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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Support
Rank 100 113 104
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -9
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 23 15 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.278% 0.747% 0.909%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.333% 0.783% 0.964%
Number of salaries quoted 19 15 14
Average salary £22,500 £28,000 £23,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.64% +21.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,000 £21,500 £15,600
10% offered a salary of more than £42,000 £42,000 £33,200
UK excluding London average salary £24,000 £24,000 £23,750
% change year-on-year
- +1.05%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1725 1916 1556
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.89% 95.42% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1371 1684 1327
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,100 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
IT Support
North West

IT Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire IT Support Jobs Demand Trend

IT Support
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire IT Support Salary Trend

IT Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IT Support across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Cheshire IT Support Salary Histogram

IT Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Cheshire 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
Warrington +21 8 £18,000 -44.61%
Macclesfield -6 4 £22,500 -18.18%
Congleton - 3 £21,500 -
Chester -12 2 £26,000 +22.54%
Knutsford - 1 £25,000 -
Runcorn - 1 £28,000 -
IT Support
North West

IT Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 24 (75.00%) MS Excel
2 23 (71.88%) Windows
3 18 (56.25%) Active Directory
4 16 (50.00%) Microsoft
5 12 (37.50%) SQL
6 11 (34.38%) IIS
6 11 (34.38%) Citrix
6 11 (34.38%) Windows Server 2003
6 11 (34.38%) Firewall
6 11 (34.38%) Windows Server 2008
7 9 (28.13%) Windows XP
7 9 (28.13%) MS Exchange
7 9 (28.13%) VMware
7 9 (28.13%) VMware Infrastructure
8 8 (25.00%) VPN
9 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Certification
10 6 (18.75%) DNS
10 6 (18.75%) DHCP
10 6 (18.75%) TCP/IP
10 6 (18.75%) SharePoint
10 6 (18.75%) MCP
10 6 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2003
10 6 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2007
10 6 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2010
10 6 (18.75%) Office 365
11 5 (15.63%) Hyper-V
11 5 (15.63%) MS Office
11 5 (15.63%) SQL Server
12 4 (12.50%) Cisco
12 4 (12.50%) SAN

IT Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (3.125%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 11 (34.38%) IIS
2 9 (28.13%) MS Exchange
3 6 (18.75%) SharePoint
3 6 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2003
3 6 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2007
3 6 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (3.125%) Magento
4 1 (3.125%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (75.00%) MS Excel
2 6 (18.75%) Office 365
3 5 (15.63%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.125%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 11 (34.38%) Firewall
2 8 (25.00%) VPN
3 6 (18.75%) DNS
3 6 (18.75%) DHCP
3 6 (18.75%) TCP/IP
4 4 (12.50%) SAN
5 2 (6.250%) IP Telephony
6 1 (3.125%) Internet
6 1 (3.125%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (15.63%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.125%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (3.125%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 3 (9.375%) Retail
2 1 (3.125%) Telecoms
2 1 (3.125%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Enterprise Storage
2 2 (6.250%) Handset
2 2 (6.250%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 23 (71.88%) Windows
2 11 (34.38%) Windows Server 2003
2 11 (34.38%) Windows Server 2008
3 9 (28.13%) Windows XP
4 2 (6.250%) Windows Vista
4 2 (6.250%) Windows 7
5 1 (3.125%) UNIX
5 1 (3.125%) Linux
5 1 (3.125%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (3.125%) Service Desk Management
1 1 (3.125%) ITIL
1 1 (3.125%) Service Delivery
1 1 (3.125%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 12 (37.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (21.88%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (18.75%) MCP
3 1 (3.125%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.125%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 18 (56.25%) Active Directory
2 9 (28.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (15.63%) Hyper-V
4 1 (3.125%) vSphere
4 1 (3.125%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 4 (12.50%) SCCM
2 1 (3.125%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 16 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (34.38%) Citrix
3 9 (28.13%) VMware
4 4 (12.50%) Cisco
4 4 (12.50%) NetApp
4 4 (12.50%) WatchGuard
5 2 (6.250%) Juniper
6 1 (3.125%) Symantec
6 1 (3.125%) Oracle
Warrington, North West
You will be supervising a team of two 1st line Technicians covering applications and areas such as Active Directory... Technical skills required include Windows OS, MS Office, Active...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £22000.00 - £25000.00 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
IT Support - £22k basic + benefits package, Chester, Windows Server 2003/2008, Active Directory, Backup Exec 2010, Office 2010. IIS, Routers... System administration Servers (administration and maintenance, backup/restore)...
PNG Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £22,000 per annum £22k basic plus benefits package
Posted: 24 May 2013
Knutsford, North West
IT Support Analyst - MS Office, Access, MI Reports - Knutsford - upto £27kMarket leading Financial Services organisation has a fantastic opportunity for an IT Support Analyst to provide internal support...
Salary: £23000 - £27000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013