The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh 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 22 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 66 67 76
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 26 25 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 2.390% 1.805% 1.898%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.495% 1.894% 1.992%
Number of salaries quoted 19 18 24
Average salary £30,000 £29,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.44% +5.45%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,300 £23,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £48,500 £32,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1042 1320 1456
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 95.77% 95.31% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 604 965 1058
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Engineer
Scotland

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Edinburgh Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 21 (51.22%) Microsoft
2 20 (48.78%) Windows
3 15 (36.59%) Active Directory
4 14 (34.15%) Linux
5 13 (31.71%) UNIX
6 10 (24.39%) Windows Server 2008
7 9 (21.95%) Windows Server 2003
7 9 (21.95%) SQL Server
8 7 (17.07%) .NET
8 7 (17.07%) HP
8 7 (17.07%) VMware
8 7 (17.07%) Degree
9 6 (14.63%) Hyper-V
9 6 (14.63%) Windows Server 2012
9 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (14.63%) VB.NET
9 6 (14.63%) DHTML
9 6 (14.63%) SQL
9 6 (14.63%) Solaris
9 6 (14.63%) Oracle
10 5 (12.20%) ASP.NET
10 5 (12.20%) XML
10 5 (12.20%) ITIL
10 5 (12.20%) Java
10 5 (12.20%) C#
10 5 (12.20%) SAN
10 5 (12.20%) Internet
10 5 (12.20%) WebSphere MQ
10 5 (12.20%) Middleware
10 5 (12.20%) WebSphere

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 7 (17.07%) .NET
2 6 (14.63%) DHTML
3 5 (12.20%) ASP.NET
3 5 (12.20%) XML
3 5 (12.20%) Middleware
3 5 (12.20%) WebSphere
4 4 (9.756%) ASP
4 4 (9.756%) Web Services
5 3 (7.317%) CSS
5 3 (7.317%) HTML
6 2 (4.878%) Ajax
6 2 (4.878%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 5 (12.20%) WebSphere MQ
2 4 (9.756%) SharePoint
2 4 (9.756%) IIS
3 2 (4.878%) WebLogic
4 1 (2.439%) Apache
4 1 (2.439%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (9.756%) MS Office
1 4 (9.756%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.20%) SAN
1 5 (12.20%) Internet
2 4 (9.756%) TCP/IP
3 2 (4.878%) Firewall
3 2 (4.878%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (4.878%) VSAT
4 1 (2.439%) DHCP
4 1 (2.439%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (21.95%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.317%) MySQL
3 2 (4.878%) GIS
4 1 (2.439%) MS Access
4 1 (2.439%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (2.439%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (2.439%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 4 (9.756%) Finance
1 4 (9.756%) Telecoms
2 2 (4.878%) Billing
3 1 (2.439%) Front Office
3 1 (2.439%) Investment Banking
3 1 (2.439%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Clustering
2 3 (7.317%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 20 (48.78%) Windows
2 14 (34.15%) Linux
3 13 (31.71%) UNIX
4 10 (24.39%) Windows Server 2008
5 9 (21.95%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (14.63%) Windows Server 2012
6 6 (14.63%) Solaris
7 4 (9.756%) Windows 7
8 3 (7.317%) Windows XP
9 2 (4.878%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (12.20%) ITIL
2 3 (7.317%) Asset Management
3 2 (4.878%) Service Delivery
3 2 (4.878%) Configuration Management
3 2 (4.878%) PRINCE2
4 1 (2.439%) Incident Management
4 1 (2.439%) Software Distribution
4 1 (2.439%) Workflow
4 1 (2.439%) Change Management
4 1 (2.439%) Unit Testing
4 1 (2.439%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) VB.NET
1 6 (14.63%) SQL
2 5 (12.20%) Java
2 5 (12.20%) C#
3 4 (9.756%) Perl
4 3 (7.317%) Delphi
4 3 (7.317%) Shell Script
5 2 (4.878%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.439%) VBScript
6 1 (2.439%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (17.07%) Degree
2 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (7.317%) MCSE
4 1 (2.439%) CCNA
4 1 (2.439%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.439%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.317%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (36.59%) Active Directory
2 6 (14.63%) Hyper-V
3 3 (7.317%) XenApp
3 3 (7.317%) Samba
4 2 (4.878%) ProxySG
4 2 (4.878%) vSphere
5 1 (2.439%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.439%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (2.439%) SCCM
1 1 (2.439%) SCOM
Vendors
1 21 (51.22%) Microsoft
2 7 (17.07%) HP
2 7 (17.07%) VMware
3 6 (14.63%) Oracle
4 4 (9.756%) Cisco
5 3 (7.317%) IBM
5 3 (7.317%) Citrix
6 2 (4.878%) Blue Coat
6 2 (4.878%) Axway
6 2 (4.878%) Symantec
6 2 (4.878%) CheckPoint
6 2 (4.878%) Dell
6 2 (4.878%) JBoss
7 1 (2.439%) Cognos
7 1 (2.439%) Charles River
Edinburgh & Lothians
Provision & modification of new and existing services including (but not exclusive to) Internet access, domains, web space and e-mail services etc... Key Outcome Measurements: > Tickets responded to...
RecruitmentRevolution.com Limited
Salary: Competitive Salary + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
You must be experienced in:- SQL Server / Cluster... Hands-on experience in at least 3 of the following:- Microsoft. ASP... NET -C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET Web -DHTML/...
Net Talent
Salary: £30000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013