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The table below looks at the demand for the Support Technician role in IT jobs within the Cambridge 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Support Technician
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank110116
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching permanent IT job ads1517
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.007 %
As % of the category below0.581 %0.655 %
Salaries quoted1017
Average minimum salary£20,300£20,118
Average salary£22,300£21,088
% change on same period last year+5.74 %
Average maximum salary£24,300£22,059
UK excluding London average salary£23,551£22,627
% change on same period last year+4.08 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads25822597
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.495 %1.118 %
Salaries quoted21862128
Average minimum salary£32,869£33,518
Average salary£36,216£36,466
% change on same period last year-0.68 %
Average maximum salary£39,562£39,413
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Support Technician CambridgeshireSupport Technician
Cambridgeshire

Support Technician
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Support Technician Salary Trend

Support Technician
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Technician across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Cambridge Support Technician Salary Histogram

Support Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

120 (74.07 %)Windows
210 (37.04 %)Microsoft
38 (29.63 %)Windows Server 2003
47 (25.93 %)SQL
56 (22.22 %)MS Office
56 (22.22 %)SLA
56 (22.22 %)Back Office
56 (22.22 %)Active Directory
56 (22.22 %)Citrix
65 (18.52 %)UNIX
74 (14.81 %)Solaris
74 (14.81 %)Linux
74 (14.81 %)Windows 2000
74 (14.81 %)Apache
74 (14.81 %)Firewall
74 (14.81 %)Microsoft Certification
83 (11.11 %)Publishing
83 (11.11 %)Windows 2000 Server
83 (11.11 %)MS Excel
83 (11.11 %)Crystal Reports
83 (11.11 %)ITIL
83 (11.11 %)VB
83 (11.11 %)VBA
83 (11.11 %)RDBMS
83 (11.11 %)Windows XP
83 (11.11 %)Internet
92 (7.407 %)PowerHouse
92 (7.407 %)FTP
92 (7.407 %)Oracle
92 (7.407 %)MCP

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

Cambridge IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (7.407 %)HTML
Cambridge IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (14.81 %)Apache
Cambridge IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (22.22 %)MS Office
23 (11.11 %)MS Excel
Cambridge IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (7.407 %)Sage 1000
21 (3.704 %)Microsoft CRM
Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (14.81 %)Firewall
23 (11.11 %)Internet
32 (7.407 %)FTP
41 (3.704 %)RIP
41 (3.704 %)Intranet
Cambridge IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (11.11 %)Crystal Reports
13 (11.11 %)RDBMS
Cambridge IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (22.22 %)Back Office
23 (11.11 %)Publishing
31 (3.704 %)Music
31 (3.704 %)Pharmaceutical
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
120 (74.07 %)Windows
28 (29.63 %)Windows Server 2003
35 (18.52 %)UNIX
44 (14.81 %)Solaris
44 (14.81 %)Linux
44 (14.81 %)Windows 2000
53 (11.11 %)Windows XP
53 (11.11 %)Windows 2000 Server
Cambridge IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (11.11 %)ITIL
22 (7.407 %)Service Delivery
31 (3.704 %)Workflow
31 (3.704 %)CRM
31 (3.704 %)Data Modelling
31 (3.704 %)Service Management
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (25.93 %)SQL
23 (11.11 %)VB
23 (11.11 %)VBA
32 (7.407 %)PowerHouse
32 (7.407 %)Perl
Cambridge IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (14.81 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (7.407 %)Degree
22 (7.407 %)MCP
Cambridge IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
16 (22.22 %)SLA
22 (7.407 %)ISO27001
Cambridge IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (22.22 %)Active Directory
Cambridge IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (37.04 %)Microsoft
26 (22.22 %)Citrix
32 (7.407 %)Sage
32 (7.407 %)Oracle
41 (3.704 %)Sun