The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cheltenham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Cheltenham region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 34 41 34
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 4 9 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 1.802% 2.332% 0.851%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.826% 2.406% 0.897%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 0
Average salary £23,750 £27,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.63% -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Cheltenham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
219 374 223
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheltenham 98.65% 96.89% 94.89%
Number of salaries quoted 209 295 170
Average salary £33,500 £37,750 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.25% +0.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Engineer
Gloucestershire

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheltenham Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Cheltenham Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham region that cited 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 Support Engineer in their job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) MCITP
2 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 4 (80.00%) MS Exchange
2 4 (80.00%) Citrix
3 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
3 3 (60.00%) Terminal Services
3 3 (60.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (60.00%) SQL
4 2 (40.00%) MCSE
4 2 (40.00%) LAN
4 2 (40.00%) WAN
4 2 (40.00%) VPN
4 2 (40.00%) Symantec
4 2 (40.00%) Websense
4 2 (40.00%) Windows XP
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 2 (40.00%) VMware ESX
4 2 (40.00%) AppSense
5 1 (20.00%) MCDST
5 1 (20.00%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (20.00%) Backup Exec
5 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (20.00%) VLAN
5 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
5 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheltenham region that cited 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 Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (20.00%) IIS
2 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) LAN
2 2 (40.00%) WAN
2 2 (40.00%) VPN
3 1 (20.00%) Broadband
3 1 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (20.00%) Wireless
3 1 (20.00%) VLAN
3 1 (20.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (20.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) EPoS
1 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows XP
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 8
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) MCITP
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (40.00%) MCSE
3 1 (20.00%) MCSA
3 1 (20.00%) CCNA
3 1 (20.00%) CCA
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (20.00%) MCDST
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (60.00%) Terminal Services
3 2 (40.00%) VMware ESX
4 1 (20.00%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (20.00%) XenApp
4 1 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) VMware
2 4 (80.00%) Citrix
3 2 (40.00%) Symantec
3 2 (40.00%) Websense
3 2 (40.00%) AppSense
4 1 (20.00%) Aruba
4 1 (20.00%) Cisco
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