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The table below looks at the demand for the Support Technician role in IT jobs within the Buckinghamshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Support Technician
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank116159
Rank change on same period last yearUp+43
Matching permanent IT job ads3211
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.005 %
As % of the category below1.013 %0.268 %
Salaries quoted3110
Average minimum salary£20,452£21,545
Average salary£26,839£22,545
% change on same period last year+19.04 %
Average maximum salary£33,226£23,545
UK excluding London average salary£23,128£22,920
% change on same period last year+0.90 %
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Buckinghamshire
Matching permanent IT job ads31594109
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.748 %1.723 %
Salaries quoted27893486
Average minimum salary£34,702£35,322
Average salary£37,842£38,251
% change on same period last year-1.06 %
Average maximum salary£40,981£41,179
UK excluding London average salary£38,058£39,448
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
Support Technician South EastSupport Technician
South East

Support Technician
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Support Technician across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Buckinghamshire Support Technician Demand Trend

Support Technician
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Support Technician across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Support Technician Salary Trend

Support Technician
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Technician across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Buckinghamshire Support Technician Salary Histogram

Support Technician
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton KeynesNo change05£24,125-
High WycombeNo change02£28,250+117.30 %
MarlowNew entry-1£19,000-
Support Technician South EastSupport Technician
South East

Support Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

140 (62.50 %)SQL
237 (57.81 %)Retail
335 (54.69 %)SLA
410 (15.63 %)Windows
55 (7.813 %)SQL Server
55 (7.813 %)Finance
64 (6.250 %)Linux
64 (6.250 %)Microsoft
64 (6.250 %)Active Directory
73 (4.688 %)VPN
73 (4.688 %)HTML
73 (4.688 %)Firewall
73 (4.688 %)Windows Server 2003
73 (4.688 %)Norton AntiVirus
82 (3.125 %)Pensions
82 (3.125 %)Internet
82 (3.125 %)MS Office
82 (3.125 %)Lotus Notes
82 (3.125 %)MCSE
82 (3.125 %)MS Excel
82 (3.125 %)Windows XP
82 (3.125 %)PHP
82 (3.125 %)MySQL
82 (3.125 %)Lotus
82 (3.125 %)Microsoft Certification
91 (1.563 %)FrontPage
91 (1.563 %)MCDST
91 (1.563 %)Altiris
91 (1.563 %)A+ Certification
91 (1.563 %)Avaya

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (4.688 %)HTML
21 (1.563 %)ASP
21 (1.563 %)XML
21 (1.563 %)Software Packaging
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (3.125 %)Lotus Notes
21 (1.563 %)MS Exchange
21 (1.563 %)Exchange Server 5.5
21 (1.563 %)Exchange Server 2003
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (3.125 %)MS Office
12 (3.125 %)MS Excel
21 (1.563 %)Acrobat
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (4.688 %)VPN
13 (4.688 %)Firewall
22 (3.125 %)Internet
31 (1.563 %)SAN
31 (1.563 %)Intranet
31 (1.563 %)LAN
31 (1.563 %)WAN
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (7.813 %)SQL Server
22 (3.125 %)MySQL
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (1.563 %)Dreamweaver
11 (1.563 %)FrontPage
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
137 (57.81 %)Retail
25 (7.813 %)Finance
32 (3.125 %)Pensions
41 (1.563 %)Health
41 (1.563 %)Financial Institution
41 (1.563 %)Telecoms
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (1.563 %)Client/Server
11 (1.563 %)Management Information System
11 (1.563 %)AS400
11 (1.563 %)Handset
11 (1.563 %)Replication
11 (1.563 %)Video Conferencing
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (15.63 %)Windows
24 (6.250 %)Linux
33 (4.688 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (3.125 %)Windows XP
51 (1.563 %)UNIX
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (1.563 %)ITIL
11 (1.563 %)Problem Management
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
140 (62.50 %)SQL
22 (3.125 %)PHP
31 (1.563 %)VBScript
31 (1.563 %)VB
31 (1.563 %)Java
31 (1.563 %)JavaScript
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (3.125 %)Microsoft Certification
12 (3.125 %)MCSE
21 (1.563 %)CCNA
21 (1.563 %)Cisco Certification
21 (1.563 %)A+ Certification
21 (1.563 %)MCDST
21 (1.563 %)Degree
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
135 (54.69 %)SLA
21 (1.563 %)QA
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (6.250 %)Active Directory
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (4.688 %)Norton AntiVirus
Buckinghamshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (6.250 %)Microsoft
22 (3.125 %)Lotus
31 (1.563 %)Symantec
31 (1.563 %)VMware
31 (1.563 %)Altiris
31 (1.563 %)Kaspersky
31 (1.563 %)Adobe
31 (1.563 %)Citrix
31 (1.563 %)Avaya
31 (1.563 %)IBM