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This section looks at the demand for the Support Specialist 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 Support Specialist in their job title over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Support Specialist
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank354383
Rank change on same period last yearUp+29
Matching permanent IT job ads890849
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.436 %0.376 %
As % of the category below0.499 %0.433 %
Salaries quoted732660
Average minimum salary£33,948£31,142
Average salary£36,192£33,396
% change on same period last year+8.37 %
Average maximum salary£38,437£35,649
UK excluding London average salary£32,244£30,217
% change on same period last year+6.70 %
Job Titles EnglandJob Titles
England
Matching permanent IT job ads178494196128
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled87.52 %86.83 %
Salaries quoted146905156319
Average minimum salary£39,397£40,817
Average salary£43,124£44,597
% change on same period last year-3.30 %
Average maximum salary£46,851£48,377
UK excluding London average salary£38,585£39,157
% change on same period last year-1.46 %
Support Specialist UKSupport Specialist
UK

Support Specialist
Demand Trend

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

England Support Specialist Demand Trend

Support Specialist
Salary Trend

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

England Support Specialist Salary Trend

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Specialist across the England region over the past 3 months.

England Support Specialist Salary Histogram

Support Specialist
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the England region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1LondonUp+68352£42,120+3.29 %
2South EastUp+56299£34,330+0.61 %
3East of EnglandUp+481£34,993+25.10 %
4North WestUp+6177£27,190-5.57 %
5YorkshireDown-3032£27,192+6.90 %
6West MidlandsDown-8426£31,543+18.40 %
7East MidlandsDown-2016£26,068+1.49 %
8South WestDown-6115£29,308+13.37 %
9North EastDown-23£20,000-43.12 %
Support Specialist UKSupport Specialist
UK

Support Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the England region citing Support Specialist also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Support Specialist.

1695 (39.85 %)Windows
2371 (21.27 %)SQL
3355 (20.36 %)Microsoft
4348 (19.95 %)Unix
5278 (15.94 %)Finance
6248 (14.22 %)Active Directory
7231 (13.25 %)Oracle
8224 (12.84 %)SQL Server
9217 (12.44 %)MS Excel
10198 (11.35 %)Linux
11180 (10.32 %)MS Exchange
12179 (10.26 %)Cisco
13178 (10.21 %)TCP/IP
14164 (9.404 %)Windows 2000
15163 (9.346 %)Microsoft Certification
16161 (9.232 %)MS Office
17145 (8.314 %)Health
18142 (8.142 %)Degree
19135 (7.741 %)MCSE
20131 (7.511 %)Windows XP
21126 (7.225 %)Exchange Server 2003
22123 (7.053 %)IIS
23121 (6.938 %)Solaris
23121 (6.938 %)Citrix
24114 (6.537 %).NET
25113 (6.479 %)Java
26106 (6.078 %)Firewall
27105 (6.021 %)HP
28101 (5.791 %)Internet
29100 (5.734 %)LAN

Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the England region citing Support Specialist also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Support Specialist. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1114 (6.537 %).NET
260 (3.440 %)HTML
347 (2.695 %)ASP
444 (2.523 %)ASP.NET
542 (2.408 %)FIX Protocol
638 (2.179 %)J2EE
732 (1.835 %)XML
825 (1.433 %)WebServices
919 (1.089 %)WebSphere
1016 (0.917 %)CSS
1114 (0.803 %).NET Framework
1213 (0.745 %)JSP
138 (0.459 %)Middleware
147 (0.401 %)EDI
156 (0.344 %)CGI
165 (0.287 %)Servlets
165 (0.287 %)ODBC
174 (0.229 %)SAP Basis
183 (0.172 %)SAP XI
183 (0.172 %)XSL
Application Platforms
1180 (10.32 %)MS Exchange
2126 (7.225 %)Exchange Server 2003
3123 (7.053 %)IIS
465 (3.727 %)Exchange Server 2000
560 (3.440 %)SharePoint
651 (2.924 %)Lotus Notes
740 (2.294 %)Apache
833 (1.892 %)WebLogic
926 (1.491 %)Exchange Server 2007
1025 (1.433 %)Tomcat
1025 (1.433 %)Documentum
1117 (0.975 %)MQSeries
1216 (0.917 %)WorkSite
1315 (0.860 %)Lotus Domino
1414 (0.803 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
1513 (0.745 %)ColdFusion
1612 (0.688 %)iPlanet
1710 (0.573 %)BizTalk Server
189 (0.516 %)WebSphere Application Server
198 (0.459 %)JBoss
Applications
1217 (12.44 %)MS Excel
2161 (9.232 %)MS Office
314 (0.803 %)MS PowerPoint
410 (0.573 %)Photoshop
58 (0.459 %)AutoCAD
58 (0.459 %)MS Visio
66 (0.344 %)MS Project
75 (0.287 %)DeltaView
82 (0.115 %)Acrobat
82 (0.115 %)Fireworks
91 (0.057 %)3ds Max
91 (0.057 %)InfoPath
Business Applications
118 (1.032 %)Oracle HRMS
217 (0.975 %)Oracle iRecruitment
312 (0.688 %)SAP WM
48 (0.459 %)GoldMine
56 (0.344 %)Loan IQ
56 (0.344 %)Summit
56 (0.344 %)Oracle EBS
56 (0.344 %)Microsoft CRM
56 (0.344 %)InvestOne
65 (0.287 %)SAP R/3
65 (0.287 %)SAP CRM
73 (0.172 %)Oracle Financials
73 (0.172 %)Fidessa
73 (0.172 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
73 (0.172 %)RMDS
73 (0.172 %)Dynamics GP
82 (0.115 %)Misys Equation
82 (0.115 %)SAP EBP
82 (0.115 %)Pivotal CRM
82 (0.115 %)SoftGrid
Communications & Networking
1178 (10.21 %)TCP/IP
2106 (6.078 %)Firewall
3101 (5.791 %)Internet
4100 (5.734 %)LAN
594 (5.390 %)WAN
681 (4.644 %)DNS
772 (4.128 %)VPN
869 (3.956 %)SAN
955 (3.154 %)DHCP
1036 (2.064 %)Intranet
1135 (2.007 %)IPCC
1234 (1.950 %)Cisco PIX
1333 (1.892 %)WINS
1431 (1.778 %)VoIP
1529 (1.663 %)IP Telephony
1624 (1.376 %)Cisco IPT
1719 (1.089 %)SMTP
1816 (0.917 %)Wireless
1915 (0.860 %)Network Security
1915 (0.860 %)GSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1224 (12.84 %)SQL Server
256 (3.211 %)Crystal Reports
333 (1.892 %)SQL Server 2000
430 (1.720 %)SQL Server 2005
529 (1.663 %)Oracle 10g
628 (1.606 %)MySQL
628 (1.606 %)DB2
726 (1.491 %)RDBMS
819 (1.089 %)SQL Server 7
918 (1.032 %)Oracle 8/8i
1016 (0.917 %)Datawarehouse
1016 (0.917 %)SQLPlus
1114 (0.803 %)Oracle 9i
1211 (0.631 %)Reference Data
139 (0.516 %)GIS
139 (0.516 %)Informix
148 (0.459 %)Oracle Reports
157 (0.401 %)MS Access
166 (0.344 %)BusinessObjects
166 (0.344 %)PostgreSQL
Development Applications
112 (0.688 %)Visual Studio
27 (0.401 %)Flash
35 (0.287 %)Dreamweaver
44 (0.229 %)VSS/SourceSafe
53 (0.172 %)OpenDeploy
62 (0.115 %)ProC
62 (0.115 %)Subversion
71 (0.057 %)QARun
71 (0.057 %)Ant
71 (0.057 %)MSI
71 (0.057 %)Eclipse
General
1278 (15.94 %)Finance
2145 (8.314 %)Health
397 (5.562 %)Pensions
479 (4.530 %)Banking
572 (4.128 %)Front Office
659 (3.383 %)Law
743 (2.466 %)Insurance
839 (2.236 %)Telecoms
937 (2.122 %)Education
937 (2.122 %)Legal
1034 (1.950 %)Marketing
1133 (1.892 %)Pharmaceutical
1228 (1.606 %)Financial Institution
1326 (1.491 %)Back Office
1326 (1.491 %)Investment Banking
1420 (1.147 %)Government
1518 (1.032 %)Games
1614 (0.803 %)Construction
1712 (0.688 %)Retail
1811 (0.631 %)Publishing
Miscellaneous
157 (3.268 %)Clustering
248 (2.752 %)Computer Science
347 (2.695 %)French Language
445 (2.580 %)German Language
540 (2.294 %)Equities
