The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Preston 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 22 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 Preston region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Support
Rank 29 31 13
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -18
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 1 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 0.833% 0.787% 4.255%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.870% 0.909% 4.444%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
Average salary £23,500 £25,000 £20,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.00% +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £24,000 £24,000 £24,000
All Job Titles
Preston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
115 110 45
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 95.83% 86.61% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 107 102 35
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £26,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
IT Support
Lancashire

IT Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston IT Support Salary Trend

IT Support
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010

IT Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) MS Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (100.00%) Exchange Server 2010
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESX
1 1 (100.00%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
Preston, Lancashire
Key skills: 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd Line Support; MS Exchange, SQL, Active Directory... You will have technical knowledge and experience of MS Exchange, MS SQL, Active...
Dakota 6
Salary: From £20,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013