 %)SQL
21 (5.263 %)C
21 (5.263 %)C#
21 (5.263 %)Delphi
Birmingham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
111 (57.89 %)MCSE
111 (57.89 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (15.79 %)MCSA
32 (10.53 %)MCP
41 (5.263 %)CCIE
41 (5.263 %)CCNP
41 (5.263 %)Cisco Certification
Birmingham IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
115 (78.95 %)Active Directory
22 (10.53 %)ISA Server
22 (10.53 %)Backup Exec
Birmingham IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (26.32 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
22 (10.53 %)Norton AntiVirus
31 (5.263 %)WSUS
Birmingham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (52.63 %)Microsoft
25 (26.32 %)Citrix
34 (21.05 %)VMware
42 (10.53 %)Symantec
51 (5.263 %)Mitel
51 (5.263 %)HP
51 (5.263 %)Dell
51 (5.263 %)Cisco
51 (5.263 %)IBM