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This section looks at the demand for the IT Support Technician role in IT jobs within the England 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 IT Support Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 IT Support Technician
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank694834
Rank change on same period last yearUp+140
Matching permanent IT job ads208144
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.114 %0.060 %
As % of the category below0.132 %0.069 %
Salaries quoted194116
Average minimum salary£21,517£20,624
Average salary£23,162£21,972
% change on same period last year+5.41 %
Average maximum salary£24,806£23,319
UK excluding London average salary£21,945£20,980
% change on same period last year+4.60 %
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
England
Matching permanent IT job ads157517207448
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled86.00 %87.10 %
Salaries quoted131193166753
Average minimum salary£38,947£40,638
Average salary£42,570£44,396
% change on same period last year-4.11 %
Average maximum salary£46,193£48,154
UK excluding London average salary£38,060£39,458
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
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IT Support Technician
Demand Trend

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

England IT Support Technician Demand Trend

IT Support Technician
Salary Trend

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

England IT Support Technician Salary Trend

IT Support Technician
Salary Histogram

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

England IT Support Technician Salary Histogram

IT Support Technician
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Technician within the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+10452£27,449+7.23 %
South EastUp+7345£24,455+5.88 %
East of EnglandUp+2426£22,728-3.60 %
East MidlandsUp+2125£22,586+19.65 %
North WestUp+2120£20,091-4.18 %
West MidlandsNo change018£20,826+10.70 %
YorkshireUp+912£20,118-1.86 %
South WestDown-259£18,400-4.79 %
North EastUp+132£17,500-23.91 %
MidlandsNew entry-1£26,000-
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IT Support Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the England region that cited IT 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 IT Support Technician in their job title.

1313 (75.60 %)Windows
2179 (43.24 %)Microsoft
3168 (40.58 %)Windows XP
4165 (39.86 %)Windows Server 2003
5155 (37.44 %)Active Directory
6115 (27.78 %)MS Exchange
7110 (26.57 %)MS Office
8108 (26.09 %)Microsoft Certification
9102 (24.64 %)TCP/IP
1096 (23.19 %)MS Excel
1186 (20.77 %)LAN
1278 (18.84 %)WAN
1369 (16.67 %)MCSE
1468 (16.43 %)MCP
1563 (15.22 %)Exchange Server 2003
1659 (14.25 %)Windows 2000 Server
1756 (13.53 %)Firewall
1756 (13.53 %)SQL Server
1851 (12.32 %)Windows 2000
1948 (11.59 %)VPN
2038 (9.179 %)Cisco
2136 (8.696 %)SQL
2235 (8.454 %)Finance
2334 (8.213 %)Pensions
2334 (8.213 %)Internet
2432 (7.729 %)DNS
2432 (7.729 %)Windows Vista
2531 (7.488 %)Citrix
2630 (7.246 %)MCSA
2728 (6.763 %)Degree

