Cambridgeshire Support Specialist Jobs

This section looks at the demand for the Support Specialist role in IT jobs within the Cambridgeshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT job ads that have cited Support Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 9 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Support Specialist
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Andover Aylesbury Banbury Basingstoke Beaconsfield Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bradford Bristol Buckingham Buckinghamshire Burnley Bury St Edmunds Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Chatham Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chichester Chorley Cirencester City of London County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dunstable East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Feltham Glasgow Gloucestershire Godalming Guildford Hampshire Harrow Hayes Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire High Wycombe Horsham Hounslow Hull Isle of Man Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincolnshire Liverpool Liversedge Livingston London Luton Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Rotherham Royston Rugby Runcorn Scotland Sheffield Skipton Slough South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Staines Stirling Suffolk Surbiton Surrey Swindon Thame Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Woking York Yorkshire	3 months to 9 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	126	148
Rank change on same period last year	+22
Matching permanent IT job ads	42	12
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.022 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	0.983 %	0.305 %
Salaries quoted	39	10
Average minimum salary	£32,825	£24,400
Average salary	£33,838	£25,250
% change on same period last year	+34.00 %
Average maximum salary	£34,850	£26,100
UK excluding London average salary	£33,774	£30,955
% change on same period last year	+9.10 %
Job Titles Cambridgeshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	4271	3936
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	2.195 %	1.639 %
Salaries quoted	3623	3305
Average minimum salary	£33,043	£31,872
Average salary	£36,143	£35,139
% change on same period last year	+2.85 %
Average maximum salary	£39,243	£38,406
UK excluding London average salary	£38,190	£39,485
% change on same period last year	-3.27 %
Support Specialist East of England

Support Specialist
Demand Trend

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

Support Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Specialist across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 9 July 2008.

Support Specialist
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT job ads citing Support Specialist within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 9 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cambridge	+4	25	£36,783	+45.51 %
Peterborough	-	12	£26,364	-

Support Specialist East of England

Support Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited Support Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 27 (41.54 %) Microsoft 2 25 (38.46 %) Pharmaceutical 2 25 (38.46 %) Documentum 3 21 (32.31 %) Windows 4 14 (21.54 %) WAN 5 13 (20.00 %) Cisco 6 10 (15.38 %) MS Exchange 6 10 (15.38 %) Microsoft Certification 7 9 (13.85 %) Firewall 7 9 (13.85 %) LAN 7 9 (13.85 %) MS Excel 7 9 (13.85 %) Oracle 8 8 (12.31 %) SQL Server 8 8 (12.31 %) HTML 8 8 (12.31 %) TCP/IP

8 8 (12.31 %) Project Management 8 8 (12.31 %) Active Directory 8 8 (12.31 %) Document Management 8 8 (12.31 %) Pensions 8 8 (12.31 %) Insurance 9 7 (10.77 %) Degree 9 7 (10.77 %) SLA 9 7 (10.77 %) RDBMS 9 7 (10.77 %) SQL 9 7 (10.77 %) VB 9 7 (10.77 %) WebServices 9 7 (10.77 %) XML 9 7 (10.77 %) XSL 10 6 (9.231 %) Windows 2000 11 5 (7.692 %) MCSE

Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 July 2008, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region that cited Support Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 8 (12.31 %) HTML 2 7 (10.77 %) WebServices 2 7 (10.77 %) XML 2 7 (10.77 %) XSL 3 2 (3.077 %) .NET 4 1 (1.538 %) ASP	Application Platforms 1 25 (38.46 %) Documentum 2 10 (15.38 %) MS Exchange 3 5 (7.692 %) Exchange Server 2000 3 5 (7.692 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 1 (1.538 %) IIS
Applications 1 9 (13.85 %) MS Excel 2 3 (4.615 %) MS Office 3 1 (1.538 %) MS PowerPoint	Communications & Networking 1 14 (21.54 %) WAN 2 9 (13.85 %) LAN 2 9 (13.85 %) Firewall 3 8 (12.31 %) TCP/IP 4 5 (7.692 %) SAN 5 3 (4.615 %) VPN 6 2 (3.077 %) Wi-Fi 7 1 (1.538 %) Network Security 7 1 (1.538 %) SSL 7 1 (1.538 %) PBX 7 1 (1.538 %) RIP
Database & Business Intelligence 1 8 (12.31 %) SQL Server 2 7 (10.77 %) RDBMS 3 3 (4.615 %) Crystal Reports 4 1 (1.538 %) SQL Server 7	General 1 25 (38.46 %) Pharmaceutical 2 8 (12.31 %) Insurance 2 8 (12.31 %) Pensions 3 4 (6.154 %) Health 4 3 (4.615 %) Finance 5 2 (3.077 %) Telecoms 6 1 (1.538 %) Education 6 1 (1.538 %) Retail 6 1 (1.538 %) Marketing
Miscellaneous 1 3 (4.615 %) Management Information System 2 2 (3.077 %) Bioinformatics 3 1 (1.538 %) Computer Science 3 1 (1.538 %) NHS	Operating Systems 1 21 (32.31 %) Windows 2 6 (9.231 %) Windows 2000 3 5 (7.692 %) Windows XP 4 4 (6.154 %) Linux 5 1 (1.538 %) Unix 5 1 (1.538 %) Solaris 5 1 (1.538 %) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (12.31 %) Project Management 1 8 (12.31 %) Document Management 2 5 (7.692 %) Migration 2 5 (7.692 %) Time Management 3 4 (6.154 %) ITIL 3 4 (6.154 %) Information Security 4 2 (3.077 %) Security Management 5 1 (1.538 %) Risk Management 5 1 (1.538 %) Workflow 5 1 (1.538 %) Service Delivery 5 1 (1.538 %) Project Planning 5 1 (1.538 %) Business Development 5 1 (1.538 %) System Testing	Programming Languages 1 7 (10.77 %) SQL 1 7 (10.77 %) VB 2 3 (4.615 %) C++ 2 3 (4.615 %) Java
Qualifications 1 10 (15.38 %) Microsoft Certification 2 7 (10.77 %) Degree 3 5 (7.692 %) MCP 3 5 (7.692 %) MCSE 3 5 (7.692 %) MCSA 4 1 (1.538 %) CCNA 4 1 (1.538 %) Cisco Certification 4 1 (1.538 %) CCVP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (10.77 %) SLA
System Software 1 8 (12.31 %) Active Directory 2 5 (7.692 %) Terminal Services 2 5 (7.692 %) NetBackup	Systems Management 1 2 (3.077 %) ZENworks
Vendors 1 27 (41.54 %) Microsoft 2 13 (20.00 %) Cisco 3 9 (13.85 %) Oracle 4 5 (7.692 %) EMC 4 5 (7.692 %) NetApp 4 5 (7.692 %) VERITAS 4 5 (7.692 %) Sophos 4 5 (7.692 %) VMware 4 5 (7.692 %) WatchGuard 5 2 (3.077 %) McAfee Security 6 1 (1.538 %) Red Hat 6 1 (1.538 %) Juniper