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The table below looks at the demand for the Support Specialist 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 Support Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Support Specialist
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank257221
Rank change on same period last yearDown-36
Matching permanent IT job ads5698
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.038 %0.045 %
As % of the category below0.408 %0.666 %
Salaries quoted4377
Average minimum salary£42,116£43,221
Average salary£43,802£49,545
% change on same period last year-11.59 %
Average maximum salary£45,488£55,870
UK excluding London average salary£34,749£31,381
% change on same period last year+10.73 %
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads1371014704
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled9.282 %6.683 %
Salaries quoted1190611188
Average minimum salary£47,822£49,344
Average salary£53,130£53,944
% change on same period last year-1.50 %
Average maximum salary£58,438£58,544
UK excluding London average salary£38,498£39,065
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
Support Specialist LondonSupport Specialist
London

Support Specialist
Demand Trend

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

City of London Support Specialist Demand Trend

Support Specialist
Salary Trend

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

City of London Support Specialist Salary Trend

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Specialist across the City of London region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

City of London Support Specialist Salary Histogram

Support Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited Support Specialist 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 Support Specialist in their job title.

144 (41.12 %)Windows
230 (28.04 %)Active Directory
329 (27.10 %)Finance
427 (25.23 %)Windows Server 2003
427 (25.23 %)SQL
525 (23.36 %)Service Management
619 (17.76 %)Front Office
718 (16.82 %).NET
817 (15.89 %)VB
916 (14.95 %)Microsoft
1015 (14.02 %)Perl
1015 (14.02 %)Migration
1114 (13.08 %)TCP/IP
1114 (13.08 %)Banking
1213 (12.15 %)ITIL
1312 (11.21 %)SharePoint
1312 (11.21 %)IIS
1411 (10.28 %)SQL Server
1411 (10.28 %)UNIX
1411 (10.28 %)Internet
1411 (10.28 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1510 (9.346 %)Investment Banking
1510 (9.346 %)WebServices
1510 (9.346 %)Windows 2000
1510 (9.346 %)J2EE
1510 (9.346 %)Java
1510 (9.346 %)HTTP
169 (8.411 %)Windows XP
169 (8.411 %)C#
169 (8.411 %)Management Information System

Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited Support Specialist 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 Support Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
118 (16.82 %).NET
210 (9.346 %)J2EE
210 (9.346 %)WebServices
38 (7.477 %)ASP.NET
45 (4.673 %)FIX Protocol
54 (3.738 %)XML
62 (1.869 %)XSLT
62 (1.869 %)Middleware
62 (1.869 %)WebSphere
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (11.21 %)IIS
112 (11.21 %)SharePoint
28 (7.477 %)MS Exchange
28 (7.477 %)WebLogic
28 (7.477 %)Exchange Server 2003
35 (4.673 %)CMS
44 (3.738 %)iPlanet
53 (2.804 %)TeamSite
62 (1.869 %)Exchange Server 2000
62 (1.869 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
62 (1.869 %)Exchange Server 2007
71 (0.935 %)Rendezvous
71 (0.935 %)Apache
71 (0.935 %)Tomcat
71 (0.935 %)MQSeries
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (5.607 %)MS Excel
24 (3.738 %)MS Office
City of London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.935 %)RMDS
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
114 (13.08 %)TCP/IP
211 (10.28 %)Internet
310 (9.346 %)HTTP
46 (5.607 %)Firewall
46 (5.607 %)DNS
55 (4.673 %)VPN
55 (4.673 %)VoIP
64 (3.738 %)Extranet
64 (3.738 %)Intranet
73 (2.804 %)LAN
73 (2.804 %)SAN
73 (2.804 %)WAN
82 (1.869 %)DHCP
91 (0.935 %)FTP
91 (0.935 %)PPP
91 (0.935 %)SSL
91 (0.935 %)IP Telephony
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (10.28 %)SQL Server
29 (8.411 %)Reference Data
37 (6.542 %)Crystal Reports
42 (1.869 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (0.935 %)SQL Server Integration Services
51 (0.935 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
51 (0.935 %)OLAP
51 (0.935 %)DTS
51 (0.935 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (0.935 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
51 (0.935 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
51 (0.935 %)Data Mart
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (2.804 %)OpenDeploy
21 (0.935 %)XDE
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
129 (27.10 %)Finance
219 (17.76 %)Front Office
314 (13.08 %)Banking
410 (9.346 %)Investment Banking
58 (7.477 %)Law
63 (2.804 %)Publishing
63 (2.804 %)Insurance
72 (1.869 %)Pensions
81 (0.935 %)Auditing
81 (0.935 %)Back Office
81 (0.935 %)Education
81 (0.935 %)Health
81 (0.935 %)Financial Institution
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (10.28 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
29 (8.411 %)Management Information System
36 (5.607 %)Derivative
36 (5.607 %)Blackberry
45 (4.673 %)PKI
54 (3.738 %)Fixed Income
54 (3.738 %)Thin Client
54 (3.738 %)Fat Client
62 (1.869 %)PDA
62 (1.869 %)Interest Rate Derivative
62 (1.869 %)Clustering
71 (0.935 %)Web 2.0
71 (0.935 %)Replication
71 (0.935 %)French Language
71 (0.935 %)Portuguese Language
71 (0.935 %)Spanish Language
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
144 (41.12 %)Windows
227 (25.23 %)Windows Server 2003
311 (10.28 %)UNIX
410 (9.346 %)Windows 2000
59 (8.411 %)Windows XP
64 (3.738 %)Windows 2000 Server
73 (2.804 %)Linux
81 (0.935 %)Red Hat Linux
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
125 (23.36 %)Service Management
215 (14.02 %)Migration
313 (12.15 %)ITIL
48 (7.477 %)Content Management
56 (5.607 %)Disaster Recovery
65 (4.673 %)Project Management
65 (4.673 %)Asset Management
72 (1.869 %)Greeks
72 (1.869 %)OO
81 (0.935 %)E-Commerce
81 (0.935 %)Business Intelligence
81 (0.935 %)Security Management
81 (0.935 %)Risk Management
81 (0.935 %)Document Management
81 (0.935 %)Software Testing
81 (0.935 %)Technical Architecture
81 (0.935 %)Load Balancing
81 (0.935 %)Problem Management
81 (0.935 %)Performance Testing
81 (0.935 %)Electronic Trading
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
127 (25.23 %)SQL
217 (15.89 %)VB
315 (14.02 %)Perl
410 (9.346 %)Java
59 (8.411 %)C#
68 (7.477 %)VB6
77 (6.542 %)VB.NET
83 (2.804 %)Shell Script
92 (1.869 %)VBA
101 (0.935 %)PL/SQL
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (6.542 %)MCSE
17 (6.542 %)Microsoft Certification
23 (2.804 %)Cisco Certification
32 (1.869 %)Degree
32 (1.869 %)CCNA
41 (0.935 %)CCDP
41 (0.935 %)CCA
41 (0.935 %)Citrix Certification
41 (0.935 %)CCEA
41 (0.935 %)CISSP
41 (0.935 %)CISM
41 (0.935 %)CCSP
41 (0.935 %)CCNP
41 (0.935 %)SCNA
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.935 %)SLA
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
130 (28.04 %)Active Directory
21 (0.935 %)ISA Server
21 (0.935 %)VMware ESX
City of London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (1.869 %)Norton AntiVirus
21 (0.935 %)CONTROL-M
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (14.95 %)Microsoft
28 (7.477 %)Citrix
37 (6.542 %)Reuters
37 (6.542 %)Bloomberg
37 (6.542 %)Remedy
45 (4.673 %)HP
45 (4.673 %)Sun
45 (4.673 %)Cisco
54 (3.738 %)Interwoven
63 (2.804 %)Symantec
63 (2.804 %)VMware
63 (2.804 %)Nortel
72 (1.869 %)Altiris
72 (1.869 %)Oracle
81 (0.935 %)Sybase
81 (0.935 %)IBM
81 (0.935 %)Murex
81 (0.935 %)Fidessa
81 (0.935 %)EMC
81 (0.935 %)Intel