The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Support
Rank 85 97 76
Rank change year-on-year
+12 -21
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 39 5 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 2.098% 0.340% 1.819%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.229% 0.350% 1.899%
Number of salaries quoted 39 5 29
Average salary £24,000 £27,500 £25,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.72% +7.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £21,100 £19,000
10% offered a salary of more than £25,900 £30,000 £56,500
UK excluding London average salary £24,000 £24,000 £24,000
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1750 1430 1527
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 94.14% 97.35% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1521 1284 1375
Average salary £40,000 £39,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.26% -1.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,500 £56,105
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
IT Support
South East

IT Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire IT Support Jobs Demand Trend

IT Support
Salary Trend

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

Oxfordshire IT Support Salary Trend

IT Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IT Support across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Oxfordshire IT Support Salary Histogram

IT Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Oxfordshire 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
Abingdon - 12 £24,000 -
Oxford -8 9 £24,000 -20.00%
Wantage - 6 £22,500 -
Banbury - 3 £19,000 -
Bicester - 3 £19,000 -
Thame - 1 £26,000 -
IT Support
South East

IT Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 55 (72.37%) Windows
2 50 (65.79%) MS Office
3 47 (61.84%) Microsoft
4 42 (55.26%) Active Directory
5 35 (46.05%) Windows XP
6 33 (43.42%) MS Exchange
7 32 (42.11%) Blackberry
8 31 (40.79%) Cisco
9 30 (39.47%) VMware
10 28 (36.84%) Citrix
10 28 (36.84%) SQL
11 27 (35.53%) VMware Infrastructure
12 26 (34.21%) VoIP
12 26 (34.21%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 24 (31.58%) SAN
13 24 (31.58%) TCP/IP
14 23 (30.26%) Apple
15 20 (26.32%) WatchGuard
15 20 (26.32%) Cisco IOS
16 15 (19.74%) Windows Server 2008
17 14 (18.42%) SQL Server
18 12 (15.79%) IIS
18 12 (15.79%) VPN
18 12 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
18 12 (15.79%) Firewall
19 11 (14.47%) Windows 7
20 10 (13.16%) Windows Server 2003
20 10 (13.16%) LAN
21 9 (11.84%) DNS
21 9 (11.84%) MCSE

IT Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (1.316%) COM
1 1 (1.316%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 33 (43.42%) MS Exchange
2 26 (34.21%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 12 (15.79%) IIS
4 9 (11.84%) Exchange Server 2010
5 6 (7.895%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (1.316%) Apache
6 1 (1.316%) SharePoint
6 1 (1.316%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 50 (65.79%) MS Office
2 8 (10.53%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.316%) Google Apps
Communications & Networking
1 26 (34.21%) VoIP
2 24 (31.58%) SAN
2 24 (31.58%) TCP/IP
3 20 (26.32%) Cisco IOS
4 12 (15.79%) VPN
4 12 (15.79%) Firewall
5 10 (13.16%) LAN
6 9 (11.84%) DNS
7 8 (10.53%) DHCP
8 5 (6.579%) Internet
9 4 (5.263%) WAN
10 2 (2.632%) 3G
10 2 (2.632%) LDAP
11 1 (1.316%) HTTP
11 1 (1.316%) VLAN
11 1 (1.316%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (18.42%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.632%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (2.632%) MS Access
2 2 (2.632%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (1.316%) SQL Server 2008
3 1 (1.316%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 4 (5.263%) Oracle Forms
General
1 7 (9.211%) Manufacturing
2 6 (7.895%) Back Office
3 4 (5.263%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.632%) Finance
5 1 (1.316%) Multimedia
5 1 (1.316%) Automotive
5 1 (1.316%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 32 (42.11%) Blackberry
2 6 (7.895%) Smartphone
3 4 (5.263%) iPhone
4 2 (2.632%) Video Conferencing
4 2 (2.632%) iPad
5 1 (1.316%) EqualLogic
5 1 (1.316%) Replication
5 1 (1.316%) Clustering
5 1 (1.316%) Online Games
5 1 (1.316%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 55 (72.37%) Windows
2 35 (46.05%) Windows XP
3 15 (19.74%) Windows Server 2008
4 11 (14.47%) Windows 7
5 10 (13.16%) Windows Server 2003
6 7 (9.211%) Linux
6 7 (9.211%) Windows 8
7 6 (7.895%) Mac OS
8 3 (3.947%) Debian
8 3 (3.947%) Windows 2000 Server
8 3 (3.947%) Ubuntu
9 2 (2.632%) Mac OS X
10 1 (1.316%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (10.53%) Project Management
2 4 (5.263%) ITIL
2 4 (5.263%) Network Management
3 3 (3.947%) WAN Optimisation
3 3 (3.947%) Software Engineering
4 2 (2.632%) Network Load Balancing
4 2 (2.632%) Software Testing
4 2 (2.632%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (2.632%) ERP
4 2 (2.632%) Software Deployment
5 1 (1.316%) Business Process Improvement
5 1 (1.316%) E-Commerce
5 1 (1.316%) Configuration Management
5 1 (1.316%) Service Delivery
5 1 (1.316%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 28 (36.84%) SQL
2 2 (2.632%) VBA
3 1 (1.316%) T-SQL
3 1 (1.316%) C#
3 1 (1.316%) Java
3 1 (1.316%) PHP
Qualifications
1 12 (15.79%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (11.84%) MCSE
3 8 (10.53%) MCP
3 8 (10.53%) Cisco Certification
3 8 (10.53%) CCNA
4 6 (7.895%) MCITP
5 5 (6.579%) CCNP
5 5 (6.579%) Degree
5 5 (6.579%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 3 (3.947%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.316%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.316%) SLA
System Software
1 42 (55.26%) Active Directory
2 27 (35.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.316%) Terminal Services
3 1 (1.316%) NFS
3 1 (1.316%) Samba
Systems Management
1 6 (7.895%) Backup Exec
2 1 (1.316%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (1.316%) Unicenter
2 1 (1.316%) SCCM
Vendors
1 47 (61.84%) Microsoft
2 31 (40.79%) Cisco
3 30 (39.47%) VMware
4 28 (36.84%) Citrix
5 23 (30.26%) Apple
6 20 (26.32%) WatchGuard
7 6 (7.895%) HP
7 6 (7.895%) Sage
7 6 (7.895%) Symantec
8 4 (5.263%) Oracle
9 1 (1.316%) CA
9 1 (1.316%) Red Hat
9 1 (1.316%) Altiris
9 1 (1.316%) Google
9 1 (1.316%) LANDesk