The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IT Support in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Support
Rank 56 75 59
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -16
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 3 4 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 0.665% 0.597% 1.895%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.685% 0.615% 1.957%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 9
Average salary £30,000 £22,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.33% -25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £24,000 £24,000 £23,750
% change year-on-year
- +1.05%
All Job Titles
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
438 650 460
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 97.12% 97.01% 96.84%
Number of salaries quoted 368 581 373
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
IT Support
North West

IT Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside IT Support Jobs Demand Trend

IT Support
Salary Trend

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

Merseyside IT Support Salary Trend

IT Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IT Support across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Merseyside IT Support Salary Histogram

IT Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 23 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
Liverpool +21 1 £30,000 +33.33%
Bootle - 1 £18,000 -
IT Support
North West

IT Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside region that cited IT Support 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 IT Support in their job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
3 3 (50.00%) MS Office
4 2 (33.33%) ASP
4 2 (33.33%) COM
4 2 (33.33%) ITIL
4 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 2 (33.33%) PHP
4 2 (33.33%) MySQL
4 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
4 2 (33.33%) MS Access
4 2 (33.33%) Windows XP
4 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
4 2 (33.33%) LAN
4 2 (33.33%) WAN
4 2 (33.33%) SMTP
4 2 (33.33%) DHCP
4 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
4 2 (33.33%) VPN
4 2 (33.33%) MAPI
4 2 (33.33%) DNS
4 2 (33.33%) Apple
4 2 (33.33%) DMZ
4 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (33.33%) Citrix
4 2 (33.33%) VLAN
4 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (33.33%) Windows Vista
4 2 (33.33%) IMAP

IT Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside region that cited IT Support 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 IT Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (33.33%) ASP
1 2 (33.33%) COM
1 2 (33.33%) MAPI
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
1 2 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) MS Excel
2 3 (50.00%) MS Office
3 2 (33.33%) Google Apps
3 2 (33.33%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) LAN
1 2 (33.33%) WAN
1 2 (33.33%) SMTP
1 2 (33.33%) DHCP
1 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 2 (33.33%) VPN
1 2 (33.33%) DNS
1 2 (33.33%) DMZ
1 2 (33.33%) VLAN
1 2 (33.33%) IMAP
2 1 (16.67%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) MySQL
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 2 (33.33%) MS Access
General
1 1 (16.67%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows XP
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Vista
2 2 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (16.67%) Incident Management
2 1 (16.67%) ITIL V3
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Project Management
2 1 (16.67%) Service Management
2 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Change Management
2 1 (16.67%) ITSM
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
1 2 (33.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (16.67%) MCSE
1 1 (16.67%) CCNA
1 1 (16.67%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (16.67%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Apple
2 2 (33.33%) Citrix
2 2 (33.33%) Draytek
2 2 (33.33%) NETGEAR
2 2 (33.33%) Kaseya
2 2 (33.33%) Google
2 2 (33.33%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) VMware
Liverpool, Merseyside
IT Support Assistant - Legal / Proclaim - Liverpool - £21k An IT Support Assistant is required by a leading legal firm based in Liverpool. The successful candidate will have some 1...
CV Screen Ltd
Salary: Up to £21k plus benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Merseyside
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People Source Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + bonus, pension, 25 days holiday ++
Posted: 18 May 2013