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The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Support 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 Systems Support in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Systems Support
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank129104
Rank change on same period last yearDown-25
Matching permanent IT job ads130
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.013 %
As % of the category below0.039 %1.148 %
Salaries quoted129
Average minimum salary£24,000£26,828
Average salary£27,000£28,172
% change on same period last year-4.16 %
Average maximum salary£30,000£29,517
UK excluding London average salary£29,039£30,251
% change on same period last year-4.00 %
Cambridge IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cambridge
Matching permanent IT job ads25782614
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.497 %1.125 %
Salaries quoted21872138
Average minimum salary£32,881£33,493
Average salary£36,238£36,447
% change on same period last year-0.57 %
Average maximum salary£39,594£39,401
UK excluding London average salary£38,156£39,208
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Systems Support CambridgeshireSystems Support
Cambridgeshire

Systems Support
Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Systems Support Demand Trend

Systems Support
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge Systems Support Salary Trend

Systems Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Systems 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 Systems Support in their job title.

19 (52.94 %)Windows
27 (41.18 %)MS Excel
36 (35.29 %)Linux
36 (35.29 %)UNIX
36 (35.29 %)MS Exchange
36 (35.29 %)Cisco
45 (29.41 %)Microsoft
45 (29.41 %)Active Directory
45 (29.41 %)Windows Server 2003
45 (29.41 %)Russian Language
45 (29.41 %)Pharmaceutical
54 (23.53 %)TCP/IP
54 (23.53 %)MySQL
54 (23.53 %)Apache
63 (17.65 %)SQL Server
63 (17.65 %)ITIL
63 (17.65 %)Back Office
63 (17.65 %)Finance
63 (17.65 %)Exchange Server 2003
72 (11.76 %)Firewall
72 (11.76 %)Education
72 (11.76 %)HTML
72 (11.76 %)XML
72 (11.76 %)IIS
72 (11.76 %)Tomcat
72 (11.76 %)MS Access
72 (11.76 %)Solaris
72 (11.76 %)Windows XP
72 (11.76 %)Project Management
81 (5.882 %)SLA

Systems Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridge region that cited Systems 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 Systems Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cambridge IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (11.76 %)HTML
12 (11.76 %)XML
Cambridge IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (35.29 %)MS Exchange
24 (23.53 %)Apache
33 (17.65 %)Exchange Server 2003
42 (11.76 %)Tomcat
42 (11.76 %)IIS
Cambridge IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (41.18 %)MS Excel
21 (5.882 %)MS Office
Cambridge IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (23.53 %)TCP/IP
22 (11.76 %)Firewall
31 (5.882 %)Internet
31 (5.882 %)LAN
31 (5.882 %)WAN
31 (5.882 %)FTP
Cambridge IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (23.53 %)MySQL
23 (17.65 %)SQL Server
32 (11.76 %)MS Access
Cambridge IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (29.41 %)Pharmaceutical
23 (17.65 %)Back Office
23 (17.65 %)Finance
32 (11.76 %)Education
41 (5.882 %)Government
41 (5.882 %)Health
41 (5.882 %)Insurance
41 (5.882 %)Pensions
41 (5.882 %)Telecoms
Cambridge IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (29.41 %)Russian Language
21 (5.882 %)Replication
Cambridge IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (52.94 %)Windows
26 (35.29 %)Linux
26 (35.29 %)UNIX
35 (29.41 %)Windows Server 2003
42 (11.76 %)Windows XP
42 (11.76 %)Solaris
51 (5.882 %)Windows 2000 Server
Cambridge IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (17.65 %)ITIL
22 (11.76 %)Project Management
31 (5.882 %)Service Management
31 (5.882 %)Disaster Recovery
31 (5.882 %)Information Security
31 (5.882 %)E-Commerce
Cambridge IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (5.882 %)Shell Script
Cambridge IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.882 %)MCSE
11 (5.882 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (5.882 %)RHCE
11 (5.882 %)SCSA
11 (5.882 %)MySQL Certification
Cambridge IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.882 %)SLA
11 (5.882 %)ISO27001
Cambridge IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (29.41 %)Active Directory
21 (5.882 %)Terminal Services
Cambridge IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (35.29 %)Cisco
25 (29.41 %)Microsoft
31 (5.882 %)VERITAS
31 (5.882 %)Sophos
31 (5.882 %)WatchGuard