The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Support Engineer
Rank - 93 88
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Support Engineer 0 7 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham - 0.469% 0.153%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.487% 0.159%
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 2
Average salary - £33,500 £28,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +16.52%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £29,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+10.16% -9.23%
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1600 1436 1254
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.67% 96.12% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1345 1287 1093
Average salary £42,000 £38,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.52% +1.33%
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%
Systems Support Engineer
West Midlands

Systems Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Systems Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Systems Support Engineer Salary Trend

Systems Support Engineer
Top 15 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (100.00%) MCP
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) MCSE
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) CCA
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) CCNA
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) Terminal Services
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall

Systems Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Applications
1 4 (100.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) MCP
1 4 (100.00%) MCSE
1 4 (100.00%) CCA
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) CCNA
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft