The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Macclesfield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Macclesfield region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 26 36 34
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 17 2 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Macclesfield 8.586% 1.176% 3.791%
As % of the Job Titles category 8.808% 1.183% 3.828%
Number of salaries quoted 16 2 5
Average salary £34,000 £27,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.63% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,750 £27,500 £27,200
10% offered a salary of more than £38,500 £27,500 £37,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Macclesfield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
193 169 209
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Macclesfield 97.47% 99.41% 99.05%
Number of salaries quoted 171 136 148
Average salary £30,000 £31,500 £30,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% +3.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £23,500 £27,800
10% offered a salary of more than £46,500 £67,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Support Engineer
Cheshire

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Macclesfield Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Macclesfield Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Macclesfield region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Macclesfield Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Macclesfield region that cited 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 Support Engineer in their job title.

1 21 (77.78%) Java
1 21 (77.78%) UNIX
1 21 (77.78%) Linux
2 15 (55.56%) C
3 12 (44.44%) Shell Script
3 12 (44.44%) Telecoms
4 9 (33.33%) Degree
5 8 (29.63%) HTTP
5 8 (29.63%) TCP/IP
6 6 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2007
6 6 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (22.22%) Office 365
6 6 (22.22%) QA
6 6 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
6 6 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2003
6 6 (22.22%) Handset
6 6 (22.22%) DHCP
6 6 (22.22%) Firewall
6 6 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (22.22%) Windows XP
6 6 (22.22%) MS Exchange
6 6 (22.22%) VPN
6 6 (22.22%) DNS
6 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
6 6 (22.22%) Active Directory
6 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (22.22%) MS Excel
6 6 (22.22%) SharePoint
6 6 (22.22%) Windows
6 6 (22.22%) MCP

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Macclesfield region that cited 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 Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 6 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2007
1 6 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2010
1 6 (22.22%) Exchange Server 2003
1 6 (22.22%) MS Exchange
1 6 (22.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (22.22%) Office 365
1 6 (22.22%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (29.63%) HTTP
1 8 (29.63%) TCP/IP
2 6 (22.22%) DHCP
2 6 (22.22%) Firewall
2 6 (22.22%) VPN
2 6 (22.22%) DNS
3 2 (7.407%) IMAP
3 2 (7.407%) LDAP
3 2 (7.407%) Internet
3 2 (7.407%) SMTP
4 1 (3.704%) SMS
General
1 12 (44.44%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Handset
2 3 (11.11%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 21 (77.78%) UNIX
1 21 (77.78%) Linux
2 6 (22.22%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (22.22%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (22.22%) Windows XP
2 6 (22.22%) Windows
3 3 (11.11%) Fedora
3 3 (11.11%) Solaris
3 3 (11.11%) CentOS
3 3 (11.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (11.11%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (3.704%) E-Commerce
1 1 (3.704%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (77.78%) Java
2 15 (55.56%) C
3 12 (44.44%) Shell Script
4 3 (11.11%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 9 (33.33%) Degree
2 6 (22.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (22.22%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (22.22%) QA
System Software
1 6 (22.22%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) Red Hat