The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Rickmansworth region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Support in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Rickmansworth region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Support
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support 14 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rickmansworth 10.37% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 11.02% - -
Number of salaries quoted 12 0 0
Average salary £30,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £30,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year
+1.66% +3.44%
All Job Titles
Rickmansworth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
127 61 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rickmansworth 94.07% 95.31% 96.55%
Number of salaries quoted 112 40 26
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £37,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Support
Hertfordshire

Technical Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Rickmansworth Technical Support Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Support
Salary Trend

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

Rickmansworth Technical Support Salary Trend

Technical Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Rickmansworth region that cited 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 Technical Support in their job title.

1 15 (88.24%) TCP/IP
2 13 (76.47%) LAN
2 13 (76.47%) Microsoft
2 13 (76.47%) Windows
2 13 (76.47%) Citrix
2 13 (76.47%) Network Management
3 11 (64.71%) Windows Server 2008
3 11 (64.71%) Windows Server 2003
3 11 (64.71%) Legal
3 11 (64.71%) MS Excel
4 8 (47.06%) Finance
4 8 (47.06%) Cisco
5 7 (41.18%) MS Office
5 7 (41.18%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (41.18%) VMware
5 7 (41.18%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (11.76%) Service Management
7 2 (11.76%) HP
7 2 (11.76%) BASE24
7 2 (11.76%) Middleware
7 2 (11.76%) Java
7 2 (11.76%) Oracle
7 2 (11.76%) WebLogic
7 2 (11.76%) ITIL
7 2 (11.76%) Solaris
7 2 (11.76%) SLA
7 2 (11.76%) Oracle 10g
7 2 (11.76%) Oracle 11g
7 2 (11.76%) ServiceCenter

Technical Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Rickmansworth region that cited 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 Technical Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (11.76%) Middleware
2 1 (5.882%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) WebLogic
2 1 (5.882%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 11 (64.71%) MS Excel
2 7 (41.18%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 15 (88.24%) TCP/IP
2 13 (76.47%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle 10g
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle 11g
General
1 11 (64.71%) Legal
2 8 (47.06%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 13 (76.47%) Windows
2 11 (64.71%) Windows Server 2008
2 11 (64.71%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (11.76%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Network Management
2 2 (11.76%) Service Management
2 2 (11.76%) ITIL
2 2 (11.76%) Performance Improvement
2 2 (11.76%) Capacity Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Cisco Certification
2 6 (35.29%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.882%) CCNA
3 1 (5.882%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (41.18%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.882%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 13 (76.47%) Microsoft
1 13 (76.47%) Citrix
2 8 (47.06%) Cisco
3 7 (41.18%) VMware
4 2 (11.76%) HP
4 2 (11.76%) Oracle