The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester 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 17 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 143 112 103
Rank change year-on-year
-31 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 51 63 71
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 1.257% 1.737% 1.799%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.316% 1.800% 1.873%
Number of salaries quoted 45 61 69
Average salary £24,000 £30,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,500 £22,500 £21,400
10% offered a salary of more than £33,400 £35,000 £33,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3875 3500 3791
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 95.49% 96.53% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3350 3122 3469
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Engineer
North West

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Manchester Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 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
Stockport -12 10 £21,000 -27.58%
Bolton 0 5 £28,500 -5.00%
Oldham +7 3 £21,500 -8.51%
Rochdale +4 3 £23,500 -21.66%
Salford +4 2 £19,250 -35.83%
Cheadle - 1 £26,500 -
Support Engineer
North West

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 60 (47.62%) Windows
2 51 (40.48%) Microsoft
3 35 (27.78%) SQL
4 31 (24.60%) VMware
5 30 (23.81%) Cisco
6 29 (23.02%) Active Directory
7 28 (22.22%) MS Exchange
7 28 (22.22%) MS Excel
8 27 (21.43%) Windows Server 2008
9 26 (20.63%) Linux
10 23 (18.25%) WAN
11 22 (17.46%) UNIX
12 20 (15.87%) Firewall
13 19 (15.08%) MS Office
13 19 (15.08%) Windows XP
13 19 (15.08%) LAN
14 18 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
15 17 (13.49%) Java
16 16 (12.70%) VoIP
16 16 (12.70%) Telecoms
16 16 (12.70%) Finance
16 16 (12.70%) VMware Infrastructure
17 15 (11.90%) SQL Server
18 14 (11.11%) ITIL
19 12 (9.524%) Degree
19 12 (9.524%) Exchange Server 2010
19 12 (9.524%) Internet
19 12 (9.524%) SLA
20 11 (8.730%) Broadband
20 11 (8.730%) SharePoint

