The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Technician role in IT jobs advertised for the Bolton region. 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 20 June 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 Bolton region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Technician
Rank 39 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 1 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 0.680% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.699% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £21,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £23,000 £23,000 £22,270
% change year-on-year
- +3.27%
All Job Titles
Bolton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
143 151 71
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 97.28% 99.34% 98.61%
Number of salaries quoted 129 147 71
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £41,500 £37,500 £43,300
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Support Technician
Manchester

Support Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bolton Support Technician Jobs Demand Trend

Support Technician
Salary Trend

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

Bolton Support Technician Salary Trend

Support Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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.

1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Vista
2 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (75.00%) A+ Certification
2 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) MCP
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) MCSE
2 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
2 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
2 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (25.00%) DNS
3 1 (25.00%) DHCP
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) Blackberry
3 1 (25.00%) Terminal Services
3 1 (25.00%) Amazon S3
3 1 (25.00%) Amazon AWS
3 1 (25.00%) Route 53
3 1 (25.00%) Amazon DynamoDB
3 1 (25.00%) IP Telephony
3 1 (25.00%) Web Development

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Amazon S3
1 1 (25.00%) Amazon AWS
1 1 (25.00%) Route 53
Applications
1 3 (75.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (25.00%) DNS
2 1 (25.00%) DHCP
2 1 (25.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (25.00%) Amazon DynamoDB
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (25.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Vista
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) Web Development
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (75.00%) A+ Certification
1 3 (75.00%) MCP
1 3 (75.00%) MCSE
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (75.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (25.00%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Citrix
1 4 (100.00%) VMware
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
Bolton, North West
Typically this involves SQL Server configuration, AD permissions, firewall settings, Citrix publication settings, etc.You will report to the technical manager and form part of the technical / development...
IS Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20,000 - £25,000 per year
Posted: 22 May 2013