The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 92 73 88
Rank change year-on-year
-19 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 26 40 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 1.508% 2.312% 1.515%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.550% 2.445% 1.629%
Number of salaries quoted 23 40 22
Average salary £26,500 £32,250 £28,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.82% +12.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,100 £22,000 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1677 1636 1719
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 97.27% 94.57% 93.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1454 1445 1402
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%
Support Engineer
South West

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Bristol Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bristol Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region that cited Support Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 39 (63.93%) Windows
2 27 (44.26%) Windows Server 2008
3 25 (40.98%) Active Directory
4 24 (39.34%) Microsoft
5 23 (37.70%) Cisco
5 23 (37.70%) Windows Server 2003
6 22 (36.07%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (31.15%) SAN
7 19 (31.15%) MS Exchange
8 18 (29.51%) Cisco Certification
8 18 (29.51%) VMware
9 17 (27.87%) CCNA
10 15 (24.59%) MCSE
10 15 (24.59%) Blackberry
11 14 (22.95%) MS Office
12 13 (21.31%) Firewall
12 13 (21.31%) Degree
13 12 (19.67%) VMware Infrastructure
13 12 (19.67%) MCSA
14 11 (18.03%) MS Excel
14 11 (18.03%) SLA
14 11 (18.03%) CCNP
14 11 (18.03%) HP
14 11 (18.03%) Dell
15 10 (16.39%) vSphere
15 10 (16.39%) MCITP
16 9 (14.75%) Windows 7
16 9 (14.75%) Citrix
17 8 (13.11%) SQL
17 8 (13.11%) Security Cleared

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region that cited Support Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (6.557%) .NET
2 3 (4.918%) ASP.NET
2 3 (4.918%) Web Services
3 1 (1.639%) WinForms
3 1 (1.639%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 19 (31.15%) MS Exchange
2 7 (11.48%) Exchange Server 2010
3 6 (9.836%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (6.557%) BizTalk Server
4 4 (6.557%) SharePoint
4 4 (6.557%) Exchange Server 2007
5 2 (3.279%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (3.279%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 14 (22.95%) MS Office
2 11 (18.03%) MS Excel
3 2 (3.279%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.639%) Visualfiles
Communications & Networking
1 19 (31.15%) SAN
2 13 (21.31%) Firewall
3 7 (11.48%) TCP/IP
4 5 (8.197%) DNS
4 5 (8.197%) WAN
5 3 (4.918%) MPLS
5 3 (4.918%) LAN
5 3 (4.918%) DHCP
6 2 (3.279%) VPN
6 2 (3.279%) VoIP
6 2 (3.279%) Wireless
6 2 (3.279%) IPsec
6 2 (3.279%) Junos
6 2 (3.279%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (3.279%) IP Telephony
7 1 (1.639%) Cisco PIX
7 1 (1.639%) SSH
7 1 (1.639%) xDSL
7 1 (1.639%) OSPF
7 1 (1.639%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (8.197%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.639%) Oracle 11g
General
1 5 (8.197%) Telecoms
1 5 (8.197%) Advertising
2 2 (3.279%) Legal
2 2 (3.279%) Retail
3 1 (1.639%) Japanese Language
3 1 (1.639%) Games
3 1 (1.639%) Finance
3 1 (1.639%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 15 (24.59%) Blackberry
2 5 (8.197%) EPoS
3 3 (4.918%) Fat Client
3 3 (4.918%) iPhone
3 3 (4.918%) Thin Client
4 1 (1.639%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.639%) PDA
4 1 (1.639%) HP StorageWorks
4 1 (1.639%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 39 (63.93%) Windows
2 27 (44.26%) Windows Server 2008
3 23 (37.70%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (14.75%) Windows 7
5 5 (8.197%) Linux
6 3 (4.918%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (4.918%) Windows XP
7 2 (3.279%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (1.639%) UNIX
8 1 (1.639%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (9.836%) ITIL
2 4 (6.557%) Service Management
3 3 (4.918%) Service Delivery
4 2 (3.279%) ERP
4 2 (3.279%) Business Continuity
5 1 (1.639%) Problem Management
5 1 (1.639%) WFM
5 1 (1.639%) Integration Testing
5 1 (1.639%) Data Management
5 1 (1.639%) Document Management
5 1 (1.639%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (1.639%) Change Management
5 1 (1.639%) Disaster Recovery
5 1 (1.639%) Configuration Management
5 1 (1.639%) Migration
5 1 (1.639%) OO
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.11%) SQL
2 5 (8.197%) Java
3 4 (6.557%) C#
4 3 (4.918%) C++
5 1 (1.639%) C
5 1 (1.639%) PHP
5 1 (1.639%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 22 (36.07%) Microsoft Certification
2 18 (29.51%) Cisco Certification
3 17 (27.87%) CCNA
4 15 (24.59%) MCSE
5 13 (21.31%) Degree
6 12 (19.67%) MCSA
7 11 (18.03%) CCNP
8 10 (16.39%) MCITP
9 8 (13.11%) Security Cleared
10 7 (11.48%) SC Cleared
11 6 (9.836%) MCP
12 5 (8.197%) A+ Certification
13 4 (6.557%) Dell Certification
14 3 (4.918%) MCDST
14 3 (4.918%) Network+ Certification
14 3 (4.918%) ITIL Certification
15 2 (3.279%) JNCIA
16 1 (1.639%) DV Cleared
16 1 (1.639%) MCTS
16 1 (1.639%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (18.03%) SLA
2 1 (1.639%) GCP
System Software
1 25 (40.98%) Active Directory
2 12 (19.67%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (16.39%) vSphere
4 5 (8.197%) Terminal Services
5 3 (4.918%) XenApp
6 1 (1.639%) XenDesktop
6 1 (1.639%) Hyper-V
6 1 (1.639%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 2 (3.279%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
2 1 (1.639%) MIMEsweeper
2 1 (1.639%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 24 (39.34%) Microsoft
2 23 (37.70%) Cisco
3 18 (29.51%) VMware
4 11 (18.03%) HP
4 11 (18.03%) Dell
5 9 (14.75%) Citrix
6 6 (9.836%) IBM
7 4 (6.557%) Oracle
8 2 (3.279%) Avaya
9 1 (1.639%) WatchGuard
9 1 (1.639%) Capita
9 1 (1.639%) Twitter
9 1 (1.639%) RightFax
9 1 (1.639%) Sony
9 1 (1.639%) Remedy
9 1 (1.639%) Websense
9 1 (1.639%) Juniper
9 1 (1.639%) Genesys
9 1 (1.639%) Apple
9 1 (1.639%) CheckPoint
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Salary: £24000 - £37000 per annum
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