Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Support Technician 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 Support Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the East of England region.

 Support Technician
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank199165205
Rank change year-on-year
Down-34Up+40
Matching permanent IT job ads23379
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England0.034 %0.512 %0.609 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.036 %0.542 %0.640 %
Salaries quoted11973
Average salary£24,500£20,000£22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+22.50 %-11.11 %
UK excluding London average salary£23,250£22,000£22,500
% change year-on-year
+5.680 %-2.220 %
East of England IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5572609212345
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England94.44 %94.54 %95.14 %
Salaries quoted4690517210305
Average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£24,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£55,000£54,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %-
Support Technician EnglandSupport Technician
England

Support Technician
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Support Technician across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

East of England Support Technician Demand Trend

Support Technician
Salary Trend

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

East of England Support Technician Salary Trend

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 East of England region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EssexUp+161--
CambridgeshireDown-201£24,500+11.36 %
Support Technician EnglandSupport Technician
England

Support Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

16 (25.00 %)Firewall
16 (25.00 %)Health
16 (25.00 %)SQL Server
16 (25.00 %)Windows
16 (25.00 %)Microsoft
16 (25.00 %)Retail
25 (20.83 %)Pensions
25 (20.83 %)Network Security
25 (20.83 %)NETGEAR
25 (20.83 %)Windows XP
25 (20.83 %)SQL
25 (20.83 %)MS Office
25 (20.83 %)3Com
25 (20.83 %)Cisco
34 (16.67 %)Active Directory
34 (16.67 %)Windows Vista
43 (12.50 %)MS Excel
52 (8.333 %)Microsoft Certification
52 (8.333 %)Sage
52 (8.333 %)Finance
52 (8.333 %)Back Office
52 (8.333 %)CRM
52 (8.333 %)MS Exchange
52 (8.333 %)LAN
52 (8.333 %)WAN
52 (8.333 %)SLA
52 (8.333 %)MCP
52 (8.333 %)MCSE
52 (8.333 %)NAS
61 (4.167 %)SharePoint Server 2007

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (8.333 %)MS Exchange
21 (4.167 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (4.167 %)IIS
21 (4.167 %)SharePoint
East of England IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (20.83 %)MS Office
23 (12.50 %)MS Excel
East of England IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
16 (25.00 %)Firewall
25 (20.83 %)Network Security
32 (8.333 %)LAN
32 (8.333 %)WAN
32 (8.333 %)NAS
41 (4.167 %)IP Telephony
East of England IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (25.00 %)SQL Server
East of England IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16 (25.00 %)Health
16 (25.00 %)Retail
25 (20.83 %)Pensions
32 (8.333 %)Finance
32 (8.333 %)Back Office
41 (4.167 %)Telecoms
East of England IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
16 (25.00 %)Windows
25 (20.83 %)Windows XP
34 (16.67 %)Windows Vista
41 (4.167 %)Linux
41 (4.167 %)UNIX
East of England IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (8.333 %)CRM
East of England IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
15 (20.83 %)SQL
East of England IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (8.333 %)Microsoft Certification
12 (8.333 %)MCP
12 (8.333 %)MCSE
East of England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (8.333 %)SLA
East of England IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (16.67 %)Active Directory
21 (4.167 %)Citrix Presentation Server
21 (4.167 %)ISA Server
East of England IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16 (25.00 %)Microsoft
25 (20.83 %)NETGEAR
25 (20.83 %)3Com
25 (20.83 %)Cisco
32 (8.333 %)Sage
41 (4.167 %)Citrix