The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Support Technician 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 Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Support Technician
Rank 237 236 214
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -22
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support Technician 6 15 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.081% 0.206% 0.227%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.085% 0.215% 0.238%
Number of salaries quoted 5 15 15
Average salary £25,000 £21,500 £20,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.27% +7.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,800 £17,900 £16,000
10% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,000 £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £22,250 £22,000
% change year-on-year
+1.12% +1.13%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7089 6973 6726
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.55% 95.98% 95.47%
Number of salaries quoted 6030 6192 5960
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 £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
IT Support Technician
England

IT Support Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West IT Support Technician Jobs Demand Trend

IT Support Technician
Salary Trend

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

North West IT Support Technician Salary Trend

IT Support Technician
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Technician within the North West region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Manchester -24 5 £24,000 -7.69% 7
Cheshire +8 1 £25,000 +31.57%
IT Support Technician
England

IT Support Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited IT Support Technician 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 Technician in their job title.

1 16 (84.21%) Windows
2 15 (78.95%) Microsoft
3 13 (68.42%) Active Directory
3 13 (68.42%) Windows XP
3 13 (68.42%) MS Office
4 12 (63.16%) Windows 7
5 11 (57.89%) SQL Server
6 10 (52.63%) SQL
6 10 (52.63%) Oracle
6 10 (52.63%) VPN
7 8 (42.11%) Blackberry
8 6 (31.58%) Citrix
8 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Certification
8 6 (31.58%) SharePoint
8 6 (31.58%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (31.58%) Crystal Reports
8 6 (31.58%) IIS
8 6 (31.58%) Office 365
9 5 (26.32%) iPhone
9 5 (26.32%) Firewall
10 4 (21.05%) MS Excel
10 4 (21.05%) Oracle Forms
10 4 (21.05%) Finance
10 4 (21.05%) VMware
10 4 (21.05%) Windows 8
11 3 (15.79%) Windows Server 2008
11 3 (15.79%) MS Exchange
11 3 (15.79%) Windows Server 2003
12 2 (10.53%) Terminal Services
12 2 (10.53%) C#

IT Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited IT Support Technician 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 Technician in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (10.53%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (31.58%) IIS
1 6 (31.58%) SharePoint
2 3 (15.79%) MS Exchange
3 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (5.263%) Amazon S3
3 1 (5.263%) Amazon AWS
3 1 (5.263%) Lync
3 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (5.263%) Route 53
Applications
1 13 (68.42%) MS Office
2 6 (31.58%) Office 365
3 4 (21.05%) MS Excel
4 2 (10.53%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 10 (52.63%) VPN
2 5 (26.32%) Firewall
3 1 (5.263%) IP Telephony
3 1 (5.263%) VLAN
3 1 (5.263%) DNS
3 1 (5.263%) Internet
3 1 (5.263%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (57.89%) SQL Server
2 6 (31.58%) Crystal Reports
2 6 (31.58%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (5.263%) Amazon DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Oracle Forms
General
1 4 (21.05%) Finance
2 1 (5.263%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 8 (42.11%) Blackberry
2 5 (26.32%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 16 (84.21%) Windows
2 13 (68.42%) Windows XP
3 12 (63.16%) Windows 7
4 4 (21.05%) Windows 8
5 3 (15.79%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (15.79%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (10.53%) Windows Vista
6 2 (10.53%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (5.263%) ITIL
1 1 (5.263%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (5.263%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 10 (52.63%) SQL
2 2 (10.53%) VBA
2 2 (10.53%) C#
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 13 (68.42%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.53%) Terminal Services
2 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.263%) Backup Exec
1 1 (5.263%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (78.95%) Microsoft
2 10 (52.63%) Oracle
3 6 (31.58%) Citrix
4 4 (21.05%) VMware
5 1 (5.263%) ION Trading
5 1 (5.263%) Avaya
Manchester, North West
ITIL Knowledge Technical Skills and Experience:Essential Skills:* Customer service experience* Hardware & peripheral troubleshooting* Group Policy * Windows XP/2003/2008 Support* Exchange 2003 (Exchange 2008/ 2010 desirable)* Active...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 29 May 2013
Manchester, North West
IT Support Technician - Windows / Exchange / Lync / VMWareAre you an IT Support Technician seeking a new and exciting role based in Manchester?We are currently seeking an IT Support...
Hudson
Posted: 10 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Due to nationwide expansion, they are currently looking to recruit a 2nd / 3rd Line Support Technician. Whilst being growing ion this role, you will also be given the...
Hudson
Posted: 31 May 2013
Oldham, Lancashire
IT Support Technician - Oldham / Rochdale - Linux, Amazon EC2, VMWare, DNS, DHCP - £25,000 - £28,000... The , Amazon EC2, VMWare, DNS, DHCP IT Support Technician will be required to...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bolton, North West
Typically this involves SQL Server configuration, AD permissions, firewall settings, Citrix publication settings, etc.You will report to the technical manager and form part of the technical / development...
IS Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20,000 - £25,000 per year
Posted: 22 May 2013