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The table below looks at the demand for the 3rd Line Support role in IT jobs within the City of London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Third Line Support
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank265250
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching permanent IT job ads8191
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.045 %0.038 %
As % of the category below0.465 %0.515 %
Salaries quoted7772
Average minimum salary£38,571£37,472
Average salary£41,253£39,885
% change on same period last year+3.42 %
Average maximum salary£43,935£42,299
UK excluding London average salary£32,962£32,807
% change on same period last year+0.47 %
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads1743017677
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled9.645 %7.413 %
Salaries quoted1483313353
Average minimum salary£48,003£51,011
Average salary£52,923£55,586
% change on same period last year-4.79 %
Average maximum salary£57,842£60,162
UK excluding London average salary£38,058£39,448
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
3rd Line Support London3rd Line Support
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3rd Line Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London 3rd Line Support Demand Trend

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support across the City of London region.

City of London 3rd Line Support Salary Trend

3rd Line Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support across the City of London region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

City of London 3rd Line Support Salary Histogram

3rd Line Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

1138 (65.71 %)Windows
2110 (52.38 %)Active Directory
387 (41.43 %)Windows Server 2003
486 (40.95 %)MS Exchange
573 (34.76 %)Microsoft
657 (27.14 %)Exchange Server 2003
756 (26.67 %)MS Excel
848 (22.86 %)Citrix
944 (20.95 %)Finance
944 (20.95 %)VMware
1041 (19.52 %)SQL Server
1139 (18.57 %)TCP/IP
1238 (18.10 %)Microsoft Certification
1337 (17.62 %)SAN
1337 (17.62 %)MCSE
1433 (15.71 %)Insurance
1530 (14.29 %)DHCP
1629 (13.81 %)MS Office
1629 (13.81 %)SQL
1728 (13.33 %)Windows 2000
1826 (12.38 %)Law
1924 (11.43 %)Exchange Server 2007
2023 (10.95 %)Windows 2000 Server
2023 (10.95 %)SharePoint
2023 (10.95 %)Cisco
2023 (10.95 %)IIS
2122 (10.48 %)Banking
2220 (9.524 %)Linux
2220 (9.524 %)VoIP
2220 (9.524 %)Firewall

