The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Systems Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Support Engineer
Rank 586 633 618
Rank change year-on-year
+47 -15
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Support Engineer 23 7 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.053% 0.013% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.056% 0.014% 0.033%
Number of salaries quoted 20 7 18
Average salary £36,750 £37,500 £43,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.00% -14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,900 £28,800 £22,050
10% offered a salary of more than £55,050 £45,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £30,500 £32,000
% change year-on-year
+6.55% -4.68%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40744 50505 53832
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.41% 93.86% 93.60%
Number of salaries quoted 34331 43869 45250
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Systems Support Engineer
England

Systems Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Systems Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

London Systems Support Engineer Salary Trend

Systems Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Support Engineer across the London region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

London Systems Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Systems Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Support Engineer within the London region over the 3 months to 17 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
City of London +9 3 £37,500 -11.76%
Brentford - 1 £31,000 -
Systems Support Engineer
England

Systems Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Systems 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 Systems Support Engineer in their job title.

1 42 (80.77%) Windows
2 20 (38.46%) Linux
3 18 (34.62%) Windows Server 2008
4 17 (32.69%) TCP/IP
4 17 (32.69%) Active Directory
5 16 (30.77%) DNS
6 15 (28.85%) SQL
7 14 (26.92%) Oracle
7 14 (26.92%) Apache
7 14 (26.92%) Microsoft
7 14 (26.92%) Firewall
7 14 (26.92%) Windows 7
8 13 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
9 12 (23.08%) Windows XP
9 12 (23.08%) SQL Server
10 11 (21.15%) MS Exchange
10 11 (21.15%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (19.23%) IIS
11 10 (19.23%) MCSE
11 10 (19.23%) MS Excel
11 10 (19.23%) Internet
11 10 (19.23%) Open Source
12 9 (17.31%) MySQL
12 9 (17.31%) UNIX
12 9 (17.31%) SAN
13 8 (15.38%) CCNA
13 8 (15.38%) E-Commerce
13 8 (15.38%) MCSA
13 8 (15.38%) Java
13 8 (15.38%) Wireless

