The first table below looks at the demand for the 1st Line Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Brighton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 1st Line Support in their job title over the 3 months to 18 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 Brighton region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
First Line Support
Rank 85 80 69
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a 1st Line Support 3 3 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Brighton 0.362% 0.411% 0.384%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.373% 0.416% 0.398%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 2
Average salary £19,750 £22,000 £19,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.22% +12.82%
UK excluding London average salary £19,000 £19,500 £20,000
% change year-on-year
-2.56% -2.50%
All Job Titles
Brighton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
805 722 503
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Brighton 97.10% 98.90% 96.55%
Number of salaries quoted 732 639 480
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £22,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £42,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
1st Line Support
East Sussex

1st Line Support
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing 1st Line Support across the Brighton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Brighton 1st Line Support Jobs Demand Trend

1st Line Support
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing 1st Line Support across the Brighton region.

Brighton 1st Line Support Salary Trend

1st Line Support
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Brighton region that cited 1st Line 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 1st Line Support in their job title.

1 8 (80.00%) MS Excel
2 7 (70.00%) MS Office
3 6 (60.00%) ITIL
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (20.00%) Windows
5 1 (10.00%) Python
5 1 (10.00%) HTML
5 1 (10.00%) Java
5 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (10.00%) PHP
5 1 (10.00%) SQL
5 1 (10.00%) MySQL
5 1 (10.00%) Citrix
5 1 (10.00%) Windows XP
5 1 (10.00%) SMS
5 1 (10.00%) Finance
5 1 (10.00%) VMware
5 1 (10.00%) Marketing
5 1 (10.00%) Web Development
5 1 (10.00%) Degree
5 1 (10.00%) Windows Vista
5 1 (10.00%) Email Marketing
5 1 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (10.00%) Windows 7

1st Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Brighton region that cited 1st Line 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 1st Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (10.00%) HTML
Applications
1 8 (80.00%) MS Excel
2 7 (70.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) MySQL
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
1 1 (10.00%) Marketing
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (10.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (10.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) Web Development
2 1 (10.00%) Email Marketing
2 1 (10.00%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
1 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (10.00%) PHP
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
1 1 (10.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Citrix
2 1 (10.00%) VMware