The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Technician 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 Technician 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Technician
Rank 180 150 163
Rank change year-on-year
-30 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 12 23 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.293% 0.635% 0.177%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.307% 0.658% 0.185%
Number of salaries quoted 12 23 7
Average salary £20,500 £21,500 £16,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.65% +34.37%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £22,500 £22,750
% change year-on-year
- -1.09%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3913 3494 3793
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 95.56% 96.41% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3384 3103 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 £56,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Technician
North West

Support Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Support Technician Jobs Demand Trend

Support Technician
Salary Trend

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

Manchester Support Technician Salary Trend

Support Technician
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Technician across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Manchester Support Technician Salary Histogram

Support Technician
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 24 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
Altrincham - 1 £27,500 -
Support Technician
North West

Support Technician
Top 28 Related IT Skills

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

1 18 (75.00%) Broadband
1 18 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 14 (58.33%) Finance
3 12 (50.00%) VoIP
4 6 (25.00%) SLA
5 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
6 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
6 4 (16.67%) Windows
7 3 (12.50%) MCSE
7 3 (12.50%) MS Excel
7 3 (12.50%) Windows XP
7 3 (12.50%) ITIL
7 3 (12.50%) MCP
7 3 (12.50%) Citrix
7 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (12.50%) A+ Certification
7 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
7 3 (12.50%) TCP/IP
7 3 (12.50%) VMware
7 3 (12.50%) Windows Vista
7 3 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (12.50%) Hyper-V
8 1 (4.167%) Degree
8 1 (4.167%) SCCM
8 1 (4.167%) Service Delivery
8 1 (4.167%) SQL
8 1 (4.167%) MS Office
8 1 (4.167%) MS Exchange

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.167%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 3 (12.50%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.167%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 18 (75.00%) Broadband
2 12 (50.00%) VoIP
3 3 (12.50%) TCP/IP
General
1 18 (75.00%) Telecoms
2 14 (58.33%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Windows
2 3 (12.50%) Windows XP
2 3 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (12.50%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (12.50%) ITIL
2 1 (4.167%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.167%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) MCSE
1 3 (12.50%) MCP
1 3 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (12.50%) A+ Certification
2 1 (4.167%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (25.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (12.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (12.50%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 1 (4.167%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 3 (12.50%) Citrix
2 3 (12.50%) VMware
Salford, North West
Below is a list of the current technologies and skills they are looking for in this position, there is an option to develop and work with Cisco technologies...
Mint
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + Negotiable on Experience
Posted: 21 May 2013
Stockport, North West
They are looking for someone with strong SQL Server & customer service skills. Experience of software product support will be particularly helpful, especially on a Windows (Windows Server, SQL...
greywood
Salary: £20000 - £26000 per annum + bens
Posted: 30 April 2013
Bolton, North West
Typically this involves SQL Server configuration, AD permissions, firewall settings, Citrix publication settings, etc.You will report to the technical manager and form part of the technical / development...
IS Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20,000 - £25,000 per year
Posted: 22 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
They provide clients with telecom solutions including telephony services and systems, telephone lines, mobiles and broadband. You will have a strong knowledge of VoIP or Broadband/Data Services... -...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 19,000 - 22,000
Posted: 20 May 2013