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This section looks at the demand for the Support Specialist role in IT jobs within the London region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Support Specialist
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank381368
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching permanent IT job ads285410
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.150 %0.168 %
As % of the category below0.406 %0.394 %
Salaries quoted219288
Average minimum salary£41,387£39,774
Average salary£44,674£43,418
% change on same period last year+2.89 %
Average maximum salary£47,962£47,062
UK excluding London average salary£34,359£31,121
% change on same period last year+10.40 %
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching permanent IT job ads70113104053
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled37.01 %42.61 %
Salaries quoted5854680341
Average minimum salary£45,631£47,474
Average salary£49,784£51,993
% change on same period last year-4.24 %
Average maximum salary£53,938£56,512
UK excluding London average salary£38,197£39,483
% change on same period last year-3.25 %
Support Specialist EnglandSupport Specialist
England

Support Specialist
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Support Specialist across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Support Specialist Demand Trend

Support Specialist
Salary Trend

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

London Support Specialist Salary Trend

Support Specialist
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Specialist across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London Support Specialist Salary Histogram

Support Specialist
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-2497£47,192-10.72 %
UxbridgeUp+711£38,318+7.55 %
Docklands, LondonUp+315£49,000+1.69 %
SurbitonDown-23£36,000+2.85 %
Canary WharfUp+73£58,750+2.81 %
LutonNew entry-2£40,000-
WimbledonUp+192£28,000-44.00 %
HounslowNew entry-2£27,375-
BarkingNew entry-1£34,000-
IlfordNew entry-1£34,000-
CroydonNew entry-1£22,500-
HayesNew entry-1£43,000-
FelthamNew entry-1£24,500-
BromleyNew entry-1£28,500-
Support Specialist EnglandSupport Specialist
England

Support Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

1289 (42.44 %)Windows
2218 (32.01 %)Finance
3176 (25.84 %)SQL
4166 (24.38 %)UNIX
5106 (15.57 %)Microsoft
5106 (15.57 %)Active Directory
678 (11.45 %)TCP/IP
777 (11.31 %)SQL Server
876 (11.16 %)Oracle
876 (11.16 %)MS Exchange
975 (11.01 %)Banking
1066 (9.692 %)Microsoft Certification
1164 (9.398 %)Front Office
1263 (9.251 %)MS Excel
1263 (9.251 %)IIS
1263 (9.251 %)Windows 2000
1361 (8.957 %)Java
1460 (8.811 %)Windows Server 2003
1559 (8.664 %)Degree
1658 (8.517 %).NET
1757 (8.370 %)MS Office
1757 (8.370 %)Cisco
1856 (8.223 %)MCSE
1856 (8.223 %)Exchange Server 2003
1955 (8.076 %)Internet
2052 (7.636 %)Windows XP
2150 (7.342 %)Windows NT
2150 (7.342 %)VB
2246 (6.755 %)Linux
2246 (6.755 %)Health

Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
158 (8.517 %).NET
239 (5.727 %)FIX Protocol
335 (5.140 %)WebServices
428 (4.112 %)J2EE
524 (3.524 %)ASP
619 (2.790 %)HTML
718 (2.643 %)ASP.NET
814 (2.056 %)XML
814 (2.056 %)WebSphere
98 (1.175 %)Middleware
105 (0.734 %)Servlets
114 (0.587 %)SAP Basis
114 (0.587 %)JSP
123 (0.441 %)CSS
123 (0.441 %)JDBC
123 (0.441 %)XSLT
131 (0.147 %)XHTML
131 (0.147 %)CGI
131 (0.147 %)Spring
131 (0.147 %)NHibernate
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
176 (11.16 %)MS Exchange
263 (9.251 %)IIS
356 (8.223 %)Exchange Server 2003
436 (5.286 %)SharePoint
531 (4.552 %)WebLogic
621 (3.084 %)Exchange Server 2000
717 (2.496 %)Exchange Server 2007
816 (2.349 %)Tomcat
816 (2.349 %)iPlanet
914 (2.056 %)MQSeries
1013 (1.909 %)CMS
1111 (1.615 %)TeamSite
1210 (1.468 %)Apache
138 (1.175 %)WebSphere Application Server
138 (1.175 %)BizTalk Server
147 (1.028 %)Lotus Notes
154 (0.587 %)JBoss
154 (0.587 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
154 (0.587 %)SharePoint Portal Server
163 (0.441 %)WorkSite
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
163 (9.251 %)MS Excel
257 (8.370 %)MS Office
34 (0.587 %)MS Visio
43 (0.441 %)Spreadsheet
52 (0.294 %)MS Project
52 (0.294 %)DeltaView
61 (0.147 %)MS PowerPoint
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (1.468 %)Oracle HRMS
110 (1.468 %)Oracle iRecruitment
25 (0.734 %)Loan IQ
25 (0.734 %)Oracle Financials
25 (0.734 %)GoldMine
25 (0.734 %)InvestOne
34 (0.587 %)SoftGrid
34 (0.587 %)Summit
34 (0.587 %)Oracle EBS
43 (0.441 %)RMDS
43 (0.441 %)ZaiNet
43 (0.441 %)Oracle 11i
52 (0.294 %)Oracle Applications
52 (0.294 %)Pivotal CRM
52 (0.294 %)Misys Equation
52 (0.294 %)Retail-J
52 (0.294 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
61 (0.147 %)Beauchamp Fund Manager
61 (0.147 %)Misys Opics
61 (0.147 %)Beauchamp
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
178 (11.45 %)TCP/IP
255 (8.076 %)Internet
341 (6.021 %)DHCP
440 (5.874 %)DNS
529 (4.258 %)HTTP
628 (4.112 %)IP Telephony
725 (3.671 %)Firewall
823 (3.377 %)SAN
922 (3.231 %)IPCC
922 (3.231 %)Cisco IPT
1021 (3.084 %)VPN
1118 (2.643 %)Intranet
1217 (2.496 %)LAN
1316 (2.349 %)VoIP
1413 (1.909 %)WAN
1413 (1.909 %)Extranet
157 (1.028 %)IPsec
166 (0.881 %)Wireless
174 (0.587 %)OSPF
174 (0.587 %)LDAP
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
177 (11.31 %)SQL Server
221 (3.084 %)Reference Data
313 (1.909 %)Crystal Reports
412 (1.762 %)DB2
412 (1.762 %)SQL Server 2000
511 (1.615 %)RDBMS
511 (1.615 %)SQL Server 2005
610 (1.468 %)SQLPlus
76 (0.881 %)SQL Server 7
76 (0.881 %)BusinessObjects
85 (0.734 %)Oracle 10g
94 (0.587 %)TOAD
94 (0.587 %)Oracle Reports
103 (0.441 %)Oracle 8/8i
103 (0.441 %)Oracle 9i
103 (0.441 %)OLAP
103 (0.441 %)DTS
103 (0.441 %)SQL Server Integration Services
103 (0.441 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
103 (0.441 %)EDRMS
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (1.615 %)OpenDeploy
27 (1.028 %)VSS/SourceSafe
32 (0.294 %)Visual Studio
41 (0.147 %)Ant
41 (0.147 %)XDE
41 (0.147 %)MSI
41 (0.147 %)JIRA
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1218 (32.01 %)Finance
275 (11.01 %)Banking
364 (9.398 %)Front Office
446 (6.755 %)Health
538 (5.580 %)Law
634 (4.993 %)Investment Banking
732 (4.699 %)Education
826 (3.818 %)Legal
826 (3.818 %)Financial Institution
921 (3.084 %)Back Office
1020 (2.937 %)Insurance
1116 (2.349 %)Pensions
1215 (2.203 %)Games
139 (1.322 %)Publishing
147 (1.028 %)Telecoms
154 (0.587 %)Home Office
154 (0.587 %)Billing
163 (0.441 %)Private Banking
163 (0.441 %)Aerospace
163 (0.441 %)Construction
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
129 (4.258 %)Equities
228 (4.112 %)Derivative
325 (3.671 %)Fixed Income
424 (3.524 %)Blackberry
517 (2.496 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
