The first table below looks at the demand for the 3rd Line Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3rd Line 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Third Line Support
Rank 121 147 138
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 18 4 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.701% 0.139% 0.234%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.736% 0.145% 0.245%
Number of salaries quoted 18 4 7
Average salary £32,500 £42,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.52% +30.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £33,400 £31,100
10% offered a salary of more than £34,300 £42,500 £36,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2446 2767 2856
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 95.25% 96.21% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2185 2346 2538
Average salary £38,500 £39,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.28% +11.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
3rd Line Support
East of England

3rd Line Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 3rd Line Support Jobs Demand Trend

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 3rd Line Support Salary Trend

3rd Line Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Peterborough - 8 £33,500 -
Cambridge +2 5 £30,000 -29.41%
Huntingdon +4 1 £32,500 -23.52%
3rd Line Support
East of England

3rd Line Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Support in their job title.

1 25 (89.29%) Windows
2 20 (71.43%) Citrix
3 18 (64.29%) VMware
4 17 (60.71%) Active Directory
4 17 (60.71%) MS Exchange
5 16 (57.14%) Windows Server 2003
5 16 (57.14%) Windows Server 2008
6 12 (42.86%) Microsoft
7 10 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification
7 10 (35.71%) MCITP
8 9 (32.14%) SQL Server
9 8 (28.57%) MS Excel
9 8 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2007
9 8 (28.57%) SCCM
10 7 (25.00%) MCTS
10 7 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 7 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
10 7 (25.00%) MCSE
10 7 (25.00%) Cisco
11 6 (21.43%) Firewall
11 6 (21.43%) Windows XP
11 6 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2003
11 6 (21.43%) Hyper-V
11 6 (21.43%) XenApp
12 5 (17.86%) HP
12 5 (17.86%) MS Office
12 5 (17.86%) SQL
13 4 (14.29%) SharePoint
13 4 (14.29%) Dell
13 4 (14.29%) CCA

3rd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 17 (60.71%) MS Exchange
2 8 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2007
3 6 (21.43%) Exchange Server 2003
4 4 (14.29%) SharePoint
5 3 (10.71%) Lync
5 3 (10.71%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (7.143%) IIS
6 2 (7.143%) Site Server
7 1 (3.571%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (3.571%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (28.57%) MS Excel
2 5 (17.86%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 6 (21.43%) Firewall
2 3 (10.71%) LAN
2 3 (10.71%) WAN
3 2 (7.143%) SAN
3 2 (7.143%) TCP/IP
3 2 (7.143%) VPN
3 2 (7.143%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (3.571%) NetScaler
4 1 (3.571%) Cisco Nexus
4 1 (3.571%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (3.571%) DNS
4 1 (3.571%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (32.14%) SQL Server
2 3 (10.71%) SQL Server 2005
General
1 2 (7.143%) Finance
2 1 (3.571%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (3.571%) Law
Operating Systems
1 25 (89.29%) Windows
2 16 (57.14%) Windows Server 2003
2 16 (57.14%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (21.43%) Windows XP
4 3 (10.71%) Windows 7
5 2 (7.143%) Windows 8
6 1 (3.571%) AIX
6 1 (3.571%) Solaris
6 1 (3.571%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (7.143%) ITIL
1 2 (7.143%) Root Cause Analysis
1 2 (7.143%) Problem Management
2 1 (3.571%) Time Management
2 1 (3.571%) Data Protection
2 1 (3.571%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification
1 10 (35.71%) MCITP
2 7 (25.00%) MCTS
2 7 (25.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 7 (25.00%) Citrix Certification
2 7 (25.00%) MCSE
3 4 (14.29%) CCA
4 3 (10.71%) CCEE
5 1 (3.571%) DV Cleared
5 1 (3.571%) Security Cleared
5 1 (3.571%) CCNP
5 1 (3.571%) CCNA
5 1 (3.571%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.571%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.571%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (60.71%) Active Directory
2 6 (21.43%) Hyper-V
2 6 (21.43%) XenApp
3 3 (10.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (10.71%) XenDesktop
4 2 (7.143%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 1 (3.571%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 8 (28.57%) SCCM
2 1 (3.571%) WSUS
Vendors
1 20 (71.43%) Citrix
2 18 (64.29%) VMware
3 12 (42.86%) Microsoft
4 7 (25.00%) Cisco
5 5 (17.86%) HP
6 4 (14.29%) Dell
7 1 (3.571%) AppSense
7 1 (3.571%) Veritas
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
For this role it is essential that you have either a MCSE or MCITP qualification (or an equivalent proven skill set), good Windows Server and Exchange skills as...
DMS Computer Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £40,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013