The first table below looks at the demand for the 3rd Line Support role in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3rd Line Support in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Third Line Support
Rank 340 374 415
Rank change year-on-year
+34 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 295 265 253
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.658% 0.507% 0.421%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.704% 0.539% 0.450%
Number of salaries quoted 233 242 224
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -1.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £32,050 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,200 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
41912 49208 56207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.44% 94.21% 93.44%
Number of salaries quoted 35248 42839 47542
Average salary £51,500 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.00% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,750 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
3rd Line Support
England

3rd Line Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 3rd Line Support Jobs Demand Trend

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend

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

London 3rd Line Support Salary Trend

3rd Line Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support across the London region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

London 3rd Line Support Salary Histogram

3rd Line Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support within the London region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London +7 68 £42,250 +6.28% 8
Uxbridge +15 11 £37,500 -14.28% 1
Wimbledon +1 6 £45,000 -
Croydon +13 5 £34,000 -2.85%
Bromley -2 3 £45,000 +28.57%
Stanmore - 3 £28,000 -
Enfield - 2 £25,250 -
Harrow - 2 £28,500 -
Wembley - 2 £23,500 -
Surbiton +1 1 £35,000 -6.66%
3rd Line Support
England

3rd Line Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Support in their job title.

1 388 (71.99%) Windows
2 315 (58.44%) Microsoft
3 267 (49.54%) Active Directory
4 245 (45.45%) MS Exchange
5 218 (40.45%) Windows Server 2008
6 208 (38.59%) VMware
7 178 (33.02%) Windows Server 2003
8 168 (31.17%) MS Excel
9 164 (30.43%) Exchange Server 2010
10 146 (27.09%) Cisco
11 143 (26.53%) Citrix
12 122 (22.63%) Exchange Server 2007
13 119 (22.08%) Firewall
14 114 (21.15%) Blackberry
15 97 (18.00%) MS Office
16 94 (17.44%) Windows XP
17 93 (17.25%) SAN
17 93 (17.25%) VMware Infrastructure
18 90 (16.70%) ITIL
19 89 (16.51%) SQL
19 89 (16.51%) TCP/IP
20 88 (16.33%) Windows 7
21 87 (16.14%) Microsoft Certification
22 82 (15.21%) SQL Server
22 82 (15.21%) Finance
23 74 (13.73%) LAN
23 74 (13.73%) DNS
24 72 (13.36%) XenApp
25 68 (12.62%) Cisco Certification
26 67 (12.43%) WAN

