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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 76 66 52
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 12 23 27
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 1.379% 2.396% 4.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.422% 2.484% 4.334%
Number of salaries quoted 11 23 27
Average salary £22,500 £35,000 £25,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-35.71% +37.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £30,200 £18,500
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £37,500 £28,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
East Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
844 926 623
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in East Sussex 97.01% 96.46% 94.11%
Number of salaries quoted 753 826 597
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £49,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Engineer
South East

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Sussex 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 East Sussex region.

East Sussex Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the East Sussex region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

East Sussex Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the East Sussex 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
Brighton -9 12 £22,500 -35.71%
Support Engineer
South East

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex 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 15 (78.95%) Linux
2 14 (73.68%) Windows
3 11 (57.89%) MySQL
4 8 (42.11%) Telecoms
5 7 (36.84%) PHP
5 7 (36.84%) TCP/IP
5 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
5 7 (36.84%) DNS
6 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (31.58%) Apache
6 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2008
7 5 (26.32%) Manufacturing
7 5 (26.32%) Python
7 5 (26.32%) HNC
7 5 (26.32%) HND
7 5 (26.32%) C
7 5 (26.32%) Java
7 5 (26.32%) JavaScript
7 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
7 5 (26.32%) IIS
7 5 (26.32%) Cisco
7 5 (26.32%) Active Directory
8 4 (21.05%) HP
8 4 (21.05%) Dell
8 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (21.05%) MCSE
8 4 (21.05%) VoIP
8 4 (21.05%) Degree
8 4 (21.05%) LANDesk
8 4 (21.05%) Back Office

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the East Sussex 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 Development
1 2 (10.53%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 6 (31.58%) Apache
2 5 (26.32%) IIS
3 1 (5.263%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (5.263%) MS Office
1 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (36.84%) TCP/IP
1 7 (36.84%) DNS
2 4 (21.05%) VoIP
3 2 (10.53%) SSH
4 1 (5.263%) Network Security
4 1 (5.263%) Firewall
4 1 (5.263%) WAN
4 1 (5.263%) DHCP
4 1 (5.263%) VPN
4 1 (5.263%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (57.89%) MySQL
2 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (42.11%) Telecoms
2 5 (26.32%) Manufacturing
3 4 (21.05%) Back Office
4 1 (5.263%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 15 (78.95%) Linux
2 14 (73.68%) Windows
3 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (31.58%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (10.53%) SUSE
4 2 (10.53%) Debian
4 2 (10.53%) CentOS
4 2 (10.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (10.53%) Solaris
5 1 (5.263%) Windows XP
5 1 (5.263%) Windows 7
5 1 (5.263%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (15.79%) Web Development
2 1 (5.263%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 7 (36.84%) PHP
2 5 (26.32%) C
2 5 (26.32%) Java
2 5 (26.32%) JavaScript
2 5 (26.32%) Python
3 2 (10.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (26.32%) HNC
1 5 (26.32%) HND
2 4 (21.05%) MCSE
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (21.05%) MCDST
2 4 (21.05%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.263%) ISO 9001
1 1 (5.263%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 5 (26.32%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.263%) Hyper-V
3 1 (5.263%) vSphere
3 1 (5.263%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 5 (26.32%) Cisco
3 4 (21.05%) LANDesk
3 4 (21.05%) Apple
3 4 (21.05%) HP
3 4 (21.05%) Dell
4 2 (10.53%) Red Hat
4 2 (10.53%) VMware
Hastings, East Sussex
The successful SC Cleared IT Support Engineer will have a strong background of deploying new devices for a Windows 7 upgrade... group of companies, the fourth largest staffing...
TEKsystems
Salary: £18 - £19 per hour
Posted: 13 May 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
Essentially you must have a good broad technical knowledge of IT systems and infrastructure including most of the following - - Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8 - Servers -...
Focus Select Ltd
Salary: From £17,000 to £21,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 15 May 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
Brighton £20 - £25k My client is one of the world's leading social media monitoring applications... Skill Set Required: -A technical degree that contained multiple programming-related components...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Brighton, East Sussex
Computer People are currently looking for a 2ND Line Support Engineer to join an exciting Company based in Brighton. We are ideally looking for a Support Engineer looking...
Computer People
Salary: £24000.00 - £25000.00 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013