The first table below looks at the demand for the 3rd Line Technical Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3rd Line Technical Support in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Reading region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Third Line Technical Support
Rank 130 126 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Technical Support 2 7 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.095% 0.310% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.100% 0.326% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 0
Average salary £30,000 £27,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -
UK excluding London average salary £31,000 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-11.42% +7.69%
All Job Titles
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1998 2150 1741
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 94.87% 95.17% 93.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1633 1856 1398
Average salary £42,500 £41,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65% -3.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
3rd Line Technical Support
Berkshire

3rd Line Technical Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading 3rd Line Technical Support Jobs Demand Trend

3rd Line Technical Support
Salary Trend

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

Reading 3rd Line Technical Support Salary Trend

3rd Line Technical Support
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited 3rd Line Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Exchange Server 2010
1 5 (71.43%) Exchange Server 2003
1 5 (71.43%) Software Packaging
1 5 (71.43%) Exchange Server 2007
1 5 (71.43%) SCCM
1 5 (71.43%) SCOM
1 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
1 5 (71.43%) VMware
1 5 (71.43%) Backup Exec
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) Windows XP
1 5 (71.43%) MS Exchange
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
1 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (71.43%) Symantec
1 5 (71.43%) Blackberry
2 2 (28.57%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) Java
2 2 (28.57%) PHP
2 2 (28.57%) .NET
2 2 (28.57%) Node.js
2 2 (28.57%) Big Data
2 2 (28.57%) Ruby

3rd Line Technical Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited 3rd Line Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (71.43%) Software Packaging
2 2 (28.57%) Node.js
2 2 (28.57%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 5 (71.43%) MS Exchange
1 5 (71.43%) Exchange Server 2003
1 5 (71.43%) Exchange Server 2007
1 5 (71.43%) Exchange Server 2010
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (71.43%) SQL Server
2 2 (28.57%) Big Data
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Windows
1 5 (71.43%) Windows XP
1 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2003
1 5 (71.43%) Windows Server 2008
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Java
1 2 (28.57%) PHP
1 2 (28.57%) Python
1 2 (28.57%) Ruby
System Software
1 5 (71.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (71.43%) Backup Exec
1 5 (71.43%) SCCM
1 5 (71.43%) SCOM
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Symantec
1 5 (71.43%) VMware