3rd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 33 (6.122%) .NET
2 19 (3.525%) ASP.NET
3 12 (2.226%) Software Packaging
4 8 (1.484%) Application Packaging
5 7 (1.299%) HTML
5 7 (1.299%) Web Services
5 7 (1.299%) XML
6 5 (0.928%) WSH
7 4 (0.742%) COM
8 3 (0.557%) LAMP
8 3 (0.557%) CSS
9 2 (0.371%) .NET Framework
9 2 (0.371%) SOAP
10 1 (0.186%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 245 (45.45%) MS Exchange
2 164 (30.43%) Exchange Server 2010
3 122 (22.63%) Exchange Server 2007
4 57 (10.58%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 48 (8.905%) Exchange Server 2003
6 45 (8.349%) SharePoint
7 34 (6.308%) IIS
8 28 (5.195%) Lync
9 15 (2.783%) WorkSite
10 7 (1.299%) Exchange Server 2013
11 5 (0.928%) IBM Notes
12 4 (0.742%) Exchange Server 2000
13 3 (0.557%) Apache
13 3 (0.557%) SharePoint 2010
14 2 (0.371%) SharePoint Server
14 2 (0.371%) Windows Azure
14 2 (0.371%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.371%) Lotus Domino
14 2 (0.371%) Site Server
15 1 (0.186%) WebLogic
Applications
1 168 (31.17%) MS Excel
2 97 (18.00%) MS Office
3 49 (9.091%) MS PowerPoint
4 16 (2.968%) MS Visio
5 7 (1.299%) Office 365
6 1 (0.186%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 6 (1.113%) assyst
2 4 (0.742%) Oracle Applications
2 4 (0.742%) Oracle Retail
3 3 (0.557%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.557%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.186%) EMB Igloo
4 1 (0.186%) Bloomberg TOMS
4 1 (0.186%) 3000 Xtra
Communications & Networking
1 119 (22.08%) Firewall
2 93 (17.25%) SAN
3 89 (16.51%) TCP/IP
4 74 (13.73%) LAN
4 74 (13.73%) DNS
5 67 (12.43%) WAN
6 59 (10.95%) DHCP
7 48 (8.905%) VoIP
8 44 (8.163%) VPN
9 24 (4.453%) MPLS
10 22 (4.082%) VLAN
11 20 (3.711%) OSPF
12 19 (3.525%) NAS
13 18 (3.340%) Internet
14 15 (2.783%) iSCSI
14 15 (2.783%) Unified Communications
15 13 (2.412%) Fibre Channel
16 12 (2.226%) NetScaler
17 10 (1.855%) Wireless
18 9 (1.670%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (15.21%) SQL Server
2 34 (6.308%) SQL Server 2008
3 28 (5.195%) SQL Server 2005
4 16 (2.968%) MySQL
5 5 (0.928%) SQL Server 2000
5 5 (0.928%) DTS
6 4 (0.742%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 4 (0.742%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.742%) Oracle Reports
6 4 (0.742%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (0.742%) MongoDB
7 3 (0.557%) GIS
7 3 (0.557%) Crystal Reports
7 3 (0.557%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 2 (0.371%) dBASE
8 2 (0.371%) Oracle Discoverer
8 2 (0.371%) Ingres
8 2 (0.371%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.371%) Big Data
9 1 (0.186%) IDOL
Development Applications
1 5 (0.928%) Hudson
1 5 (0.928%) MSI
2 4 (0.742%) CruiseControl
2 4 (0.742%) TeamCity
3 3 (0.557%) Trac
3 3 (0.557%) JMeter
3 3 (0.557%) Subversion
4 2 (0.371%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (0.371%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.186%) Jenkins
General
1 82 (15.21%) Finance
2 62 (11.50%) Banking
3 39 (7.236%) Retail
3 39 (7.236%) Telecoms
4 22 (4.082%) Law
5 12 (2.226%) Marketing
6 11 (2.041%) Back Office
7 10 (1.855%) Legal
8 8 (1.484%) Billing
9 6 (1.113%) Investment Banking
9 6 (1.113%) Financial Institution
10 5 (0.928%) Advertising
11 4 (0.742%) International Banking
11 4 (0.742%) Aerospace
12 3 (0.557%) French Language
13 2 (0.371%) Front Office
14 1 (0.186%) Publishing
14 1 (0.186%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 114 (21.15%) Blackberry
2 40 (7.421%) PDA
3 32 (5.937%) Clustering
4 20 (3.711%) Firmware
5 17 (3.154%) Hedge funds
6 11 (2.041%) Computer Science
7 10 (1.855%) SaaS
8 9 (1.670%) Statistics
9 8 (1.484%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.299%) iPhone
11 6 (1.113%) Video Conferencing
11 6 (1.113%) Client/Server
12 5 (0.928%) Enterprise Software
12 5 (0.928%) Replication
12 5 (0.928%) Handset
12 5 (0.928%) Mathematics
13 4 (0.742%) Fat Client
13 4 (0.742%) Celerra
13 4 (0.742%) Thin Client
13 4 (0.742%) CLARiiON
