The first table below looks at the demand for the 2nd Line Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 2nd Line Support in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Second Line Support
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a 2nd Line Support 2 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 0.559% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.597% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
Average salary £20,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £24,500 £24,000 £24,500
% change year-on-year
+2.08% -2.04%
All Job Titles
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
335 162 219
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 93.58% 100.00% 92.80%
Number of salaries quoted 180 134 211
Average salary £35,000 £31,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.90% +3.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £21,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,500 £45,900 £41,800
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
2nd Line Support
Cheshire

2nd Line Support
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Chester 2nd Line Support Jobs Demand Trend

2nd Line Support
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing 2nd Line Support across the Chester region.

Chester 2nd Line Support Salary Trend

2nd Line Support
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester region that cited 2nd Line 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 2nd Line Support in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Apache
2 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (50.00%) ADSL
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Thin Client
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Fat Client
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) XenApp
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) vSphere
2 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX

2nd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester region that cited 2nd Line 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 2nd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Apache
1 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) ADSL
1 1 (50.00%) VPN
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Thin Client
1 1 (50.00%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (50.00%) UNIX
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (50.00%) XenApp
1 1 (50.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) VMware
Chester, North West
Chester £15-18K Basic + £4K Car or Car allowance + Benefits Leading manufacturer requires experienced Windows Desk Top/Server Technicians (1st line moving to 2nd) to join established team...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + Includes Car/Allowance+bens
Posted: 24 April 2013