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The table below looks at the demand for the 3rd Line Support role in IT jobs within the Oxfordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3rd Line Support in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Third Line Support
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank132109
Rank change on same period last yearDown-23
Matching permanent IT job ads1029
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.012 %
As % of the category below0.391 %1.018 %
Salaries quoted924
Average minimum salary£28,400£30,960
Average salary£31,750£33,040
% change on same period last year-3.90 %
Average maximum salary£35,100£35,120
UK excluding London average salary£32,817£33,038
% change on same period last year-0.67 %
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Oxfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads25602850
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.482 %1.226 %
Salaries quoted22452540
Average minimum salary£32,843£31,309
Average salary£35,987£34,544
% change on same period last year+4.17 %
Average maximum salary£39,131£37,779
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
3rd Line Support South East3rd Line Support
South East

3rd Line Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support across the Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Oxfordshire 3rd Line Support Demand Trend

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 3rd Line Support Salary Trend

3rd Line Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Oxfordshire 3rd Line Support Salary Histogram

3rd Line Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing 3rd Line Support within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
OxfordUp+58£35,000+12.60 %
AbingdonDown-83£24,167-34.68 %
3rd Line Support South East3rd Line Support
South East

3rd Line Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Support in their job title.

138 (63.33 %)Microsoft
236 (60.00 %)Active Directory
334 (56.67 %)Windows
429 (48.33 %)Windows Server 2003
525 (41.67 %)MS Exchange
525 (41.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
624 (40.00 %)Microsoft Certification
721 (35.00 %)Linux
820 (33.33 %)MCP
820 (33.33 %)MCSE
916 (26.67 %)ISA Server
916 (26.67 %)Pensions
1014 (23.33 %)Internet
1014 (23.33 %)Lotus
1014 (23.33 %)TCP/IP
1113 (21.67 %)MCSA
1113 (21.67 %)Novell
1212 (20.00 %)Citrix
1212 (20.00 %)ITIL
1311 (18.33 %)Lotus Domino
1311 (18.33 %)NetWare
1311 (18.33 %)SAN
1311 (18.33 %)Service Management
1410 (16.67 %)Firewall
1410 (16.67 %)MS Excel
1410 (16.67 %)SQL Server
159 (15.00 %)DNS
168 (13.33 %)IBM
168 (13.33 %)Tivoli
168 (13.33 %)Tivoli Storage Manager

3rd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire region that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (5.000 %).NET
13 (5.000 %)ASP.NET
13 (5.000 %)ASP.NET 2.0
21 (1.667 %)WSH
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
125 (41.67 %)MS Exchange
125 (41.67 %)Exchange Server 2003
211 (18.33 %)Lotus Domino
35 (8.333 %)Exchange Server 2007
35 (8.333 %)IIS
43 (5.000 %)Lotus Notes
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (16.67 %)MS Excel
23 (5.000 %)MS Office
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
114 (23.33 %)TCP/IP
114 (23.33 %)Internet
211 (18.33 %)SAN
310 (16.67 %)Firewall
49 (15.00 %)DNS
56 (10.00 %)LAN
56 (10.00 %)WAN
65 (8.333 %)VoIP
73 (5.000 %)VPN
73 (5.000 %)DHCP
73 (5.000 %)Ethernet
73 (5.000 %)SNMP
73 (5.000 %)Cisco IPT
82 (3.333 %)VLAN
91 (1.667 %)Cisco PIX
91 (1.667 %)IPCC
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (16.67 %)SQL Server
22 (3.333 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
31 (1.667 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (1.667 %)SQL Server 2000
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
116 (26.67 %)Pensions
25 (8.333 %)Back Office
34 (6.667 %)Health
43 (5.000 %)Manufacturing
43 (5.000 %)Education
52 (3.333 %)Retail
61 (1.667 %)Military
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (3.333 %)Clustering
21 (1.667 %)NHS
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
134 (56.67 %)Windows
229 (48.33 %)Windows Server 2003
321 (35.00 %)Linux
411 (18.33 %)NetWare
58 (13.33 %)UNIX
58 (13.33 %)AIX
65 (8.333 %)Windows 2000 Server
71 (1.667 %)Windows 2000
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (20.00 %)ITIL
211 (18.33 %)Service Management
34 (6.667 %)Service Delivery
43 (5.000 %)Disaster Recovery
43 (5.000 %)ITSM
43 (5.000 %)Incident Management
52 (3.333 %)Network Load Balancing
52 (3.333 %)E-business
61 (1.667 %)Fit Analysis
61 (1.667 %)Information Management
61 (1.667 %)Business Analysis
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (13.33 %)SQL
23 (5.000 %)C#
31 (1.667 %)VB
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
124 (40.00 %)Microsoft Certification
220 (33.33 %)MCP
220 (33.33 %)MCSE
313 (21.67 %)MCSA
43 (5.000 %)CCVP
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (11.67 %)SLA
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
136 (60.00 %)Active Directory
216 (26.67 %)ISA Server
35 (8.333 %)Citrix Presentation Server
42 (3.333 %)VMware ESX
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (13.33 %)Tivoli
18 (13.33 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
25 (8.333 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
32 (3.333 %)Norton AntiVirus
41 (1.667 %)Unicenter
41 (1.667 %)ARCserve
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
138 (63.33 %)Microsoft
214 (23.33 %)Lotus
313 (21.67 %)Novell
412 (20.00 %)Citrix
58 (13.33 %)HP
58 (13.33 %)IBM
66 (10.00 %)Cisco
75 (8.333 %)Compaq
75 (8.333 %)VMware
84 (6.667 %)VERITAS
93 (5.000 %)Oracle
102 (3.333 %)Kaspersky
102 (3.333 %)Symantec
102 (3.333 %)McAfee Security
102 (3.333 %)Sophos
102 (3.333 %)Websense
111 (1.667 %)CA