614 (2.056 %)Clustering
713 (1.909 %)Credit Derivative
713 (1.909 %)Computer Science
713 (1.909 %)French Language
812 (1.762 %)PKI
911 (1.615 %)AS400
108 (1.175 %)Management Information System
116 (0.881 %)German Language
125 (0.734 %)Italian Language
125 (0.734 %)Spanish Language
125 (0.734 %)PDA
125 (0.734 %)Client/Server
134 (0.587 %)Wiki
143 (0.441 %)Replication
152 (0.294 %)EPoS
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1289 (42.44 %)Windows
2166 (24.38 %)UNIX
363 (9.251 %)Windows 2000
460 (8.811 %)Windows Server 2003
552 (7.636 %)Windows XP
650 (7.342 %)Windows NT
746 (6.755 %)Linux
839 (5.727 %)Solaris
912 (1.762 %)AIX
106 (0.881 %)Mac OS X
113 (0.441 %)HPUX
122 (0.294 %)OS/400
131 (0.147 %)SUSE
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
140 (5.874 %)ITIL
227 (3.965 %)Asset Management
325 (3.671 %)Project Management
419 (2.790 %)Service Management
419 (2.790 %)Business Analysis
518 (2.643 %)Document Management
617 (2.496 %)Problem Management
714 (2.056 %)Disaster Recovery
813 (1.909 %)Investment Management
912 (1.762 %)Content Management
1011 (1.615 %)Electronic Trading
119 (1.322 %)Algorithmic Trading
119 (1.322 %)Incident Management
128 (1.175 %)Workflow
128 (1.175 %)Business Intelligence
128 (1.175 %)User Acceptance Testing
137 (1.028 %)RUP
137 (1.028 %)Data Management
146 (0.881 %)Service Delivery
146 (0.881 %)Migration
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1176 (25.84 %)SQL
261 (8.957 %)Java
350 (7.342 %)VB
445 (6.608 %)C#
544 (6.461 %)Perl
643 (6.314 %)C++
735 (5.140 %)VBA
821 (3.084 %)Shell Script
917 (2.496 %)VB.NET
1014 (2.056 %)JavaScript
1014 (2.056 %)C
1112 (1.762 %)VB6
1211 (1.615 %)VBScript
1310 (1.468 %)PL/SQL
146 (0.881 %)Python
155 (0.734 %)PHP
155 (0.734 %)Lua
164 (0.587 %)Korn
164 (0.587 %)ABAP
173 (0.441 %)XPath
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
166 (9.692 %)Microsoft Certification
259 (8.664 %)Degree
356 (8.223 %)MCSE
440 (5.874 %)Cisco Certification
532 (4.699 %)CCNP
622 (3.231 %)CCVP
720 (2.937 %)MCP
814 (2.056 %)MCSA
913 (1.909 %)CCNA
106 (0.881 %)ITIL Certification
113 (0.441 %)Oracle Certification
122 (0.294 %)PMP
122 (0.294 %)PMI Certification
122 (0.294 %)A+ Certification
122 (0.294 %)NVQ Level 3
131 (0.147 %)MOS
131 (0.147 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
131 (0.147 %)MCDST
131 (0.147 %)IBM Certification
131 (0.147 %)CNE
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (1.909 %)SLA
27 (1.028 %)QA
31 (0.147 %)HL7
31 (0.147 %)DICOM
31 (0.147 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1106 (15.57 %)Active Directory
213 (1.909 %)NetBackup
312 (1.762 %)ISA Server
48 (1.175 %)VMware Infrastructure
56 (0.881 %)VMware ESX
64 (0.587 %)MetaFrame
64 (0.587 %)Backup Exec
73 (0.441 %)Citrix Presentation Server
73 (0.441 %)Terminal Services
82 (0.294 %)Terminal Server
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
129 (4.258 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
217 (2.496 %)MOM
310 (1.468 %)Tivoli
49 (1.322 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
58 (1.175 %)Legato
65 (0.734 %)AppManager
74 (0.587 %)Norton AntiVirus
74 (0.587 %)SCOM
83 (0.441 %)CA SiteMinder
83 (0.441 %)BMC PATROL
92 (0.294 %)CONTROL-M
92 (0.294 %)AutoSys
92 (0.294 %)OpenView
101 (0.147 %)Unicenter
101 (0.147 %)OMEGAMON
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1106 (15.57 %)Microsoft
276 (11.16 %)Oracle
357 (8.370 %)Cisco
442 (6.167 %)Bloomberg
541 (6.021 %)VMware
637 (5.433 %)Sybase
637 (5.433 %)Citrix
734 (4.993 %)Reuters
828 (4.112 %)HP
927 (3.965 %)IBM
1021 (3.084 %)Interwoven
1021 (3.084 %)Symantec
1116 (2.349 %)VERITAS
1214 (2.056 %)SAP
1214 (2.056 %)Sun
1313 (1.909 %)Dell
1410 (1.468 %)Red Hat
159 (1.322 %)EMC
159 (1.322 %)Remedy
168 (1.175 %)Apple
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