The first table below looks at the demand for the 3rd 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 3rd 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
Third Line Support
Rank - - 47
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 0 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester - - 0.424%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 0.457%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £27,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
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%
3rd Line Support
Cheshire

3rd Line Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 3rd Line Support Jobs Demand Trend

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend

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

Chester 3rd Line Support Salary Trend

3rd Line Support
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester region that cited 3rd 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 3rd Line Support in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Smartphone
2 1 (50.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (50.00%) iPhone
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (50.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management

3rd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester region that cited 3rd 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 3rd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Internet
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Blackberry
1 1 (50.00%) Smartphone
1 1 (50.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Vista
1 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (50.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) VMware
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft