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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 42 60 60
Rank change year-on-year
+18 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 73 28 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 5.663% 2.721% 2.664%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.854% 2.905% 2.838%
Number of salaries quoted 70 25 26
Average salary £32,500 £27,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.37% +20.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £17,500 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £37,400 £33,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1247 964 916
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 96.74% 93.68% 93.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1047 788 792
Average salary £40,250 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Engineer
Buckinghamshire

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

Milton Keynes Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 76 (61.29%) Windows
2 68 (54.84%) Microsoft
3 65 (52.42%) Cisco
4 52 (41.94%) MS Excel
5 51 (41.13%) ITIL
6 50 (40.32%) Active Directory
7 43 (34.68%) Service Delivery
8 38 (30.65%) SQL
8 38 (30.65%) Oracle
9 35 (28.23%) Citrix
9 35 (28.23%) MCITP
10 33 (26.61%) ITIL Certification
10 33 (26.61%) HP
10 33 (26.61%) Dell
10 33 (26.61%) VMware
11 30 (24.19%) EMC
11 30 (24.19%) IBM
11 30 (24.19%) Riverbed
12 27 (21.77%) TCP/IP
12 27 (21.77%) Cisco Certification
13 26 (20.97%) Microsoft Certification
13 26 (20.97%) CCNA
13 26 (20.97%) MS Exchange
14 25 (20.16%) Windows Server 2008
15 24 (19.35%) MCTS
16 22 (17.74%) Finance
17 20 (16.13%) VoIP
17 20 (16.13%) Exchange Server 2010
18 18 (14.52%) IP Telephony
19 17 (13.71%) SQL Server

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 6 (4.839%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 26 (20.97%) MS Exchange
2 20 (16.13%) Exchange Server 2010
3 16 (12.90%) IIS
4 13 (10.48%) SharePoint
5 10 (8.065%) Exchange Server 2007
5 10 (8.065%) Lync
6 8 (6.452%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (1.613%) Apache
7 2 (1.613%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.806%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 52 (41.94%) MS Excel
2 9 (7.258%) MS Office
3 3 (2.419%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 27 (21.77%) TCP/IP
2 20 (16.13%) VoIP
3 18 (14.52%) IP Telephony
4 12 (9.677%) SS7
5 11 (8.871%) VLAN
5 11 (8.871%) Firewall
5 11 (8.871%) ISDN
6 9 (7.258%) Unified Communications
6 9 (7.258%) Cisco IPT
7 8 (6.452%) PBX
7 8 (6.452%) DHCP
7 8 (6.452%) DNS
8 7 (5.645%) Softswitch
8 7 (5.645%) ISUP
8 7 (5.645%) FTP
8 7 (5.645%) HTTP
8 7 (5.645%) PSTN
9 4 (3.226%) H.323
9 4 (3.226%) Cisco PIX
10 3 (2.419%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (13.71%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.839%) SQL Server 2008
2 6 (4.839%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 6 (4.839%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (4.839%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.806%) MSI
General
1 22 (17.74%) Finance
2 4 (3.226%) Telecoms
3 1 (0.806%) Retail
3 1 (0.806%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.258%) Computer Science
2 8 (6.452%) EPoS
3 7 (5.645%) Handset
4 3 (2.419%) Open Source
5 2 (1.613%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.806%) Data Extraction
6 1 (0.806%) Replication
6 1 (0.806%) EFT
Operating Systems
1 76 (61.29%) Windows
2 25 (20.16%) Windows Server 2008
3 17 (13.71%) Windows Server 2003
4 16 (12.90%) Linux
5 9 (7.258%) Windows 7
6 8 (6.452%) Solaris
7 4 (3.226%) Windows XP
7 4 (3.226%) Windows Vista
8 1 (0.806%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.806%) Windows 2000 Server
8 1 (0.806%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.806%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (41.13%) ITIL
2 43 (34.68%) Service Delivery
3 8 (6.452%) Network Design
3 8 (6.452%) Software Engineering
4 6 (4.839%) CRM
5 5 (4.032%) Problem Management
6 4 (3.226%) Business Development
7 3 (2.419%) Web Development
7 3 (2.419%) ERP
8 2 (1.613%) Data Security
8 2 (1.613%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (30.65%) SQL
2 15 (12.10%) Python
3 11 (8.871%) C#
4 10 (8.065%) Java
5 8 (6.452%) C++
5 8 (6.452%) C
6 7 (5.645%) Bash shell
6 7 (5.645%) Perl
6 7 (5.645%) PHP
7 6 (4.839%) JavaScript
8 5 (4.032%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.806%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.806%) VBScript
9 1 (0.806%) VB
Qualifications
1 35 (28.23%) MCITP
2 33 (26.61%) ITIL Certification
3 27 (21.77%) Cisco Certification
4 26 (20.97%) Microsoft Certification
4 26 (20.97%) CCNA
5 24 (19.35%) MCTS
6 17 (13.71%) MCSE
7 16 (12.90%) CCIE
8 14 (11.29%) CCNP
9 13 (10.48%) CCVP
10 12 (9.677%) Degree
11 8 (6.452%) Citrix Certification
11 8 (6.452%) CCEE
12 5 (4.032%) CCAA
12 5 (4.032%) CCIA
12 5 (4.032%) CCEA
12 5 (4.032%) CCA
13 4 (3.226%) CCSP
13 4 (3.226%) CCSA
13 4 (3.226%) CCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.032%) SLA
System Software
1 50 (40.32%) Active Directory
2 12 (9.677%) Terminal Services
3 9 (7.258%) XenApp
4 5 (4.032%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (4.032%) XenServer
4 5 (4.032%) Hyper-V
5 4 (3.226%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.806%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 1 (0.806%) BlackBerry Internet Service
Systems Management
1 14 (11.29%) SCCM
1 14 (11.29%) Cisco UCCX
2 9 (7.258%) Cisco UCCE
2 9 (7.258%) Backup Exec
3 1 (0.806%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 68 (54.84%) Microsoft
2 65 (52.42%) Cisco
3 38 (30.65%) Oracle
4 35 (28.23%) Citrix
5 33 (26.61%) HP
5 33 (26.61%) Dell
5 33 (26.61%) VMware
6 30 (24.19%) EMC
6 30 (24.19%) IBM
6 30 (24.19%) Riverbed
7 7 (5.645%) Acme Packet
7 7 (5.645%) Polycom
7 7 (5.645%) Apple
8 6 (4.839%) Twitter
9 5 (4.032%) Symantec
9 5 (4.032%) SAP
10 4 (3.226%) CheckPoint
11 2 (1.613%) Sage
11 2 (1.613%) McAfee
12 1 (0.806%) BroadSoft
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