The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior IT 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 Senior IT Support in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior IT Support
Rank 250 239 228
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior IT Support 4 6 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.055% 0.085% 0.059%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.088% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 4
Average salary £42,000 £26,000 £28,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+61.53% -8.77%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £31,750 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+2.36% +5.83%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6890 6797 6466
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.52% 95.92% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 5851 6007 5715
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%
Senior IT Support
England

Senior IT Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Senior IT Support Jobs Demand Trend

Senior IT Support
Salary Trend

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

North West Senior IT Support Salary Trend

Senior IT Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior IT Support within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 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 +12 4 £42,000 -
Senior IT Support
England

Senior IT Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Senior IT 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 Senior IT Support in their job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 7 (87.50%) MS Excel
3 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
3 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
3 6 (75.00%) Cisco
3 6 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (50.00%) Enterprise Storage
4 4 (50.00%) Firewall
4 4 (50.00%) WatchGuard
4 4 (50.00%) SCCM
4 4 (50.00%) SAN
4 4 (50.00%) NetApp
4 4 (50.00%) IIS
4 4 (50.00%) SQL
5 3 (37.50%) Windows XP
5 3 (37.50%) MS Exchange
5 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
6 2 (25.00%) Kaseya
6 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (25.00%) NETGEAR
6 2 (25.00%) Draytek
6 2 (25.00%) VMware
6 2 (25.00%) Google
6 2 (25.00%) VLAN
6 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (25.00%) Windows Vista
6 2 (25.00%) IMAP
6 2 (25.00%) SMTP

Senior IT Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Senior IT 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 Senior IT Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (25.00%) MAPI
1 2 (25.00%) ASP
1 2 (25.00%) COM
Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) IIS
2 3 (37.50%) MS Exchange
3 2 (25.00%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (12.50%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 7 (87.50%) MS Excel
2 2 (25.00%) MS Office
2 2 (25.00%) Google Apps
2 2 (25.00%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Firewall
1 4 (50.00%) SAN
2 2 (25.00%) VLAN
2 2 (25.00%) IMAP
2 2 (25.00%) SMTP
2 2 (25.00%) DHCP
2 2 (25.00%) VPN
2 2 (25.00%) DNS
2 2 (25.00%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (75.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (25.00%) MySQL
2 2 (25.00%) MS Access
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Enterprise Storage
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 6 (75.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (37.50%) Windows XP
3 3 (37.50%) Windows 7
4 2 (25.00%) Windows Vista
5 1 (12.50%) UNIX
5 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) ITIL
1 1 (12.50%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (25.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) MCP
1 1 (12.50%) MCSA
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (12.50%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (12.50%) vSphere
3 1 (12.50%) VMware Server
3 1 (12.50%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (75.00%) Cisco
3 4 (50.00%) WatchGuard
3 4 (50.00%) NetApp
4 2 (25.00%) Kaseya
4 2 (25.00%) NETGEAR
4 2 (25.00%) Draytek
4 2 (25.00%) VMware
4 2 (25.00%) Google
4 2 (25.00%) Apple
4 2 (25.00%) Citrix