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The table below looks at the demand for the Support Technician 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 Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Support Technician
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank489489
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads130212
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.075 %0.091 %
As % of the category below0.204 %0.222 %
Salaries quoted125160
Average minimum salary£26,798£28,000
Average salary£28,613£29,205
% change on same period last year-2.02 %
Average maximum salary£30,429£30,410
UK excluding London average salary£23,551£22,627
% change on same period last year+4.08 %
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching permanent IT job ads6357295461
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled36.80 %41.08 %
Salaries quoted5330674301
Average minimum salary£45,799£47,221
Average salary£50,111£51,761
% change on same period last year-3.18 %
Average maximum salary£54,423£56,301
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Support Technician EnglandSupport Technician
England

Support Technician
Demand Trend

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

London Support Technician Demand Trend

Support Technician
Salary Trend

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

London Support Technician Salary Trend

Support Technician
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Technician across the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

London Support Technician Salary Histogram

Support Technician
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
ClaphamNew entry-15£24,500-
City of LondonDown-4712£32,909+21.57 %
EnfieldNew entry-5£26,600-
CroydonNew entry-5£20,500-
WestminsterNew entry-2£21,750-
UxbridgeUp+11£35,000+62.79 %
NortholtNew entry-1£27,500-
BromleyNew entry-1£26,000-
Canary WharfUp+141£27,500+15.78 %
Support Technician EnglandSupport Technician
England

Support Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the London region that cited Support Technician 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 Technician in their job title.

1193 (75.69 %)Windows
2114 (44.71 %)Microsoft
385 (33.33 %)Windows XP
481 (31.76 %)MS Excel
573 (28.63 %)MS Office
670 (27.45 %)Active Directory
768 (26.67 %)TCP/IP
864 (25.10 %)Windows Server 2003
963 (24.71 %)MS Exchange
1058 (22.75 %)Microsoft Certification
1149 (19.22 %)MCSE
1245 (17.65 %)Exchange Server 2003
1340 (15.69 %)LAN
1438 (14.90 %)SQL Server
1537 (14.51 %)MCP
1635 (13.73 %)Windows 2000
1635 (13.73 %)Internet
1733 (12.94 %)WAN
1831 (12.16 %)Finance
1929 (11.37 %)Cisco
2027 (10.59 %)Windows Vista
2124 (9.412 %)Degree
2124 (9.412 %)UNIX
2223 (9.020 %)SQL
2223 (9.020 %)DNS
2223 (9.020 %)Citrix
2322 (8.627 %)HTML
2420 (7.843 %)Firewall
2519 (7.451 %)Marketing
2519 (7.451 %)VPN

