The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical Support 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
Technical Support
Rank 114 99 111
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support 4 14 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 0.232% 0.809% 0.271%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.239% 0.856% 0.291%
Number of salaries quoted 4 13 4
Average salary £25,500 £22,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.90% -2.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,450 £22,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £29,250 £27,300 £24,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £30,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year
+1.66% +3.44%
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%
Technical Support
South West

Technical Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol Technical Support Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Support
Salary Trend

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

Bristol Technical Support Salary Trend

Technical Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 10 (76.92%) Windows
2 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
2 7 (53.85%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
3 6 (46.15%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (38.46%) Citrix
5 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
5 4 (30.77%) SQL
5 4 (30.77%) VMware
5 4 (30.77%) MCITP
6 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
6 3 (23.08%) Cisco
7 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (15.38%) Linux
7 2 (15.38%) HTML
7 2 (15.38%) MS Exchange
7 2 (15.38%) Advertising
7 2 (15.38%) Firewall
7 2 (15.38%) SAN
7 2 (15.38%) MCP
7 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (15.38%) XenApp
8 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
8 1 (7.692%) Twitter
8 1 (7.692%) Software Deployment
8 1 (7.692%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (7.692%) Cisco ASA
8 1 (7.692%) Degree
8 1 (7.692%) WFM

Technical Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 2 (15.38%) HTML
2 1 (7.692%) CSS
2 1 (7.692%) ODBC
Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) MS Exchange
2 1 (7.692%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (23.08%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.692%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (30.77%) TCP/IP
2 2 (15.38%) Firewall
2 2 (15.38%) SAN
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (7.692%) SSH
3 1 (7.692%) CTI
3 1 (7.692%) 3G
3 1 (7.692%) TELNET
3 1 (7.692%) X.509
3 1 (7.692%) IPsec
3 1 (7.692%) ADSL
3 1 (7.692%) LAN
3 1 (7.692%) VoIP
3 1 (7.692%) WLAN
3 1 (7.692%) WAN
3 1 (7.692%) DHCP
3 1 (7.692%) VPN
3 1 (7.692%) DNS
3 1 (7.692%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2000
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.692%) RDBMS
General
1 2 (15.38%) Advertising
2 1 (7.692%) Telecoms
2 1 (7.692%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Computer Science
1 1 (7.692%) Blackberry
1 1 (7.692%) IVR
1 1 (7.692%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 10 (76.92%) Windows
2 7 (53.85%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (46.15%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (15.38%) Linux
5 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
5 1 (7.692%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (7.692%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (7.692%) Software Deployment
1 1 (7.692%) WFM
1 1 (7.692%) Time Management
1 1 (7.692%) Data Management
1 1 (7.692%) Business Analysis
1 1 (7.692%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (30.77%) SQL
2 1 (7.692%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) MCITP
2 2 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (15.38%) MCP
3 1 (7.692%) Degree
3 1 (7.692%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (7.692%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) GCP
1 1 (7.692%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (15.38%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (7.692%) MIMEsweeper
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 5 (38.46%) Citrix
3 4 (30.77%) VMware
4 3 (23.08%) Cisco
5 1 (7.692%) Twitter
5 1 (7.692%) Avaya
5 1 (7.692%) Genesys
5 1 (7.692%) HP
5 1 (7.692%) Dell
5 1 (7.692%) IBM
Bristol, Avon
You will get trained on: (the ideal candidate will have as many of the following skills) * Windows and Exchange Server * SharePoint 2010 * WAN, LAN * Telephony systems such as...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £24000 - £37000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013