The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Manager role in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Manager in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Manager
Rank 108 99 89
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -10
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Manager 10 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.588% 0.067% 0.149%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.621% 0.070% 0.156%
Number of salaries quoted 10 1 2
Average salary £70,000 £60,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% +50.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £48,750 £60,000 £34,000
10% offered a salary of more than £80,000 £60,000 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £43,750 £45,500 £41,500
% change year-on-year
-3.84% +9.63%
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1610 1423 1284
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.71% 96.02% 95.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1351 1272 1115
Average salary £42,255 £39,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.34% +4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £23,750
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Manager
West Midlands

Support Manager
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Support Manager Jobs Demand Trend

Support Manager
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Support Manager Salary Trend

Support Manager
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Manager across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham Support Manager Salary Histogram

Support Manager
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Support Manager 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 Manager in their job title.

1 7 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Banking
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 5 (35.71%) ITIL
3 4 (28.57%) Windows
3 4 (28.57%) Performance Management
4 3 (21.43%) Oracle
4 3 (21.43%) UNIX
4 3 (21.43%) Back Office
4 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (14.29%) Balanced Scorecard
5 2 (14.29%) Change Management
5 2 (14.29%) Sybase
5 2 (14.29%) Business Objects
5 2 (14.29%) MS Office
5 2 (14.29%) COM
5 2 (14.29%) SAS
6 1 (7.143%) Advertising
6 1 (7.143%) Business Analysis
6 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (7.143%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (7.143%) Business Development
6 1 (7.143%) Degree
6 1 (7.143%) WSUS
6 1 (7.143%) Mathematics
6 1 (7.143%) Problem Management
6 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (7.143%) Hyper-V

Support Manager
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Support Manager 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 Manager in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (14.29%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) SAS
2 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (7.143%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (7.143%) MS Exchange
2 1 (7.143%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) MS Office
2 1 (7.143%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) DHCP
1 1 (7.143%) HTTP
1 1 (7.143%) DNS
1 1 (7.143%) Firewall
1 1 (7.143%) Wireless
1 1 (7.143%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (50.00%) Finance
2 5 (35.71%) Banking
3 3 (21.43%) Back Office
4 1 (7.143%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Windows
2 3 (21.43%) UNIX
3 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (7.143%) Solaris
3 1 (7.143%) Linux
3 1 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) ITIL
2 4 (28.57%) Performance Management
3 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (14.29%) Balanced Scorecard
4 2 (14.29%) Change Management
5 1 (7.143%) Business Analysis
5 1 (7.143%) Business Development
5 1 (7.143%) Problem Management
5 1 (7.143%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (7.143%) ERP
5 1 (7.143%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) Perl
1 1 (7.143%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) Degree
1 1 (7.143%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (7.143%) Hyper-V
1 1 (7.143%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) WSUS
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (21.43%) Oracle
3 2 (14.29%) Sybase
3 2 (14.29%) Business Objects
4 1 (7.143%) VMware
4 1 (7.143%) Sun
4 1 (7.143%) HP
Birmingham, West Midlands
Knowledge of Oracle, SQL, Unix, Linux, Perl Scripting and Sun Solaris are beneficial but not essential as is a background in bespoke application support... In this role, you...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + + bonus + benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Financial services client is looking for a senior support manager to take charge and grow a team in their Birmingham location. You must have extensive managerial experience within...
Scope AT Ltd
Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum + benefits, bonus
Posted: 4 May 2013