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the London region that cited Support Technician 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 Technician in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
122 (8.627 %)HTML
211 (4.314 %).NET
38 (3.137 %)ASP
42 (0.784 %)CSS
51 (0.392 %)ASP.NET
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
163 (24.71 %)MS Exchange
245 (17.65 %)Exchange Server 2003
319 (7.451 %)SharePoint
414 (5.490 %)IIS
510 (3.922 %)Apache
68 (3.137 %)Exchange Server 2007
76 (2.353 %)Lotus Notes
83 (1.176 %)Exchange Server 5.5
92 (0.784 %)GroupWise
101 (0.392 %)IBM HTTP Server
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
181 (31.76 %)MS Excel
273 (28.63 %)MS Office
312 (4.706 %)Photoshop
44 (1.569 %)AutoCAD
44 (1.569 %)Adobe Illustrator
53 (1.176 %)3ds Max
53 (1.176 %)QuarkXPress
62 (0.784 %)Acrobat
62 (0.784 %)Spreadsheet
71 (0.392 %)InDesign
71 (0.392 %)MS Visio
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.392 %)RMDS
11 (0.392 %)Kondor+
11 (0.392 %)Misys Midas
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
168 (26.67 %)TCP/IP
240 (15.69 %)LAN
335 (13.73 %)Internet
433 (12.94 %)WAN
523 (9.020 %)DNS
620 (7.843 %)Firewall
719 (7.451 %)VPN
813 (5.098 %)DHCP
97 (2.745 %)VoIP
105 (1.961 %)Wireless
105 (1.961 %)HTTP
114 (1.569 %)Wi-Fi
114 (1.569 %)SMTP
114 (1.569 %)SSL
123 (1.176 %)SAN
123 (1.176 %)Extranet
123 (1.176 %)PBX
123 (1.176 %)Cisco PIX
123 (1.176 %)IP Telephony
123 (1.176 %)C7
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
138 (14.90 %)SQL Server
29 (3.529 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (1.569 %)SQL Server 2000
34 (1.569 %)Crystal Reports
43 (1.176 %)FileMaker
52 (0.784 %)MS Access
61 (0.392 %)Oracle 10g
61 (0.392 %)DB2
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (3.922 %)Flash
28 (3.137 %)Dreamweaver
31 (0.392 %)ClearQuest
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
131 (12.16 %)Finance
219 (7.451 %)Marketing
314 (5.490 %)Banking
412 (4.706 %)Insurance
412 (4.706 %)Pensions
59 (3.529 %)Telecoms
59 (3.529 %)Education
66 (2.353 %)Health
74 (1.569 %)Retail
83 (1.176 %)3D Graphics
83 (1.176 %)Law
92 (0.784 %)Financial Institution
92 (0.784 %)Front Office
92 (0.784 %)Back Office
92 (0.784 %)Games
92 (0.784 %)Advertising
101 (0.392 %)Wholesale Banking
101 (0.392 %)Construction
101 (0.392 %)Legal
101 (0.392 %)Video Editing
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (4.706 %)Blackberry
23 (1.176 %)PDA
32 (0.784 %)Computer Science
41 (0.392 %)Life Science
41 (0.392 %)Fat Client
41 (0.392 %)Mathematics
41 (0.392 %)Biotechnology
41 (0.392 %)Clustering
41 (0.392 %)Client/Server
41 (0.392 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
41 (0.392 %)Thin Client
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1193 (75.69 %)Windows
285 (33.33 %)Windows XP
364 (25.10 %)Windows Server 2003
435 (13.73 %)Windows 2000
527 (10.59 %)Windows Vista
624 (9.412 %)UNIX
79 (3.529 %)Windows 2000 Server
88 (3.137 %)Linux
96 (2.353 %)Mac OS X
104 (1.569 %)Windows NT
113 (1.176 %)NetWare
113 (1.176 %)Mac OS X Server
121 (0.392 %)Windows Mobile
121 (0.392 %)Red Hat Linux
121 (0.392 %)Solaris
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (5.098 %)ITIL
212 (4.706 %)Project Management
310 (3.922 %)E-Commerce
310 (3.922 %)Internet Marketing
49 (3.529 %)Web Development
58 (3.137 %)Web Design
66 (2.353 %)Email Marketing
74 (1.569 %)Time Management
74 (1.569 %)CAD
83 (1.176 %)Asset Management
92 (0.784 %)Service Delivery
92 (0.784 %)Release Management
92 (0.784 %)Migration
101 (0.392 %)Business Continuity
101 (0.392 %)Digital Marketing
101 (0.392 %)System Testing
101 (0.392 %)Investment Management
101 (0.392 %)Disaster Recovery
101 (0.392 %)Software Engineering
101 (0.392 %)Software Testing
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
123 (9.020 %)SQL
28 (3.137 %)C
28 (3.137 %)JavaScript
35 (1.961 %)VB
43 (1.176 %)VB.NET
43 (1.176 %)Transact-SQL
43 (1.176 %)Shell Script
52 (0.784 %)AppleScript
52 (0.784 %)VBA
61 (0.392 %)Perl
61 (0.392 %)PHP
61 (0.392 %)C#
61 (0.392 %)Java
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
158 (22.75 %)Microsoft Certification
249 (19.22 %)MCSE
337 (14.51 %)MCP
424 (9.412 %)Degree
518 (7.059 %)MCSA
68 (3.137 %)Cisco Certification
74 (1.569 %)Citrix Certification
83 (1.176 %)CCNA
83 (1.176 %)ITIL Certification
92 (0.784 %)CCNP
92 (0.784 %)HP ASE
92 (0.784 %)HP APS
101 (0.392 %)CCA
101 (0.392 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
101 (0.392 %)MCDST
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.569 %)SLA
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
170 (27.45 %)Active Directory
210 (3.922 %)VMware Infrastructure
36 (2.353 %)MetaFrame
36 (2.353 %)Backup Exec
45 (1.961 %)ISA Server
53 (1.176 %)Terminal Server
62 (0.784 %)Terminal Services
62 (0.784 %)VMware ESX
71 (0.392 %)Oracle RAC
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (1.569 %)Norton AntiVirus
21 (0.392 %)OpenView
21 (0.392 %)Tivoli
21 (0.392 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
21 (0.392 %)MOM
21 (0.392 %)AutoSys
21 (0.392 %)ARCserve
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1114 (44.71 %)Microsoft
229 (11.37 %)Cisco
323 (9.020 %)Citrix
414 (5.490 %)VMware
59 (3.529 %)Reuters
59 (3.529 %)Bloomberg
68 (3.137 %)Apple
77 (2.745 %)Novell
77 (2.745 %)Adobe
86 (2.353 %)HP
86 (2.353 %)Lotus
86 (2.353 %)Symantec
94 (1.569 %)Avaya
103 (1.176 %)Compaq
103 (1.176 %)CheckPoint
112 (0.784 %)Fidessa
112 (0.784 %)Oracle
112 (0.784 %)Nokia
121 (0.392 %)Juniper
121 (0.392 %)Red Hat