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This section looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT jobs within the Edinburgh region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSupport Engineer
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5365
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching permanent IT job ads2736
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.015 %
As % of the category below2.302 %1.925 %
Salaries quoted2230
Average minimum salary£22,250£23,433
Average salary£23,795£28,267
% change on same period last year-15.81 %
Average maximum salary£25,341£33,100
UK excluding London average salary£29,788£29,090
% change on same period last year+2.39 %
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Edinburgh
Matching permanent IT job ads11731870
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.640 %0.785 %
Salaries quoted8551234
Average minimum salary£32,508£33,512
Average salary£36,106£37,015
% change on same period last year-2.45 %
Average maximum salary£39,704£40,518
UK excluding London average salary£38,060£39,458
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Support Engineer ScotlandSupport Engineer
Scotland

Support Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Edinburgh Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

123 (52.27 %)Windows
215 (34.09 %)Degree
312 (27.27 %)Electric
312 (27.27 %)Linux
411 (25.00 %)Computer Science
510 (22.73 %)TCP/IP
510 (22.73 %)UNIX
69 (20.45 %)Firewall
76 (13.64 %)Windows Server 2003
85 (11.36 %)MS Excel
85 (11.36 %)Pensions
94 (9.091 %)CheckPoint
94 (9.091 %)Health
94 (9.091 %)Insurance
94 (9.091 %)Windows NT
94 (9.091 %)MS Exchange
94 (9.091 %)Cisco
94 (9.091 %)Microsoft
94 (9.091 %)Windows 2000
94 (9.091 %)SQL
94 (9.091 %)SQL Server
94 (9.091 %)Active Directory
94 (9.091 %)HP
103 (6.818 %)Compaq
103 (6.818 %)Juniper
103 (6.818 %)Service Management
103 (6.818 %)NetMail
103 (6.818 %)GroupWise
103 (6.818 %)Blackberry
103 (6.818 %)Solaris

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

Edinburgh IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (4.545 %)XML
21 (2.273 %)J2EE
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (9.091 %)MS Exchange
23 (6.818 %)GroupWise
31 (2.273 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (2.273 %)Flash Media Server
31 (2.273 %)Exchange Server 2007
Edinburgh IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (11.36 %)MS Excel
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (22.73 %)TCP/IP
29 (20.45 %)Firewall
33 (6.818 %)Network Security
33 (6.818 %)SMTP
33 (6.818 %)DNS
42 (4.545 %)SAN
42 (4.545 %)Cisco ASA
51 (2.273 %)Wireless
51 (2.273 %)VPN
51 (2.273 %)Internet
51 (2.273 %)NetScreen
51 (2.273 %)Broadband
51 (2.273 %)LAN
51 (2.273 %)VoIP
51 (2.273 %)WLAN
51 (2.273 %)WAN
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (9.091 %)SQL Server
22 (4.545 %)DB2
22 (4.545 %)GIS
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (2.273 %)Flash
Edinburgh IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (27.27 %)Electric
25 (11.36 %)Pensions
34 (9.091 %)Insurance
34 (9.091 %)Health
41 (2.273 %)Home Office
41 (2.273 %)Government
41 (2.273 %)Telecoms
Edinburgh IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (25.00 %)Computer Science
23 (6.818 %)Blackberry
23 (6.818 %)PDA
23 (6.818 %)Mathematics
23 (6.818 %)Physics
32 (4.545 %)German Language
41 (2.273 %)Swedish Language
41 (2.273 %)French Language
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
123 (52.27 %)Windows
212 (27.27 %)Linux
310 (22.73 %)UNIX
46 (13.64 %)Windows Server 2003
54 (9.091 %)Windows 2000
54 (9.091 %)Windows NT
63 (6.818 %)Solaris
63 (6.818 %)Windows 2000 Server
72 (4.545 %)OS/390
72 (4.545 %)zOS
81 (2.273 %)Windows XP
81 (2.273 %)NetWare
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (6.818 %)Service Management
13 (6.818 %)ITSM
22 (4.545 %)Disaster Recovery
22 (4.545 %)System Testing
31 (2.273 %)Migration
31 (2.273 %)Information Security
31 (2.273 %)Software Testing
31 (2.273 %)Incident Management
31 (2.273 %)Technical Architecture
31 (2.273 %)Service Delivery
31 (2.273 %)ITIL
31 (2.273 %)Project Management
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (9.091 %)SQL
21 (2.273 %)Java
Edinburgh IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
115 (34.09 %)Degree
22 (4.545 %)HND
22 (4.545 %)MCSE
22 (4.545 %)CCNA
22 (4.545 %)Cisco Certification
22 (4.545 %)Microsoft Certification
31 (2.273 %)CCSE
31 (2.273 %)MCITP
31 (2.273 %)MCSA
31 (2.273 %)MCP
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.273 %)ISO27001
Edinburgh IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (9.091 %)Active Directory
23 (6.818 %)NetMail
31 (2.273 %)Backup Exec
31 (2.273 %)ProxySG
Edinburgh IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (9.091 %)Cisco
14 (9.091 %)HP
14 (9.091 %)Microsoft
14 (9.091 %)CheckPoint
23 (6.818 %)Juniper
23 (6.818 %)Compaq
23 (6.818 %)VMware
23 (6.818 %)Blue Coat
32 (4.545 %)Remedy
32 (4.545 %)Sun
32 (4.545 %)EMC
32 (4.545 %)IBM
32 (4.545 %)Oracle
32 (4.545 %)Sybase
32 (4.545 %)Nokia
32 (4.545 %)StorageTek
41 (2.273 %)Symantec
41 (2.273 %)Genesys
41 (2.273 %)CA
41 (2.273 %)Adobe