The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Technician 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 Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Technician
Rank 80 92 87
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 10 9 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 1.147% 0.706% 0.731%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.190% 0.721% 0.775%
Number of salaries quoted 10 9 9
Average salary £22,500 £15,500 £18,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+45.16% -16.21%
90% offered a salary of more than £18,150 £15,500 £17,300
10% offered a salary of more than £25,400 £23,400 £19,900
UK excluding London average salary £23,000 £22,750 £22,270
% change year-on-year
+1.09% +2.15%
All Job Titles
Gloucestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
840 1249 1161
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Gloucestershire 96.33% 97.96% 94.31%
Number of salaries quoted 779 1106 1019
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Support Technician
South West

Support Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Gloucestershire Support Technician Jobs Demand Trend

Support Technician
Salary Trend

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

Gloucestershire Support Technician Salary Trend

Support Technician
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the Gloucestershire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Tewkesbury -8 4 £22,500 +45.16%
Cheltenham +13 1 £22,500 -39.18%
Gloucester +5 1 £29,000 +50.64% 2
Support Technician
South West

Support Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire region that cited 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 Support Technician in their job title.

1 9 (69.23%) Windows
2 7 (53.85%) MS Office
2 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
3 5 (38.46%) Windows 7
4 4 (30.77%) ITIL V3
4 4 (30.77%) McAfee
4 4 (30.77%) ITIL
5 3 (23.08%) VPN
5 3 (23.08%) Cisco
5 3 (23.08%) Degree
6 2 (15.38%) SCCM
6 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
6 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
6 2 (15.38%) Software Deployment
6 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
7 1 (7.692%) Change Management
7 1 (7.692%) Firewall
7 1 (7.692%) Finance
7 1 (7.692%) VMware
7 1 (7.692%) Backup Exec
7 1 (7.692%) Asset Management
7 1 (7.692%) Knowledge Management
7 1 (7.692%) MS PowerPoint
7 1 (7.692%) MCITP
7 1 (7.692%) Windows XP
7 1 (7.692%) LAN
7 1 (7.692%) WAN
7 1 (7.692%) MCP
7 1 (7.692%) SQL
7 1 (7.692%) VB

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Gloucestershire region that cited 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 Support Technician in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (7.692%) Application Packaging
Applications
1 7 (53.85%) MS Office
2 2 (15.38%) MS Excel
3 1 (7.692%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) VPN
2 1 (7.692%) Firewall
2 1 (7.692%) LAN
2 1 (7.692%) WAN
2 1 (7.692%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (7.692%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Computer Science
2 1 (7.692%) Blackberry
2 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.692%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 9 (69.23%) Windows
2 5 (38.46%) Windows 7
3 1 (7.692%) Windows XP
3 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (7.692%) Windows 8
3 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (30.77%) ITIL V3
1 4 (30.77%) ITIL
2 2 (15.38%) Software Deployment
3 1 (7.692%) Change Management
3 1 (7.692%) Asset Management
3 1 (7.692%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (7.692%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.692%) SQL
1 1 (7.692%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 1 (7.692%) MCITP
2 1 (7.692%) MCP
2 1 (7.692%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
1 1 (7.692%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (7.692%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) SCCM
2 1 (7.692%) Backup Exec
2 1 (7.692%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 4 (30.77%) McAfee
3 3 (23.08%) Cisco
4 1 (7.692%) VMware
4 1 (7.692%) Apple
4 1 (7.692%) Lumension
4 1 (7.692%) LANDesk
Gloucester, South West
You will have experience of working in a Windows environment with experience Windows 7 Enterprise... Experience of working in a ITIL V3 framework will also be needed... Experience...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £28000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013