The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IT Support in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Essex region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Support
Rank 80 104 101
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -3
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 1 7 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 0.105% 0.503% 0.233%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.108% 0.517% 0.246%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 2
Average salary £19,000 £23,500 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.14% -11.32%
UK excluding London average salary £24,000 £24,000 £24,000
All Job Titles
Essex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
927 1353 1221
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Essex 97.48% 97.13% 94.65%
Number of salaries quoted 802 1096 1007
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
IT Support
East of England

IT Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex IT Support Jobs Demand Trend

IT Support
Salary Trend

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

Essex IT Support Salary Trend

IT Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Essex region over the 3 months to 17 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
Chelmsford - 1 £19,000 -
IT Support
East of England

IT Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex region that cited IT Support 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 in their job title.

1 15 (93.75%) Windows
2 13 (81.25%) Active Directory
3 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
4 8 (50.00%) TCP/IP
5 6 (37.50%) VPN
5 6 (37.50%) Linux
5 6 (37.50%) ITIL
5 6 (37.50%) Firewall
6 5 (31.25%) Finance
6 5 (31.25%) Banking
6 5 (31.25%) SQL
6 5 (31.25%) MS Exchange
7 4 (25.00%) Windows XP
7 4 (25.00%) MySQL
7 4 (25.00%) Web Services
7 4 (25.00%) PHP
7 4 (25.00%) DNS
7 4 (25.00%) Cisco
7 4 (25.00%) Avaya
7 4 (25.00%) Apple
7 4 (25.00%) VMware
7 4 (25.00%) Service Delivery
7 4 (25.00%) Financial Institution
7 4 (25.00%) Network Security
8 3 (18.75%) LAN
8 3 (18.75%) WAN
8 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
9 2 (12.50%) ADSL
9 2 (12.50%) Windows 2000
9 2 (12.50%) MCSE

IT Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Essex region that cited IT Support 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 in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (25.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 5 (31.25%) MS Exchange
2 2 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
2 2 (12.50%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (6.250%) Sage 200
Communications & Networking
1 8 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 6 (37.50%) VPN
2 6 (37.50%) Firewall
3 4 (25.00%) Network Security
3 4 (25.00%) DNS
4 3 (18.75%) LAN
4 3 (18.75%) WAN
5 2 (12.50%) DHCP
5 2 (12.50%) ADSL
6 1 (6.250%) VoIP
6 1 (6.250%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) MySQL
2 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.250%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (6.250%) SQL Server 2012
General
1 5 (31.25%) Finance
1 5 (31.25%) Banking
2 4 (25.00%) Financial Institution
Operating Systems
1 15 (93.75%) Windows
2 6 (37.50%) Linux
3 4 (25.00%) Windows XP
4 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (12.50%) Windows Vista
4 2 (12.50%) Windows 2000
4 2 (12.50%) Windows 7
5 1 (6.250%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) ITIL
2 4 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (12.50%) Migration
3 2 (12.50%) Network Design
3 2 (12.50%) Network Management
4 1 (6.250%) Project Management
4 1 (6.250%) IT Governance
4 1 (6.250%) Operations Management
4 1 (6.250%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) SQL
2 4 (25.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) MCSE
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 13 (81.25%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 12 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) Avaya
2 4 (25.00%) Apple
2 4 (25.00%) VMware
2 4 (25.00%) Cisco
3 2 (12.50%) Draytek
3 2 (12.50%) NETGEAR
3 2 (12.50%) Novell
4 1 (6.250%) Dell
4 1 (6.250%) Sage
Southend-On-Sea, Essex
Technical experience is required in all areas of support especially with: - Windows XP/7/8. - Microsoft Office... - Active Directory... - Blackberry and BES. - TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP and VPN. -...
Couno Limited
Salary: From £17,000 to £19,000 per annum
Posted: 8 May 2013
Witham, Essex
Technical skills required: Microsoft Operating Systems (Windows XP/Vista/7/8) Microsoft Office applications. HTML5. Javascript. Knowledge and experience of the following is desirable however not essential: Microsoft...
SLS Recruitment
Salary: From £15,000 to £17,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013