The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Support Engineer
Rank 555 580 542
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -38
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support Engineer 52 58 82
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.118% 0.108% 0.144%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.127% 0.115% 0.154%
Number of salaries quoted 46 53 70
Average salary £35,750 £37,500 £34,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.66% +9.48%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £26,700 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +16.66%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
41069 50577 53212
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.41% 93.89% 93.56%
Number of salaries quoted 34568 43927 44773
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%
Technical Support Engineer
England

Technical Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Technical Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

London Technical Support Engineer Salary Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Support Engineer across the London region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

London Technical Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Technical Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Support Engineer within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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 +7 18 £39,000 +20.00%
Hounslow - 3 £32,500 -
Croydon - 1 - -
Technical Support Engineer
England

Technical Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in their job title.

1 66 (58.93%) Windows
2 46 (41.07%) Linux
3 44 (39.29%) Degree
4 30 (26.79%) LAN
4 30 (26.79%) Cisco Certification
5 26 (23.21%) CCNA
6 25 (22.32%) VMware
7 24 (21.43%) Active Directory
7 24 (21.43%) TCP/IP
7 24 (21.43%) Microsoft
7 24 (21.43%) SAN
8 22 (19.64%) Red Hat
8 22 (19.64%) UNIX
8 22 (19.64%) SQL
8 22 (19.64%) Computer Science
8 22 (19.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 21 (18.75%) Windows Server 2008
10 18 (16.07%) VPN
11 17 (15.18%) Windows 7
12 16 (14.29%) DHCP
12 16 (14.29%) WAN
13 15 (13.39%) Cisco
13 15 (13.39%) SQL Server
14 14 (12.50%) Juniper
14 14 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
14 14 (12.50%) Telecoms
15 13 (11.61%) Firewall
15 13 (11.61%) CCNP
15 13 (11.61%) Citrix
15 13 (11.61%) VLAN

