The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Support Engineer
Rank 260 257 257
Rank change year-on-year
-3 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Support Engineer 5 21 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.061% 0.240% 0.107%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% 0.249% 0.113%
Number of salaries quoted 5 16 10
Average salary £24,000 £28,000 £24,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +16.66%
UK excluding London average salary £24,000 £27,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year
-12.72% +10.00%
All Job Titles
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7826 8445 8852
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 95.45% 96.71% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 6818 7075 7564
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Support Engineer
England

Software Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Software Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

East of England Software Support Engineer Salary Trend

Software Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Support Engineer within the East of England 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
Bedfordshire -8 5 £24,000 -40.00%
Software Support Engineer
England

Software Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region that cited Software 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 Software Support Engineer in their job title.

1 17 (80.95%) C#
2 12 (57.14%) C++
2 12 (57.14%) Windows
2 12 (57.14%) Degree
3 10 (47.62%) Java
4 9 (42.86%) HTML
4 9 (42.86%) .NET
4 9 (42.86%) XML
4 9 (42.86%) CSS
5 8 (38.10%) C
5 8 (38.10%) Linux
5 8 (38.10%) Computer Science
5 8 (38.10%) IP Telephony
5 8 (38.10%) Software Engineering
5 8 (38.10%) Python
5 8 (38.10%) VoIP
5 8 (38.10%) TCP/IP
5 8 (38.10%) SS7
6 7 (33.33%) Software Deployment
6 7 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
6 7 (33.33%) MVC
6 7 (33.33%) Ajax
6 7 (33.33%) WCF
6 7 (33.33%) jQuery
6 7 (33.33%) XSLT
6 7 (33.33%) ASP.NET
6 7 (33.33%) JavaScript
6 7 (33.33%) SQL
6 7 (33.33%) VB.NET
7 3 (14.29%) IIS

Software Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region that cited Software 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 Software Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (42.86%) HTML
1 9 (42.86%) .NET
1 9 (42.86%) CSS
1 9 (42.86%) XML
2 7 (33.33%) XSLT
2 7 (33.33%) Ajax
2 7 (33.33%) WCF
2 7 (33.33%) jQuery
2 7 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC
2 7 (33.33%) ASP.NET
3 2 (9.524%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (38.10%) VoIP
1 8 (38.10%) TCP/IP
1 8 (38.10%) SS7
1 8 (38.10%) IP Telephony
2 2 (9.524%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (14.29%) WinDbg
General
1 3 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 12 (57.14%) Windows
2 8 (38.10%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Software Engineering
2 7 (33.33%) MVC
2 7 (33.33%) Software Deployment
3 3 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
3 3 (14.29%) ITIL
3 3 (14.29%) OO
4 1 (4.762%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (80.95%) C#
2 12 (57.14%) C++
3 10 (47.62%) Java
4 8 (38.10%) C
4 8 (38.10%) Python
5 7 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 7 (33.33%) SQL
5 7 (33.33%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 12 (57.14%) Degree