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

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 11 11 2
Rank change year-on-year
0 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 7 1 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Highlands 17.07% 2.857% 45.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 17.50% 3.030% 45.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 1
Average salary £25,000 £21,500 £19,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.27% +13.15%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Highlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40 33 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Highlands 97.56% 94.29% 100.00%
Number of salaries quoted 8 21 5
Average salary £25,000 £42,500 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-41.17% +88.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £21,000 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £22,500 £67,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Engineer
Scotland

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Highlands 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 Highlands region.

Highlands Support Engineer Salary Trend

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 Highlands region over the 3 months to 21 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
Inverness 0 7 £25,000 +16.27%
Support Engineer
Scotland

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Highlands 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 10 (71.43%) Windows
2 8 (57.14%) TCP/IP
2 8 (57.14%) Cisco
3 6 (42.86%) Active Directory
3 6 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (35.71%) MCSE
5 4 (28.57%) Linux
5 4 (28.57%) C
5 4 (28.57%) HNC
5 4 (28.57%) HND
5 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
5 4 (28.57%) CCNP
5 4 (28.57%) CCNA
5 4 (28.57%) DNS
5 4 (28.57%) VoIP
5 4 (28.57%) DHCP
5 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (28.57%) MPLS
5 4 (28.57%) EIGRP
5 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (28.57%) Firewall
5 4 (28.57%) Back Office
5 4 (28.57%) Telecoms
5 4 (28.57%) Manufacturing
5 4 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (28.57%) MCDST
6 3 (21.43%) Capacity Management
6 3 (21.43%) SLA
6 3 (21.43%) VB

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Highlands 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 1 (7.143%) MS Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 8 (57.14%) TCP/IP
2 4 (28.57%) DNS
2 4 (28.57%) VoIP
2 4 (28.57%) DHCP
2 4 (28.57%) MPLS
2 4 (28.57%) EIGRP
2 4 (28.57%) Firewall
2 4 (28.57%) Cisco ASA
General
1 4 (28.57%) Back Office
1 4 (28.57%) Telecoms
1 4 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 2 (14.29%) Advertising
Operating Systems
1 10 (71.43%) Windows
2 6 (42.86%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (28.57%) Linux
3 4 (28.57%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (21.43%) Capacity Management
2 1 (7.143%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) C
2 3 (21.43%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (35.71%) MCSE
2 4 (28.57%) HNC
2 4 (28.57%) HND
2 4 (28.57%) CCNP
2 4 (28.57%) CCNA
2 4 (28.57%) Cisco Certification
2 4 (28.57%) MCDST
3 1 (7.143%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (42.86%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Cisco
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
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Posted: 15 May 2013