The first table below looks at the demand for the IT Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IT 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 Somerset region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Support
Rank 41 55 -
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 26 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 4.088% 1.068% -
As % of the Job Titles category 4.248% 1.087% -
Number of salaries quoted 21 4 0
Average salary £21,000 £23,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.69% -
UK excluding London average salary £24,000 £24,000 £24,000
All Job Titles
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
612 460 476
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 96.23% 98.29% 98.96%
Number of salaries quoted 553 444 442
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £52,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
IT Support
South West

IT Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset IT Support Jobs Demand Trend

IT Support
Salary Trend

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

Somerset IT Support Salary Trend

IT Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IT Support across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Somerset IT Support Salary Histogram

IT Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 22 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
Bath +9 18 £21,500 +4.87%
Taunton - 5 - -
Frome - 3 £21,000 -
IT Support
South West

IT Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 32 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 30 (75.00%) Windows
3 19 (47.50%) Firewall
4 16 (40.00%) ITIL
5 14 (35.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (32.50%) MS Office
7 11 (27.50%) MCITP
7 11 (27.50%) MCSE
8 9 (22.50%) C
8 9 (22.50%) Active Directory
9 8 (20.00%) Windows XP
9 8 (20.00%) Linux
9 8 (20.00%) MCSA
9 8 (20.00%) WSUS
9 8 (20.00%) Windows 7
10 7 (17.50%) Backup Exec
10 7 (17.50%) WAN
10 7 (17.50%) MCP
11 6 (15.00%) MS Excel
11 6 (15.00%) Citrix
11 6 (15.00%) VMware
11 6 (15.00%) Windows Server 2008
11 6 (15.00%) Hyper-V
12 5 (12.50%) Veeam
12 5 (12.50%) Network Security
12 5 (12.50%) PowerShell
12 5 (12.50%) vSphere
12 5 (12.50%) Wireless
12 5 (12.50%) MCTS
12 5 (12.50%) WatchGuard

IT Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 5 (12.50%) MS Exchange
2 2 (5.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (32.50%) MS Office
2 6 (15.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (7.500%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (47.50%) Firewall
2 7 (17.50%) WAN
3 5 (12.50%) Network Security
3 5 (12.50%) Wireless
3 5 (12.50%) SAN
4 3 (7.500%) SMTP
4 3 (7.500%) DHCP
4 3 (7.500%) TCP/IP
4 3 (7.500%) VPN
4 3 (7.500%) DNS
5 2 (5.000%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.000%) DTS
1 2 (5.000%) SQL Server
1 2 (5.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (5.000%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 2 (5.000%) Finance
2 1 (2.500%) Advertising
2 1 (2.500%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.00%) Blackberry
2 2 (5.000%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 30 (75.00%) Windows
2 8 (20.00%) Windows XP
2 8 (20.00%) Linux
2 8 (20.00%) Windows 7
3 6 (15.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 5 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (7.500%) Windows 8
5 3 (7.500%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (40.00%) ITIL
2 5 (12.50%) Systems Analysis
3 2 (5.000%) Workflow
3 2 (5.000%) ITSM
3 2 (5.000%) Service Management
3 2 (5.000%) Service Delivery
3 2 (5.000%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 9 (22.50%) C
2 5 (12.50%) PowerShell
2 5 (12.50%) VBScript
3 2 (5.000%) SQL
3 2 (5.000%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (35.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 11 (27.50%) MCITP
2 11 (27.50%) MCSE
3 8 (20.00%) MCSA
4 7 (17.50%) MCP
5 5 (12.50%) MCTS
6 4 (10.00%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (7.500%) MCDST
8 2 (5.000%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (5.000%) CCNA
8 2 (5.000%) MCPD
8 2 (5.000%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (22.50%) Active Directory
2 6 (15.00%) Hyper-V
3 5 (12.50%) vSphere
4 1 (2.500%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (2.500%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 8 (20.00%) WSUS
2 7 (17.50%) Backup Exec
3 5 (12.50%) Norton AntiVirus
4 3 (7.500%) SCCM
Vendors
1 32 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 6 (15.00%) Citrix
2 6 (15.00%) VMware
3 5 (12.50%) Veeam
3 5 (12.50%) WatchGuard
3 5 (12.50%) Sage
3 5 (12.50%) Symantec
4 2 (5.000%) Avaya
4 2 (5.000%) Remedy
4 2 (5.000%) Cisco
Yeovil, Somerset
You should have experience of working within a Microsoft networked environment and you will ideally have experience of working with Citrix, Unix, telephone support, have the ability to...
networx
Salary: £22,332 rising to £23,503 after a 6 month probationary period
Posted: 21 May 2013