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This section looks at the demand for the Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTechnical Support
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank51106
Rank change on same period last yearUp+55
Matching permanent IT job ads11529
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.056 %0.013 %
As % of the category below3.992 %0.960 %
Salaries quoted10521
Average minimum salary£31,543£30,333
Average salary£33,874£33,595
% change on same period last year+0.82 %
Average maximum salary£36,205£36,857
UK excluding London average salary£30,901£27,314
% change on same period last year+13.13 %
Job Titles ReadingJob Titles
Reading
Matching permanent IT job ads28813022
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.413 %1.338 %
Salaries quoted24062321
Average minimum salary£37,519£38,365
Average salary£41,057£41,109
% change on same period last year-0.12 %
Average maximum salary£44,595£43,854
UK excluding London average salary£38,585£39,157
% change on same period last year-1.46 %
Technical Support BerkshireTechnical Support
Berkshire

Technical Support
Demand Trend

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

Reading Technical Support Demand Trend

Technical Support
Salary Trend

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

Reading Technical Support Salary Trend

Technical Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Support across the Reading region over the past 3 months.

Reading Technical Support Salary Histogram

Technical Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Reading region citing Technical Support also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Technical Support.

187 (37.99 %)Windows
268 (29.69 %)Unix
268 (29.69 %)Microsoft
364 (27.95 %)Windows NT
456 (24.45 %)Linux
555 (24.02 %)Oracle
654 (23.58 %)SQL
747 (20.52 %)WAN
844 (19.21 %)MS Exchange
943 (18.78 %)Active Directory
1042 (18.34 %)Telecoms
1141 (17.90 %)TCP/IP
1240 (17.47 %)Firewall
1339 (17.03 %)Solaris
1437 (16.16 %)LAN
1535 (15.28 %)Sun
1535 (15.28 %)Red Hat
1634 (14.85 %)Tivoli
1733 (14.41 %)Microsoft Certification
1733 (14.41 %)CA
1733 (14.41 %)VoIP
1832 (13.97 %)SUSE
1931 (13.54 %)IP Telephony
1931 (13.54 %)French Language
1931 (13.54 %)SAN
1931 (13.54 %)ISDN
1931 (13.54 %)AIX
1931 (13.54 %)HPUX
2030 (13.10 %)MS Excel
2030 (13.10 %)Lotus

