The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Technician role in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Technician
Rank 138 131 -
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 1 1 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 0.045% 0.043% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.045% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
Average salary £18,144 £25,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.84% -
UK excluding London average salary £23,000 £22,750 £22,270
% change year-on-year
+1.09% +2.15%
All Job Titles
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2123 2212 1809
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 94.95% 94.05% 94.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1727 1875 1487
Average salary £40,000 £43,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.97% +7.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Support Technician
Berkshire

Support Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Support Technician Jobs Demand Trend

Support Technician
Salary Trend

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

Reading Support Technician Salary Trend

Support Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited Support Technician 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 Technician in their job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (60.00%) Windows
3 2 (40.00%) Cisco
3 2 (40.00%) MS Office
3 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
4 1 (20.00%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (20.00%) Degree
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Vista
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
4 1 (20.00%) Junos
4 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
4 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
4 1 (20.00%) LAN
4 1 (20.00%) DHCP
4 1 (20.00%) HTTP
4 1 (20.00%) VPN
4 1 (20.00%) DNS
4 1 (20.00%) HP
4 1 (20.00%) Dell
4 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (20.00%) McAfee
4 1 (20.00%) UNIX
4 1 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
4 1 (20.00%) .NET
4 1 (20.00%) Linux

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited Support Technician 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 Technician in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (20.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Office
1 2 (40.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics NAV
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Junos
1 1 (20.00%) LAN
1 1 (20.00%) DHCP
1 1 (20.00%) HTTP
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
1 1 (20.00%) DNS
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Vista
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (20.00%) Windows 7
2 1 (20.00%) Windows XP
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (20.00%) UNIX
2 1 (20.00%) Linux
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
1 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) HP
3 1 (20.00%) Dell
3 1 (20.00%) McAfee
Reading, Berkshire
The 1st Line Support / Junior Support Technician will be responsible for supporting a mix of customers and internal clients, providing support within Windows 7, Outlook 2010, and Office...
TEKsystems
Salary: £8.00 - £12.00 per hour
Posted: 17 June 2013