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The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Support role in IT jobs within the Reading 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 Systems Support in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Systems Support
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank122146
Rank change on same period last yearUp+24
Matching permanent IT job ads1615
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.599 %0.458 %
Salaries quoted1414
Average minimum salary£26,786£37,857
Average salary£30,286£39,107
% change on same period last year-22.55 %
Average maximum salary£33,786£40,357
UK excluding London average salary£28,981£30,087
% change on same period last year-3.67 %
Reading IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Reading
Matching permanent IT job ads26723274
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.560 %1.404 %
Salaries quoted22262663
Average minimum salary£37,108£39,013
Average salary£40,607£42,205
% change on same period last year-3.78 %
Average maximum salary£44,105£45,397
UK excluding London average salary£38,201£39,267
% change on same period last year-2.71 %
Systems Support BerkshireSystems Support
Berkshire

Systems Support
Demand Trend

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

Reading Systems Support Demand Trend

Systems Support
Salary Trend

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

Reading Systems Support Salary Trend

Systems Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Support across the Reading region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Reading Systems Support Salary Histogram

Systems Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited Systems 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 Systems Support in their job title.

110 (40.00 %)Microsoft
28 (32.00 %)UNIX
37 (28.00 %)Windows
37 (28.00 %)Linux
37 (28.00 %)TCP/IP
46 (24.00 %)SQL Server
46 (24.00 %)Active Directory
46 (24.00 %)MS Excel
55 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
55 (20.00 %)Fortran
55 (20.00 %)C
55 (20.00 %)C++
55 (20.00 %)SQL
55 (20.00 %)DNS
55 (20.00 %)Intranet
55 (20.00 %)Internet
55 (20.00 %)Firewall
64 (16.00 %)CheckPoint
64 (16.00 %)Sophos
64 (16.00 %)MIMEsweeper
64 (16.00 %)MS Office
73 (12.00 %)WebServices
73 (12.00 %)Compaq
73 (12.00 %)Dell
73 (12.00 %)VPN
73 (12.00 %)Degree
73 (12.00 %)Pensions
73 (12.00 %)Front Office
73 (12.00 %)Back Office
73 (12.00 %)Finance

Systems Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited Systems 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 Systems Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Reading IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (12.00 %)WebServices
21 (4.000 %)Middleware
21 (4.000 %).NET
Reading IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (20.00 %)MS Exchange
22 (8.000 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
22 (8.000 %)Exchange Server 2000
22 (8.000 %)Exchange Server 2003
22 (8.000 %)SharePoint
31 (4.000 %)IIS
31 (4.000 %)Apache
31 (4.000 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (4.000 %)Exchange Server 2007
Reading IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (24.00 %)MS Excel
24 (16.00 %)MS Office
Reading IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (28.00 %)TCP/IP
25 (20.00 %)DNS
25 (20.00 %)Intranet
25 (20.00 %)Internet
25 (20.00 %)Firewall
33 (12.00 %)VPN
42 (8.000 %)DHCP
51 (4.000 %)LDAP
51 (4.000 %)GSM
51 (4.000 %)SS7
51 (4.000 %)SAN
Reading IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (24.00 %)SQL Server
21 (4.000 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Reading IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (12.00 %)Finance
13 (12.00 %)Front Office
13 (12.00 %)Back Office
13 (12.00 %)Pensions
22 (8.000 %)Telecoms
31 (4.000 %)Education
31 (4.000 %)Law
31 (4.000 %)Retail
31 (4.000 %)Insurance
Reading IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (12.00 %)Mathematics
13 (12.00 %)Computer Science
22 (8.000 %)Blackberry
31 (4.000 %)EPoS
Reading IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (32.00 %)UNIX
27 (28.00 %)Windows
27 (28.00 %)Linux
32 (8.000 %)Windows 2000
32 (8.000 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (8.000 %)Solaris
41 (4.000 %)Debian
41 (4.000 %)Red Hat Linux
Reading IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (12.00 %)Security Cleared
22 (8.000 %)DV Cleared
22 (8.000 %)Disaster Recovery
22 (8.000 %)Web Development
22 (8.000 %)User Acceptance Testing
31 (4.000 %)Performance Testing
31 (4.000 %)System Testing
31 (4.000 %)SC Cleared
31 (4.000 %)OO
31 (4.000 %)OOD
31 (4.000 %)Benchmarking
31 (4.000 %)Service Delivery
Reading IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (20.00 %)C
15 (20.00 %)C++
15 (20.00 %)SQL
15 (20.00 %)Fortran
21 (4.000 %)Shell Script
21 (4.000 %)Korn
21 (4.000 %)VBA
21 (4.000 %)Java
21 (4.000 %)PL/SQL
Reading IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (12.00 %)Degree
22 (8.000 %)Postgraduate
31 (4.000 %)ACCA
31 (4.000 %)CIMA
31 (4.000 %)HND
Reading IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (12.00 %)QA
Reading IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (24.00 %)Active Directory
21 (4.000 %)NetBackup
Reading IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (16.00 %)MIMEsweeper
Reading IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (40.00 %)Microsoft
24 (16.00 %)CheckPoint
24 (16.00 %)Sophos
33 (12.00 %)Kaspersky
33 (12.00 %)Compaq
33 (12.00 %)Dell
42 (8.000 %)Avaya
42 (8.000 %)Cisco
42 (8.000 %)WatchGuard
51 (4.000 %)VMware
51 (4.000 %)Oracle
51 (4.000 %)Remedy
51 (4.000 %)Ericsson
51 (4.000 %)VERITAS
51 (4.000 %)Red Hat