Systems Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Systems 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 Systems Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (7.692%) ASP
1 4 (7.692%) ASP.NET
1 4 (7.692%) .NET
2 2 (3.846%) J2EE
2 2 (3.846%) Hibernate
2 2 (3.846%) XML
3 1 (1.923%) X-Windows
3 1 (1.923%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 14 (26.92%) Apache
2 11 (21.15%) MS Exchange
3 10 (19.23%) IIS
4 7 (13.46%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (11.54%) Tomcat
6 5 (9.615%) SharePoint
6 5 (9.615%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 5 (9.615%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (9.615%) OpenStack
7 4 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2003
7 4 (7.692%) Lync
8 2 (3.846%) nginx
9 1 (1.923%) Exchange Server 5.5
9 1 (1.923%) Lotus Notes
9 1 (1.923%) Lotus Domino
9 1 (1.923%) Exchange Server 2013
Applications
1 10 (19.23%) MS Excel
2 6 (11.54%) MS Office
3 1 (1.923%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.923%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (32.69%) TCP/IP
2 16 (30.77%) DNS
3 14 (26.92%) Firewall
4 10 (19.23%) Internet
5 9 (17.31%) SAN
6 8 (15.38%) Wireless
7 5 (9.615%) VPN
7 5 (9.615%) PBX
7 5 (9.615%) DHCP
8 4 (7.692%) Intranet
9 3 (5.769%) LAN
10 2 (3.846%) IP Telephony
10 2 (3.846%) SSH
10 2 (3.846%) TELNET
10 2 (3.846%) SSL
10 2 (3.846%) FTP
10 2 (3.846%) HTTP
10 2 (3.846%) Broadband
11 1 (1.923%) LDAP
11 1 (1.923%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (23.08%) SQL Server
2 9 (17.31%) MySQL
3 7 (13.46%) SQL Server 2005
3 7 (13.46%) SQL Server 2008
4 5 (9.615%) MongoDB
4 5 (9.615%) RDBMS
5 3 (5.769%) NoSQL
6 2 (3.846%) Oracle 11g
7 1 (1.923%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 3 (5.769%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.846%) JIRA
3 1 (1.923%) TeamCity
3 1 (1.923%) Hudson
3 1 (1.923%) CruiseControl
General
1 8 (15.38%) Finance
2 4 (7.692%) Publishing
3 1 (1.923%) Games
3 1 (1.923%) Banking
3 1 (1.923%) Retail
3 1 (1.923%) Billing
3 1 (1.923%) Marketing
3 1 (1.923%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (1.923%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 10 (19.23%) Open Source
2 8 (15.38%) Blackberry
2 8 (15.38%) Speech Recognition
3 5 (9.615%) Handset
3 5 (9.615%) Clustering
4 4 (7.692%) Statistics
5 3 (5.769%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (3.846%) Digital Media
6 2 (3.846%) IaaS
6 2 (3.846%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (3.846%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (3.846%) Replication
6 2 (3.846%) Management Information System
7 1 (1.923%) Life Science
7 1 (1.923%) Online Games
7 1 (1.923%) EPoS
7 1 (1.923%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 42 (80.77%) Windows
2 20 (38.46%) Linux
3 18 (34.62%) Windows Server 2008
4 14 (26.92%) Windows 7
5 13 (25.00%) Windows Server 2003
6 12 (23.08%) Windows XP
7 9 (17.31%) UNIX
8 6 (11.54%) Solaris
9 4 (7.692%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (7.692%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (5.769%) CentOS
10 3 (5.769%) Ubuntu
11 2 (3.846%) Windows NT
11 2 (3.846%) Fedora
12 1 (1.923%) Oracle Linux
12 1 (1.923%) Windows 8
12 1 (1.923%) Mac OS X
12 1 (1.923%) Windows 2000
12 1 (1.923%) Windows Mobile
12 1 (1.923%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (15.38%) E-Commerce
1 8 (15.38%) WFM
2 7 (13.46%) ITIL
3 5 (9.615%) Configuration Management
3 5 (9.615%) Change Control
4 4 (7.692%) Data Protection
5 3 (5.769%) Change Management
5 3 (5.769%) Load Balancing
5 3 (5.769%) Problem Management
5 3 (5.769%) Migration
6 2 (3.846%) Systems Analysis
6 2 (3.846%) Release Management
6 2 (3.846%) Service Management
7 1 (1.923%) Service Delivery
7 1 (1.923%) Security Management
7 1 (1.923%) CRM
7 1 (1.923%) Knowledge Management
7 1 (1.923%) IT Governance
7 1 (1.923%) Agile Software Development
7 1 (1.923%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 15 (28.85%) SQL
2 8 (15.38%) Java
3 7 (13.46%) Bash shell
4 6 (11.54%) Perl
5 5 (9.615%) Python
6 4 (7.692%) VB.NET
6 4 (7.692%) C#
7 2 (3.846%) C
8 1 (1.923%) T-SQL
8 1 (1.923%) VBScript
8 1 (1.923%) PHP
8 1 (1.923%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.923%) Shell Script
8 1 (1.923%) Groovy
8 1 (1.923%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (21.15%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (19.23%) MCSE
3 8 (15.38%) MCSA
3 8 (15.38%) CCNA
3 8 (15.38%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (15.38%) MCITP
4 4 (7.692%) SC Cleared
4 4 (7.692%) Security Cleared
5 3 (5.769%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.923%) Degree
6 1 (1.923%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.846%) SLA
2 1 (1.923%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (32.69%) Active Directory
2 7 (13.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (5.769%) vSphere
4 2 (3.846%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (3.846%) Hyper-V
5 1 (1.923%) Xen
5 1 (1.923%) VMware Server
5 1 (1.923%) StorNext
5 1 (1.923%) Forefront TMG
5 1 (1.923%) Xsan
Systems Management
1 4 (7.692%) Puppet
2 3 (5.769%) Tivoli
2 3 (5.769%) Nagios
2 3 (5.769%) Plesk
3 2 (3.846%) Backup Exec
4 1 (1.923%) SCOM
4 1 (1.923%) Cacti
4 1 (1.923%) Netcool
4 1 (1.923%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 14 (26.92%) Oracle
1 14 (26.92%) Microsoft
2 8 (15.38%) VMware
3 5 (9.615%) JBoss
4 4 (7.692%) Cisco
4 4 (7.692%) Red Hat
4 4 (7.692%) Symantec
5 2 (3.846%) ATG
5 2 (3.846%) HP
5 2 (3.846%) Citrix
6 1 (1.923%) Veritas
6 1 (1.923%) Lotus
6 1 (1.923%) Adobe
6 1 (1.923%) Apple
London
Systems Administration (Windows, VMWare, Unix) and Application Support / Trading Systems Support experience required. SQL (ideally MySQL) and Scripting (ideally Powershell / Python) required... Essential Skills Required: Systems Administration, Application...
iKonnect
Salary: £30000 - £75000 per annum + package
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
Systems Administration (Windows, VMWare, Unix) and Application Support / Trading Systems Support experience required. SQL (ideally MySQL) and Scripting (ideally Powershell / Python) required... Essential Skills Required: Systems Administration, Application...
iKas International
Salary: £30000 - £75000 per annum + package
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
Maintaining incident management software... Knowledge of ITIL Service desk and incident management disciplines. Working understanding of Active Directory administration... MCP, MCSA or MCSE) but this is not essential.
Give-A-Grad-A-Go Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum + (DOE)
Posted: 2 May 2013
London
The ideal candidate will have excellent troubleshooting skills along with experience supporting and installing the following technologies: - Microsoft Desktops & Office - Windows Server 2008 & SBS - Exchange 2007 & 2010 - Active...
Connect Systems
Salary: From £22,000 to £32,000 per annum + company car + overtime.
Posted: 2 May 2013
City of London
Applicants are required to have a working knowledge of ITIL, proficiency with Windows Server 2008, substantial experience with controlling and installing software on Windows, writing SQL queries (mySQL...
Salary: £30000 - £75000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
City of London
KEY SKILLS: Windows Server (2003/2008/2012), Exchange Server (2007/2010/2013), Windows (XP/7/8), Microsoft Office (2007/2010/2013), Active Directory, network administration (TCP/IP, DHCP,...
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013