The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Coventry region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Coventry region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 53 38 52
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 10 6 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 1.548% 1.709% 0.866%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.645% 1.791% 0.883%
Number of salaries quoted 10 6 4
Average salary £24,750 £22,000 £23,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -7.36%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £20,000 £18,600
10% offered a salary of more than £30,750 £26,250 £27,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Coventry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
608 335 453
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 94.12% 95.44% 98.05%
Number of salaries quoted 482 314 421
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -17.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,100 £24,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £65,000 £58,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Support Engineer
West Midlands

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Coventry Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Coventry Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry region that cited Support Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 8 (61.54%) Windows
2 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
3 5 (38.46%) MS Office
4 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (23.08%) MCP
4 3 (23.08%) MS Exchange
4 3 (23.08%) MCSE
5 2 (15.38%) DHCP
5 2 (15.38%) DNS
5 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
5 2 (15.38%) HNC
5 2 (15.38%) HND
5 2 (15.38%) SQL
5 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (15.38%) VLAN
5 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (15.38%) Firewall
5 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
6 1 (7.692%) VMware
6 1 (7.692%) Electronics
6 1 (7.692%) Telecoms
6 1 (7.692%) Symposium
6 1 (7.692%) MPLS
6 1 (7.692%) CAD
6 1 (7.692%) Avaya
6 1 (7.692%) SAN
6 1 (7.692%) WSUS
6 1 (7.692%) Network Load Balancing
6 1 (7.692%) SCADA
6 1 (7.692%) Arabic Language

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry region that cited Support Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (7.692%) .NET
1 1 (7.692%) DHTML
1 1 (7.692%) ASP
1 1 (7.692%) ASP.NET
1 1 (7.692%) Web Services
1 1 (7.692%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 5 (38.46%) MS Office
2 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) DHCP
1 2 (15.38%) DNS
1 2 (15.38%) VLAN
1 2 (15.38%) Firewall
2 1 (7.692%) Symposium
2 1 (7.692%) MPLS
2 1 (7.692%) SAN
2 1 (7.692%) VSAT
2 1 (7.692%) Ethernet
2 1 (7.692%) TCP/IP
2 1 (7.692%) ADSL
2 1 (7.692%) GPRS
2 1 (7.692%) GSM
2 1 (7.692%) ISDN
2 1 (7.692%) PSTN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (15.38%) Manufacturing
2 1 (7.692%) Electronics
2 1 (7.692%) Telecoms
2 1 (7.692%) Arabic Language
2 1 (7.692%) French Language
2 1 (7.692%) Portuguese Language
2 1 (7.692%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 8 (61.54%) Windows
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (15.38%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (7.692%) Windows 2000 Server
3 1 (7.692%) Windows 7
3 1 (7.692%) Linux
3 1 (7.692%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (7.692%) CAD
1 1 (7.692%) Network Load Balancing
1 1 (7.692%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) SQL
2 1 (7.692%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.692%) VB.NET
2 1 (7.692%) C#
2 1 (7.692%) Delphi
2 1 (7.692%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (23.08%) MCP
1 3 (23.08%) MCSE
2 2 (15.38%) HNC
2 2 (15.38%) HND
3 1 (7.692%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.692%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.692%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (15.38%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (7.692%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.692%) VMware
2 1 (7.692%) Avaya
2 1 (7.692%) HP
2 1 (7.692%) Nortel
2 1 (7.692%) Cisco
Coventry, West Midlands
They will also have experience installing, configuring and supporting Windows Server 2008 R2, HyperV and Windows 7. As well as experience with HP Networking, SAN Storage and Powershell.
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000.00 - £30000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 5 June 2013