The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire 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 22 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 54 58 44
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 4 7 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.816% 1.246% 1.609%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.870% 1.318% 1.657%
Number of salaries quoted 4 7 5
Average salary £21,000 £25,000 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.00% -10.71%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
460 531 362
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 93.88% 94.48% 97.05%
Number of salaries quoted 409 484 309
Average salary £32,500 £31,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.17% +1.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £21,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Engineer
North West

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Burnley - 3 £21,000 -
Blackburn - 1 £22,500 -
Support Engineer
North West

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 6 (66.67%) SQL
1 6 (66.67%) Telecoms
2 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
2 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 5 (55.56%) MS Excel
2 5 (55.56%) SQL Server
2 5 (55.56%) WAN
3 4 (44.44%) Cisco
3 4 (44.44%) LAN
4 3 (33.33%) E-Commerce
4 3 (33.33%) VoIP
4 3 (33.33%) MS Office
4 3 (33.33%) VPN
4 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (33.33%) Windows Vista
4 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (22.22%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (22.22%) Aastra
5 2 (22.22%) SAN
5 2 (22.22%) MD110
5 2 (22.22%) VMware
5 2 (22.22%) ITIL
5 2 (22.22%) CRM
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
6 1 (11.11%) CCNA
6 1 (11.11%) HTTP
6 1 (11.11%) PBX
6 1 (11.11%) Oracle
6 1 (11.11%) HNC
6 1 (11.11%) HND

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Applications
1 5 (55.56%) MS Excel
2 3 (33.33%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (55.56%) WAN
2 4 (44.44%) LAN
3 3 (33.33%) VoIP
3 3 (33.33%) VPN
4 2 (22.22%) SAN
4 2 (22.22%) MD110
5 1 (11.11%) HTTP
5 1 (11.11%) PBX
5 1 (11.11%) Internet
5 1 (11.11%) PABX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (55.56%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (66.67%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Vista
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 2 (22.22%) ITIL
2 2 (22.22%) CRM
3 1 (11.11%) Time Management
3 1 (11.11%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) CCNA
1 1 (11.11%) HNC
1 1 (11.11%) HND
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (55.56%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco
2 2 (22.22%) Aastra
2 2 (22.22%) VMware
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle
3 1 (11.11%) Toshiba
3 1 (11.11%) Avaya
3 1 (11.11%) Juniper
Burnley, Lancashire
IT support engineer (with good experience of Desktop, Windows, Server / Active Directory, SQL server, etc) sought by this leading eCommerce based organisation... You will be an excellent communicator,...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £19000 - £23000 per annum + profit bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
Burnley, North West
You will be an excellent communicator, building relationships with users at all levels of the company and will be able to demonstrate practical knowledge of providing desktop support,...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £19000 - £23000 per annum + profit bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
Key skills: 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd Line Support; MS Exchange, SQL, Active Directory... You will have technical knowledge and experience of MS Exchange, MS SQL, Active...
Dakota 6
Salary: From £20,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013