The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Gloucestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Gloucestershire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 74 89 80
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 19 15 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 2.149% 1.200% 1.339%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.227% 1.244% 1.417%
Number of salaries quoted 16 15 10
Average salary £27,500 £28,000 £28,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.78% -0.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,750 £23,700 £24,250
10% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £41,200 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
853 1206 1129
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 96.49% 96.48% 94.48%
Number of salaries quoted 762 1032 983
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +4.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Engineer
South West

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Gloucestershire Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Gloucestershire Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cirencester - 8 £27,500 -
Cheltenham +15 2 £23,750 -16.66%
Gloucester +8 2 £32,500 +20.37%
Filton - 1 £30,000 -
Support Engineer
South West

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire region that cited 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 Support Engineer in their job title.

1 19 (48.72%) Windows
2 16 (41.03%) Cisco Certification
3 15 (38.46%) Cisco
4 14 (35.90%) CCNA
5 12 (30.77%) Microsoft
5 12 (30.77%) SQL
6 9 (23.08%) VMware
6 9 (23.08%) Active Directory
6 9 (23.08%) Network Management
7 8 (20.51%) Security Cleared
8 7 (17.95%) VMware Infrastructure
8 7 (17.95%) Firewall
8 7 (17.95%) CCNP
8 7 (17.95%) Citrix
8 7 (17.95%) TCP/IP
8 7 (17.95%) LAN
8 7 (17.95%) SolarWinds
9 6 (15.38%) MS Exchange
9 6 (15.38%) CCIE
10 5 (12.82%) SAN
10 5 (12.82%) Root Cause Analysis
10 5 (12.82%) Windows Server 2008
11 4 (10.26%) Terminal Services
11 4 (10.26%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (10.26%) Symantec
11 4 (10.26%) VPN
11 4 (10.26%) UNIX
11 4 (10.26%) Windows XP
11 4 (10.26%) SQL Server
11 4 (10.26%) MS Excel

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire region that cited 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 Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (5.128%) SGML
1 2 (5.128%) XML
2 1 (2.564%) Application Packaging
2 1 (2.564%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 6 (15.38%) MS Exchange
2 3 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (5.128%) IIS
3 2 (5.128%) Exchange Server 2007
4 1 (2.564%) DotNetNuke
4 1 (2.564%) SharePoint
4 1 (2.564%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (2.564%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 4 (10.26%) MS Excel
2 2 (5.128%) MS Office
3 1 (2.564%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 7 (17.95%) Firewall
1 7 (17.95%) TCP/IP
1 7 (17.95%) LAN
2 5 (12.82%) SAN
3 4 (10.26%) VPN
4 3 (7.692%) WAN
4 3 (7.692%) MPLS
4 3 (7.692%) Unified Communications
5 2 (5.128%) OSPF
5 2 (5.128%) EIGRP
6 1 (2.564%) VLAN
6 1 (2.564%) Network Security
6 1 (2.564%) Wireless
6 1 (2.564%) Ethernet
6 1 (2.564%) VoIP
6 1 (2.564%) Broadband
6 1 (2.564%) Internet
6 1 (2.564%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.26%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (7.692%) Finance
2 2 (5.128%) Aerospace
2 2 (5.128%) Military
3 1 (2.564%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.128%) Blackberry
2 1 (2.564%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.564%) Client/Server
2 1 (2.564%) EPoS
2 1 (2.564%) iPad
2 1 (2.564%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 19 (48.72%) Windows
2 5 (12.82%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (10.26%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (10.26%) UNIX
3 4 (10.26%) Windows XP
4 3 (7.692%) Windows 7
5 2 (5.128%) Windows Vista
6 1 (2.564%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (2.564%) Android
6 1 (2.564%) Mac OS
6 1 (2.564%) Solaris
6 1 (2.564%) BlackBerry OS
6 1 (2.564%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (23.08%) Network Management
2 5 (12.82%) Root Cause Analysis
3 4 (10.26%) Fault Management
4 3 (7.692%) Data Protection
4 3 (7.692%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (5.128%) ITIL
5 2 (5.128%) Business Continuity
5 2 (5.128%) Test Scripting
5 2 (5.128%) Network Design
6 1 (2.564%) Load Balancing
6 1 (2.564%) Change Management
6 1 (2.564%) Asset Management
6 1 (2.564%) Content Management
6 1 (2.564%) E-Commerce
6 1 (2.564%) PRINCE2
6 1 (2.564%) ITIL V3
6 1 (2.564%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 12 (30.77%) SQL
2 3 (7.692%) C
3 2 (5.128%) C#
4 1 (2.564%) VB
Qualifications
1 16 (41.03%) Cisco Certification
2 14 (35.90%) CCNA
3 8 (20.51%) Security Cleared
4 7 (17.95%) CCNP
5 6 (15.38%) CCIE
6 4 (10.26%) SC Cleared
6 4 (10.26%) MCITP
7 3 (7.692%) JNCIE
7 3 (7.692%) DV Cleared
7 3 (7.692%) CCSP
7 3 (7.692%) CCIP
8 2 (5.128%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (5.128%) MCSE
8 2 (5.128%) Degree
9 1 (2.564%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (2.564%) MCDST
9 1 (2.564%) MCTS
9 1 (2.564%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (2.564%) MCSA
9 1 (2.564%) CCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.128%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 7 (17.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (10.26%) Terminal Services
4 2 (5.128%) VMware ESX
4 2 (5.128%) XenApp
5 1 (2.564%) XenDesktop
5 1 (2.564%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (2.564%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 3 (7.692%) NetBackup
2 1 (2.564%) SCCM
2 1 (2.564%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 15 (38.46%) Cisco
2 12 (30.77%) Microsoft
3 9 (23.08%) VMware
4 7 (17.95%) Citrix
4 7 (17.95%) SolarWinds
5 4 (10.26%) Symantec
6 3 (7.692%) IBM
6 3 (7.692%) NetApp
6 3 (7.692%) HP
6 3 (7.692%) EMC
7 2 (5.128%) Juniper
8 1 (2.564%) LANDesk
8 1 (2.564%) AppSense
8 1 (2.564%) Mitel
8 1 (2.564%) Sun
8 1 (2.564%) Symbian
8 1 (2.564%) Websense
8 1 (2.564%) Clearswift
8 1 (2.564%) McAfee
8 1 (2.564%) Apple
Gloucestershire
It is an ideal position for someone with some IT support experience to advance their career and work within an exciting fast paced environment... Due to the nature...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £25000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
You will provide 2nd Line IT Support and work with Server, Active Directory and Exchange as well as IIS, SharePoint and Cisco technology. This is a fantastic opportunity...
Connectus
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Stonehouse, Gloucestershire
Ideal candidates for this opportunity should possess the following: - Coding skills in C# - Strong communication ability - Keen to learn new technologies and systems - Diagnostic and problem solving skills -...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 25,000 - 40,000
Posted: 17 May 2013
Gloucestershire
Good customer service and seeing support issues through to resolution are essential in any successful candidate alongside good C# coding skills and experience in the software industry, either...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013