Technical Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (5.357%) XML
2 4 (3.571%) .NET
3 2 (1.786%) J2EE
3 2 (1.786%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.786%) XHTML
4 1 (0.893%) WAP
4 1 (0.893%) JSP
4 1 (0.893%) SOAP
4 1 (0.893%) HTML
4 1 (0.893%) REST
4 1 (0.893%) JSF
4 1 (0.893%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 10 (8.929%) SharePoint
1 10 (8.929%) IIS
2 7 (6.250%) MS Exchange
3 6 (5.357%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 4 (3.571%) Lync
5 3 (2.679%) Exchange Server 2010
5 3 (2.679%) Exchange Server 2007
5 3 (2.679%) SharePoint Server
6 2 (1.786%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (1.786%) SharePoint 2010
6 2 (1.786%) WebLogic
7 1 (0.893%) Apache
7 1 (0.893%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.893%) Google App Engine
Applications
1 12 (10.71%) MS Excel
2 7 (6.250%) MS Office
3 3 (2.679%) Google Apps
4 1 (0.893%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 30 (26.79%) LAN
2 24 (21.43%) TCP/IP
2 24 (21.43%) SAN
3 18 (16.07%) VPN
4 16 (14.29%) DHCP
4 16 (14.29%) WAN
5 13 (11.61%) Firewall
5 13 (11.61%) VLAN
6 9 (8.036%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (8.036%) Wireless
7 8 (7.143%) 802.11
8 6 (5.357%) PBX
9 5 (4.464%) VoIP
9 5 (4.464%) Internet
10 4 (3.571%) HTTP
11 3 (2.679%) DNS
11 3 (2.679%) BGP
11 3 (2.679%) Intranet
11 3 (2.679%) OSPF
12 2 (1.786%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (13.39%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.464%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (3.571%) SQL Server 2012
4 3 (2.679%) MySQL
4 3 (2.679%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (1.786%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.786%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.786%) SSDT
5 2 (1.786%) DB2
5 2 (1.786%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (0.893%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.893%) DB2 UDB
Development Applications
1 4 (3.571%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 14 (12.50%) Telecoms
2 11 (9.821%) Spanish Language
3 8 (7.143%) Italian Language
3 8 (7.143%) Finance
4 5 (4.464%) French Language
5 3 (2.679%) Advertising
5 3 (2.679%) Banking
6 2 (1.786%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.893%) Electronics
7 1 (0.893%) Law
7 1 (0.893%) Portuguese Language
7 1 (0.893%) German Language
Miscellaneous
1 22 (19.64%) Computer Science
2 6 (5.357%) Blackberry
3 5 (4.464%) Handset
3 5 (4.464%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (3.571%) Clustering
5 3 (2.679%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.679%) SaaS
5 3 (2.679%) Derivative
6 2 (1.786%) Mathematics
6 2 (1.786%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.786%) Digital Media
6 2 (1.786%) IaaS
6 2 (1.786%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.786%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.893%) Streaming Video
7 1 (0.893%) EqualLogic
7 1 (0.893%) Open Source
7 1 (0.893%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.893%) Data Integration
7 1 (0.893%) Spread Betting
Operating Systems
1 66 (58.93%) Windows
2 46 (41.07%) Linux
3 22 (19.64%) UNIX
3 22 (19.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 21 (18.75%) Windows Server 2008
5 17 (15.18%) Windows 7
6 11 (9.821%) Windows Server 2003
7 7 (6.250%) Windows XP
8 5 (4.464%) Windows Server 2012
9 4 (3.571%) Windows 2000 Server
10 3 (2.679%) Solaris
11 2 (1.786%) Windows Vista
11 2 (1.786%) Ubuntu
11 2 (1.786%) CentOS
12 1 (0.893%) AIX
12 1 (0.893%) HPUX
12 1 (0.893%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (9.821%) Network Design
2 9 (8.036%) ITIL
3 8 (7.143%) Problem Management
4 7 (6.250%) ITSM
5 6 (5.357%) Change Control
6 5 (4.464%) Data Protection
6 5 (4.464%) Migration
7 4 (3.571%) Service Management
8 3 (2.679%) Business Intelligence
8 3 (2.679%) Release Management
8 3 (2.679%) Incident Management
9 2 (1.786%) Load Balancing
9 2 (1.786%) Software Engineering
9 2 (1.786%) Agile Software Development
9 2 (1.786%) Service Delivery
9 2 (1.786%) E-Commerce
10 1 (0.893%) CRM
10 1 (0.893%) OOP
10 1 (0.893%) Change Management
10 1 (0.893%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 22 (19.64%) SQL
2 10 (8.929%) Bash shell
3 7 (6.250%) Perl
3 7 (6.250%) PHP
3 7 (6.250%) Ruby
4 5 (4.464%) Java
5 4 (3.571%) C#
6 3 (2.679%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.786%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.786%) C
8 1 (0.893%) VBScript
8 1 (0.893%) VB
Qualifications
1 44 (39.29%) Degree
2 30 (26.79%) Cisco Certification
3 26 (23.21%) CCNA
4 14 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
5 13 (11.61%) CCNP
6 10 (8.929%) Network+ Certification
7 8 (7.143%) MCSE
7 8 (7.143%) MCSA
8 5 (4.464%) MCP
8 5 (4.464%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 4 (3.571%) MCITP
9 4 (3.571%) CCSA
10 2 (1.786%) MCDST
11 1 (0.893%) CCIE
11 1 (0.893%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.893%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.893%) VTSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.143%) SLA
2 2 (1.786%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 24 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 9 (8.036%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (7.143%) XenApp
3 8 (7.143%) vSphere
4 6 (5.357%) XenServer
5 5 (4.464%) Hyper-V
6 4 (3.571%) VMware ESX
7 3 (2.679%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (2.679%) Citrix Presentation Server
8 2 (1.786%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.893%) Terminal Server
9 1 (0.893%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 11 (9.821%) Nagios
2 2 (1.786%) Puppet
2 2 (1.786%) Norton AntiVirus
2 2 (1.786%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.893%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 1 (0.893%) SCCM
3 1 (0.893%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (22.32%) VMware
2 24 (21.43%) Microsoft
3 22 (19.64%) Red Hat
4 15 (13.39%) Cisco
5 14 (12.50%) Juniper
6 13 (11.61%) Citrix
7 7 (6.250%) CheckPoint
8 5 (4.464%) HP
8 5 (4.464%) Oracle
8 5 (4.464%) NetApp
9 3 (2.679%) IBM
9 3 (2.679%) Twitter
9 3 (2.679%) Google
10 2 (1.786%) F5
10 2 (1.786%) Symantec
10 2 (1.786%) Apple
10 2 (1.786%) Sybase
10 2 (1.786%) Dell
11 1 (0.893%) EMC
11 1 (0.893%) JBoss
Croydon, Surrey
Technical Support Engineer - Desktop Support - 2nd Line Support Analyst - MCITP - Citrix VDI in a box - Helpdesk - Configuring - installing - Servers - Workstations - Desktop - prosumer routers - Office 365 - Installing - Support - Service...
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
The RoleAs a Support Engineer you will be you will be responsible for 2nd and 3rd support to a number of users, predominantly in a Microsoft environment... You...
JAM
Salary: £25000.00 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013
City of London
You will be involved in the following duties and have experience of: *Network troubleshooting; in depth knowledge of TCP/IP, routing protocols, NAT, switches, routers, firewalls, bandwidth analysers*...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
You will be involved in the following duties and have experience of: *Network troubleshooting; in depth knowledge of TCP/IP, routing protocols, NAT, switches, routers, firewalls, bandwidth analysers *...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013