The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Support Engineer
Rank 114 128 116
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support Engineer 8 8 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.435% 0.370% 0.115%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.455% 0.385% 0.122%
Number of salaries quoted 7 8 2
Average salary £17,000 £28,750 £41,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-40.86% -30.30%
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £36,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +20.00%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1757 2079 1646
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.49% 96.16% 94.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1428 1851 1408
Average salary £34,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.42% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Technical Support Engineer
North West

Technical Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Technical Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire Technical Support Engineer Salary Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Support Engineer across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Cheshire Technical Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Technical Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Support Engineer within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Warrington +12 5 £17,000 -43.33%
Macclesfield - 3 £35,750 -
Technical Support Engineer
North West

Technical Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in their job title.

1 12 (54.55%) Windows
2 10 (45.45%) Linux
2 10 (45.45%) Java
2 10 (45.45%) UNIX
3 9 (40.91%) Shell Script
3 9 (40.91%) Telecoms
3 9 (40.91%) HTTP
4 8 (36.36%) Degree
5 7 (31.82%) Firewall
5 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
6 6 (27.27%) MS Excel
7 5 (22.73%) Banking
8 4 (18.18%) TCP/IP
9 3 (13.64%) Handset
9 3 (13.64%) C
9 3 (13.64%) QA
10 2 (9.091%) MCTS
10 2 (9.091%) IMAP
10 2 (9.091%) Computer Science
10 2 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
10 2 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (9.091%) vSphere
10 2 (9.091%) Windows 7
10 2 (9.091%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 2 (9.091%) MS Office
10 2 (9.091%) MCSE
10 2 (9.091%) LDAP
10 2 (9.091%) WAN
10 2 (9.091%) SMTP
10 2 (9.091%) Windows XP

Technical Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.091%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 6 (27.27%) MS Excel
2 2 (9.091%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 9 (40.91%) HTTP
2 7 (31.82%) Firewall
3 4 (18.18%) TCP/IP
4 2 (9.091%) IMAP
4 2 (9.091%) LDAP
4 2 (9.091%) WAN
4 2 (9.091%) SMTP
4 2 (9.091%) LAN
4 2 (9.091%) Internet
4 2 (9.091%) VPN
4 2 (9.091%) DNS
4 2 (9.091%) SAN
5 1 (4.545%) SMS
General
1 9 (40.91%) Telecoms
2 5 (22.73%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Handset
2 2 (9.091%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 12 (54.55%) Windows
2 10 (45.45%) Linux
2 10 (45.45%) UNIX
3 2 (9.091%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (9.091%) Windows 7
3 2 (9.091%) Windows XP
3 2 (9.091%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (4.545%) Fedora
4 1 (4.545%) Solaris
4 1 (4.545%) Ubuntu
4 1 (4.545%) CentOS
4 1 (4.545%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (4.545%) E-Commerce
1 1 (4.545%) Business Analysis
1 1 (4.545%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (45.45%) Java
2 9 (40.91%) Shell Script
3 3 (13.64%) C
4 1 (4.545%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) Degree
2 2 (9.091%) MCTS
2 2 (9.091%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 2 (9.091%) MCSE
2 2 (9.091%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) QA
System Software
1 2 (9.091%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (9.091%) vSphere
1 2 (9.091%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.091%) VMware
2 2 (9.091%) Cisco
3 1 (4.545%) Red Hat