The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical 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 Kent region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Support Engineer
Rank 88 72 98
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +26
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support Engineer 4 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 0.340% 0.281% 0.190%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.364% 0.305% 0.200%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 1
Average salary £37,500 £28,250 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+32.74% -19.28%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £34,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-4.41% +13.33%
All Job Titles
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1098 655 1002
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 93.29% 91.87% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 940 585 919
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £23,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Support Engineer
South East

Technical Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent Technical Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Kent Technical Support Engineer Salary Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Support Engineer within the Kent 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
West Malling - 3 £37,500 -
Tunbridge Wells - 1 - -
Technical Support Engineer
South East

Technical Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in their job title.

1 11 (78.57%) SAN
1 11 (78.57%) Windows Server 2003
1 11 (78.57%) VMware
1 11 (78.57%) VMware ESX
1 11 (78.57%) VMware Infrastructure
1 11 (78.57%) Windows Server 2008
1 11 (78.57%) Windows 2000 Server
1 11 (78.57%) vSphere
1 11 (78.57%) VMware ESXi
1 11 (78.57%) HP
1 11 (78.57%) Citrix
1 11 (78.57%) Windows
1 11 (78.57%) Cisco
1 11 (78.57%) IBM
1 11 (78.57%) Microsoft
2 2 (14.29%) Linux
2 2 (14.29%) Java
2 2 (14.29%) UNIX
3 1 (7.143%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (7.143%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (7.143%) Wireless
3 1 (7.143%) LAN
3 1 (7.143%) DHCP
3 1 (7.143%) VPN
3 1 (7.143%) CCNP
3 1 (7.143%) CCNA
3 1 (7.143%) Twitter
3 1 (7.143%) 802.11
3 1 (7.143%) VLAN
3 1 (7.143%) Degree

Technical Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Communications & Networking
1 11 (78.57%) SAN
2 1 (7.143%) 802.11
2 1 (7.143%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (7.143%) Wireless
2 1 (7.143%) VLAN
2 1 (7.143%) LAN
2 1 (7.143%) DHCP
2 1 (7.143%) VPN
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 11 (78.57%) Windows
1 11 (78.57%) Windows Server 2003
1 11 (78.57%) Windows Server 2008
1 11 (78.57%) Windows 2000 Server
2 2 (14.29%) Linux
2 2 (14.29%) UNIX
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) CCNP
1 1 (7.143%) CCNA
1 1 (7.143%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (7.143%) Degree
System Software
1 11 (78.57%) VMware ESX
1 11 (78.57%) VMware Infrastructure
1 11 (78.57%) vSphere
1 11 (78.57%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 11 (78.57%) Cisco
1 11 (78.57%) IBM
1 11 (78.57%) Microsoft
1 11 (78.57%) HP
1 11 (78.57%) Citrix
1 11 (78.57%) VMware
2 1 (7.143%) Twitter
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