The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Support role in IT jobs advertised for the M4 Corridor region. 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 22 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 M4 Corridor region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Support
Rank 12 6 11
Rank change year-on-year
-6 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support 2 14 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the M4 Corridor 4.348% 24.56% 1.923%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.651% 25.00% 1.961%
Number of salaries quoted 2 13 1
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £30,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year
+1.66% +3.44%
All Job Titles
M4 Corridor
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
43 56 51
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the M4 Corridor 93.48% 98.25% 98.08%
Number of salaries quoted 25 47 47
Average salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £40,000 £34,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £70,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Support
South East

Technical Support
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Technical Support across the M4 Corridor region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

M4 Corridor Technical Support Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Support
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Technical Support across the M4 Corridor region.

M4 Corridor Technical Support Salary Trend

Technical Support
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the M4 Corridor 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.

1 6 (100.00%) Oracle
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 6 (100.00%) IIS
1 6 (100.00%) Web Services
1 6 (100.00%) UNIX
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
1 6 (100.00%) Apache
1 6 (100.00%) LAN
1 6 (100.00%) WAN
1 6 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
1 6 (100.00%) Firewall
1 6 (100.00%) CEH
1 6 (100.00%) Nmap
1 6 (100.00%) French Language
1 6 (100.00%) SaaS
1 6 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management

Technical Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the M4 Corridor 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.

Application Development
1 6 (100.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) IIS
1 6 (100.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 6 (100.00%) LAN
1 6 (100.00%) WAN
1 6 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 6 (100.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (100.00%) French Language
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) UNIX
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Qualifications
1 6 (100.00%) CISSP
1 6 (100.00%) CEH
System Software
1 6 (100.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle