The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Halifax region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Support in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Support
Rank 35 36 -
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support 1 3 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 0.625% 1.485% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.658% 1.523% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 0
Average salary £45,000 £21,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+114.28% -
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £30,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year
+1.66% +3.44%
All Job Titles
Halifax
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
152 197 102
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Halifax 95.00% 97.52% 91.89%
Number of salaries quoted 110 146 73
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 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Support
West Yorkshire

Technical Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax Technical Support Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Support
Salary Trend

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

Halifax Technical Support Salary Trend

Technical Support
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title.

1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Apache
1 1 (50.00%) Tomcat
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) CA
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) WebSphere
1 1 (50.00%) CA Wily

Technical Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Halifax region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Apache
1 1 (50.00%) Tomcat
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (50.00%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) CA Wily
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) CA