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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Technician
Rank 76 - 67
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 8 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Brighton 1.023% - 0.849%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.044% - 0.891%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 4
Average salary £20,000 - £23,000
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £22,500 £22,750
% change year-on-year
- -1.09%
All Job Titles
Brighton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
766 761 449
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Brighton 97.95% 98.58% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 699 679 431
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Technician
East Sussex

Support Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Brighton 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 Brighton region.

Brighton Support Technician Salary Trend

Support Technician
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Brighton 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 10 (100.00%) Linux
2 9 (90.00%) Windows
3 7 (70.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (70.00%) SSH
3 7 (70.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 7 (70.00%) HTML
3 7 (70.00%) JavaScript
3 7 (70.00%) PHP
3 7 (70.00%) MySQL
3 7 (70.00%) CSS
3 7 (70.00%) ITIL
3 7 (70.00%) FTP
3 7 (70.00%) HTTP
3 7 (70.00%) VPN
3 7 (70.00%) DNS
3 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (20.00%) Mac OS X
4 2 (20.00%) Ubuntu
4 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) Social Media

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Brighton 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 Development
1 7 (70.00%) HTML
1 7 (70.00%) CSS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) SSH
1 7 (70.00%) FTP
1 7 (70.00%) HTTP
1 7 (70.00%) VPN
1 7 (70.00%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) MySQL
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 10 (100.00%) Linux
2 9 (90.00%) Windows
3 7 (70.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 7 (70.00%) Windows Server 2012
4 2 (20.00%) Mac OS X
4 2 (20.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) JavaScript
1 7 (70.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 7 (70.00%) Active Directory
Brighton, East Sussex
The Windows Server 2008, Exchange 2007, MS Office, Active Directory Helpdesk Support Technician will be working for a well-established manufacturing company organisation. The main responsibilities of the...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £17000 - £19000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
The successful candidate will have substantial experience supporting Windows 7 and should be comfortable in a user facing environment dealing with MS Office and Windows Desktop issues. Experience...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £28000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013