Manchester Technical Support Engineer Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Support Engineer role in IT jobs within the Manchester region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Technical Support Engineer
Location Alfreton Altrincham Amersham Ashton-under-Lyne Aylesbury Basingstoke Bath Beaconsfield Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Buckinghamshire Burnley Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chippenham City of London Colchester Coventry Croydon Dartford Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dorset Dudley East Midlands East of England Edinburgh Egham England Essex Fareham Farnborough Gourock Guildford Hampshire Harrogate Havant Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Horsham Huddersfield Inverclyde Ipswich Isleworth Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicestershire London Lutterworth Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Portsmouth Reading Rugby Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea St Albans Staines Stockport Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Sutton Coldfield Swindon Taunton Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Wakefield Wales Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Woking Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	143	187
Rank change on same period last year	+44
Matching permanent IT job ads	23	18
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.008 %
As % of the category below	0.533 %	0.277 %
Salaries quoted	19	18
Average minimum salary	£30,632	£26,111
Average salary	£31,658	£26,222
% change on same period last year	+20.72 %
Average maximum salary	£32,684	£26,333
UK excluding London average salary	£31,654	£32,779
% change on same period last year	-3.43 %
Job Titles Manchester
Matching permanent IT job ads	4319	6499
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	2.508 %	2.797 %
Salaries quoted	3752	5493
Average minimum salary	£33,798	£36,967
Average salary	£38,796	£41,871
% change on same period last year	-7.34 %
Average maximum salary	£43,795	£46,776
UK excluding London average salary	£38,156	£39,208
% change on same period last year	-2.68 %
Technical Support Engineer North West

Technical Support Engineer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Technical Support Engineer across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Support Engineer across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Support Engineer within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Ashton-under-Lyne	-	2	£25,750	-
Stockport	-	1	£20,000	-
Altrincham	-	1	£27,000	-

Technical Support Engineer North West

Technical Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in their job title.

1 31 (55.36 %) Linux 2 29 (51.79 %) Novell 3 27 (48.21 %) ZENworks 3 27 (48.21 %) Windows 4 22 (39.29 %) NetWare 5 20 (35.71 %) Windows XP 5 20 (35.71 %) Windows Vista 6 19 (33.93 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 19 (33.93 %) Windows Server 2003 7 18 (32.14 %) Novell Certification 8 17 (30.36 %) Microsoft 9 16 (28.57 %) Citrix 9 16 (28.57 %) Cisco 9 16 (28.57 %) MS Excel 9 16 (28.57 %) Microsoft Certification

10 15 (26.79 %) MS Exchange 11 14 (25.00 %) SQL Server 11 14 (25.00 %) Firewall 12 13 (23.21 %) Degree 12 13 (23.21 %) Education 12 13 (23.21 %) C 12 13 (23.21 %) Active Directory 12 13 (23.21 %) Citrix Presentation Server 13 6 (10.71 %) Novell eDirectory 14 4 (7.143 %) Identity Management 14 4 (7.143 %) VPN 15 3 (5.357 %) HP 15 3 (5.357 %) MCSE 15 3 (5.357 %) ISA Server 16 2 (3.571 %) Thin Client

Technical Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Manchester region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms 1 15 (26.79 %) MS Exchange 2 2 (3.571 %) Exchange Server 2000 2 2 (3.571 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 2 (3.571 %) Apache 2 2 (3.571 %) Tomcat	Applications 1 16 (28.57 %) MS Excel
Communications & Networking 1 14 (25.00 %) Firewall 2 4 (7.143 %) VPN 3 2 (3.571 %) LAN 3 2 (3.571 %) WAN 4 1 (1.786 %) DHCP 4 1 (1.786 %) TCP/IP 4 1 (1.786 %) DNS 4 1 (1.786 %) Wireless 4 1 (1.786 %) Broadband	Database & Business Intelligence 1 14 (25.00 %) SQL Server
General 1 13 (23.21 %) Education 2 2 (3.571 %) Banking 3 1 (1.786 %) Telecoms 3 1 (1.786 %) Electric	Miscellaneous 1 2 (3.571 %) Thin Client 1 2 (3.571 %) Fat Client 2 1 (1.786 %) Blackberry
Operating Systems 1 31 (55.36 %) Linux 2 27 (48.21 %) Windows 3 22 (39.29 %) NetWare 4 20 (35.71 %) Windows Vista 4 20 (35.71 %) Windows XP 5 19 (33.93 %) Windows 2000 Server 5 19 (33.93 %) Windows Server 2003 6 2 (3.571 %) UNIX 6 2 (3.571 %) Windows 2000	Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (7.143 %) Identity Management 2 2 (3.571 %) E-Commerce 3 1 (1.786 %) Project Management 3 1 (1.786 %) SC Cleared 3 1 (1.786 %) Security Cleared
Programming Languages 1 13 (23.21 %) C	Qualifications 1 18 (32.14 %) Novell Certification 2 16 (28.57 %) Microsoft Certification 3 13 (23.21 %) Degree 4 3 (5.357 %) MCSE 5 2 (3.571 %) MCP 5 2 (3.571 %) CCNA 5 2 (3.571 %) Cisco Certification 6 1 (1.786 %) HNC 6 1 (1.786 %) MCSA
System Software 1 13 (23.21 %) Active Directory 1 13 (23.21 %) Citrix Presentation Server 2 6 (10.71 %) Novell eDirectory 3 3 (5.357 %) ISA Server 4 1 (1.786 %) Backup Exec	Systems Management 1 27 (48.21 %) ZENworks
Vendors 1 29 (51.79 %) Novell 2 17 (30.36 %) Microsoft 3 16 (28.57 %) Cisco 3 16 (28.57 %) Citrix 4 3 (5.357 %) HP 5 2 (3.571 %) Dell 5 2 (3.571 %) Sybase 6 1 (1.786 %) Symantec 6 1 (1.786 %) Remedy 6 1 (1.786 %) McAfee Security 6 1 (1.786 %) Mitel 6 1 (1.786 %) NETGEAR 6 1 (1.786 %) Ericsson