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The table below looks at the demand for the IT Support Technician role in IT jobs within the Essex 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 IT Support Technician
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank110123
Rank change on same period last yearUp+13
Matching permanent IT job ads75
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.373 %0.232 %
Salaries quoted75
Average minimum salary£22,889£18,200
Average salary£23,500£21,750
% change on same period last year+8.04 %
Average maximum salary£24,111£25,300
UK excluding London average salary£23,206£20,955
% change on same period last year+10.74 %
Essex IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Essex
Matching permanent IT job ads18782158
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.096 %0.925 %
Salaries quoted15871898
Average minimum salary£36,909£35,932
Average salary£38,988£38,108
% change on same period last year+2.30 %
Average maximum salary£41,066£40,284
UK excluding London average salary£38,201£39,267
% change on same period last year-2.71 %
IT Support Technician East of EnglandIT Support Technician
East of England

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 Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Essex IT Support Technician Salary Histogram

IT Support Technician
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Technician within the Essex region over the 3 months to 7 October 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
MaldonNew entry-3£20,000-
BasildonNew entry-2£20,000-
BrentwoodNew entry-1£24,000-
ColchesterNew entry-1£25,000-
IT Support Technician East of EnglandIT Support Technician
East of England

IT Support Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

115 (60.00 %)Microsoft
214 (56.00 %)Active Directory
214 (56.00 %)Windows
313 (52.00 %)MS Exchange
412 (48.00 %)TCP/IP
511 (44.00 %)Microsoft Certification
610 (40.00 %)DNS
610 (40.00 %)WAN
79 (36.00 %)LAN
79 (36.00 %)Windows XP
88 (32.00 %)Windows Vista
88 (32.00 %)Windows Server 2003
96 (24.00 %)VPN
96 (24.00 %)DHCP
96 (24.00 %)MCP
105 (20.00 %)MCSA
105 (20.00 %)MS Excel
105 (20.00 %)Backup Exec
114 (16.00 %)Web Design
114 (16.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
114 (16.00 %)Windows Server 2008
114 (16.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
114 (16.00 %)MCITP
114 (16.00 %)MCSE
114 (16.00 %)Intranet
123 (12.00 %)SQL Server
123 (12.00 %)Firewall
132 (8.000 %)MS Office
132 (8.000 %)Cisco
141 (4.000 %)Shell Script

IT Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

Essex IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
113 (52.00 %)MS Exchange
24 (16.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
24 (16.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
31 (4.000 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
31 (4.000 %)IIS
Essex IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (20.00 %)MS Excel
22 (8.000 %)MS Office
Essex IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (48.00 %)TCP/IP
210 (40.00 %)WAN
210 (40.00 %)DNS
39 (36.00 %)LAN
46 (24.00 %)DHCP
46 (24.00 %)VPN
54 (16.00 %)Intranet
63 (12.00 %)Firewall
71 (4.000 %)VLAN
Essex IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (12.00 %)SQL Server
Essex IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (4.000 %)Finance
11 (4.000 %)Education
11 (4.000 %)Health
11 (4.000 %)Pensions
Essex IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.000 %)Blackberry
Essex IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (56.00 %)Windows
29 (36.00 %)Windows XP
38 (32.00 %)Windows Server 2003
38 (32.00 %)Windows Vista
44 (16.00 %)Windows Server 2008
51 (4.000 %)Windows 2000 Server
51 (4.000 %)Windows 2000
Essex IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (16.00 %)Web Design
21 (4.000 %)CRM
21 (4.000 %)E-Commerce
Essex IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (4.000 %)VBScript
11 (4.000 %)Shell Script
Essex IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
111 (44.00 %)Microsoft Certification
26 (24.00 %)MCP
35 (20.00 %)MCSA
44 (16.00 %)MCSE
44 (16.00 %)MCITP
Essex IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
114 (56.00 %)Active Directory
25 (20.00 %)Backup Exec
Essex IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (60.00 %)Microsoft
22 (8.000 %)Cisco
31 (4.000 %)McAfee Security
31 (4.000 %)Sophos
31 (4.000 %)WatchGuard