The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems 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 Systems Support in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Systems Support
Rank 233 222 226
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +4
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Support 10 25 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.139% 0.352% 0.116%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.146% 0.367% 0.122%
Number of salaries quoted 10 23 8
Average salary £27,756 £29,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.28% +28.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,750 £26,193 £16,350
10% offered a salary of more than £36,736 £35,000 £27,150
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6864 6805 6559
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.53% 95.87% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 5816 6001 5810
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,807 £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%
Systems Support
England

Systems Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Systems Support Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Support
Salary Trend

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

North West Systems Support Salary Trend

Systems Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Support across the North West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

North West Systems Support Salary Histogram

Systems Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Support within the North West region over the 3 months to 24 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 -25 8 £32,128 +8.90%
Cheshire - 2 £24,250 -
Systems Support
England

Systems Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Systems 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 Systems Support in their job title.

1 14 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 13 (59.09%) Windows
3 9 (40.91%) SLA
4 8 (36.36%) Cisco
5 6 (27.27%) NetApp
5 6 (27.27%) Juniper
5 6 (27.27%) Oracle
5 6 (27.27%) MS Office
5 6 (27.27%) SAP
5 6 (27.27%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (27.27%) VMware
5 6 (27.27%) Aruba
6 5 (22.73%) Capacity Management
6 5 (22.73%) UNIX
6 5 (22.73%) Linux
6 5 (22.73%) Oracle 8/8i
6 5 (22.73%) MS Exchange
6 5 (22.73%) IBM
7 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
7 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (18.18%) DHCP
7 4 (18.18%) DNS
7 4 (18.18%) AIX
7 4 (18.18%) SQL
7 4 (18.18%) Windows 7
7 4 (18.18%) Degree
8 3 (13.64%) Windows Vista
8 3 (13.64%) Exchange Server 2003
8 3 (13.64%) JavaScript
8 3 (13.64%) Windows XP

Systems Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Systems 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 Systems Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (9.091%) MAPI
1 2 (9.091%) .NET
1 2 (9.091%) ASP
1 2 (9.091%) COM
1 2 (9.091%) Windows SharePoint Services
2 1 (4.545%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 5 (22.73%) MS Exchange
2 3 (13.64%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (9.091%) SharePoint
3 2 (9.091%) SharePoint Server
3 2 (9.091%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 6 (27.27%) MS Office
2 2 (9.091%) MS Excel
2 2 (9.091%) Google Apps
2 2 (9.091%) Office 365
Business Applications
1 2 (9.091%) HFM
1 2 (9.091%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (9.091%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 4 (18.18%) DHCP
1 4 (18.18%) DNS
2 2 (9.091%) VLAN
2 2 (9.091%) DMZ
2 2 (9.091%) SMTP
2 2 (9.091%) TCP/IP
2 2 (9.091%) VPN
2 2 (9.091%) IMAP
3 1 (4.545%) Broadband
3 1 (4.545%) ISDN
3 1 (4.545%) LAN
3 1 (4.545%) VoIP
3 1 (4.545%) WAN
3 1 (4.545%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) Oracle 8/8i
2 2 (9.091%) MS Access
2 2 (9.091%) MySQL
2 2 (9.091%) SQL Server
2 2 (9.091%) Oracle BI EE
General
1 2 (9.091%) Finance
2 1 (4.545%) Pharmaceutical
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.545%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (4.545%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (4.545%) Computer Science
1 1 (4.545%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 13 (59.09%) Windows
2 6 (27.27%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (22.73%) UNIX
3 5 (22.73%) Linux
4 4 (18.18%) AIX
4 4 (18.18%) Windows 7
5 3 (13.64%) Windows Vista
5 3 (13.64%) Windows XP
5 3 (13.64%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (4.545%) Windows 2000 Server
6 1 (4.545%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (22.73%) Capacity Management
2 2 (9.091%) Service Delivery
2 2 (9.091%) Systems Analysis
2 2 (9.091%) Incident Management
2 2 (9.091%) Data Modelling
2 2 (9.091%) ERP
2 2 (9.091%) ITIL
2 2 (9.091%) Problem Management
2 2 (9.091%) Release Management
2 2 (9.091%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (9.091%) Data Architecture
2 2 (9.091%) Change Control
3 1 (4.545%) Network Management
3 1 (4.545%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (4.545%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (4.545%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) SQL
2 3 (13.64%) JavaScript
3 2 (9.091%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
1 4 (18.18%) Degree
2 2 (9.091%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (4.545%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (40.91%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (18.18%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.545%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (9.091%) SCOM
Vendors
1 14 (63.64%) Microsoft
2 8 (36.36%) Cisco
3 6 (27.27%) NetApp
3 6 (27.27%) Juniper
3 6 (27.27%) Oracle
3 6 (27.27%) SAP
3 6 (27.27%) VMware
3 6 (27.27%) Aruba
4 5 (22.73%) IBM
5 2 (9.091%) Google
5 2 (9.091%) Apple
5 2 (9.091%) Hyperion
5 2 (9.091%) Draytek
5 2 (9.091%) Kaseya
5 2 (9.091%) NETGEAR
6 1 (4.545%) Dell
Manchester, Lancashire
Skills: Legacy Systems, Subject matter expert, Change Management, Stakeholder Management, Unisys, Cobol, Mainframe. My client is looking for a legacy systems professional to support the maintenance and integrity...
Sanderson
Salary: £40000 - £44000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013