The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the Maidenhead region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Maidenhead region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Specialist
Rank 35 48 41
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 2 6 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidenhead 0.870% 1.527% 0.361%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.948% 1.558% 0.380%
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 1
Average salary - £45,000 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -10.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,309 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+6.20% +0.88%
All Job Titles
Maidenhead
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
211 385 263
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidenhead 91.74% 97.96% 94.95%
Number of salaries quoted 173 335 231
Average salary £50,000 £44,750 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.73% +11.87%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Specialist
Berkshire

Support Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidenhead Support Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Support Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Maidenhead Support Specialist Salary Trend

Support Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidenhead region that cited Support Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) UNIX
2 3 (75.00%) Big Data
2 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (75.00%) C
2 3 (75.00%) C++
2 3 (75.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (75.00%) Sybase
2 3 (75.00%) DB2
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
2 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) RDBMS
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Solaris
3 1 (25.00%) Squid
3 1 (25.00%) Release Management
3 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (25.00%) Service Management
3 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (25.00%) BBC
3 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (25.00%) OOP
3 1 (25.00%) Apache
3 1 (25.00%) MS Excel

Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidenhead region that cited Support Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Big Data
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (75.00%) DB2
1 3 (75.00%) RDBMS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
2 1 (25.00%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) UNIX
2 3 (75.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Release Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Management
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (25.00%) OOP
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) C
1 3 (75.00%) C++
1 3 (75.00%) Java
1 3 (75.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
2 1 (25.00%) Perl
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Squid
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle
1 3 (75.00%) Sybase
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Red Hat