The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IT Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Support Engineer
Rank 233 230 230
Rank change year-on-year
-3 0
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Engineer 15 21 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.210% 0.298% 0.160%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.220% 0.310% 0.168%
Number of salaries quoted 15 21 10
Average salary £22,500 £27,500 £22,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.18% +25.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,200 £19,000 £15,500
10% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,350
UK excluding London average salary £24,000 £24,000 £25,625
% change year-on-year
- -6.34%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6808 6765 6558
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.48% 95.94% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 5756 5975 5797
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
IT Support Engineer
England

IT Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West IT Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

IT Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

North West IT Support Engineer Salary Trend

IT Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Engineer within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cheshire +7 7 £22,500 -18.18%
Manchester -28 3 £30,000 +12.14%
Cumbria - 3 £30,000 -
Lancashire +2 2 £21,000 -20.75%
IT Support Engineer
England

IT Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited IT 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 IT Support Engineer in their job title.

1 24 (92.31%) Active Directory
2 23 (88.46%) Windows
3 18 (69.23%) Microsoft
4 14 (53.85%) MS Excel
4 14 (53.85%) Windows Server 2008
5 13 (50.00%) MS Exchange
5 13 (50.00%) VPN
6 11 (42.31%) Windows Server 2003
6 11 (42.31%) Windows XP
7 10 (38.46%) DNS
8 9 (34.62%) Microsoft Certification
8 9 (34.62%) DHCP
8 9 (34.62%) Firewall
9 8 (30.77%) SharePoint
10 7 (26.92%) TCP/IP
10 7 (26.92%) SQL
10 7 (26.92%) Exchange Server 2007
10 7 (26.92%) Exchange Server 2010
10 7 (26.92%) Office 365
11 6 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2003
11 6 (23.08%) VMware
11 6 (23.08%) MS Office
11 6 (23.08%) MCP
12 5 (19.23%) Migration
12 5 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
13 4 (15.38%) Windows Vista
13 4 (15.38%) LAN
13 4 (15.38%) WAN
13 4 (15.38%) Citrix
13 4 (15.38%) Windows 7

IT Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited IT 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 IT Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (11.54%) COM
Application Platforms
1 13 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 8 (30.77%) SharePoint
3 7 (26.92%) Exchange Server 2007
3 7 (26.92%) Exchange Server 2010
4 6 (23.08%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 14 (53.85%) MS Excel
2 7 (26.92%) Office 365
3 6 (23.08%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 13 (50.00%) VPN
2 10 (38.46%) DNS
3 9 (34.62%) Firewall
3 9 (34.62%) DHCP
4 7 (26.92%) TCP/IP
5 4 (15.38%) LAN
5 4 (15.38%) WAN
6 3 (11.54%) VLAN
6 3 (11.54%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (7.692%) IP Telephony
8 1 (3.846%) Internet
8 1 (3.846%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.692%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.846%) RDBMS
General
1 2 (7.692%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.54%) Blackberry
2 2 (7.692%) Handset
2 2 (7.692%) Mobile Computing
Operating Systems
1 23 (88.46%) Windows
2 14 (53.85%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (42.31%) Windows XP
3 11 (42.31%) Windows Server 2003
4 4 (15.38%) Windows Vista
4 4 (15.38%) Windows 7
5 2 (7.692%) Windows 8
6 1 (3.846%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (19.23%) Migration
2 3 (11.54%) Web Design
2 3 (11.54%) Network Design
3 2 (7.692%) ITIL
3 2 (7.692%) E-Commerce
4 1 (3.846%) Disaster Recovery
Programming Languages
1 7 (26.92%) SQL
2 1 (3.846%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (34.62%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (23.08%) MCP
3 1 (3.846%) Degree
System Software
1 24 (92.31%) Active Directory
2 5 (19.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (11.54%) Terminal Services
4 1 (3.846%) vSphere
4 1 (3.846%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 2 (7.692%) Novell Identity Manager
Vendors
1 18 (69.23%) Microsoft
2 6 (23.08%) VMware
3 4 (15.38%) Citrix
4 3 (11.54%) HP
5 2 (7.692%) Juniper
5 2 (7.692%) Novell
6 1 (3.846%) Sage
6 1 (3.846%) Oracle
North West
An opportunity to take a leading position and to work autonomously in a dynamic fast paced environment- Documenting, troubleshooting and problem resolution steps- - To record, diagnose and resolve...
Michael Page
Salary: GBP30000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Burnley, North West
You will be an excellent communicator, building relationships with users at all levels of the company and will be able to demonstrate practical knowledge of providing desktop support,...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £19000 - £23000 per annum + profit bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Burnley, Lancashire
IT support engineer (with good experience of Desktop, Windows, Server / Active Directory, SQL server, etc) sought by this leading eCommerce based organisation... You will be an excellent communicator,...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £19000 - £23000 per annum + profit bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
Desktop support of Microsoft Windows XP/Windows 7 desktop operating systems and associated applications (MS Office 2007/2010) Experience supporting Windows 2003 or 2008 Active Directory and the...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bolton, North West
Day-to-day support, includes: 1st - 3rd line trouble-shooting and configuration Desktop support of Microsoft Windows XP/Windows 7 desktop operating systems and associated applications (MS Office...
greywood
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + bens
Posted: 23 April 2013
Bolton, North West
Windows Server / Active Directory / Network / TCP/IP / DNS / Group Policy / DHCP / Exchange 2010 / SAN / NSA / VMware / VLAN / SharePoint / SQL Server My client are looking to recruit an IT...
greywood
Salary: £30000 - £33000 per annum + bens
Posted: 11 May 2013
North West
The 1st Line IT Support Engineer will be the first point of contact for all IT related queries- This will include setting up new desktops (PC`s and...
Michael Page
Salary: GBP16000 to GBP18000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013