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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Support
Rank 26 23 35
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +12
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support 1 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Huddersfield 1.316% 3.175% 0.641%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.389% 3.333% 0.649%
Number of salaries quoted 0 3 0
Average salary - £22,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £30,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year
+1.66% +3.44%
All Job Titles
Huddersfield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
72 120 154
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Huddersfield 94.74% 95.24% 98.72%
Number of salaries quoted 58 74 119
Average salary £30,000 £30,000 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,300 £20,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £36,600
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 Huddersfield region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Huddersfield 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 Huddersfield region.

Huddersfield Technical Support Salary Trend

Technical Support
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Huddersfield 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 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) ITIL
2 5 (83.33%) SharePoint
2 5 (83.33%) MS Exchange
2 5 (83.33%) TCP/IP
3 4 (66.67%) MS Office
3 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 4 (66.67%) Veritas
3 4 (66.67%) VMware
3 4 (66.67%) VMware Server
4 1 (16.67%) Logistics
4 1 (16.67%) Apple
4 1 (16.67%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) CRM
4 1 (16.67%) Microsoft

Technical Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Huddersfield 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 Platforms
1 5 (83.33%) SharePoint
1 5 (83.33%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Logistics
2 1 (16.67%) CRM
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 4 (66.67%) VMware Server
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Veritas
1 4 (66.67%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) Apple
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft