The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Technician 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 Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Technician
Rank 51 49 48
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 13 9 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 2.152% 1.863% 2.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.211% 1.927% 2.202%
Number of salaries quoted 12 9 12
Average salary £24,250 £19,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.63% -36.66%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.17%
All Job Titles
Dorset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
588 467 545
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Dorset 97.35% 96.69% 94.95%
Number of salaries quoted 511 371 421
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 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Technician
South West

Support Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset Support Technician Jobs Demand Trend

Support Technician
Salary Trend

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

Dorset Support Technician Salary Trend

Support Technician
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Technician across the Dorset region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Dorset Support Technician Salary Histogram

Support Technician
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 17 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
Bournemouth +1 3 £30,000 +57.89%
Weymouth - 2 £22,500 -
Poole +5 1 £18,000 -
Support Technician
South West

Support Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset region that cited Support Technician 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 Technician in their job title.

1 15 (88.24%) Windows
2 12 (70.59%) Microsoft
3 11 (64.71%) MS Office
4 9 (52.94%) MS Exchange
4 9 (52.94%) Firewall
4 9 (52.94%) VMware
4 9 (52.94%) VMware Infrastructure
5 8 (47.06%) Active Directory
5 8 (47.06%) Windows XP
5 8 (47.06%) Exchange Server 2010
6 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Certification
6 7 (41.18%) TCP/IP
6 7 (41.18%) VPN
6 7 (41.18%) MCP
6 7 (41.18%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (41.18%) Hyper-V
6 7 (41.18%) Exchange Server 2003
6 7 (41.18%) Windows Vista
7 6 (35.29%) Exchange Server 2007
7 6 (35.29%) MCITP
7 6 (35.29%) Wi-Fi
7 6 (35.29%) Terminal Services
7 6 (35.29%) Windows Server 2003
7 6 (35.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 6 (35.29%) SQL
7 6 (35.29%) LAN
7 6 (35.29%) DHCP
7 6 (35.29%) MCSE
7 6 (35.29%) MCSA
7 6 (35.29%) DNS

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Dorset region that cited Support Technician 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 Technician in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (5.882%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 9 (52.94%) MS Exchange
2 8 (47.06%) Exchange Server 2010
3 7 (41.18%) Exchange Server 2003
4 6 (35.29%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (35.29%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 4 (23.53%) SharePoint
6 1 (5.882%) Lotus Notes
6 1 (5.882%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 11 (64.71%) MS Office
2 3 (17.65%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (52.94%) Firewall
2 7 (41.18%) TCP/IP
2 7 (41.18%) VPN
3 6 (35.29%) DNS
3 6 (35.29%) LAN
3 6 (35.29%) DHCP
3 6 (35.29%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (11.76%) SAN
5 1 (5.882%) Intranet
5 1 (5.882%) 3G
5 1 (5.882%) HTTP
5 1 (5.882%) VoIP
5 1 (5.882%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (5.882%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.882%) SQL Server
1 1 (5.882%) Crystal Reports
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) CCTV
2 1 (5.882%) Fat Client
2 1 (5.882%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (5.882%) iPhone
2 1 (5.882%) iPad
2 1 (5.882%) Thin Client
2 1 (5.882%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 15 (88.24%) Windows
2 8 (47.06%) Windows XP
3 7 (41.18%) Windows Vista
3 7 (41.18%) Windows Server 2008
4 6 (35.29%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (17.65%) Windows 2000
6 2 (11.76%) Windows 7
7 1 (5.882%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (5.882%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (5.882%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) SQL
2 1 (5.882%) VB
2 1 (5.882%) VB.NET
2 1 (5.882%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) MCP
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (35.29%) MCITP
2 6 (35.29%) MCSE
2 6 (35.29%) MCSA
System Software
1 9 (52.94%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (47.06%) Active Directory
3 7 (41.18%) Hyper-V
4 6 (35.29%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 12 (70.59%) Microsoft
2 9 (52.94%) VMware
3 6 (35.29%) Sage
4 4 (23.53%) Citrix
5 2 (11.76%) HP
5 2 (11.76%) Dell
5 2 (11.76%) EMC
5 2 (11.76%) DataCore
5 2 (11.76%) Cisco
6 1 (5.882%) Symantec
6 1 (5.882%) Juniper
6 1 (5.882%) Lotus
6 1 (5.882%) Apple