The first table below looks at the demand for the 3rd Line Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3rd Line 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Third Line Support
Rank 110 105 105
Rank change year-on-year
-5 0
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 11 12 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 0.629% 0.681% 0.331%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.647% 0.721% 0.355%
Number of salaries quoted 11 12 6
Average salary £37,500 £39,250 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.45% +30.83%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £32,050 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
All Job Titles
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1701 1664 1690
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 97.20% 94.38% 93.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1480 1467 1379
Average salary £37,500 £36,122 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.81% +6.23%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
3rd Line Support
South West

3rd Line Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 3rd Line Support Jobs Demand Trend

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend

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

Bristol 3rd Line Support Salary Trend

3rd Line Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Bristol 3rd Line Support Salary Histogram

3rd Line Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region that cited 3rd 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 3rd Line Support in their job title.

1 15 (93.75%) Windows
2 14 (87.50%) VMware
3 13 (81.25%) Active Directory
4 12 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 12 (75.00%) Cisco
4 12 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 10 (62.50%) Firewall
5 10 (62.50%) vSphere
5 10 (62.50%) MS Exchange
5 10 (62.50%) SAN
5 10 (62.50%) CCNA
5 10 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (62.50%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (56.25%) CCNP
6 9 (56.25%) Blackberry
6 9 (56.25%) MCSE
6 9 (56.25%) MCSA
6 9 (56.25%) Degree
6 9 (56.25%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (25.00%) ITIL
8 2 (12.50%) LANDesk
8 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
8 2 (12.50%) Windows 2000 Server
8 2 (12.50%) Mac OS
8 2 (12.50%) Apple
8 2 (12.50%) Citrix
8 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
8 2 (12.50%) Windows XP
8 2 (12.50%) DNS
9 1 (6.250%) LAN

3rd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region that cited 3rd 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 3rd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 10 (62.50%) MS Exchange
2 1 (6.250%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (6.250%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 1 (6.250%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (62.50%) Firewall
1 10 (62.50%) SAN
2 2 (12.50%) DNS
3 1 (6.250%) LAN
3 1 (6.250%) WAN
3 1 (6.250%) DHCP
3 1 (6.250%) Wireless
Miscellaneous
1 9 (56.25%) Blackberry
2 1 (6.250%) Firmware
2 1 (6.250%) Enterprise Storage
Operating Systems
1 15 (93.75%) Windows
2 12 (75.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 12 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
3 2 (12.50%) Windows 2000 Server
3 2 (12.50%) Mac OS
3 2 (12.50%) Windows XP
4 1 (6.250%) UNIX
4 1 (6.250%) Linux
4 1 (6.250%) Windows 7
4 1 (6.250%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (6.250%) Migration
2 1 (6.250%) Business Continuity
Qualifications
1 10 (62.50%) CCNA
1 10 (62.50%) Cisco Certification
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (56.25%) CCNP
2 9 (56.25%) MCSE
2 9 (56.25%) MCSA
2 9 (56.25%) Degree
3 1 (6.250%) MCP
3 1 (6.250%) A+ Certification
3 1 (6.250%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 13 (81.25%) Active Directory
2 10 (62.50%) vSphere
3 9 (56.25%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (6.250%) Terminal Services
4 1 (6.250%) Hyper-V
4 1 (6.250%) XenApp
4 1 (6.250%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 14 (87.50%) VMware
2 12 (75.00%) Cisco
3 2 (12.50%) LANDesk
3 2 (12.50%) Apple
3 2 (12.50%) Citrix
3 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
4 1 (6.250%) Red Hat
Bristol, South West
The successful candidate will have experience of Windows, Microsoft Exchange and Networking related projects. You will be an important aspect of a proficient team who are very talented...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013