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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 16 19 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 9 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Caerphilly 12.00% 2.500% -
As % of the Job Titles category 12.16% 2.564% -
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
Average salary £55,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Caerphilly
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
74 39 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Caerphilly 98.67% 97.50% 57.14%
Number of salaries quoted 71 22 4
Average salary £52,000 £27,000 £20,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+92.59% +35.00%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Engineer
South Wales

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Caerphilly 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 Caerphilly region.

Caerphilly Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Caerphilly 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 8 (80.00%) Cisco
1 8 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (70.00%) CCNP
2 7 (70.00%) VPN
3 5 (50.00%) CCIE
4 4 (40.00%) ITIL
5 3 (30.00%) UNIX
5 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
5 3 (30.00%) Firewall
6 2 (20.00%) IPsec
6 2 (20.00%) CiscoWorks
6 2 (20.00%) Load Balancing
6 2 (20.00%) Cisco PIX
6 2 (20.00%) Network Security
6 2 (20.00%) FWSM
6 2 (20.00%) Capacity Management
6 2 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (20.00%) CSS
6 2 (20.00%) LAN
6 2 (20.00%) BGP
6 2 (20.00%) EIGRP
7 1 (10.00%) VRRP
7 1 (10.00%) Project Management
7 1 (10.00%) Service Management
7 1 (10.00%) Change Management
7 1 (10.00%) CCNA
7 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
7 1 (10.00%) HP
7 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Caerphilly 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 2 (20.00%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) NetWeaver
1 1 (10.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (10.00%) Lync
1 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (30.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (10.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (70.00%) VPN
2 3 (30.00%) Firewall
3 2 (20.00%) IPsec
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco PIX
3 2 (20.00%) Network Security
3 2 (20.00%) FWSM
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (20.00%) LAN
3 2 (20.00%) BGP
3 2 (20.00%) EIGRP
4 1 (10.00%) VRRP
4 1 (10.00%) HSRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) MS Access
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (10.00%) DB2
General
1 1 (10.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) UNIX
2 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (20.00%) Load Balancing
2 2 (20.00%) Capacity Management
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Service Management
3 1 (10.00%) Change Management
3 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Java
1 1 (10.00%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (70.00%) CCNP
3 5 (50.00%) CCIE
4 1 (10.00%) CCNA
4 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (10.00%) MCSE
4 1 (10.00%) CCENT
4 1 (10.00%) MCITP
4 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) CiscoWorks
2 1 (10.00%) Splunk
2 1 (10.00%) ServiceCenter
2 1 (10.00%) SCCM
2 1 (10.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Cisco
2 1 (10.00%) HP
2 1 (10.00%) Peregrine
2 1 (10.00%) Remedy
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) SAP
2 1 (10.00%) Citrix