The first table below looks at the demand for the Network Support 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 Network Support 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
Network Support
Rank 240 242 230
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -12
Permanent jobs requiring a Network Support 8 9 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.112% 0.128% 0.160%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.118% 0.133% 0.168%
Number of salaries quoted 6 8 11
Average salary £29,000 £27,500 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.45% +1.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,250 £23,200 £19,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £35,750 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £31,000
% change year-on-year
- +4.83%
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%
Network Support
England

Network Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Network Support Jobs Demand Trend

Network Support
Salary Trend

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

North West Network Support Salary Trend

Network Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Network Support across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West Network Support Salary Histogram

Network Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Network Support 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
Manchester -19 4 £29,000 +5.45%
Merseyside - 3 £42,500 -
Cheshire +2 1 £20,000 -40.29%
Network Support
England

Network Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 15 (88.24%) Cisco
2 12 (70.59%) Firewall
3 10 (58.82%) Cisco Certification
4 9 (52.94%) Internet
5 8 (47.06%) CheckPoint
5 8 (47.06%) CCNP
5 8 (47.06%) WAN
6 7 (41.18%) VPN
7 6 (35.29%) CCNA
7 6 (35.29%) TCP/IP
7 6 (35.29%) LAN
8 5 (29.41%) Windows
8 5 (29.41%) Network Security
9 4 (23.53%) Windows Server 2008
9 4 (23.53%) Cisco PIX
9 4 (23.53%) Aruba
9 4 (23.53%) Exinda
9 4 (23.53%) ITIL
9 4 (23.53%) VoIP
9 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
9 4 (23.53%) Juniper
10 3 (17.65%) Nokia
10 3 (17.65%) DWDM
10 3 (17.65%) OSPF
10 3 (17.65%) Windows Server 2003
10 3 (17.65%) BGP
10 3 (17.65%) Frame Relay
10 3 (17.65%) EIGRP
10 3 (17.65%) Change Management
10 3 (17.65%) SSL

Network Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.882%) MS Exchange
1 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (5.882%) Exchange Server 2010
Communications & Networking
1 12 (70.59%) Firewall
2 9 (52.94%) Internet
3 8 (47.06%) WAN
4 7 (41.18%) VPN
5 6 (35.29%) TCP/IP
5 6 (35.29%) LAN
6 5 (29.41%) Network Security
7 4 (23.53%) Cisco PIX
7 4 (23.53%) VoIP
8 3 (17.65%) SSL
8 3 (17.65%) ATM
8 3 (17.65%) Ethernet
8 3 (17.65%) IPX
8 3 (17.65%) IPX/SPX
8 3 (17.65%) RIP
8 3 (17.65%) EIGRP
8 3 (17.65%) HSRP
8 3 (17.65%) DWDM
8 3 (17.65%) OSPF
8 3 (17.65%) BGP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Blackberry
1 1 (5.882%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 5 (29.41%) Windows
2 4 (23.53%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (17.65%) Windows 7
3 3 (17.65%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (11.76%) Windows XP
5 1 (5.882%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) ITIL
2 3 (17.65%) Network Management
2 3 (17.65%) Change Management
3 1 (5.882%) Migration
3 1 (5.882%) Incident Management
3 1 (5.882%) Problem Management
3 1 (5.882%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 10 (58.82%) Cisco Certification
2 8 (47.06%) CCNP
3 6 (35.29%) CCNA
4 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
4 3 (17.65%) CTC Cleared
4 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
5 2 (11.76%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (5.882%) MCITP
6 1 (5.882%) Degree
6 1 (5.882%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (5.882%) CISSP
6 1 (5.882%) MCSE
6 1 (5.882%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.882%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (23.53%) Active Directory
2 2 (11.76%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 15 (88.24%) Cisco
2 8 (47.06%) CheckPoint
3 4 (23.53%) Juniper
3 4 (23.53%) Aruba
3 4 (23.53%) Exinda
4 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
4 3 (17.65%) Nokia
5 2 (11.76%) NetApp
5 2 (11.76%) VMware
6 1 (5.882%) Brocade
6 1 (5.882%) NETGEAR
6 1 (5.882%) SolarWinds
6 1 (5.882%) F5
6 1 (5.882%) Citrix
6 1 (5.882%) Apple
6 1 (5.882%) Remedy