The first table below looks at the demand for the 3rd Line Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Third Line Support
Rank 82 81 54
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 3 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 0.334% 0.137% 0.216%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.343% 0.142% 0.219%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 1
Average salary £32,500 £27,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.18% -21.42%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
All Job Titles
Guildford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
875 706 456
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Guildford 97.55% 96.98% 98.28%
Number of salaries quoted 733 676 425
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
3rd Line Support
Surrey

3rd Line Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford 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 Guildford 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 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 6 (60.00%) VMware
3 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 4 (40.00%) MS Exchange
4 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (30.00%) DNS
6 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (20.00%) SAN
6 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (20.00%) DHCP
6 2 (20.00%) Linux
6 2 (20.00%) ITIL
6 2 (20.00%) vSphere
6 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
6 2 (20.00%) Degree
7 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
7 1 (10.00%) SCCM
7 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
7 1 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (10.00%) MCTS
7 1 (10.00%) MCITP
7 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2013
7 1 (10.00%) Lync
7 1 (10.00%) Unified Communications
7 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
7 1 (10.00%) NAS

3rd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Guildford 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 Platforms
1 4 (40.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (10.00%) Lync
3 1 (10.00%) IIS
3 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) DNS
2 2 (20.00%) SAN
2 2 (20.00%) DHCP
2 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
3 1 (10.00%) Unified Communications
3 1 (10.00%) NAS
3 1 (10.00%) FTP
3 1 (10.00%) Firewall
3 1 (10.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) MySQL
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Windows
2 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (20.00%) Linux
4 1 (10.00%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (10.00%) CRM
2 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (10.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
2 1 (10.00%) MCTS
2 1 (10.00%) MCITP
2 1 (10.00%) MCP
2 1 (10.00%) MCSE
2 1 (10.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (40.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (20.00%) vSphere
4 1 (10.00%) Hyper-V
4 1 (10.00%) XenApp
4 1 (10.00%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) VMware
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) EMC
3 1 (10.00%) Citrix