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The table below looks at the demand for the IT Support Technician role in IT jobs within the South East 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 IT Support Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 IT Support Technician
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank413478
Rank change on same period last yearUp+65
Matching permanent IT job ads4930
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.028 %0.013 %
As % of the category below0.155 %0.070 %
Salaries quoted4124
Average minimum salary£24,117£20,991
Average salary£25,056£23,530
% change on same period last year+6.48 %
Average maximum salary£25,995£26,068
UK excluding London average salary£23,428£21,033
% change on same period last year+11.38 %
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads3157742934
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled18.28 %18.48 %
Salaries quoted2615735460
Average minimum salary£36,652£37,219
Average salary£39,934£40,458
% change on same period last year-1.29 %
Average maximum salary£43,217£43,696
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
IT Support Technician EnglandIT Support Technician
England

IT Support Technician
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing IT Support Technician across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South East IT Support Technician Demand Trend

IT Support Technician
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing IT Support Technician across the South East region.

South East IT Support Technician Salary Trend

IT Support Technician
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IT Support Technician across the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

South East IT Support Technician Salary Histogram

IT Support Technician
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Technician within the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
KentUp+1714£25,885-
HampshireUp+29£23,000-21.59 %
OxfordshireUp+18£26,000+20.00 %
BerkshireUp+335£26,125+14.20 %
SurreyUp+323£24,600+2.76 %
MiddlesexNew entry-3£25,000-
East SussexUp+42--
BuckinghamshireUp+132£26,000+17.51 %
West SussexUp+211£17,000-28.16 %
Isle of WightNew entry-1£22,500-
IT Support Technician EnglandIT Support Technician
England

IT Support Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the South East region that cited IT 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 IT Support Technician in their job title.

162 (68.13 %)Windows
242 (46.15 %)Windows XP
335 (38.46 %)Microsoft
434 (37.36 %)MS Excel
530 (32.97 %)MS Office
629 (31.87 %)Active Directory
728 (30.77 %)Windows Server 2003
823 (25.27 %)MS Exchange
922 (24.18 %)MCSE
922 (24.18 %)Microsoft Certification
1017 (18.68 %)SQL Server
1115 (16.48 %)Windows Vista
1213 (14.29 %)WAN
1312 (13.19 %)LAN
1312 (13.19 %)ITIL
1312 (13.19 %)Exchange Server 2003
1411 (12.09 %)Linux
1411 (12.09 %)Windows 2000
1510 (10.99 %)MCP
1510 (10.99 %)TCP/IP
169 (9.890 %)Novell
169 (9.890 %)Dell
178 (8.791 %)Citrix
178 (8.791 %)SQL Server 2000
178 (8.791 %)IIS
178 (8.791 %)VMware
187 (7.692 %)Pensions
187 (7.692 %)Windows 2000 Server
196 (6.593 %)Insurance
196 (6.593 %)VoIP

IT Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the South East region that cited IT 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 IT Support Technician in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (5.495 %)HTML
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
123 (25.27 %)MS Exchange
212 (13.19 %)Exchange Server 2003
38 (8.791 %)IIS
44 (4.396 %)Lotus Notes
52 (2.198 %)Exchange Server 2007
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
134 (37.36 %)MS Excel
230 (32.97 %)MS Office
32 (2.198 %)MS PowerPoint
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (14.29 %)WAN
212 (13.19 %)LAN
310 (10.99 %)TCP/IP
46 (6.593 %)VoIP
55 (5.495 %)Firewall
55 (5.495 %)VPN
64 (4.396 %)DNS
73 (3.297 %)PBX
73 (3.297 %)Wireless
82 (2.198 %)Cisco IPT
82 (2.198 %)Network Security
82 (2.198 %)Wi-Fi
91 (1.099 %)POP3
91 (1.099 %)SMTP
91 (1.099 %)SAN
91 (1.099 %)Internet
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (18.68 %)SQL Server
28 (8.791 %)SQL Server 2000
33 (3.297 %)MySQL
42 (2.198 %)SQL Server 2005
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (1.099 %)Dreamweaver
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (7.692 %)Pensions
26 (6.593 %)Insurance
34 (4.396 %)Health
42 (2.198 %)Education
42 (2.198 %)Manufacturing
51 (1.099 %)Finance
51 (1.099 %)Law
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (1.099 %)Blackberry
11 (1.099 %)AS400
11 (1.099 %)Computer Science
11 (1.099 %)Video Conferencing
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
162 (68.13 %)Windows
242 (46.15 %)Windows XP
328 (30.77 %)Windows Server 2003
415 (16.48 %)Windows Vista
511 (12.09 %)Linux
511 (12.09 %)Windows 2000
67 (7.692 %)Windows 2000 Server
76 (6.593 %)Mac OS X
83 (3.297 %)Red Hat Linux
92 (2.198 %)Windows NT
101 (1.099 %)UNIX
101 (1.099 %)NetWare
101 (1.099 %)Windows Server 2008
101 (1.099 %)Ubuntu
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (13.19 %)ITIL
23 (3.297 %)Incident Management
31 (1.099 %)Security Cleared
31 (1.099 %)Service Delivery
31 (1.099 %)Risk Assessment
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (5.495 %)SQL
23 (3.297 %)PHP
32 (2.198 %)C
41 (1.099 %)C#
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
122 (24.18 %)MCSE
122 (24.18 %)Microsoft Certification
210 (10.99 %)MCP
35 (5.495 %)Degree
44 (4.396 %)MCSA
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (2.198 %)SLA
21 (1.099 %)QA
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
129 (31.87 %)Active Directory
24 (4.396 %)Terminal Services
33 (3.297 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (1.099 %)Backup Exec
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (3.297 %)Norton AntiVirus
21 (1.099 %)MIMEsweeper
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
135 (38.46 %)Microsoft
29 (9.890 %)Dell
29 (9.890 %)Novell
38 (8.791 %)Citrix
38 (8.791 %)VMware
45 (5.495 %)Cisco
54 (4.396 %)Lotus
63 (3.297 %)Red Hat
72 (2.198 %)Apple
72 (2.198 %)NEC
72 (2.198 %)Avaya
81 (1.099 %)IBM
81 (1.099 %)Adobe
81 (1.099 %)HP
81 (1.099 %)Compaq
81 (1.099 %)Oracle
81 (1.099 %)VERITAS
81 (1.099 %)CheckPoint
81 (1.099 %)Sophos
81 (1.099 %)Clearswift