The first table below looks at the demand for the 3rd Line Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3rd Line Support in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Glasgow region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Third Line Support
Rank 90 72 82
Rank change year-on-year
-18 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 5 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.427% 0.236% 0.205%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.452% 0.253% 0.217%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 1
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% -7.14%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
All Job Titles
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1106 790 921
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 94.45% 93.16% 94.56%
Number of salaries quoted 669 574 725
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £53,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
3rd Line Support
Scotland

3rd Line Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 3rd Line Support Jobs Demand Trend

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend

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

Glasgow 3rd Line Support Salary Trend

3rd Line Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow region that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Support in their job title.

1 4 (57.14%) C#
1 4 (57.14%) Delphi
1 4 (57.14%) DHTML
1 4 (57.14%) Java
1 4 (57.14%) VB.NET
1 4 (57.14%) .NET
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
1 4 (57.14%) ASP
1 4 (57.14%) ASP.NET
1 4 (57.14%) Web Services
1 4 (57.14%) XML
2 2 (28.57%) Firewall
2 2 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 2 (28.57%) MS Exchange
2 2 (28.57%) LAN
2 2 (28.57%) WAN
2 2 (28.57%) Cisco
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (14.29%) Symantec
3 1 (14.29%) McAfee
3 1 (14.29%) HP
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix
3 1 (14.29%) CCA
3 1 (14.29%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification

3rd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow region that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (57.14%) DHTML
1 4 (57.14%) .NET
1 4 (57.14%) ASP
1 4 (57.14%) ASP.NET
1 4 (57.14%) Web Services
1 4 (57.14%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) Exchange Server 2007
1 2 (28.57%) MS Exchange
2 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (14.29%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) Firewall
1 2 (28.57%) LAN
1 2 (28.57%) WAN
2 1 (14.29%) SAN
2 1 (14.29%) DHCP
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) VoIP
2 1 (14.29%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
1 2 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (14.29%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Migration
1 1 (14.29%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) C#
1 4 (57.14%) Delphi
1 4 (57.14%) Java
1 4 (57.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CCA
1 1 (14.29%) Citrix Certification
1 1 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (14.29%) CCNP
1 1 (14.29%) CCNA
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) CCVP
1 1 (14.29%) MCTS
1 1 (14.29%) MCITP
System Software
1 2 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (14.29%) Terminal Services
2 1 (14.29%) Hyper-V
2 1 (14.29%) XenApp
2 1 (14.29%) XenServer
2 1 (14.29%) XenDesktop
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Server
2 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Cisco
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Symantec
2 1 (14.29%) McAfee
2 1 (14.29%) HP
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix
2 1 (14.29%) NetApp
2 1 (14.29%) IBM
2 1 (14.29%) ProCurve
2 1 (14.29%) VMware
Glasgow, Scotland
The ideal candidate will also have experience in at least 3 of the following: ASP Visual Basic .NET -C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET Web -DHTML/XML/Web Services...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 11 May 2013