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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 61 77 88
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 87 74 83
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 3.545% 2.955% 2.527%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.779% 3.067% 2.690%
Number of salaries quoted 82 63 57
Average salary £28,500 £40,000 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.75% +26.98%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,700 £21,900
10% offered a salary of more than £44,800 £49,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2302 2413 3085
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 93.81% 96.37% 93.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1883 1964 2496
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £58,500 £59,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Engineer
East of England

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Hemel Hempstead +14 14 £25,000 -50.00%
St Albans +7 14 £28,000 +5.66%
Borehamwood -3 8 £31,000 +19.23%
Hertford - 8 £28,000 -
Royston - 6 £25,000 -
Stevenage +12 4 £42,500 +58.87%
Watford +1 3 £26,500 -36.90%
Welwyn Garden City -18 2 £35,000 -12.50%
Letchworth - 2 £27,500 -
Rickmansworth - 2 £47,500 -
Hitchin -3 1 £45,000 -
Harpenden -14 1 - -
Broxbourne - 1 £30,500 -
Support Engineer
East of England

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 92 (58.97%) Windows
2 87 (55.77%) Microsoft
3 53 (33.97%) Active Directory
4 50 (32.05%) Cisco
5 46 (29.49%) MS Exchange
6 42 (26.92%) VMware
7 40 (25.64%) MS Excel
8 39 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
9 35 (22.44%) Firewall
10 32 (20.51%) Windows 7
10 32 (20.51%) VMware Infrastructure
11 28 (17.95%) SQL
12 27 (17.31%) TCP/IP
13 26 (16.67%) DNS
13 26 (16.67%) IIS
13 26 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
14 23 (14.74%) VPN
15 21 (13.46%) Microsoft Certification
16 20 (12.82%) Windows XP
16 20 (12.82%) SQL Server
16 20 (12.82%) Windows Vista
17 19 (12.18%) Degree
17 19 (12.18%) NAS
17 19 (12.18%) Exchange Server 2010
18 17 (10.90%) iSCSI
19 16 (10.26%) UNIX
20 15 (9.615%) DHCP
21 14 (8.974%) Oracle
22 12 (7.692%) Linux
22 12 (7.692%) Wi-Fi

