The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Specialist 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
Support Specialist
Rank 137 144 141
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 2 7 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.078% 0.243% 0.134%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.082% 0.253% 0.140%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 4
Average salary £26,500 £30,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.66% -7.69%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,309 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+6.20% +0.88%
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%
Support Specialist
East of England

Support Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Support Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Support Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Cambridgeshire Support Specialist Salary Trend

Support Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist 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
Cambridge -6 1 - -
Support Specialist
East of England

Support Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 16 (88.89%) Windows
2 12 (66.67%) Finance
2 12 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 12 (66.67%) WebLogic
3 10 (55.56%) Solaris
3 10 (55.56%) Windows XP
3 10 (55.56%) Cisco
3 10 (55.56%) Veritas
3 10 (55.56%) Retail
3 10 (55.56%) Fujitsu
3 10 (55.56%) Telecoms
3 10 (55.56%) Security Cleared
3 10 (55.56%) Time Management
4 7 (38.89%) Oracle
5 6 (33.33%) SC Cleared
6 5 (27.78%) UNIX
6 5 (27.78%) Linux
7 4 (22.22%) DV Cleared
8 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (11.11%) XenApp
8 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
8 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
8 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
8 2 (11.11%) WebSphere
8 2 (11.11%) Business Continuity
8 2 (11.11%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (11.11%) ITIL
8 2 (11.11%) Red Hat
8 2 (11.11%) Citrix

Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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 2 (11.11%) WebSphere
1 2 (11.11%) Middleware
2 1 (5.556%) ASP
2 1 (5.556%) COM
2 1 (5.556%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 12 (66.67%) WebLogic
2 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (11.11%) MS Exchange
3 1 (5.556%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.11%) DNS
2 1 (5.556%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (5.556%) SQL Server
General
1 12 (66.67%) Finance
2 10 (55.56%) Retail
2 10 (55.56%) Telecoms
3 1 (5.556%) Dutch Language
Operating Systems
1 16 (88.89%) Windows
2 12 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
3 10 (55.56%) Solaris
3 10 (55.56%) Windows XP
4 5 (27.78%) UNIX
4 5 (27.78%) Linux
5 2 (11.11%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (55.56%) Time Management
2 2 (11.11%) Business Continuity
2 2 (11.11%) ITIL
2 2 (11.11%) BCP
2 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
2 2 (11.11%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.556%) VB
1 1 (5.556%) VB.NET
1 1 (5.556%) VBA
1 1 (5.556%) VB6
Qualifications
1 10 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 6 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 4 (22.22%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) XenApp
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Cisco
1 10 (55.56%) Veritas
1 10 (55.56%) Fujitsu
2 7 (38.89%) Oracle
3 2 (11.11%) Red Hat
3 2 (11.11%) Citrix
3 2 (11.11%) Informatica
4 1 (5.556%) Microsoft
4 1 (5.556%) VMware