Operating Systems
1 388 (71.99%) Windows
2 218 (40.45%) Windows Server 2008
3 178 (33.02%) Windows Server 2003
4 94 (17.44%) Windows XP
5 88 (16.33%) Windows 7
6 39 (7.236%) Linux
7 33 (6.122%) Mac OS X
8 31 (5.751%) UNIX
9 27 (5.009%) Solaris
10 23 (4.267%) Windows Server 2012
11 15 (2.783%) Windows 8
12 13 (2.412%) Mac OS
13 12 (2.226%) Windows Vista
14 8 (1.484%) Windows 2000 Server
15 7 (1.299%) Windows Mobile
16 6 (1.113%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 5 (0.928%) Android
18 3 (0.557%) Debian
19 2 (0.371%) Apple iOS
20 1 (0.186%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (16.70%) ITIL
2 49 (9.091%) Problem Management
3 34 (6.308%) Service Management
4 30 (5.566%) Migration
4 30 (5.566%) Time Management
5 27 (5.009%) Disaster Recovery
6 26 (4.824%) Service Delivery
7 20 (3.711%) Load Balancing
7 20 (3.711%) Business Continuity
8 16 (2.968%) Document Management
9 14 (2.597%) Change Management
10 13 (2.412%) Configuration Management
10 13 (2.412%) CRM
10 13 (2.412%) Change Control
11 12 (2.226%) E-Commerce
11 12 (2.226%) ITSM
12 10 (1.855%) Continuous Improvement
12 10 (1.855%) Network Load Balancing
13 8 (1.484%) Test Scripting
13 8 (1.484%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 89 (16.51%) SQL
2 25 (4.638%) VBScript
3 21 (3.896%) PowerShell
4 18 (3.340%) VB
5 13 (2.412%) C#
5 13 (2.412%) Java
6 12 (2.226%) C
7 11 (2.041%) Shell Script
8 8 (1.484%) Python
9 6 (1.113%) Bash shell
9 6 (1.113%) PL/SQL
9 6 (1.113%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.928%) Perl
11 4 (0.742%) C++
12 3 (0.557%) VBA
13 2 (0.371%) Tcl
14 1 (0.186%) PHP
14 1 (0.186%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 87 (16.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 68 (12.62%) Cisco Certification
3 66 (12.24%) MCSE
4 46 (8.534%) CCNA
5 44 (8.163%) MCITP
6 41 (7.607%) Degree
7 28 (5.195%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 25 (4.638%) MCSA
9 23 (4.267%) CCNP
10 21 (3.896%) Security Cleared
11 18 (3.340%) DV Cleared
12 14 (2.597%) Citrix Certification
13 13 (2.412%) CCA
13 13 (2.412%) MCP
14 11 (2.041%) ITIL Certification
14 11 (2.041%) CCIE
15 10 (1.855%) CCIP
16 9 (1.670%) MCTS
17 7 (1.299%) A+ Certification
17 7 (1.299%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (8.349%) SLA
2 2 (0.371%) QA
3 1 (0.186%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 267 (49.54%) Active Directory
2 93 (17.25%) VMware Infrastructure
3 72 (13.36%) XenApp
4 48 (8.905%) Hyper-V
5 39 (7.236%) vSphere
6 27 (5.009%) VMware ESX
7 25 (4.638%) XenDesktop
8 19 (3.525%) VMware ESXi
9 16 (2.968%) XenServer
9 16 (2.968%) Citrix Presentation Server
10 14 (2.597%) Microsoft App-V
11 7 (1.299%) Terminal Server
12 4 (0.742%) Xen
13 3 (0.557%) Terminal Services
14 2 (0.371%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 2 (0.371%) ISA Server
15 1 (0.186%) Samba
15 1 (0.186%) MetaFrame
15 1 (0.186%) NFS
15 1 (0.186%) NDS
Systems Management
1 50 (9.276%) SCCM
2 41 (7.607%) Backup Exec
3 18 (3.340%) CiscoWorks
4 16 (2.968%) Norton AntiVirus
5 14 (2.597%) WSUS
6 11 (2.041%) Nagios
7 7 (1.299%) Tivoli
8 6 (1.113%) HP SIM
8 6 (1.113%) Tivoli Monitoring
8 6 (1.113%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 5 (0.928%) NetBackup
9 5 (0.928%) ZENworks
9 5 (0.928%) EMC NetWorker
10 4 (0.742%) Puppet
10 4 (0.742%) SCOM
11 3 (0.557%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
11 3 (0.557%) McAfee ePO
11 3 (0.557%) WMI
12 2 (0.371%) ServiceCenter
12 2 (0.371%) Cisco UCCX
Vendors
1 315 (58.44%) Microsoft
2 208 (38.59%) VMware
3 146 (27.09%) Cisco
4 143 (26.53%) Citrix
5 53 (9.833%) Bloomberg
6 47 (8.720%) Reuters
7 44 (8.163%) HP
8 35 (6.494%) Symantec
9 32 (5.937%) EMC
10 24 (4.453%) Oracle
11 23 (4.267%) Juniper
12 16 (2.968%) Fujitsu
13 15 (2.783%) Apple
14 14 (2.597%) NetApp
15 13 (2.412%) AppSense
15 13 (2.412%) CheckPoint
15 13 (2.412%) IBM
16 12 (2.226%) Mitel
16 12 (2.226%) CommVault
17 11 (2.041%) McAfee
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