The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Newport 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 22 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 Newport region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 25 - 14
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 3 0 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newport 2.273% - 7.692%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.290% - 8.081%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 8
Average salary £16,500 - £33,250
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Newport
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
131 116 99
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Newport 99.24% 100.00% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 117 108 94
Average salary £33,000 £35,000 £33,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.71% +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,800 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £50,000 £42,900
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Engineer
South Wales

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newport 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 Newport region.

Newport Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newport 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 8 (72.73%) Linux
1 8 (72.73%) TCP/IP
2 7 (63.64%) UNIX
2 7 (63.64%) Windows
3 2 (18.18%) MS Office
3 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
3 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
4 1 (9.091%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (9.091%) Red Hat
4 1 (9.091%) VPN
4 1 (9.091%) Cisco
4 1 (9.091%) Apache
4 1 (9.091%) ERP
4 1 (9.091%) LAN
4 1 (9.091%) WAN
4 1 (9.091%) SQL
4 1 (9.091%) MySQL
4 1 (9.091%) Firewall
4 1 (9.091%) Cisco PIX
4 1 (9.091%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (9.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (9.091%) iSeries
4 1 (9.091%) CCNA

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Newport 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 Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (18.18%) MS Office
1 2 (18.18%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) TCP/IP
2 1 (9.091%) VPN
2 1 (9.091%) LAN
2 1 (9.091%) WAN
2 1 (9.091%) Firewall
2 1 (9.091%) Cisco PIX
2 1 (9.091%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.091%) MySQL
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 8 (72.73%) Linux
2 7 (63.64%) UNIX
2 7 (63.64%) Windows
3 1 (9.091%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (9.091%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.091%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (9.091%) CCNA
System Software
1 2 (18.18%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.091%) Red Hat
2 1 (9.091%) Cisco