IT Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the England region that cited IT 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 IT Support Technician in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
118 (4.348 %)HTML
211 (2.657 %).NET
37 (1.691 %)CSS
43 (0.725 %)ASP
51 (0.242 %)ODBC
51 (0.242 %)EDI
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1115 (27.78 %)MS Exchange
263 (15.22 %)Exchange Server 2003
320 (4.831 %)IIS
413 (3.140 %)Exchange Server 2007
512 (2.899 %)Lotus Notes
611 (2.657 %)Exchange Server 2000
77 (1.691 %)SharePoint
77 (1.691 %)GroupWise
86 (1.449 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
95 (1.208 %)CMS
95 (1.208 %)Exchange Server 5.5
103 (0.725 %)Lotus Domino
112 (0.483 %)Apache
121 (0.242 %)Site Server
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1110 (26.57 %)MS Office
296 (23.19 %)MS Excel
37 (1.691 %)Photoshop
46 (1.449 %)MS PowerPoint
55 (1.208 %)MS Project
63 (0.725 %)AutoCAD
63 (0.725 %)3ds Max
71 (0.242 %)Adobe Illustrator
71 (0.242 %)Spreadsheet
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.242 %)Navision
11 (0.242 %)MFGPRO
11 (0.242 %)Dynamics CRM
11 (0.242 %)Line 50
11 (0.242 %)Line 500
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1102 (24.64 %)TCP/IP
286 (20.77 %)LAN
378 (18.84 %)WAN
456 (13.53 %)Firewall
548 (11.59 %)VPN
634 (8.213 %)Internet
732 (7.729 %)DNS
823 (5.556 %)DHCP
917 (4.106 %)VoIP
1015 (3.623 %)Intranet
119 (2.174 %)Wireless
127 (1.691 %)Cisco PIX
136 (1.449 %)Ethernet
144 (0.966 %)PBX
144 (0.966 %)IP Telephony
144 (0.966 %)RIP
144 (0.966 %)BGP
144 (0.966 %)EIGRP
153 (0.725 %)Extranet
153 (0.725 %)SMTP
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
156 (13.53 %)SQL Server
216 (3.865 %)SQL Server 2000
310 (2.415 %)SQL Server 2005
49 (2.174 %)FileMaker
55 (1.208 %)Crystal Reports
55 (1.208 %)MySQL
62 (0.483 %)SQL Server Integration Services
71 (0.242 %)GIS
71 (0.242 %)Oracle 8/8i
71 (0.242 %)Datawarehouse
71 (0.242 %)RDBMS
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
113 (3.140 %)Flash
27 (1.691 %)Dreamweaver
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
135 (8.454 %)Finance
234 (8.213 %)Pensions
315 (3.623 %)Education
414 (3.382 %)Health
512 (2.899 %)Back Office
512 (2.899 %)Insurance
69 (2.174 %)Manufacturing
78 (1.932 %)Telecoms
78 (1.932 %)Retail
85 (1.208 %)Automotive
93 (0.725 %)Chemicals
93 (0.725 %)3D Graphics
93 (0.725 %)Law
102 (0.483 %)Government
102 (0.483 %)Banking
102 (0.483 %)Construction
102 (0.483 %)Marketing
102 (0.483 %)Auditing
111 (0.242 %)FMCG
111 (0.242 %)Local Government
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
122 (5.314 %)Blackberry
28 (1.932 %)AS400
28 (1.932 %)EPoS
35 (1.208 %)CCTV
44 (0.966 %)Computer Science
44 (0.966 %)Video Conferencing
52 (0.483 %)Fat Client
52 (0.483 %)Thin Client
61 (0.242 %)Biotechnology
61 (0.242 %)Clustering
61 (0.242 %)VAX
61 (0.242 %)PDA
61 (0.242 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
61 (0.242 %)Life Science
61 (0.242 %)French Language
61 (0.242 %)Spanish Language
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1313 (75.60 %)Windows
2168 (40.58 %)Windows XP
3165 (39.86 %)Windows Server 2003
459 (14.25 %)Windows 2000 Server
551 (12.32 %)Windows 2000
632 (7.729 %)Windows Vista
725 (6.039 %)Linux
820 (4.831 %)UNIX
97 (1.691 %)Windows NT
97 (1.691 %)NetWare
97 (1.691 %)Mac OS X Server
97 (1.691 %)Windows Server 2008
106 (1.449 %)Red Hat Linux
113 (0.725 %)Mac OS X
121 (0.242 %)Solaris
121 (0.242 %)Ubuntu
121 (0.242 %)Windows Mobile
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
122 (5.314 %)ITIL
214 (3.382 %)Web Development
311 (2.657 %)Web Design
410 (2.415 %)Workflow
410 (2.415 %)ERP
57 (1.691 %)Project Management
65 (1.208 %)CAD
73 (0.725 %)Disaster Recovery
73 (0.725 %)Service Management
73 (0.725 %)Incident Management
82 (0.483 %)Security Cleared
82 (0.483 %)Service Delivery
82 (0.483 %)CRM
91 (0.242 %)E-Commerce
91 (0.242 %)OO
91 (0.242 %)Data Modelling
91 (0.242 %)Migration
91 (0.242 %)Email Marketing
91 (0.242 %)Fault Management
91 (0.242 %)Time Management
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
136 (8.696 %)SQL
219 (4.589 %)C
37 (1.691 %)AppleScript
44 (0.966 %)PHP
44 (0.966 %)VB
53 (0.725 %)C#
62 (0.483 %)VB.NET
71 (0.242 %)VBA
71 (0.242 %)JavaScript
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1108 (26.09 %)Microsoft Certification
269 (16.67 %)MCSE
368 (16.43 %)MCP
430 (7.246 %)MCSA
528 (6.763 %)Degree
65 (1.208 %)HND
74 (0.966 %)MCITP
74 (0.966 %)MCDST
83 (0.725 %)ITIL Certification
92 (0.483 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
92 (0.483 %)Citrix Certification
101 (0.242 %)Cisco Certification
101 (0.242 %)A+ Certification
101 (0.242 %)CCNA
101 (0.242 %)HNC
101 (0.242 %)Network+ Certification
101 (0.242 %)MCTS
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
116 (3.865 %)SLA
23 (0.725 %)QA
31 (0.242 %)ISO27001
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1155 (37.44 %)Active Directory
220 (4.831 %)Backup Exec
39 (2.174 %)VMware Infrastructure
47 (1.691 %)Terminal Services
56 (1.449 %)ISA Server
63 (0.725 %)Terminal Server
71 (0.242 %)Citrix Presentation Server
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (2.415 %)Norton AntiVirus
25 (1.208 %)WSUS
31 (0.242 %)ARCserve
31 (0.242 %)MIMEsweeper
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1179 (43.24 %)Microsoft
238 (9.179 %)Cisco
331 (7.488 %)Citrix
419 (4.589 %)Novell
517 (4.106 %)VMware
616 (3.865 %)Avaya
715 (3.623 %)Symantec
715 (3.623 %)McAfee Security
812 (2.899 %)Lotus
812 (2.899 %)Apple
911 (2.657 %)Adobe
109 (2.174 %)Dell
116 (1.449 %)Red Hat
116 (1.449 %)CheckPoint
125 (1.208 %)Reuters
125 (1.208 %)Bloomberg
125 (1.208 %)Sophos
125 (1.208 %)VERITAS
125 (1.208 %)IBM
134 (0.966 %)Sage