The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Support Engineer
Rank 69 107 107
Rank change year-on-year
+38 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support Engineer 66 25 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 3.043% 1.104% 0.743%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.201% 1.162% 0.792%
Number of salaries quoted 61 21 14
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +18.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £50,000 £33,900
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £35,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +16.66%
All Job Titles
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2062 2151 1768
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading 95.07% 95.01% 93.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1675 1848 1424
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £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%
Technical Support Engineer
Berkshire

Technical Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Reading Technical Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Reading Technical Support Engineer Salary Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Support Engineer across the Reading region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Reading Technical Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Technical Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited Technical Support Engineer 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 Technical Support Engineer in their job title.

1 107 (78.68%) Windows
2 85 (62.50%) Clustering
3 81 (59.56%) SAN
4 56 (41.18%) Linux
5 52 (38.24%) Active Directory
5 52 (38.24%) German Language
6 46 (33.82%) VMware
6 46 (33.82%) UNIX
7 43 (31.62%) Oracle
8 37 (27.21%) SQL
9 30 (22.06%) French Language
10 29 (21.32%) Lotus Domino
10 29 (21.32%) SharePoint
11 23 (16.91%) Data Protection
12 20 (14.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 20 (14.71%) Red Hat
13 15 (11.03%) Veritas
13 15 (11.03%) Sun
14 14 (10.29%) Microsoft
14 14 (10.29%) EMC
14 14 (10.29%) Hitachi
14 14 (10.29%) AIX
14 14 (10.29%) HPUX
14 14 (10.29%) Solaris
14 14 (10.29%) C
14 14 (10.29%) Sybase
14 14 (10.29%) DB2
14 14 (10.29%) Shell Script
14 14 (10.29%) SUSE
14 14 (10.29%) Replication

Technical Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Reading region that cited Technical Support Engineer 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 Technical Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (2.941%) Software Packaging
2 3 (2.206%) .NET
2 3 (2.206%) Node.js
3 2 (1.471%) HTML
3 2 (1.471%) CSS
3 2 (1.471%) XML
4 1 (0.735%) Web Services
4 1 (0.735%) COM
Application Platforms
1 29 (21.32%) Lotus Domino
1 29 (21.32%) SharePoint
2 9 (6.618%) MS Exchange
3 8 (5.882%) Apache
4 7 (5.147%) IIS
4 7 (5.147%) Exchange Server 2007
5 6 (4.412%) Exchange Server 2010
6 5 (3.676%) Exchange Server 2003
7 2 (1.471%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
8 1 (0.735%) Oracle Collaboration Suite
8 1 (0.735%) Lync
8 1 (0.735%) Exchange Server 2000
Applications
1 5 (3.676%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 81 (59.56%) SAN
2 6 (4.412%) DNS
2 6 (4.412%) Firewall
3 5 (3.676%) DHCP
4 4 (2.941%) VLAN
4 4 (2.941%) LAN
4 4 (2.941%) TCP/IP
5 3 (2.206%) 802.11
5 3 (2.206%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.206%) Wireless
5 3 (2.206%) VPN
5 3 (2.206%) SMTP
5 3 (2.206%) Network Security
5 3 (2.206%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (1.471%) IMAP
6 2 (1.471%) POP3
7 1 (0.735%) SS7
7 1 (0.735%) INAP
7 1 (0.735%) MPLS
7 1 (0.735%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (10.29%) DB2
2 7 (5.147%) SQL Server
3 4 (2.941%) MySQL
4 3 (2.206%) Big Data
5 1 (0.735%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (0.735%) NonStop SQL
General
1 52 (38.24%) German Language
2 30 (22.06%) French Language
3 9 (6.618%) Banking
3 9 (6.618%) Russian Language
3 9 (6.618%) Spanish Language
4 3 (2.206%) Italian Language
5 2 (1.471%) Advertising
5 2 (1.471%) Retail
6 1 (0.735%) Billing
6 1 (0.735%) Games
6 1 (0.735%) Back Office
6 1 (0.735%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.735%) Finance
6 1 (0.735%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 85 (62.50%) Clustering
2 14 (10.29%) Replication
3 6 (4.412%) Blackberry
4 5 (3.676%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.941%) Computer Science
6 2 (1.471%) iPhone
6 2 (1.471%) SaaS
7 1 (0.735%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 107 (78.68%) Windows
2 56 (41.18%) Linux
3 46 (33.82%) UNIX
4 20 (14.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 14 (10.29%) AIX
5 14 (10.29%) HPUX
5 14 (10.29%) Solaris
5 14 (10.29%) SUSE
6 10 (7.353%) Windows Server 2008
6 10 (7.353%) Windows Server 2003
7 4 (2.941%) Windows XP
8 3 (2.206%) Windows 8
8 3 (2.206%) CentOS
9 2 (1.471%) Android
9 2 (1.471%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.735%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (16.91%) Data Protection
2 2 (1.471%) Web Development
2 2 (1.471%) E-Commerce
2 2 (1.471%) Migration
2 2 (1.471%) Service Delivery
3 1 (0.735%) Project Management
3 1 (0.735%) Software Engineering
3 1 (0.735%) ITIL
3 1 (0.735%) Product Management
3 1 (0.735%) Software Deployment
3 1 (0.735%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 37 (27.21%) SQL
2 14 (10.29%) C
2 14 (10.29%) Shell Script
3 5 (3.676%) Java
4 3 (2.206%) Python
4 3 (2.206%) PHP
4 3 (2.206%) Ruby
5 2 (1.471%) Bash shell
5 2 (1.471%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.735%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 7 (5.147%) Degree
2 5 (3.676%) CCNP
2 5 (3.676%) CCNA
2 5 (3.676%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (1.471%) MCSE
3 2 (1.471%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.471%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 1 (0.735%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.147%) SLA
System Software
1 52 (38.24%) Active Directory
2 14 (10.29%) Veritas Cluster Server
3 5 (3.676%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.941%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.735%) ISA Server
5 1 (0.735%) XenApp
5 1 (0.735%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 5 (3.676%) NetBackup
1 5 (3.676%) Backup Exec
2 4 (2.941%) SCCM
2 4 (2.941%) SCOM
3 1 (0.735%) Cisco IPCC
3 1 (0.735%) Plesk
3 1 (0.735%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 46 (33.82%) VMware
2 43 (31.62%) Oracle
3 20 (14.71%) Red Hat
4 15 (11.03%) Veritas
4 15 (11.03%) Sun
5 14 (10.29%) Microsoft
5 14 (10.29%) EMC
5 14 (10.29%) Hitachi
5 14 (10.29%) Sybase
6 9 (6.618%) HP
7 6 (4.412%) Cisco
7 6 (4.412%) Symantec
8 3 (2.206%) CheckPoint
8 3 (2.206%) Twitter
8 3 (2.206%) F5
9 1 (0.735%) Avaya
9 1 (0.735%) NetApp
9 1 (0.735%) Dell
9 1 (0.735%) Citrix
9 1 (0.735%) IBM
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