The first table below looks at the demand for the Software Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Software Support Engineer
Rank 810 817 767
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -50
Permanent jobs requiring a Software Support Engineer 30 55 71
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.029% 0.048% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.050% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 28 43 64
Average salary £24,000 £28,000 £24,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +15.46%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £41,600 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £24,000 £28,000 £25,000
% change year-on-year
-14.28% +12.00%
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
96074 109197 109157
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.44% 94.79% 94.29%
Number of salaries quoted 80838 94319 92814
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Software Support Engineer
UK

Software Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Software Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Software Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

England Software Support Engineer Salary Trend

Software Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

England Software Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Software Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Software Support Engineer within the England region over the 3 months to 22 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
South East +7 20 £25,000 -13.04%
East of England -8 5 £24,000 -14.28%
East Midlands - 5 £22,500 -
Yorkshire - 2 £28,000 -
South West +1 1 £34,000 +36.00%
North West -9 1 £25,000 -20.63%
West Midlands -11 1 £21,000 -6.66%
Software Support Engineer
UK

Software Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Software 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 Software Support Engineer in their job title.

1 46 (51.11%) Java
2 40 (44.44%) C#
2 40 (44.44%) .NET
2 40 (44.44%) Linux
3 38 (42.22%) SQL
4 35 (38.89%) Windows
5 33 (36.67%) Microsoft
6 32 (35.56%) C++
7 28 (31.11%) Oracle
8 25 (27.78%) SQL Server
9 19 (21.11%) MS Excel
10 17 (18.89%) UNIX
10 17 (18.89%) Software Engineering
11 16 (17.78%) C
11 16 (17.78%) Tomcat
12 15 (16.67%) JBoss
12 15 (16.67%) WebLogic
12 15 (16.67%) ASP.NET
12 15 (16.67%) Degree
13 13 (14.44%) WCF
14 12 (13.33%) HTML
14 12 (13.33%) VB
15 11 (12.22%) JavaScript
15 11 (12.22%) XML
15 11 (12.22%) QA
16 10 (11.11%) CSS
16 10 (11.11%) PL/SQL
16 10 (11.11%) Python
16 10 (11.11%) Computer Science
17 9 (10.00%) Telecoms

Software Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited Software 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 Software Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 40 (44.44%) .NET
2 15 (16.67%) ASP.NET
3 13 (14.44%) WCF
4 12 (13.33%) HTML
5 11 (12.22%) XML
6 10 (11.11%) CSS
7 9 (10.00%) COM
8 8 (8.889%) jQuery
9 7 (7.778%) ASP.NET MVC
9 7 (7.778%) Ajax
9 7 (7.778%) WinForms
9 7 (7.778%) XSLT
10 6 (6.667%) WebSphere
11 5 (5.556%) J2EE
12 2 (2.222%) GWT
12 2 (2.222%) Node.js
12 2 (2.222%) REST
12 2 (2.222%) XHTML
12 2 (2.222%) SOAP
12 2 (2.222%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 16 (17.78%) Tomcat
2 15 (16.67%) WebLogic
3 9 (10.00%) Apache
4 6 (6.667%) Windows Azure
5 5 (5.556%) IIS
6 4 (4.444%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (1.111%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 19 (21.11%) MS Excel
2 8 (8.889%) MS Office
3 1 (1.111%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.111%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 9 (10.00%) TCP/IP
2 8 (8.889%) SS7
2 8 (8.889%) VoIP
2 8 (8.889%) IP Telephony
3 3 (3.333%) VPN
4 2 (2.222%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (27.78%) SQL Server
2 9 (10.00%) TOAD
2 9 (10.00%) SQLPlus
3 6 (6.667%) DB2
3 6 (6.667%) Azure SQL Database
4 5 (5.556%) RDBMS
5 3 (3.333%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (3.333%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (3.333%) Big Data
6 2 (2.222%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (2.222%) MySQL
7 1 (1.111%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (1.111%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (1.111%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (1.111%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 3 (3.333%) Team Foundation Server
1 3 (3.333%) WinDbg
2 2 (2.222%) Eclipse
2 2 (2.222%) Ant
2 2 (2.222%) Subversion
2 2 (2.222%) Maven
3 1 (1.111%) Visual Studio
General
1 9 (10.00%) Telecoms
2 7 (7.778%) Electronics
3 3 (3.333%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.111%) Publishing
4 1 (1.111%) Finance
4 1 (1.111%) Automotive
4 1 (1.111%) Legal
4 1 (1.111%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.11%) Computer Science
2 2 (2.222%) SaaS
3 1 (1.111%) Replication
3 1 (1.111%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 40 (44.44%) Linux
2 35 (38.89%) Windows
3 17 (18.89%) UNIX
4 2 (2.222%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.111%) Windows Vista
5 1 (1.111%) Windows 2000
5 1 (1.111%) Windows XP
5 1 (1.111%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (1.111%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (1.111%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (18.89%) Software Engineering
2 7 (7.778%) Software Deployment
2 7 (7.778%) Migration
2 7 (7.778%) MVC
2 7 (7.778%) CRM
3 6 (6.667%) Data Transformation
3 6 (6.667%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (5.556%) ITIL
4 5 (5.556%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (4.444%) OO
6 3 (3.333%) Root Cause Analysis
6 3 (3.333%) Analytics
7 2 (2.222%) OOP
7 2 (2.222%) Software Testing
7 2 (2.222%) Identity Management
8 1 (1.111%) E-Procurement
8 1 (1.111%) Business Analysis
8 1 (1.111%) B2B
8 1 (1.111%) E-Commerce
8 1 (1.111%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 46 (51.11%) Java
2 40 (44.44%) C#
3 38 (42.22%) SQL
4 32 (35.56%) C++
5 16 (17.78%) C
6 12 (13.33%) VB
7 11 (12.22%) JavaScript
8 10 (11.11%) PL/SQL
8 10 (11.11%) Python
9 8 (8.889%) T-SQL
9 8 (8.889%) VB.NET
10 7 (7.778%) Bash shell
11 3 (3.333%) PHP
12 2 (2.222%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 15 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (1.111%) MCTS
2 1 (1.111%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (1.111%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.22%) QA
2 2 (2.222%) SLA
Vendors
1 33 (36.67%) Microsoft
2 28 (31.11%) Oracle
3 15 (16.67%) JBoss
4 5 (5.556%) Sybase
5 1 (1.111%) Capita
5 1 (1.111%) Cisco
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