The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Support 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 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
Systems Support
Rank 111 92 85
Rank change year-on-year
-19 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Support 1 8 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.059% 0.535% 0.382%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.557% 0.399%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 5
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% -10.66%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
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
West Midlands

Systems Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Systems Support Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Support
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Systems Support Salary Trend

Systems Support
Top 28 Related IT Skills

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

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) MCSE
2 4 (80.00%) MS Excel
2 4 (80.00%) VPN
2 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (80.00%) CCA
2 4 (80.00%) Citrix Certification
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (80.00%) MCP
3 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (40.00%) CCNA
4 1 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (20.00%) MS Project
4 1 (20.00%) MS Office
4 1 (20.00%) XML
4 1 (20.00%) Firewall
4 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
4 1 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (20.00%) Terminal Services
4 1 (20.00%) Billing
4 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (20.00%) PowerShell

Systems Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) XML
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (20.00%) MS Project
2 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
1 1 (20.00%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
1 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) MCSE
1 4 (80.00%) CCA
1 4 (80.00%) Citrix Certification
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (80.00%) MCP
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) CCNA
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
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