The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Halifax 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 21 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 Halifax region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 35 40 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 2 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 1.242% 0.500% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.307% 0.513% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
Average salary £23,750 £33,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.03% -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Halifax
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
153 195 103
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 95.03% 97.50% 91.96%
Number of salaries quoted 110 141 74
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £20,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Engineer
West Yorkshire

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 3 (75.00%) SAN
2 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 2 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (50.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) ITIL
2 2 (50.00%) HNC
2 2 (50.00%) HND
2 2 (50.00%) UNIX
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (50.00%) MCSE
2 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (50.00%) Avaya
2 2 (50.00%) DEFINITY
2 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) XenServer
3 1 (25.00%) Office 365
3 1 (25.00%) Twitter
3 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) SLA
3 1 (25.00%) MS Excel

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax 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 Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Office 365
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) SAN
2 2 (50.00%) DEFINITY
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) UNIX
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 2 (50.00%) ITIL
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) HNC
1 2 (50.00%) HND
1 2 (50.00%) MCSE
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) XenServer
1 1 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Cisco
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) Avaya
2 1 (25.00%) Twitter
2 1 (25.00%) WatchGuard
2 1 (25.00%) SonicWALL
2 1 (25.00%) VMware
2 1 (25.00%) Apple