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The table below looks at the demand for the Support Technician 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 Support Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Support Technician
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank114126
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching permanent IT job ads94
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.383 %0.145 %
Salaries quoted83
Average minimum salary£18,375£33,000
Average salary£19,688£35,667
% change on same period last year-44.80 %
Average maximum salary£21,000£38,333
UK excluding London average salary£23,128£22,920
% change on same period last year+0.90 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads23482767
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.299 %1.160 %
Salaries quoted20592379
Average minimum salary£35,720£36,580
Average salary£39,221£40,120
% change on same period last year-2.23 %
Average maximum salary£42,723£43,659
UK excluding London average salary£38,058£39,448
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
Support Technician West MidlandsSupport Technician
West Midlands

Support Technician
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Support Technician Demand Trend

Support Technician
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Support Technician Salary Trend

Support Technician
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Technician across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Birmingham Support Technician Salary Histogram

Support Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

110 (50.00 %)Windows
26 (30.00 %)Active Directory
26 (30.00 %)Windows Server 2003
26 (30.00 %)SLA
35 (25.00 %)Windows XP
35 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
35 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
44 (20.00 %)Microsoft
53 (15.00 %)UNIX
53 (15.00 %)Microsoft Certification
53 (15.00 %)Norton AntiVirus
53 (15.00 %)MCSE
53 (15.00 %)VB
53 (15.00 %)Windows Vista
53 (15.00 %)Symantec
53 (15.00 %)Backup Exec
53 (15.00 %)Education
62 (10.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
62 (10.00 %)Finance
62 (10.00 %)Oracle
62 (10.00 %)AIX
62 (10.00 %)MS Excel
71 (5.000 %)MS Access
71 (5.000 %)SharePoint
71 (5.000 %)LAN
71 (5.000 %)VoIP
71 (5.000 %)WAN
71 (5.000 %)Windows 2000
71 (5.000 %)Oracle Reports
71 (5.000 %)SQL Server

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
15 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
21 (5.000 %)SharePoint
21 (5.000 %)Exchange Server 5.5
Birmingham IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (10.00 %)MS Excel
21 (5.000 %)MS PowerPoint
21 (5.000 %)MS Office
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (5.000 %)LAN
11 (5.000 %)VoIP
11 (5.000 %)WAN
11 (5.000 %)Internet
11 (5.000 %)Network Security
Birmingham IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.000 %)SQL Server
11 (5.000 %)Crystal Reports
11 (5.000 %)Oracle Reports
11 (5.000 %)MS Access
11 (5.000 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (5.000 %)SQL Server 2005
Birmingham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (15.00 %)Education
22 (10.00 %)Finance
31 (5.000 %)Pharmaceutical
31 (5.000 %)Health
31 (5.000 %)Law
31 (5.000 %)Banking
31 (5.000 %)Retail
Birmingham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.000 %)EPoS
11 (5.000 %)Blackberry
11 (5.000 %)AS400
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (50.00 %)Windows
26 (30.00 %)Windows Server 2003
35 (25.00 %)Windows XP
43 (15.00 %)UNIX
43 (15.00 %)Windows Vista
52 (10.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
52 (10.00 %)AIX
61 (5.000 %)Windows 2000
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (5.000 %)CAD
11 (5.000 %)Disaster Recovery
11 (5.000 %)Migration
11 (5.000 %)Business Continuity
11 (5.000 %)Document Management
11 (5.000 %)System Testing
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (15.00 %)VB
21 (5.000 %)SQL
Birmingham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (15.00 %)MCSE
13 (15.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Birmingham IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (30.00 %)SLA
Birmingham IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (30.00 %)Active Directory
23 (15.00 %)Backup Exec
Birmingham IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (15.00 %)Norton AntiVirus
Birmingham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (20.00 %)Microsoft
23 (15.00 %)Symantec
32 (10.00 %)Oracle
41 (5.000 %)Remedy
41 (5.000 %)Citrix
41 (5.000 %)VERITAS
41 (5.000 %)MAPICS