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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Technician
Rank 131 116 -
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 3 10 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.147% 0.522% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.153% 0.549% -
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 0
Average salary £27,500 £22,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.22% -
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £22,500 £22,750
% change year-on-year
- -1.09%
All Job Titles
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1955 1821 1978
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 96.12% 94.99% 94.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1687 1539 1745
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,575 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Technician
South East

Support Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire Support Technician Salary Trend

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 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
High Wycombe +2 2 £27,500 +26.43%
Support Technician
South East

Support Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 9 (69.23%) Windows
2 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
3 6 (46.15%) MS Excel
3 6 (46.15%) Firewall
4 4 (30.77%) Telecoms
4 4 (30.77%) Configuration Management
4 4 (30.77%) ITIL
4 4 (30.77%) UNIX
4 4 (30.77%) Cisco
4 4 (30.77%) VSAT
4 4 (30.77%) Service Management
5 3 (23.08%) MS Exchange
5 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (15.38%) VMware
6 2 (15.38%) Backup Exec
6 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
6 2 (15.38%) CRM
6 2 (15.38%) Windows XP
6 2 (15.38%) MCSE
6 2 (15.38%) Hyper-V
6 2 (15.38%) Veeam
6 2 (15.38%) Windows 8
6 2 (15.38%) Degree
6 2 (15.38%) Windows Vista
6 2 (15.38%) SCCM
6 2 (15.38%) SCOM
6 2 (15.38%) MCITP
6 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) MS Exchange
2 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 6 (46.15%) MS Excel
2 1 (7.692%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (46.15%) Firewall
2 4 (30.77%) VSAT
3 1 (7.692%) VLAN
3 1 (7.692%) LAN
3 1 (7.692%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (30.77%) Telecoms
2 1 (7.692%) Banking
2 1 (7.692%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) FMCG
1 1 (7.692%) iPhone
1 1 (7.692%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 9 (69.23%) Windows
2 4 (30.77%) UNIX
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (15.38%) Windows XP
3 2 (15.38%) Windows 8
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Vista
3 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (7.692%) Android
4 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) Configuration Management
1 4 (30.77%) ITIL
1 4 (30.77%) Service Management
2 2 (15.38%) CRM
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (15.38%) MCSE
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) MCITP
3 1 (7.692%) MCP
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) Backup Exec
1 2 (15.38%) SCCM
1 2 (15.38%) SCOM
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) Cisco
3 2 (15.38%) VMware
3 2 (15.38%) Veeam
4 1 (7.692%) SonicWALL
4 1 (7.692%) Google
4 1 (7.692%) Apple
4 1 (7.692%) Citrix
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Key skills and technologies will include: 1) Onsite client support 2) Telephone, email & remote support 3) Installing, configuring, supporting, maintaining and troubleshooting IT hardware & software 4) Windows 2003...
NS Consultants
Salary: From £30,000 to £38,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013