The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the East Midlands region. 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 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 East Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Specialist
Rank 158 154 153
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 5 6 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.163% 0.181% 0.336%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.171% 0.191% 0.349%
Number of salaries quoted 5 6 11
Average salary £47,500 £30,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+58.33% -7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,100 £27,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,500 £46,250 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,309 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+6.20% +0.88%
All Job Titles
East Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2920 3149 3435
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East Midlands 94.99% 94.91% 96.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2504 2810 2954
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Specialist
England

Support Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands Support Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Support Specialist
Salary Trend

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

East Midlands Support Specialist Salary Trend

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Specialist across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East Midlands Support Specialist Salary Histogram

Support Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Leicestershire -4 3 £47,500 +58.33%
Derbyshire +1 1 £28,000 +1.81%
Northamptonshire -1 1 £26,500 -29.33%
Support Specialist
England

Support Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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.

1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Financials
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle EBS R12
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle iProcurement
2 2 (25.00%) ITIL
2 2 (25.00%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) EPoS
2 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (25.00%) Remedy
3 1 (12.50%) Mitel
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
3 1 (12.50%) MOS
3 1 (12.50%) IT Governance
3 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (12.50%) Operations Management
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Vista
3 1 (12.50%) WSUS
3 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (12.50%) Release Management
3 1 (12.50%) SCCM
3 1 (12.50%) Time Management

Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Midlands 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.

Application Platforms
1 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange
1 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle Financials
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle EBS R12
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle iProcurement
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) TOAD
General
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Retail
2 1 (12.50%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) EPoS
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (12.50%) Windows Vista
2 1 (12.50%) Windows XP
2 1 (12.50%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) IT Governance
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (12.50%) Operations Management
2 1 (12.50%) Load Balancing
2 1 (12.50%) Release Management
2 1 (12.50%) Time Management
2 1 (12.50%) ERP
2 1 (12.50%) E-business
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
2 1 (12.50%) VBScript
2 1 (12.50%) VB
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) MOS
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
1 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
1 1 (12.50%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) WSUS
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle
2 2 (25.00%) Remedy
3 1 (12.50%) Mitel
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) VMware
Kettering, Northamptonshire, East Midlands
The person will also work closely with Pegasus Solutions Marketplace developers to assist expansion of the programme. Main Responsibilities will include provision of the following; - Support to Solutions...
Infor
Posted: 25 May 2013
Leicestershire, East Midlands
The purpose of the Oracle Financials Functional Support Specialist will be to provide functional support for resolving problems and incidents assigned to the Oracle BAU Support Team, covering;...
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Administration and involvement in updating existing and producing new materials for the web-based e-learning programme d... Maintaining records of post-demonstration reports and production of resultant...
Specialist Solutions UK
Salary: £30000 to £35000 per annum - + bonus & benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013