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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 61 60 53
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 20 15 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 2.878% 2.143% 1.705%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.981% 2.256% 1.840%
Number of salaries quoted 19 15 9
Average salary £22,500 £26,750 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.88% +24.41%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
671 665 489
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire 96.55% 95.00% 92.61%
Number of salaries quoted 590 585 433
Average salary £37,500 £33,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.94% +3.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £24,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Engineer
East Midlands

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Leicestershire Support Engineer Salary Histogram

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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Leicester -1 18 £25,000 -7.40%
Loughborough -6 1 - -
Market Harborough - 1 £20,000 -
Support Engineer
East Midlands

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 39 (79.59%) Windows
2 37 (75.51%) SQL Server
2 37 (75.51%) Microsoft
3 26 (53.06%) MS Exchange
4 24 (48.98%) Active Directory
5 22 (44.90%) MS Excel
5 22 (44.90%) MS Office
5 22 (44.90%) Windows Server 2003
5 22 (44.90%) Windows Server 2008
6 21 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
7 19 (38.78%) MCP
8 15 (30.61%) Windows XP
8 15 (30.61%) SQL
8 15 (30.61%) MCTS
9 14 (28.57%) IIS
9 14 (28.57%) Back Office
10 13 (26.53%) VMware
10 13 (26.53%) TCP/IP
11 12 (24.49%) Migration
12 11 (22.45%) Firewall
12 11 (22.45%) MCITP
13 10 (20.41%) Windows 7
13 10 (20.41%) Symantec
13 10 (20.41%) C#
14 9 (18.37%) VB
14 9 (18.37%) .NET
14 9 (18.37%) CRM
14 9 (18.37%) SharePoint
14 9 (18.37%) Windows Azure
14 9 (18.37%) Azure SQL Database

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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 Development
1 9 (18.37%) .NET
2 8 (16.33%) WinForms
2 8 (16.33%) WCF
3 1 (2.041%) Spring
3 1 (2.041%) Velocity
3 1 (2.041%) Hibernate
3 1 (2.041%) HTML
3 1 (2.041%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 26 (53.06%) MS Exchange
2 14 (28.57%) IIS
3 9 (18.37%) SharePoint
3 9 (18.37%) Windows Azure
4 8 (16.33%) Exchange Server 2003
5 6 (12.24%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (12.24%) Exchange Server 2007
6 5 (10.20%) SharePoint 2010
7 3 (6.122%) Lync
Applications
1 22 (44.90%) MS Excel
1 22 (44.90%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.041%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 13 (26.53%) TCP/IP
2 11 (22.45%) Firewall
3 8 (16.33%) FTP
4 5 (10.20%) Internet
5 3 (6.122%) WAN
5 3 (6.122%) Wireless
5 3 (6.122%) Intranet
6 1 (2.041%) Fibre Channel
6 1 (2.041%) iSCSI
6 1 (2.041%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (75.51%) SQL Server
2 9 (18.37%) Azure SQL Database
3 5 (10.20%) SQL Server 2012
3 5 (10.20%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (2.041%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.041%) GitHub
General
1 14 (28.57%) Back Office
2 7 (14.29%) Marketing
3 3 (6.122%) Retail
3 3 (6.122%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.041%) French Language
4 1 (2.041%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 5 (10.20%) Clustering
3 3 (6.122%) Data Conversion
3 3 (6.122%) Blackberry
4 1 (2.041%) Fat Client
4 1 (2.041%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 39 (79.59%) Windows
2 22 (44.90%) Windows Server 2003
2 22 (44.90%) Windows Server 2008
3 15 (30.61%) Windows XP
4 10 (20.41%) Windows 7
5 9 (18.37%) Windows 2000 Server
6 8 (16.33%) Windows Vista
7 7 (14.29%) Windows 2000
8 6 (12.24%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (8.163%) Windows 8
10 1 (2.041%) Mac OS X Server
10 1 (2.041%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (24.49%) Migration
2 9 (18.37%) CRM
2 9 (18.37%) User Acceptance Testing
3 8 (16.33%) Data Transformation
4 6 (12.24%) Problem Management
4 6 (12.24%) Direct Marketing
4 6 (12.24%) Information Security
4 6 (12.24%) Change Control
5 5 (10.20%) Capacity Management
5 5 (10.20%) Capacity Planning
5 5 (10.20%) Change Management
6 3 (6.122%) Data Analysis
6 3 (6.122%) ERP
6 3 (6.122%) Project Management
7 1 (2.041%) Systems Analysis
7 1 (2.041%) Software Testing
7 1 (2.041%) System Testing
7 1 (2.041%) Time Management
7 1 (2.041%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 15 (30.61%) SQL
2 10 (20.41%) C#
3 9 (18.37%) VB
4 8 (16.33%) T-SQL
5 5 (10.20%) VBScript
6 1 (2.041%) Java
6 1 (2.041%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 21 (42.86%) Microsoft Certification
2 19 (38.78%) MCP
3 15 (30.61%) MCTS
4 11 (22.45%) MCITP
5 8 (16.33%) Degree
6 7 (14.29%) MCSE
7 4 (8.163%) Citrix Certification
7 4 (8.163%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (6.122%) CCEE
9 1 (2.041%) CCEA
9 1 (2.041%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (2.041%) CCNA
9 1 (2.041%) CCA
9 1 (2.041%) MCSA
9 1 (2.041%) CCAA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.122%) SLA
System Software
1 24 (48.98%) Active Directory
2 8 (16.33%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (12.24%) vSphere
4 4 (8.163%) XenApp
4 4 (8.163%) XenDesktop
5 3 (6.122%) Hyper-V
6 1 (2.041%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 5 (10.20%) SCCM
1 5 (10.20%) SCOM
2 4 (8.163%) Backup Exec
3 2 (4.082%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 37 (75.51%) Microsoft
2 13 (26.53%) VMware
3 10 (20.41%) Symantec
4 7 (14.29%) Citrix
5 4 (8.163%) HP
6 3 (6.122%) Dell
6 3 (6.122%) Cisco
7 1 (2.041%) WatchGuard
7 1 (2.041%) Veeam
7 1 (2.041%) Apple