The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Dorset 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 20 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 Dorset region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 44 55 54
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 24 6 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 3.980% 1.230% 1.241%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.089% 1.271% 1.308%
Number of salaries quoted 23 5 6
Average salary £22,500 £27,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.18% -8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £17,000 £19,000 £23,300
10% offered a salary of more than £27,400 £30,500 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
587 472 535
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 97.35% 96.72% 94.86%
Number of salaries quoted 511 376 413
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Engineer
South West

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Dorset Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Poole - 7 £22,500 -
Bournemouth +2 5 £27,500 +34.14%
Dorchester +6 2 £17,000 -38.18%
Weymouth - 2 £20,750 -
Support Engineer
South West

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 23 (45.10%) Windows
2 17 (33.33%) VMware
3 16 (31.37%) Linux
4 13 (25.49%) Microsoft
4 13 (25.49%) Active Directory
5 11 (21.57%) Citrix
5 11 (21.57%) Firewall
6 10 (19.61%) C
6 10 (19.61%) SQL
7 9 (17.65%) MS Exchange
7 9 (17.65%) WAN
7 9 (17.65%) Electronics
7 9 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
8 7 (13.73%) Telecoms
8 7 (13.73%) ERP
9 6 (11.76%) Windows XP
9 6 (11.76%) MySQL
9 6 (11.76%) Wireless
9 6 (11.76%) VPN
9 6 (11.76%) Red Hat
9 6 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (11.76%) Exchange Server 2003
10 5 (9.804%) Internet
10 5 (9.804%) ISA Server
10 5 (9.804%) Symantec
10 5 (9.804%) FTP
10 5 (9.804%) .NET
11 4 (7.843%) TCP/IP
11 4 (7.843%) Salesforce.com
11 4 (7.843%) Backup Exec

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset 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 5 (9.804%) .NET
2 3 (5.882%) ASP.NET
2 3 (5.882%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 9 (17.65%) MS Exchange
2 6 (11.76%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (3.922%) Apache
4 1 (1.961%) Lotus Domino
4 1 (1.961%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (1.961%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 3 (5.882%) MS Office
1 3 (5.882%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.922%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 11 (21.57%) Firewall
2 9 (17.65%) WAN
3 6 (11.76%) VPN
3 6 (11.76%) Wireless
4 5 (9.804%) Internet
4 5 (9.804%) FTP
5 4 (7.843%) TCP/IP
6 3 (5.882%) LAN
6 3 (5.882%) VoIP
6 3 (5.882%) DNS
7 2 (3.922%) SS7
8 1 (1.961%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (1.961%) MGW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (11.76%) MySQL
2 2 (3.922%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (17.65%) Electronics
2 7 (13.73%) Telecoms
3 1 (1.961%) Aerospace
3 1 (1.961%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.961%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.882%) Open Source
2 1 (1.961%) Kindle
2 1 (1.961%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 23 (45.10%) Windows
2 16 (31.37%) Linux
3 6 (11.76%) Windows XP
3 6 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (7.843%) Windows Vista
4 4 (7.843%) Windows 8
5 2 (3.922%) Ubuntu
6 1 (1.961%) Windows 7
6 1 (1.961%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (1.961%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (13.73%) ERP
2 2 (3.922%) Resource Management
3 1 (1.961%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 10 (19.61%) C
1 10 (19.61%) SQL
2 3 (5.882%) VB.NET
2 3 (5.882%) C#
3 2 (3.922%) Java
3 2 (3.922%) PHP
4 1 (1.961%) C++
4 1 (1.961%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (5.882%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1 3 (5.882%) VCP4
2 2 (3.922%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (3.922%) MCSE
3 1 (1.961%) MCSA
3 1 (1.961%) MCP
3 1 (1.961%) HNC
3 1 (1.961%) HND
3 1 (1.961%) MCDST
3 1 (1.961%) MCITP
3 1 (1.961%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.961%) ISO 9001
1 1 (1.961%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (25.49%) Active Directory
2 9 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (9.804%) ISA Server
4 3 (5.882%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (1.961%) Terminal Services
5 1 (1.961%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.961%) XenServer
5 1 (1.961%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (7.843%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 17 (33.33%) VMware
2 13 (25.49%) Microsoft
3 11 (21.57%) Citrix
4 6 (11.76%) Red Hat
5 5 (9.804%) Symantec
6 4 (7.843%) Salesforce.com
7 3 (5.882%) HP
7 3 (5.882%) Cisco
8 2 (3.922%) SAP
8 2 (3.922%) Dell
8 2 (3.922%) JD Edwards
8 2 (3.922%) SonicWALL
9 1 (1.961%) Veeam
9 1 (1.961%) Twitter
9 1 (1.961%) Lotus
Dorset
This is an excellent opportunity to work alongside an IT Manager gaining excellent experience on a variety of technologies and exposure to project work. You will be providing...
IT Talent Solutions
Salary: £16000 - £20000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
Essential Skills & Experience: - Windows Server 2003, 2008. - Active Directory. - Windows 7, Windows XP. - MS Outlook / MS Exchange... - Blackberry and iPhone support - Excellent communication & interpersonal skills... Ideally Backup exec.
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £25,000 to £28,000 per annum + Bonus & Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Dorchester, Dorset
Server and PC hardware/software in a Microsoft/Linux networking environment. - Analogue and digital/VOIP telephone networks. - TCP/IP network fundamentals including working with Windows software configurations... DESIRABLE...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: £20,000 + £2,500 Travel
Posted: 15 May 2013
Weymouth, South West
As the Support Engineer you will take day to day responsibility for MS Server and desktop support across the company. You will also be involved with supporting the...
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Salary: £15000 - £23000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013