The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 41 54 32
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 24 3 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 3.797% 0.668% 4.863%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.941% 0.680% 4.915%
Number of salaries quoted 19 3 23
Average salary £21,500 £37,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-42.66% +19.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,600 £25,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £28,200 £37,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
609 441 468
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 96.36% 98.22% 98.94%
Number of salaries quoted 547 426 437
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 £52,250
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Engineer
South West

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Somerset Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Somerset Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 20 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 +5 12 £21,500 -42.66%
Taunton - 5 - -
Frome - 3 £21,000 -
Bridgwater - 1 £40,000 -
Support Engineer
South West

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset region that cited 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 Support Engineer in their job title.

1 31 (88.57%) Windows
2 25 (71.43%) Microsoft
3 15 (42.86%) Firewall
4 13 (37.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (31.43%) Cisco
6 10 (28.57%) Active Directory
6 10 (28.57%) MS Office
6 10 (28.57%) MCSE
6 10 (28.57%) Windows XP
6 10 (28.57%) Windows 7
7 9 (25.71%) Linux
7 9 (25.71%) TCP/IP
8 8 (22.86%) MCP
9 7 (20.00%) ITIL
9 7 (20.00%) C
9 7 (20.00%) MS Excel
9 7 (20.00%) MCDST
10 6 (17.14%) Windows Server 2008
10 6 (17.14%) DHCP
10 6 (17.14%) DNS
10 6 (17.14%) Blackberry
11 5 (14.29%) Wireless
11 5 (14.29%) Telecoms
11 5 (14.29%) VPN
11 5 (14.29%) Sage
11 5 (14.29%) WAN
11 5 (14.29%) MCITP
12 4 (11.43%) VoIP
12 4 (11.43%) HNC
12 4 (11.43%) HND

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
1 2 (5.714%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.857%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 10 (28.57%) MS Office
2 7 (20.00%) MS Excel
3 3 (8.571%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (42.86%) Firewall
2 9 (25.71%) TCP/IP
3 6 (17.14%) DHCP
3 6 (17.14%) DNS
4 5 (14.29%) Wireless
4 5 (14.29%) VPN
4 5 (14.29%) WAN
5 4 (11.43%) VoIP
6 3 (8.571%) SMTP
6 3 (8.571%) H.323
6 3 (8.571%) SAN
7 1 (2.857%) MPLS
7 1 (2.857%) DSL
7 1 (2.857%) LAN
7 1 (2.857%) Ethernet
General
1 5 (14.29%) Telecoms
2 4 (11.43%) Manufacturing
2 4 (11.43%) Back Office
3 1 (2.857%) French Language
3 1 (2.857%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.14%) Blackberry
2 3 (8.571%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 31 (88.57%) Windows
2 10 (28.57%) Windows XP
2 10 (28.57%) Windows 7
3 9 (25.71%) Linux
4 6 (17.14%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (11.43%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (8.571%) Windows 8
6 3 (8.571%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.00%) ITIL
2 3 (8.571%) Fault Management
3 1 (2.857%) Supplier Management
3 1 (2.857%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.00%) C
Qualifications
1 13 (37.14%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (28.57%) MCSE
3 8 (22.86%) MCP
4 7 (20.00%) MCDST
5 5 (14.29%) MCITP
6 4 (11.43%) HNC
6 4 (11.43%) HND
7 3 (8.571%) MCSA
7 3 (8.571%) MCTS
8 2 (5.714%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (5.714%) CCNP
8 2 (5.714%) CCNA
9 1 (2.857%) CCDP
9 1 (2.857%) CCIP
9 1 (2.857%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.857%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (5.714%) Terminal Services
2 2 (5.714%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (5.714%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (8.571%) WSUS
1 3 (8.571%) SCCM
Vendors
1 25 (71.43%) Microsoft
2 11 (31.43%) Cisco
3 5 (14.29%) Sage
4 4 (11.43%) VMware
4 4 (11.43%) Citrix
5 3 (8.571%) Polycom
5 3 (8.571%) Tandberg
5 3 (8.571%) Remedy
6 2 (5.714%) Oracle
7 1 (2.857%) McAfee
Bath, Avon
Roc Search, Servicedesk, 2nd Line Support, Desktop Engineer, Windows, Windows7, PC, Build, Laptop, Permanent, up to £23k, plus flexible Benefits, Bath) Roc Search are currently looking to recruit...
Roc Search
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bath, South West
The successful candidate will have experience of Windows, Microsoft Exchange and Networking related projects. You will be an important aspect of a proficient team who are very talented...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bath, South West
The successful Application Support Engineer will have 3 years commercial experience within application support, along with a strong technical expertise of SQL based technologies including T-SQL, SQL...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Annual Bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Somerset, South West
Qualifications/Requirements HNC/Degree Qualified in Electrical or Electronic Engineering Electronic / Electrical testing and assembly experience in manufacturing environment, preferably high technology, high reliability, low volume environment This...
Computer Futures
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + ASAP
Posted: 17 May 2013
Wells, South West
Qualifications/Requirements HNC/Degree Qualified in Electrical or Electronic Engineering Electronic / Electrical testing and assembly experience in manufacturing environment, preferably high technology, high reliability, low volume environment This...
Computer Futures
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Wells, South West
Qualifications/Requirements HNC/Degree Qualified in Electrical or Electronic Engineering Electronic / Electrical testing and assembly experience in manufacturing environment, preferably high technology, high reliability, low volume environment This...
Computer Futures
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Pension, Bonus, Commission
Posted: 17 May 2013
Wells, South West
Qualifications/Requirements HNC/Degree Qualified in Electrical or Electronic Engineering Electronic / Electrical testing and assembly experience in manufacturing environment, preferably high technology, high reliability, low volume environment This...
Computer Futures
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Pension, Bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Somerset, South West
Qualifications/Requirements HNC/Degree Qualified in Electrical or Electronic Engineering Electronic / Electrical testing and assembly experience in manufacturing environment, preferably high technology, high reliability, low volume environment This...
Computer Futures
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Somerset, South West
Qualifications/Requirements HNC/Degree Qualified in Electrical or Electronic Engineering Electronic / Electrical testing and assembly experience in manufacturing environment, preferably high technology, high reliability, low volume environment This...
Computer Futures
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + ASAP
Posted: 15 May 2013