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 Development
1 7 (5.556%) J2EE
2 2 (1.587%) HTML
3 1 (0.794%) CSS
3 1 (0.794%) Application Packaging
3 1 (0.794%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 28 (22.22%) MS Exchange
2 12 (9.524%) Exchange Server 2010
3 11 (8.730%) SharePoint
4 8 (6.349%) Apache
4 8 (6.349%) Tomcat
5 7 (5.556%) WebLogic
6 6 (4.762%) IIS
7 5 (3.968%) Lync
8 4 (3.175%) Exchange Server 2007
9 3 (2.381%) SharePoint 2010
9 3 (2.381%) Exchange Server 2003
10 1 (0.794%) RabbitMQ
Applications
1 28 (22.22%) MS Excel
2 19 (15.08%) MS Office
3 2 (1.587%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.794%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 4 (3.175%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 23 (18.25%) WAN
2 20 (15.87%) Firewall
3 19 (15.08%) LAN
4 16 (12.70%) VoIP
5 12 (9.524%) Internet
6 11 (8.730%) Broadband
6 11 (8.730%) SAN
7 9 (7.143%) PBX
8 8 (6.349%) VPN
9 7 (5.556%) DNS
9 7 (5.556%) DMS-100
10 6 (4.762%) NAS
10 6 (4.762%) TCP/IP
10 6 (4.762%) Fibre Channel
10 6 (4.762%) ADSL
11 5 (3.968%) Softswitch
12 4 (3.175%) Network Security
12 4 (3.175%) DSL
12 4 (3.175%) DHCP
13 3 (2.381%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (11.90%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.968%) SQL Server 2008
3 4 (3.175%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (3.175%) SQL Server 2000
3 4 (3.175%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (0.794%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.794%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (0.794%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.794%) MySQL
4 1 (0.794%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 7 (5.556%) Ant
1 7 (5.556%) Hudson
General
1 16 (12.70%) Telecoms
1 16 (12.70%) Finance
2 6 (4.762%) Legal
2 6 (4.762%) Advertising
3 2 (1.587%) Manufacturing
4 1 (0.794%) Retail
4 1 (0.794%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 8 (6.349%) Client/Server
2 4 (3.175%) Blackberry
3 2 (1.587%) Mobile Computing
3 2 (1.587%) Handset
3 2 (1.587%) Clustering
4 1 (0.794%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.794%) Computer Science
4 1 (0.794%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.794%) EqualLogic
4 1 (0.794%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 60 (47.62%) Windows
2 27 (21.43%) Windows Server 2008
3 26 (20.63%) Linux
4 22 (17.46%) UNIX
5 19 (15.08%) Windows XP
6 18 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
7 7 (5.556%) Windows 7
8 5 (3.968%) Windows Vista
9 4 (3.175%) Mac OS X
9 4 (3.175%) Solaris
10 3 (2.381%) Ubuntu
10 3 (2.381%) Windows 8
10 3 (2.381%) Windows Server 2012
11 2 (1.587%) CentOS
11 2 (1.587%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 2 (1.587%) HPUX
11 2 (1.587%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (11.11%) ITIL
2 7 (5.556%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (4.762%) B2B
4 5 (3.968%) Time Management
4 5 (3.968%) QMS
5 4 (3.175%) Fault Management
5 4 (3.175%) Validation
5 4 (3.175%) CRM
6 3 (2.381%) Asset Management
6 3 (2.381%) Network Design
7 2 (1.587%) Migration
7 2 (1.587%) E-Commerce
7 2 (1.587%) Service Delivery
7 2 (1.587%) Change Management
7 2 (1.587%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (1.587%) Change Control
7 2 (1.587%) Software Deployment
8 1 (0.794%) Analytics
8 1 (0.794%) Data Protection
8 1 (0.794%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (27.78%) SQL
2 17 (13.49%) Java
3 4 (3.175%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.175%) Bash shell
4 3 (2.381%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.587%) C
5 2 (1.587%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.587%) VBScript
5 2 (1.587%) VB
6 1 (0.794%) Python
6 1 (0.794%) Perl
6 1 (0.794%) PHP
6 1 (0.794%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (9.524%) Degree
2 8 (6.349%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (4.762%) Cisco Certification
4 5 (3.968%) A+ Certification
5 4 (3.175%) MCSE
5 4 (3.175%) CCNA
5 4 (3.175%) Security Cleared
6 3 (2.381%) MCITP
6 3 (2.381%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.381%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (1.587%) MCP
7 2 (1.587%) MCSA
7 2 (1.587%) CCNP
8 1 (0.794%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.794%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.794%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (9.524%) SLA
2 2 (1.587%) QA
System Software
1 29 (23.02%) Active Directory
2 16 (12.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (7.143%) Hyper-V
4 6 (4.762%) NFS
5 3 (2.381%) vSphere
6 2 (1.587%) XenApp
7 1 (0.794%) XenServer
7 1 (0.794%) XenDesktop
7 1 (0.794%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.794%) ISA Server
7 1 (0.794%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 9 (7.143%) SCCM
2 6 (4.762%) SCOM
3 4 (3.175%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
4 2 (1.587%) WSUS
4 2 (1.587%) SolarWinds Orion
4 2 (1.587%) MOM
4 2 (1.587%) Novell Identity Manager
5 1 (0.794%) Backup Exec
5 1 (0.794%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 1 (0.794%) Nagios
5 1 (0.794%) McAfee ePO
5 1 (0.794%) Puppet
5 1 (0.794%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 51 (40.48%) Microsoft
2 31 (24.60%) VMware
3 30 (23.81%) Cisco
4 10 (7.937%) Oracle
5 8 (6.349%) NetApp
5 8 (6.349%) Red Hat
6 7 (5.556%) Nortel
6 7 (5.556%) Ericsson
6 7 (5.556%) Dell
7 6 (4.762%) Citrix
7 6 (4.762%) Wonderware
8 4 (3.175%) Aruba
8 4 (3.175%) Exinda
8 4 (3.175%) Sophos
8 4 (3.175%) CheckPoint
8 4 (3.175%) Symantec
8 4 (3.175%) Juniper
9 3 (2.381%) Apple
9 3 (2.381%) HP
10 2 (1.587%) EMC
Bolton, Lancashire
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Salary: Competitive salary on application
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bolton, North West
Day-to-day support, includes: 1st - 3rd line trouble-shooting and configuration Desktop support of Microsoft Windows XP/Windows 7 desktop operating systems and associated applications (MS Office...
greywood
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 23 April 2013
Bolton, North West
Windows Server / Active Directory / Network / TCP/IP / DNS / Group Policy / DHCP / Exchange 2010 / SAN / NSA / VMware / VLAN / SharePoint / SQL Server My client are looking to recruit an IT...
greywood
Salary: £30000 - £33000 per annum + bens
Posted: 11 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Skills required include: *Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008, *VMware oSnapManager for SQL, Exchange. oNetApp FAS2040 Hardware oExperience of FlexClones oSCCM *Microsoft Exchange 2003/2010 Desirable: *VMWARE vSphere 4...
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Salary: £30000 - £37000 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oldham, Lancashire
Server and PC hardware/software in a Microsoft/Linux networking environment. - Analogue and digital/VOIP telephone networks. - TCP/IP network fundamentals including working with Windows software configurations... DESIRABLE...
EasyWebRecruitment.com
Salary: £20,000 + £2,500 Travel
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Key skills / things to learn: ** Good level of experience working with IBM server hardware - iSeries, AS-400 ** Knowledge of OS-400 operating systems and Applications running on mid-...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £28000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013