The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Northern Ireland region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 36 34 18
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 6 8 22
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 2.335% 3.200% 9.402%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.715% 3.670% 9.778%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 2
Average salary £32,500 £26,750 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+21.49% -23.57%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
221 218 225
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 85.99% 87.20% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 138 116 92
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £21,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Engineer
UK

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Northern Ireland Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 23 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
County Antrim -4 3 £32,500 +54.76%
County Londonderry - 3 - -
Support Engineer
UK

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland region that cited 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 Support Engineer in their job title.

1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 9 (56.25%) Windows
3 8 (50.00%) C#
3 8 (50.00%) .NET
3 8 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 8 (50.00%) .NET Framework
3 8 (50.00%) Security Cleared
4 7 (43.75%) SQL Server
4 7 (43.75%) SQL
5 6 (37.50%) SQL Server 2008
5 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
5 6 (37.50%) SQL Server 2005
6 5 (31.25%) Clustering
6 5 (31.25%) TCP/IP
6 5 (31.25%) BizTalk Server
7 4 (25.00%) Progress
8 3 (18.75%) AIX
8 3 (18.75%) HPUX
8 3 (18.75%) Solaris
8 3 (18.75%) Linux
8 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
8 3 (18.75%) MS Exchange
8 3 (18.75%) Terminal Services
8 3 (18.75%) VMware
8 3 (18.75%) UNIX
8 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
8 3 (18.75%) HP
8 3 (18.75%) Citrix
8 3 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2000
8 3 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2003

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland region that cited 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 Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (50.00%) .NET
1 8 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 8 (50.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (6.250%) COM
2 1 (6.250%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 5 (31.25%) BizTalk Server
2 3 (18.75%) MS Exchange
2 3 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2000
2 3 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2003
2 3 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (18.75%) Exchange Server 2007
3 2 (12.50%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (31.25%) TCP/IP
2 2 (12.50%) Cisco IPT
2 2 (12.50%) SAN
2 2 (12.50%) VoIP
3 1 (6.250%) DHCP
3 1 (6.250%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (43.75%) SQL Server
2 6 (37.50%) SQL Server 2008
2 6 (37.50%) SQL Server 2005
Miscellaneous
1 5 (31.25%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 9 (56.25%) Windows
2 3 (18.75%) AIX
2 3 (18.75%) HPUX
2 3 (18.75%) Solaris
2 3 (18.75%) Linux
2 3 (18.75%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (12.50%) Problem Management
1 2 (12.50%) Network Management
2 1 (6.250%) ITIL
2 1 (6.250%) Service Delivery
2 1 (6.250%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (50.00%) C#
2 7 (43.75%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
3 2 (12.50%) CCVP
3 2 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (12.50%) CCNA
4 1 (6.250%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Terminal Services
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (12.50%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (6.250%) SCOM
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) Progress
3 3 (18.75%) VMware
3 3 (18.75%) HP
3 3 (18.75%) Citrix
4 2 (12.50%) Red Hat
4 2 (12.50%) Cisco
Londonderry, County Londonderry
Skills: Windows Server Operating System Experience, Active Directory, TCP/IP and excellent written/verbal communication skills. Desirable: MS Exchange 2000/2003/2007/2010, Citrix Terminal Services, VMWare, Scripting...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: Negotiable on Application
Posted: 21 May 2013