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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Support role in IT jobs within the Luton 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 Technical Support in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTechnical Support
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank-44
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads01
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.287 %
Salaries quoted01
Average minimum salary-£22,000
Average salary-£23,000
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary-£24,000
UK excluding London average salary£30,392£30,101
% change on same period last year+0.96 %
Luton IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Luton
Matching permanent IT job ads636348
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.369 %0.150 %
Salaries quoted400312
Average minimum salary£36,850£36,740
Average salary£39,680£40,334
% change on same period last year-1.62 %
Average maximum salary£42,509£43,927
UK excluding London average salary£38,156£39,208
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Technical Support LondonTechnical Support
London

Technical Support
Demand Trend

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

Luton Technical Support Demand Trend

Technical Support
Salary Trend

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

Luton Technical Support Salary Trend

Technical Support
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Luton region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title.

112 (100.00 %)MS Office
112 (100.00 %)UNIX
112 (100.00 %)Windows
112 (100.00 %)Active Directory
112 (100.00 %)Citrix
29 (75.00 %)Oracle Reports
29 (75.00 %)COBOL
29 (75.00 %)VB
29 (75.00 %)Oracle
29 (75.00 %)Crystal Reports
29 (75.00 %)Terminal Services
29 (75.00 %)GIS
29 (75.00 %)Finance
33 (25.00 %)C
33 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
33 (25.00 %)Firewall
33 (25.00 %)CheckPoint
33 (25.00 %)Solaris
33 (25.00 %)MS Excel
33 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
33 (25.00 %)LAN
33 (25.00 %)WAN
33 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
33 (25.00 %)SAN
33 (25.00 %)EMC

Technical Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Luton region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Luton IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (25.00 %)MS Exchange
13 (25.00 %)Exchange Server 2003
Luton IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (100.00 %)MS Office
23 (25.00 %)MS Excel
Luton IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (25.00 %)LAN
13 (25.00 %)WAN
13 (25.00 %)TCP/IP
13 (25.00 %)SAN
13 (25.00 %)Firewall
Luton IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (75.00 %)Crystal Reports
19 (75.00 %)Oracle Reports
19 (75.00 %)GIS
Luton IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (75.00 %)Finance
Luton IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (100.00 %)UNIX
112 (100.00 %)Windows
23 (25.00 %)Solaris
Luton IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (75.00 %)COBOL
19 (75.00 %)VB
23 (25.00 %)C
Luton IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (100.00 %)Active Directory
29 (75.00 %)Terminal Services
Luton IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (100.00 %)Citrix
29 (75.00 %)Oracle
33 (25.00 %)EMC
33 (25.00 %)CheckPoint