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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Third Line Support
Rank 32 - 22
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 5 0 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in High Wycombe 2.538% - 1.935%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.591% - 2.041%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 3
Average salary £34,000 - £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
All Job Titles
High Wycombe
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
193 217 147
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in High Wycombe 97.97% 95.59% 94.84%
Number of salaries quoted 181 200 135
Average salary £39,000 £39,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +11.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £21,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £58,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
3rd Line Support
Buckinghamshire

3rd Line Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

High Wycombe 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 High Wycombe region.

High Wycombe 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 High Wycombe 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 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
1 7 (70.00%) MS Exchange
2 6 (60.00%) CRM
3 5 (50.00%) Linux
3 5 (50.00%) UNIX
3 5 (50.00%) SQL
3 5 (50.00%) SAN
3 5 (50.00%) VLAN
3 5 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 4 (40.00%) C
4 4 (40.00%) MS Excel
4 4 (40.00%) ERP
4 4 (40.00%) WAN
4 4 (40.00%) VPN
5 3 (30.00%) DNS
5 3 (30.00%) DHCP
5 3 (30.00%) MCSE
5 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
5 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
5 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (30.00%) VMware
5 3 (30.00%) MCITP
5 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2003
5 3 (30.00%) SCCM
5 3 (30.00%) iSCSI
5 3 (30.00%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (20.00%) SCOM

3rd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the High Wycombe 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 7 (70.00%) MS Exchange
2 5 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (30.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (10.00%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (50.00%) SAN
1 5 (50.00%) VLAN
2 4 (40.00%) WAN
2 4 (40.00%) VPN
3 3 (30.00%) DNS
3 3 (30.00%) DHCP
3 3 (30.00%) iSCSI
4 1 (10.00%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (30.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 1 (10.00%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (10.00%) EqualLogic
Operating Systems
1 7 (70.00%) Windows
2 5 (50.00%) Linux
2 5 (50.00%) UNIX
3 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 3 (30.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (10.00%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) CRM
2 4 (40.00%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 5 (50.00%) SQL
2 4 (40.00%) C
3 2 (20.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (30.00%) MCSE
2 3 (30.00%) MCITP
3 1 (10.00%) MCP
3 1 (10.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (20.00%) Hyper-V
3 1 (10.00%) VMware ESX
3 1 (10.00%) vSphere
3 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) SCCM
2 2 (20.00%) SCOM
2 2 (20.00%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (30.00%) VMware
3 2 (20.00%) Veeam
4 1 (10.00%) Cisco
4 1 (10.00%) Citrix
4 1 (10.00%) NetApp
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Key skills and technologies will include: 1) Onsite client support 2) Telephone, email & remote support 3) Installing, configuring, supporting, maintaining and troubleshooting IT hardware & software 4) Windows 2003...
NS Consultants
Salary: From £30,000 to £38,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013