Technical Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Reading region citing Technical Support also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Technical Support. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
14 (1.747 %)ASP
22 (0.873 %)Servlets
22 (0.873 %)XML
22 (0.873 %)J2ME
22 (0.873 %)WebSphere
31 (0.437 %)HTML
Application Platforms
144 (19.21 %)MS Exchange
229 (12.66 %)Lotus Notes
323 (10.04 %)Exchange Server 2003
422 (9.607 %)Exchange Server 5.5
422 (9.607 %)Exchange Server 2000
56 (2.620 %)IIS
65 (2.183 %)JBoss
65 (2.183 %)Lotus Domino
65 (2.183 %)Tomcat
74 (1.747 %)SharePoint
74 (1.747 %)Apache
82 (0.873 %)BizTalk Server
91 (0.437 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
91 (0.437 %)Exchange Server 2007
91 (0.437 %)WebLogic
Applications
130 (13.10 %)MS Excel
29 (3.930 %)MS Office
32 (0.873 %)MS Visio
Business Applications
118 (7.860 %)Oracle BRM
24 (1.747 %)GoldMine
32 (0.873 %)SageBI
41 (0.437 %)Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
147 (20.52 %)WAN
241 (17.90 %)TCP/IP
340 (17.47 %)Firewall
437 (16.16 %)LAN
533 (14.41 %)VoIP
631 (13.54 %)ISDN
631 (13.54 %)SAN
631 (13.54 %)IP Telephony
718 (7.860 %)IPX
718 (7.860 %)IPX/SPX
815 (6.550 %)VPN
815 (6.550 %)DNS
911 (4.803 %)Network Security
109 (3.930 %)DHCP
117 (3.057 %)SMTP
125 (2.183 %)Internet
134 (1.747 %)LDAP
142 (0.873 %)Intrusion Detection
151 (0.437 %)VLAN
151 (0.437 %)Cisco PIX
Database & Business Intelligence
122 (9.607 %)SQL Server
210 (4.367 %)RDBMS
37 (3.057 %)Informix
43 (1.310 %)Oracle 9i
43 (1.310 %)Oracle 10g
43 (1.310 %)Oracle 11g
52 (0.873 %)MySQL
52 (0.873 %)SQL Server 2000
52 (0.873 %)SQL Server 2005
52 (0.873 %)Datawarehouse
Development Applications
12 (0.873 %)Ant
12 (0.873 %)Visual Studio
12 (0.873 %)PVCS
12 (0.873 %)Eclipse
General
142 (18.34 %)Telecoms
221 (9.170 %)Education
318 (7.860 %)Billing
44 (1.747 %)Finance
53 (1.310 %)Health
53 (1.310 %)Pensions
53 (1.310 %)Pharmaceutical
62 (0.873 %)Auditing
62 (0.873 %)Construction
Miscellaneous
131 (13.54 %)French Language
230 (13.10 %)German Language
319 (8.297 %)Computer Science
418 (7.860 %)Client/Server
418 (7.860 %)Italian Language
418 (7.860 %)Spanish Language
517 (7.424 %)Portuguese Language
611 (4.803 %)Clustering
77 (3.057 %)HACMP
82 (0.873 %)Mainframe
82 (0.873 %)Handset
91 (0.437 %)Blackberry
91 (0.437 %)Thin Client
91 (0.437 %)Fat Client
Operating Systems
187 (37.99 %)Windows
268 (29.69 %)Unix
364 (27.95 %)Windows NT
456 (24.45 %)Linux
539 (17.03 %)Solaris
632 (13.97 %)SUSE
731 (13.54 %)AIX
731 (13.54 %)HPUX
815 (6.550 %)Windows 2000
96 (2.620 %)Windows XP
104 (1.747 %)Windows Server 2003
112 (0.873 %)Windows Vista
112 (0.873 %)Mac OS X
121 (0.437 %)IRIX
Processes & Methodologies
111 (4.803 %)Validation
29 (3.930 %)CRM
37 (3.057 %)Project Management
46 (2.620 %)Service Management
46 (2.620 %)Project Planning
54 (1.747 %)ITIL
63 (1.310 %)Information Security
63 (1.310 %)Disaster Recovery
72 (0.873 %)Process Management
72 (0.873 %)Business Intelligence
72 (0.873 %)Configuration Management
72 (0.873 %)DRM
72 (0.873 %)Vulnerability Assessment
72 (0.873 %)Penetration Testing
72 (0.873 %)ITSM
72 (0.873 %)Migration
81 (0.437 %)Data Management
81 (0.437 %)E-business
81 (0.437 %)Web Development
81 (0.437 %)System Testing
Programming Languages
154 (23.58 %)SQL
225 (10.92 %)C
322 (9.607 %)Java
420 (8.734 %)C++
510 (4.367 %)Perl
67 (3.057 %)AWK
74 (1.747 %)Shell Script
82 (0.873 %)JavaScript
91 (0.437 %)PL/SQL
91 (0.437 %)VB
Qualifications
133 (14.41 %)Microsoft Certification
228 (12.23 %)MCSE
320 (8.734 %)Degree
418 (7.860 %)Cisco Certification
517 (7.424 %)CCNA
67 (3.057 %)MCP
76 (2.620 %)MCSA
83 (1.310 %)RHCE
92 (0.873 %)Network+ Certification
101 (0.437 %)Sun Certification
101 (0.437 %)CNA
101 (0.437 %)Novell Certification
101 (0.437 %)CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
125 (10.92 %)SLA
24 (1.747 %)ISO9001
System Software
143 (18.78 %)Active Directory
27 (3.057 %)NetBackup
32 (0.873 %)ISA Server
41 (0.437 %)Squid
41 (0.437 %)NDS
Systems Management
134 (14.85 %)Tivoli
220 (8.734 %)OpenView
313 (5.677 %)Unicenter
313 (5.677 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
48 (3.493 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
57 (3.057 %)EMC NetWorker
Vendors
168 (29.69 %)Microsoft
255 (24.02 %)Oracle
335 (15.28 %)Sun
335 (15.28 %)Red Hat
433 (14.41 %)CA
530 (13.10 %)Lotus
629 (12.66 %)HP
728 (12.23 %)IBM
822 (9.607 %)Cisco
920 (8.734 %)EMC
1013 (5.677 %)Novadigm
1013 (5.677 %)Altiris
1013 (5.677 %)LANDesk
1111 (4.803 %)Novell
129 (3.930 %)CheckPoint
129 (3.930 %)Intel
129 (3.930 %)Citrix
138 (3.493 %)VERITAS
147 (3.057 %)Remedy
156 (2.620 %)Sophos
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