The first table below looks at the demand for the IT 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 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Support
Rank 49 37 51
Rank change year-on-year
-12 +14
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 2 1 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 0.592% 0.641% 1.587%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.633% 0.641% 1.695%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 4
Average salary £26,000 £21,216 £27,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.54% -22.14%
UK excluding London average salary £24,000 £24,000 £23,750
% change year-on-year
- +1.05%
All Job Titles
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
316 156 236
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 93.49% 100.00% 93.65%
Number of salaries quoted 169 134 228
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £21,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,500 £46,000 £42,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
IT Support
Cheshire

IT Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester IT Support Salary Trend

IT Support
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper
1 2 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 2 (100.00%) Handset
1 2 (100.00%) IP Telephony

IT Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) IP Telephony
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Blackberry
1 2 (100.00%) Handset
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Juniper
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