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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Support Engineer
Rank 105 123 125
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Support Engineer 14 4 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.758% 0.196% 0.188%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.796% 0.204% 0.199%
Number of salaries quoted 12 3 4
Average salary £41,750 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.28% +16.66%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
+5.63% -11.25%
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1758 1964 2013
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 95.23% 96.18% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1561 1666 1834
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 £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Support Engineer
Cambridgeshire

Senior Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Senior Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge Senior Support Engineer Salary Trend

Senior Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Support Engineer across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Cambridge Senior Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Senior Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Senior 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 Senior Support Engineer in their job title.

1 16 (80.00%) UNIX
2 15 (75.00%) Linux
3 14 (70.00%) Perl
4 12 (60.00%) SQL
4 12 (60.00%) Java
4 12 (60.00%) Oracle
5 11 (55.00%) Agile Software Development
6 10 (50.00%) Subversion
6 10 (50.00%) QA
6 10 (50.00%) Apache
6 10 (50.00%) Tomcat
7 9 (45.00%) Sybase
7 9 (45.00%) CGI
8 6 (30.00%) Degree
9 5 (25.00%) Firewall
10 4 (20.00%) NFS
10 4 (20.00%) Windows
11 3 (15.00%) Python
11 3 (15.00%) MySQL
11 3 (15.00%) SAN
11 3 (15.00%) Red Hat
11 3 (15.00%) Mathematics
11 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
11 3 (15.00%) Finance
11 3 (15.00%) Network Security
11 3 (15.00%) Bash shell
11 3 (15.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 2 (10.00%) Wiki
12 2 (10.00%) Internet
12 2 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery

Senior Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Senior 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 Senior Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (45.00%) CGI
2 1 (5.000%) J2EE
2 1 (5.000%) XMPP
Application Platforms
1 10 (50.00%) Apache
1 10 (50.00%) Tomcat
2 1 (5.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.000%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (25.00%) Firewall
2 3 (15.00%) SAN
2 3 (15.00%) Network Security
3 2 (10.00%) Internet
4 1 (5.000%) LAN
4 1 (5.000%) WLAN
4 1 (5.000%) WAN
4 1 (5.000%) DHCP
4 1 (5.000%) Kerberos
4 1 (5.000%) SNMP
4 1 (5.000%) TCP/IP
4 1 (5.000%) VPN
4 1 (5.000%) DNS
4 1 (5.000%) LDAP
4 1 (5.000%) Wireshark
4 1 (5.000%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) MySQL
2 1 (5.000%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.000%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 10 (50.00%) Subversion
2 1 (5.000%) Git (software)
General
1 3 (15.00%) Finance
2 1 (5.000%) Electronics
2 1 (5.000%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Mathematics
1 3 (15.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (10.00%) Wiki
3 1 (5.000%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (80.00%) UNIX
2 15 (75.00%) Linux
3 4 (20.00%) Windows
4 3 (15.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (10.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (10.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (10.00%) OO
2 2 (10.00%) OOD
3 1 (5.000%) ERP
3 1 (5.000%) Data Security
3 1 (5.000%) Change Management
3 1 (5.000%) CAD
3 1 (5.000%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (70.00%) Perl
2 12 (60.00%) SQL
2 12 (60.00%) Java
3 3 (15.00%) Python
3 3 (15.00%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 6 (30.00%) Degree
2 1 (5.000%) CISSP
2 1 (5.000%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.000%) CCNP
2 1 (5.000%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.000%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (50.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (20.00%) NFS
2 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (5.000%) Forefront TMG
Systems Management
1 1 (5.000%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 12 (60.00%) Oracle
2 9 (45.00%) Sybase
3 3 (15.00%) Red Hat
4 2 (10.00%) Cisco
4 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (10.00%) Sun
5 1 (5.000%) Juniper
5 1 (5.000%) CheckPoint
5 1 (5.000%) NetApp
5 1 (5.000%) SonicWALL
5 1 (5.000%) Perforce
5 1 (5.000%) VMware
Cambridge, East Anglia
Senior Configuration Management / Support Consultant - SCCM / SCM / LANDesk My client is looking for a Senior Configuration Management / Support Consultant with experience of multiple configuration tools like SCCM / SCM /...
Computer Futures
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013