The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Technician role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland 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 17 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Technician
Rank 143 148 153
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 14 6 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.447% 0.174% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.473% 0.184% 0.092%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 3
Average salary £26,000 £23,000 £19,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.04% +17.94%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.17%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2957 3263 3257
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.47% 94.88% 94.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1764 2393 2441
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Technician
UK

Support Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Support Technician Salary Trend

Support Technician
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Highlands - 10 £25,000 -
Aberdeen 0 2 £28,000 +21.73%
Edinburgh -1 1 £28,500 +35.71%
Glasgow -19 1 - -
Support Technician
UK

Support Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 23 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (78.26%) Active Directory
2 18 (78.26%) Windows Server 2003
2 18 (78.26%) Windows Server 2008
3 14 (60.87%) MS Exchange
4 8 (34.78%) VB
5 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
6 3 (13.04%) Windows XP
6 3 (13.04%) Windows 7
6 3 (13.04%) Degree
7 2 (8.696%) MCSE
7 2 (8.696%) Linux
7 2 (8.696%) MS Office
7 2 (8.696%) SLA
7 2 (8.696%) Advertising
7 2 (8.696%) VMware
8 1 (4.348%) Automotive
8 1 (4.348%) Backup Exec
8 1 (4.348%) Cisco
8 1 (4.348%) SQL
8 1 (4.348%) Symantec
8 1 (4.348%) Dell
8 1 (4.348%) Citrix
8 1 (4.348%) ITIL
8 1 (4.348%) Windows 2000
8 1 (4.348%) SQL Server
8 1 (4.348%) IIS
8 1 (4.348%) MS Project
8 1 (4.348%) CRM

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 Platforms
1 14 (60.87%) MS Exchange
2 1 (4.348%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (8.696%) MS Office
2 1 (4.348%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.348%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (4.348%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.348%) WAN
1 1 (4.348%) FTP
1 1 (4.348%) TCP/IP
1 1 (4.348%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.348%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (8.696%) Advertising
2 1 (4.348%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.348%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 23 (100.00%) Windows
2 18 (78.26%) Windows Server 2003
2 18 (78.26%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (13.04%) Windows 7
3 3 (13.04%) Windows XP
4 2 (8.696%) Linux
5 1 (4.348%) Windows 2000
5 1 (4.348%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (4.348%) ITIL
1 1 (4.348%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 8 (34.78%) VB
2 1 (4.348%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (13.04%) Degree
3 2 (8.696%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.696%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (78.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (4.348%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (4.348%) vSphere
2 1 (4.348%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (4.348%) Backup Exec
1 1 (4.348%) WSUS
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.696%) VMware
3 1 (4.348%) Cisco
3 1 (4.348%) Dell
3 1 (4.348%) Citrix
3 1 (4.348%) Symantec