The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Network 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Support
Rank 117 119 116
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support 6 4 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.331% 0.199% 0.373%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.347% 0.207% 0.394%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 8
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +11.11%
UK excluding London average salary £33,000 £32,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year
+1.53% +4.83%
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1728 1936 2029
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 95.21% 96.32% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1538 1644 1847
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £49,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Network Support
Cambridgeshire

Network Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Network Support Jobs Demand Trend

Network Support
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge Network Support Salary Trend

Network Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 9 (90.00%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (80.00%) Firewall
2 8 (80.00%) Cisco
2 8 (80.00%) Cisco ASA
3 7 (70.00%) CCNP
3 7 (70.00%) Telecoms
3 7 (70.00%) CheckPoint
4 6 (60.00%) Windows
4 6 (60.00%) Linux
5 4 (40.00%) Blue Coat
5 4 (40.00%) CCSE
5 4 (40.00%) JNCIS
5 4 (40.00%) F5
5 4 (40.00%) Cisco PIX
5 4 (40.00%) Network Security
5 4 (40.00%) Juniper
5 4 (40.00%) Finance
5 4 (40.00%) Websense
5 4 (40.00%) VoIP
5 4 (40.00%) DHCP
5 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
5 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
5 4 (40.00%) DNS
6 3 (30.00%) IIS
6 3 (30.00%) Apache
6 3 (30.00%) VMware
6 3 (30.00%) VMware ESX
6 3 (30.00%) SAN
6 3 (30.00%) Internet
6 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure

Network Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) IIS
1 3 (30.00%) Apache
2 1 (10.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (80.00%) Firewall
1 8 (80.00%) Cisco ASA
2 4 (40.00%) Cisco PIX
2 4 (40.00%) Network Security
2 4 (40.00%) VoIP
2 4 (40.00%) DHCP
2 4 (40.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (40.00%) DNS
3 3 (30.00%) SAN
3 3 (30.00%) Internet
4 1 (10.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) RDBMS
General
1 7 (70.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Windows
1 6 (60.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (90.00%) Cisco Certification
2 7 (70.00%) CCNP
3 4 (40.00%) CCSE
3 4 (40.00%) JNCIS
4 2 (20.00%) MCTS
4 2 (20.00%) MCITP
4 2 (20.00%) CCENT
4 2 (20.00%) CCNA
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) VMware ESX
1 3 (30.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 3 (30.00%) Hyper-V
2 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Cisco
2 7 (70.00%) CheckPoint
3 4 (40.00%) Blue Coat
3 4 (40.00%) F5
3 4 (40.00%) Juniper
3 4 (40.00%) Websense
3 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (30.00%) VMware