The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Specialist
Rank 89 68 98
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +30
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 2 4 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.175% 0.563% 0.093%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.186% 0.617% 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 1
Average salary £42,000 £43,250 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.89% -27.91%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,309 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+6.20% +0.88%
All Job Titles
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1077 648 1025
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 93.98% 91.14% 95.35%
Number of salaries quoted 921 578 940
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -5.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £47,500 £48,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Specialist
South East

Support Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent Support Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Support Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Kent Support Specialist Salary Trend

Support Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the Kent region over the 3 months to 23 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
Maidstone - 1 £39,000 -
Support Specialist
South East

Support Specialist
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region that cited Support Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (33.33%) Prophet
3 1 (33.33%) Capacity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (33.33%) Business Objects
3 1 (33.33%) XML
3 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
3 1 (33.33%) EDI
3 1 (33.33%) ERP
3 1 (33.33%) LAN
3 1 (33.33%) WAN
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (33.33%) SAN
3 1 (33.33%) MPLS
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Workflow
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Publishing
3 1 (33.33%) VMware
3 1 (33.33%) IP Telephony
3 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Windows SharePoint Services

Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region that cited Support Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (33.33%) XML
1 1 (33.33%) EDI
1 1 (33.33%) Windows SharePoint Services
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint 2010
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Prophet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) WAN
1 1 (33.33%) SAN
1 1 (33.33%) MPLS
1 1 (33.33%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Crystal Reports
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Publishing
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Capacity Management
1 1 (33.33%) ERP
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Workflow
1 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Business Objects
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) VMware