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 9 (5.769%) HTML
2 4 (2.564%) ASP
3 3 (1.923%) .NET
3 3 (1.923%) XML
4 2 (1.282%) WAP
4 2 (1.282%) WebSphere
4 2 (1.282%) Silverlight
4 2 (1.282%) J2EE
4 2 (1.282%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.282%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 46 (29.49%) MS Exchange
2 26 (16.67%) IIS
3 19 (12.18%) Exchange Server 2010
4 11 (7.051%) Exchange Server 2003
4 11 (7.051%) Exchange Server 2007
5 10 (6.410%) SharePoint
6 8 (5.128%) Lync
7 7 (4.487%) Apache
8 6 (3.846%) Tomcat
8 6 (3.846%) Exchange Server 2013
9 2 (1.282%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (0.641%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 40 (25.64%) MS Excel
2 9 (5.769%) MS Office
3 4 (2.564%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 35 (22.44%) Firewall
2 27 (17.31%) TCP/IP
3 26 (16.67%) DNS
4 23 (14.74%) VPN
5 19 (12.18%) NAS
6 17 (10.90%) iSCSI
7 15 (9.615%) DHCP
8 12 (7.692%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (7.692%) Wireless
9 11 (7.051%) SAN
9 11 (7.051%) Cisco ASA
9 11 (7.051%) VoIP
10 8 (5.128%) Broadband
11 6 (3.846%) LAN
11 6 (3.846%) VLAN
12 5 (3.205%) PBX
12 5 (3.205%) WAN
12 5 (3.205%) HTTP
13 4 (2.564%) SMTP
13 4 (2.564%) ADSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (12.82%) SQL Server
2 4 (2.564%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (1.923%) MySQL
4 1 (0.641%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (1.282%) LabVIEW
General
1 12 (7.692%) Finance
2 7 (4.487%) Telecoms
3 4 (2.564%) Electronics
4 3 (1.923%) Multimedia
4 3 (1.923%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.282%) Games
5 2 (1.282%) Retail
6 1 (0.641%) Back Office
6 1 (0.641%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.205%) NHS
2 3 (1.923%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 3 (1.923%) ASIC
2 3 (1.923%) Blackberry
2 3 (1.923%) 3D Graphics
2 3 (1.923%) VHDL
2 3 (1.923%) Verilog
3 2 (1.282%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.282%) Thin Client
3 2 (1.282%) Robotics
3 2 (1.282%) Physics
3 2 (1.282%) Fat Client
3 2 (1.282%) Online Games
3 2 (1.282%) EFT
4 1 (0.641%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (0.641%) iPhone
4 1 (0.641%) iSeries
4 1 (0.641%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.641%) Mathematics
4 1 (0.641%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 92 (58.97%) Windows
2 39 (25.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 32 (20.51%) Windows 7
4 26 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
5 20 (12.82%) Windows Vista
5 20 (12.82%) Windows XP
6 16 (10.26%) UNIX
7 12 (7.692%) Linux
8 6 (3.846%) Windows 8
8 6 (3.846%) Mac OS X
9 5 (3.205%) Solaris
9 5 (3.205%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 3 (1.923%) AIX
11 1 (0.641%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (7.692%) Migration
2 8 (5.128%) ITIL
3 5 (3.205%) E-Commerce
3 5 (3.205%) Mobile Device Management
4 4 (2.564%) Data Protection
4 4 (2.564%) Service Management
4 4 (2.564%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (2.564%) Data Security
4 4 (2.564%) Security Management
4 4 (2.564%) Knowledge Management
5 3 (1.923%) Incident Management
5 3 (1.923%) Validation
6 2 (1.282%) Change Control
6 2 (1.282%) Data Entry
6 2 (1.282%) Performance Testing
6 2 (1.282%) Test Scripting
6 2 (1.282%) System Testing
6 2 (1.282%) Workflow
6 2 (1.282%) Document Management
6 2 (1.282%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 28 (17.95%) SQL
2 7 (4.487%) Java
3 5 (3.205%) JavaScript
3 5 (3.205%) Perl
3 5 (3.205%) VB
3 5 (3.205%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.923%) C-shell
4 3 (1.923%) Tcl
4 3 (1.923%) C#
5 2 (1.282%) MATLAB
5 2 (1.282%) VB6
5 2 (1.282%) Korn
6 1 (0.641%) C
Qualifications
1 21 (13.46%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (12.18%) Degree
3 10 (6.410%) MCP
4 8 (5.128%) MCSE
4 8 (5.128%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (3.205%) Security Cleared
6 4 (2.564%) CCNA
6 4 (2.564%) MCTS
7 3 (1.923%) MCITP
7 3 (1.923%) CCNP
7 3 (1.923%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.923%) MCSA
7 3 (1.923%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (1.282%) CCIE
9 1 (0.641%) CCSP
9 1 (0.641%) CCSA
9 1 (0.641%) CCVP
9 1 (0.641%) CCSE
9 1 (0.641%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.846%) SLA
2 1 (0.641%) QA
2 1 (0.641%) ISO/IEC 17799
System Software
1 53 (33.97%) Active Directory
2 32 (20.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (7.692%) VMware ESXi
4 10 (6.410%) vSphere
4 10 (6.410%) VMware ESX
5 8 (5.128%) VMware Server
6 2 (1.282%) XenDesktop
6 2 (1.282%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.641%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (0.641%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 6 (3.846%) WSUS
1 6 (3.846%) SCCM
2 5 (3.205%) McAfee ePO
3 4 (2.564%) WMI
4 3 (1.923%) Norton AntiVirus
5 2 (1.282%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (1.282%) Business Desktop Deployment
5 2 (1.282%) Cisco UCCX
5 2 (1.282%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
6 1 (0.641%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (0.641%) SCOM
6 1 (0.641%) MAILsweeper
Vendors
1 87 (55.77%) Microsoft
2 50 (32.05%) Cisco
3 42 (26.92%) VMware
4 14 (8.974%) Oracle
5 10 (6.410%) Red Hat
6 8 (5.128%) HP
7 6 (3.846%) Apple
7 6 (3.846%) Citrix
8 5 (3.205%) Symantec
8 5 (3.205%) McAfee
8 5 (3.205%) Acronis
9 4 (2.564%) Google
10 3 (1.923%) Nortel
10 3 (1.923%) Avaya
10 3 (1.923%) Juniper
10 3 (1.923%) IBM
11 2 (1.282%) JBoss
11 2 (1.282%) EMC
11 2 (1.282%) Sun
11 2 (1.282%) NetApp
Hertfordshire
The successful IT Support Engineer will have a current Microsoft qualification and have a desire to continue to develop. This is a client facing role and the successful...
OCS Resourcing
Salary: From £27,000 to £32,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Stevenage, South East
For this position the following skills and experience are required: - Degree in Engineering or HNC plus experience - Ideally 5 years plus experience working with vibration test systems preferably...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £35000 - £44000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013