3rd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (5.238 %).NET
29 (4.286 %)J2EE
38 (3.810 %)WebServices
42 (0.952 %)WebSphere
42 (0.952 %)Application Packaging
51 (0.476 %)ASP
51 (0.476 %)HTML
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
186 (40.95 %)MS Exchange
257 (27.14 %)Exchange Server 2003
324 (11.43 %)Exchange Server 2007
423 (10.95 %)SharePoint
423 (10.95 %)IIS
515 (7.143 %)Exchange Server 2000
610 (4.762 %)WebLogic
77 (3.333 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
84 (1.905 %)CMS
84 (1.905 %)iPlanet
84 (1.905 %)Lotus Notes
93 (1.429 %)TeamSite
102 (0.952 %)Apache
102 (0.952 %)Tomcat
102 (0.952 %)JBoss
111 (0.476 %)Exchange Server 5.5
111 (0.476 %)GlassFish
111 (0.476 %)WorkSite
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
156 (26.67 %)MS Excel
229 (13.81 %)MS Office
32 (0.952 %)MS Visio
City of London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.476 %)RMDS
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
139 (18.57 %)TCP/IP
237 (17.62 %)SAN
330 (14.29 %)DHCP
420 (9.524 %)VoIP
420 (9.524 %)Firewall
517 (8.095 %)DNS
616 (7.619 %)WAN
616 (7.619 %)VPN
715 (7.143 %)Internet
814 (6.667 %)LAN
98 (3.810 %)HTTP
105 (2.381 %)Intranet
114 (1.905 %)Extranet
123 (1.429 %)SMTP
132 (0.952 %)SMS
132 (0.952 %)Cisco PIX
132 (0.952 %)EIGRP
132 (0.952 %)MPLS
132 (0.952 %)OSPF
132 (0.952 %)BGP
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
141 (19.52 %)SQL Server
211 (5.238 %)DB2
36 (2.857 %)SQL Server 2005
43 (1.429 %)SQL Server 2000
52 (0.952 %)TOAD
52 (0.952 %)Oracle 10g
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (1.429 %)OpenDeploy
21 (0.476 %)MSI
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
144 (20.95 %)Finance
233 (15.71 %)Insurance
326 (12.38 %)Law
422 (10.48 %)Banking
516 (7.619 %)Legal
612 (5.714 %)Telecoms
78 (3.810 %)Back Office
86 (2.857 %)Health
86 (2.857 %)Pensions
86 (2.857 %)Investment Banking
95 (2.381 %)Marketing
104 (1.905 %)Publishing
104 (1.905 %)Financial Institution
113 (1.429 %)Retail
122 (0.952 %)Games
122 (0.952 %)Government
131 (0.476 %)Education
131 (0.476 %)Front Office
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
119 (9.048 %)Blackberry
215 (7.143 %)Clustering
38 (3.810 %)Management Information System
44 (1.905 %)Replication
44 (1.905 %)PKI
51 (0.476 %)Derivative
51 (0.476 %)Mathematics
51 (0.476 %)Computer Science
51 (0.476 %)Data Extraction
51 (0.476 %)CLARiiON
51 (0.476 %)Fixed Income
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1138 (65.71 %)Windows
287 (41.43 %)Windows Server 2003
328 (13.33 %)Windows 2000
423 (10.95 %)Windows 2000 Server
520 (9.524 %)Linux
616 (7.619 %)UNIX
710 (4.762 %)Windows XP
88 (3.810 %)Solaris
97 (3.333 %)Windows Vista
105 (2.381 %)Windows Server 2008
113 (1.429 %)NetWare
113 (1.429 %)Mac OS X
113 (1.429 %)Windows NT
122 (0.952 %)AIX
122 (0.952 %)Ubuntu
131 (0.476 %)Windows Mobile
131 (0.476 %)Red Hat Linux
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
116 (7.619 %)ITIL
28 (3.810 %)Service Management
28 (3.810 %)Content Management
37 (3.333 %)Business Analysis
46 (2.857 %)Disaster Recovery
55 (2.381 %)Project Management
64 (1.905 %)Change Management
64 (1.905 %)Workflow
73 (1.429 %)Service Delivery
73 (1.429 %)CRM
82 (0.952 %)Network Design
82 (0.952 %)Load Balancing
82 (0.952 %)Fund Management
82 (0.952 %)Problem Management
82 (0.952 %)Investment Management
91 (0.476 %)Time Management
91 (0.476 %)Electronic Trading
91 (0.476 %)Migration
91 (0.476 %)Project Planning
91 (0.476 %)Technical Architecture
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
129 (13.81 %)SQL
214 (6.667 %)VBA
313 (6.190 %)C++
410 (4.762 %)Java
59 (4.286 %)VB
59 (4.286 %)C#
68 (3.810 %)Perl
72 (0.952 %)PL/SQL
72 (0.952 %)Transact-SQL
81 (0.476 %)VB.NET
81 (0.476 %)PowerHouse
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
138 (18.10 %)Microsoft Certification
237 (17.62 %)MCSE
314 (6.667 %)Cisco Certification
412 (5.714 %)CCNA
511 (5.238 %)MCP
67 (3.333 %)MCSA
67 (3.333 %)CCNP
75 (2.381 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
75 (2.381 %)Degree
84 (1.905 %)ITIL Certification
84 (1.905 %)CCIE
93 (1.429 %)Citrix Certification
102 (0.952 %)CCEA
102 (0.952 %)CCA
102 (0.952 %)MCAD
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (5.238 %)SLA
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1110 (52.38 %)Active Directory
212 (5.714 %)VMware Infrastructure
39 (4.286 %)ISA Server
39 (4.286 %)VMware ESX
47 (3.333 %)Citrix Presentation Server
47 (3.333 %)MetaFrame
55 (2.381 %)Backup Exec
63 (1.429 %)Terminal Server
72 (0.952 %)Terminal Services
City of London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
112 (5.714 %)MOM
211 (5.238 %)Tivoli
39 (4.286 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
43 (1.429 %)ZENworks
43 (1.429 %)MIMEsweeper
52 (0.952 %)CiscoWorks
61 (0.476 %)Legato
61 (0.476 %)OpenView
61 (0.476 %)Norton AntiVirus
61 (0.476 %)MAILsweeper
61 (0.476 %)Veritas Storage Foundation
61 (0.476 %)SCOM
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
173 (34.76 %)Microsoft
248 (22.86 %)Citrix
344 (20.95 %)VMware
423 (10.95 %)Cisco
514 (6.667 %)HP
613 (6.190 %)Symantec
712 (5.714 %)IBM
811 (5.238 %)VERITAS
98 (3.810 %)Oracle
107 (3.333 %)Sun
107 (3.333 %)Reuters
116 (2.857 %)Bloomberg
116 (2.857 %)Interwoven
124 (1.905 %)Novell
124 (1.905 %)Sybase
124 (1.905 %)Lotus
124 (1.905 %)CheckPoint
133 (1.429 %)Websense
133 (1.429 %)Nokia
133 (1.429 %)Dell