The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Durham 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 24 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 Durham region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 19 24 21
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 1 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Durham 1.299% 2.817% 0.971%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.333% 2.899% 1.031%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 1
Average salary £21,000 £22,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.54% -20.00%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Durham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
75 138 97
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Durham 97.40% 97.18% 94.17%
Number of salaries quoted 70 126 76
Average salary £32,500 £29,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.06% -12.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £20,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Engineer
North East

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Durham 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 Durham region.

Durham Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Durham 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 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 8 (88.89%) TCP/IP
3 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
3 5 (55.56%) Linux
4 4 (44.44%) Firewall
4 4 (44.44%) Back Office
4 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
4 4 (44.44%) Manufacturing
4 4 (44.44%) VMware
4 4 (44.44%) MCDST
4 4 (44.44%) VLAN
4 4 (44.44%) Fat Client
4 4 (44.44%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (44.44%) Hyper-V
4 4 (44.44%) MCSE
4 4 (44.44%) MS Exchange
4 4 (44.44%) LAN
4 4 (44.44%) VoIP
4 4 (44.44%) WAN
4 4 (44.44%) C
4 4 (44.44%) SQL
4 4 (44.44%) MS Office
4 4 (44.44%) HNC
4 4 (44.44%) HND
4 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (44.44%) Thin Client
4 4 (44.44%) VPN
4 4 (44.44%) Cisco
5 1 (11.11%) Symantec

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Durham 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 Platforms
1 4 (44.44%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (44.44%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) TCP/IP
2 4 (44.44%) Firewall
2 4 (44.44%) VLAN
2 4 (44.44%) LAN
2 4 (44.44%) VoIP
2 4 (44.44%) WAN
2 4 (44.44%) VPN
General
1 4 (44.44%) Back Office
1 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
1 4 (44.44%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Fat Client
1 4 (44.44%) Thin Client
2 1 (11.11%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 9 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) Linux
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) C
1 4 (44.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) MCDST
1 4 (44.44%) MCSE
1 4 (44.44%) HNC
1 4 (44.44%) HND
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 4 (44.44%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (44.44%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (44.44%) VMware
2 4 (44.44%) Cisco
3 1 (11.11%) Symantec
Hartlepool, Cleveland
the succesful candidate will be working for a leading IT team, the ICT Desktop Support Engineer will be employed to roll out over 1800 PCs with Windows 7...
Alexander Mann Solutions
Salary: Negotiable
Posted: 1 May 2013