639 (2.236 %)Blackberry
639 (2.236 %)Spanish Language
738 (2.179 %)Asset Management
833 (1.892 %)Derivative
930 (1.720 %)AS400
1025 (1.433 %)Fixed Income
1120 (1.147 %)Client/Server
1216 (0.917 %)PDA
1315 (0.860 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1414 (0.803 %)Thin Client
1414 (0.803 %)Fat Client
1513 (0.745 %)Wiki
1513 (0.745 %)Credit Derivative
1612 (0.688 %)Mainframe
178 (0.459 %)Replication
Operating Systems
1695 (39.85 %)Windows
2348 (19.95 %)Unix
3198 (11.35 %)Linux
4164 (9.404 %)Windows 2000
5131 (7.511 %)Windows XP
6121 (6.938 %)Solaris
795 (5.447 %)Windows Server 2003
880 (4.587 %)AIX
957 (3.268 %)HPUX
1055 (3.154 %)Windows NT
1117 (0.975 %)MVS
1215 (0.860 %)OS/390
1215 (0.860 %)zOS
1310 (0.573 %)SUSE
148 (0.459 %)Mac OS X
157 (0.401 %)OS/400
157 (0.401 %)VMS
166 (0.344 %)OpenVMS
172 (0.115 %)Tru64
181 (0.057 %)NetWare
Processes & Methodologies
187 (4.989 %)ITIL
263 (3.612 %)Project Management
345 (2.580 %)Document Management
435 (2.007 %)CRM
529 (1.663 %)Problem Management
627 (1.548 %)Business Analysis
724 (1.376 %)Quality Management
823 (1.319 %)ERP
921 (1.204 %)Disaster Recovery
1020 (1.147 %)Electronic Trading
1119 (1.089 %)Investment Management
1119 (1.089 %)Service Delivery
1217 (0.975 %)Software Engineering
1316 (0.917 %)Logistics
1316 (0.917 %)Product Marketing
1415 (0.860 %)Workflow
1415 (0.860 %)Business Intelligence
1514 (0.803 %)Load Balancing
1613 (0.745 %)User Acceptance Testing
1613 (0.745 %)Time Management
Programming Languages
1371 (21.27 %)SQL
2113 (6.479 %)Java
396 (5.505 %)VB
478 (4.472 %)Perl
569 (3.956 %)C++
665 (3.727 %)C#
745 (2.580 %)C
745 (2.580 %)Shell Script
841 (2.351 %)VBA
937 (2.122 %)JavaScript
1034 (1.950 %)VB.NET
1125 (1.433 %)PL/SQL
1220 (1.147 %)VBScript
1312 (0.688 %)PHP
1410 (0.573 %)COBOL
1410 (0.573 %)VB6
158 (0.459 %)Python
158 (0.459 %)Transact-SQL
167 (0.401 %)Korn
175 (0.287 %)Lua
Qualifications
1163 (9.346 %)Microsoft Certification
2142 (8.142 %)Degree
3135 (7.741 %)MCSE
496 (5.505 %)Cisco Certification
577 (4.415 %)MCP
662 (3.555 %)CCNP
761 (3.498 %)CCNA
839 (2.236 %)MCSA
929 (1.663 %)CCVP
1015 (0.860 %)ITIL Certification
1111 (0.631 %)Citrix Certification
129 (0.516 %)CCA
137 (0.401 %)A+ Certification
146 (0.344 %)HND
155 (0.287 %)CCSP
155 (0.287 %)CCSA
164 (0.229 %)MCDST
164 (0.229 %)Oracle Certification
164 (0.229 %)CCSE
173 (0.172 %)CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
158 (3.326 %)SLA
26 (0.344 %)QA
31 (0.057 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.057 %)ISO8583
System Software
1248 (14.22 %)Active Directory
229 (1.663 %)ISA Server
318 (1.032 %)NetBackup
414 (0.803 %)Citrix Presentation Server
511 (0.631 %)Backup Exec
610 (0.573 %)MetaFrame
610 (0.573 %)Terminal Services
78 (0.459 %)Snort
78 (0.459 %)Squid
85 (0.287 %)VMware ESX
92 (0.115 %)Terminal Server
92 (0.115 %)Oracle RAC
101 (0.057 %)VMware Server
Systems Management
133 (1.892 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
223 (1.319 %)Tivoli
317 (0.975 %)Legato
317 (0.975 %)MOM
414 (0.803 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
510 (0.573 %)Norton AntiVirus
65 (0.287 %)SCOM
65 (0.287 %)OpenView
65 (0.287 %)Unicenter
65 (0.287 %)AppManager
65 (0.287 %)ZENworks
74 (0.229 %)EMC NetWorker
83 (0.172 %)BMC PATROL
83 (0.172 %)CONTROL-M
83 (0.172 %)CA SiteMinder
83 (0.172 %)Tivoli Monitoring
92 (0.115 %)AutoSys
92 (0.115 %)OVPI
92 (0.115 %)OVSD
92 (0.115 %)OVOW
Vendors
1355 (20.36 %)Microsoft
2231 (13.25 %)Oracle
3179 (10.26 %)Cisco
4121 (6.938 %)Citrix
5105 (6.021 %)HP
672 (4.128 %)Red Hat
765 (3.727 %)VMware
863 (3.612 %)Lotus
948 (2.752 %)Sybase
1044 (2.523 %)SAP
1143 (2.466 %)VERITAS
1241 (2.351 %)IBM
1336 (2.064 %)Bloomberg
1435 (2.007 %)Dell
1534 (1.950 %)Symantec
1632 (1.835 %)Reuters
1729 (1.663 %)Remedy
1828 (1.606 %)EMC
1925 (1.433 %)Interwoven
2024 (1.376 %)Sun
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