The first table below looks at the demand for the Network 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 Network Support in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Network Support
Rank - - 50
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support 0 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester - - 0.397%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 0.424%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Average salary - - £25,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.83%
All Job Titles
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
313 156 236
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 92.88% 100.00% 93.65%
Number of salaries quoted 167 132 228
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 £27,000 £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%
Network Support
Cheshire

Network Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester Network Support Jobs Demand Trend

Network Support
Salary Trend

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

Chester Network Support Salary Trend

Network Support
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester region that cited Network 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 Network Support in their job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ATM
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) IPX
1 2 (100.00%) IPX/SPX
1 2 (100.00%) RIP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) SSL
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Nokia
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) DWDM
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Frame Relay
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 2 (100.00%) Network Management
1 2 (100.00%) HSRP

Network Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester region that cited Network 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 Network Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) ATM
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Ethernet
1 2 (100.00%) IPX
1 2 (100.00%) IPX/SPX
1 2 (100.00%) RIP
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) VPN
1 2 (100.00%) SSL
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) DWDM
1 2 (100.00%) OSPF
1 2 (100.00%) BGP
1 2 (100.00%) EIGRP
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Frame Relay
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco PIX
1 2 (100.00%) HSRP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
1 2 (100.00%) Network Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNP
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
1 2 (100.00%) Nokia
1 2 (100.00%) CheckPoint