The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical 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
Technical Support Engineer
Rank 111 116 111
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support Engineer 8 11 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 0.433% 0.539% 0.847%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.455% 0.560% 0.894%
Number of salaries quoted 6 10 18
Average salary £25,125 £21,500 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.86% -17.30%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,250 £21,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £22,050 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £35,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +16.66%
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%
Technical Support Engineer
Cambridgeshire

Technical Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge Technical Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Cambridge Technical Support Engineer Salary Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 9 (56.25%) Windows
2 6 (37.50%) Degree
3 5 (31.25%) MS Office
3 5 (31.25%) ASP
3 5 (31.25%) Java
3 5 (31.25%) MS Excel
4 4 (25.00%) ColdFusion
4 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (25.00%) Internet
4 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 4 (25.00%) Perl
4 4 (25.00%) PHP
4 4 (25.00%) XML
4 4 (25.00%) HTML
4 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 4 (25.00%) Linux
4 4 (25.00%) Telecoms
5 3 (18.75%) Publishing
5 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (12.50%) MCTS
6 2 (12.50%) MCITP
6 2 (12.50%) CCENT
6 2 (12.50%) Cisco
6 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
6 2 (12.50%) CCNA
6 2 (12.50%) Finance
6 2 (12.50%) ITIL
6 2 (12.50%) SQL
6 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification

Technical Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 5 (31.25%) ASP
2 4 (25.00%) XML
2 4 (25.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) ColdFusion
2 1 (6.250%) MS Exchange
2 1 (6.250%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (31.25%) MS Office
1 5 (31.25%) MS Excel
2 1 (6.250%) AutoCAD
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) Internet
2 1 (6.250%) VoIP
2 1 (6.250%) DHCP
2 1 (6.250%) TCP/IP
2 1 (6.250%) VPN
2 1 (6.250%) DNS
2 1 (6.250%) Firewall
2 1 (6.250%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) RDBMS
1 1 (6.250%) Crystal Reports
General
1 4 (25.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (18.75%) Publishing
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (6.250%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 9 (56.25%) Windows
2 4 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (25.00%) Linux
3 3 (18.75%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (6.250%) Windows XP
4 1 (6.250%) UNIX
4 1 (6.250%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (6.250%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) Java
2 4 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (25.00%) Perl
2 4 (25.00%) PHP
3 2 (12.50%) SQL
4 1 (6.250%) VB
4 1 (6.250%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (37.50%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) MCTS
2 2 (12.50%) MCITP
2 2 (12.50%) CCENT
2 2 (12.50%) CCNA
2 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (6.250%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (6.250%) DV Cleared
3 1 (6.250%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Cisco
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.250%) Veritas
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