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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
System Support Engineer
Rank 409 417 408
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Support Engineer 26 27 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.117% 0.112% 0.076%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.123% 0.118% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 23 27 17
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,400 £28,300
10% offered a salary of more than £43,200 £45,000 £37,700
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £29,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+10.16% -9.23%
All Job Titles
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
21074 22975 21253
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 94.88% 95.23% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 17479 19844 18264
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Systems Support Engineer
England

Systems Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Systems Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

South East Systems Support Engineer Salary Trend

Systems Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

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

South East Systems Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Systems Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Support Engineer within the South East 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
Berkshire +15 12 £32,500 -7.14%
Surrey +20 8 £36,000 -8.86%
Buckinghamshire -12 3 £24,000 -12.72%
Oxfordshire -21 3 £40,000 +6.66%
Systems Support Engineer
England

Systems Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 32 (52.46%) Windows
2 29 (47.54%) Microsoft
3 24 (39.34%) Linux
4 21 (34.43%) Active Directory
5 20 (32.79%) VMware
6 17 (27.87%) Windows Server 2008
7 16 (26.23%) VMware Infrastructure
7 16 (26.23%) TCP/IP
7 16 (26.23%) Hyper-V
8 15 (24.59%) Business Intelligence
8 15 (24.59%) MS Exchange
9 14 (22.95%) LAN
10 13 (21.31%) MS Excel
10 13 (21.31%) Clustering
11 12 (19.67%) SQL
11 12 (19.67%) Cisco
11 12 (19.67%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (18.03%) HTTP
12 11 (18.03%) Windows Server 2003
12 11 (18.03%) WAN
13 10 (16.39%) Open Source
13 10 (16.39%) nginx
13 10 (16.39%) Varnish
13 10 (16.39%) Load Balancing
13 10 (16.39%) GlassFish
13 10 (16.39%) DHCP
13 10 (16.39%) Apache
13 10 (16.39%) Tomcat
13 10 (16.39%) SQL Server
13 10 (16.39%) Cisco Certification

Systems Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (1.639%) HTML
1 1 (1.639%) ASP
1 1 (1.639%) COM
1 1 (1.639%) CSS
1 1 (1.639%) JSP
1 1 (1.639%) XML
1 1 (1.639%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 15 (24.59%) MS Exchange
2 10 (16.39%) nginx
2 10 (16.39%) GlassFish
2 10 (16.39%) Apache
2 10 (16.39%) Tomcat
3 5 (8.197%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (21.31%) MS Excel
2 9 (14.75%) MS Office
3 2 (3.279%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 16 (26.23%) TCP/IP
2 14 (22.95%) LAN
3 11 (18.03%) HTTP
3 11 (18.03%) WAN
4 10 (16.39%) DHCP
4 10 (16.39%) VPN
5 6 (9.836%) DNS
5 6 (9.836%) SAN
6 4 (6.557%) Wireless
7 2 (3.279%) Firewall
7 2 (3.279%) FTP
7 2 (3.279%) DVB
7 2 (3.279%) NAS
8 1 (1.639%) ADSL
8 1 (1.639%) POP3
8 1 (1.639%) SMTP
8 1 (1.639%) IMAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (16.39%) SQL Server
2 5 (8.197%) SQL Server 2000
2 5 (8.197%) SQL Server 2008
2 5 (8.197%) SQL Server 2005
3 1 (1.639%) RDBMS
General
1 3 (4.918%) Finance
1 3 (4.918%) Romanian Language
2 2 (3.279%) Advertising
3 1 (1.639%) Military
3 1 (1.639%) French Language
3 1 (1.639%) German Language
Miscellaneous
1 13 (21.31%) Clustering
2 10 (16.39%) Open Source
3 6 (9.836%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.918%) EPoS
5 2 (3.279%) Computer Science
5 2 (3.279%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (3.279%) IPTV
5 2 (3.279%) STB
5 2 (3.279%) Replication
5 2 (3.279%) Blackberry
5 2 (3.279%) Video on Demand
5 2 (3.279%) SaaS
5 2 (3.279%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.639%) RMADS
Operating Systems
1 32 (52.46%) Windows
2 24 (39.34%) Linux
3 17 (27.87%) Windows Server 2008
4 11 (18.03%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (6.557%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (4.918%) Windows 8
6 3 (4.918%) UNIX
7 2 (3.279%) Windows XP
8 1 (1.639%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (24.59%) Business Intelligence
2 10 (16.39%) Load Balancing
3 5 (8.197%) CRM
4 4 (6.557%) ITIL
5 3 (4.918%) ERP
6 2 (3.279%) Incident Management
6 2 (3.279%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (19.67%) SQL
2 5 (8.197%) T-SQL
2 5 (8.197%) VB
3 3 (4.918%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.639%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.639%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (19.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 10 (16.39%) Cisco Certification
3 5 (8.197%) HND
4 3 (4.918%) HNC
5 2 (3.279%) Degree
5 2 (3.279%) MCTS
5 2 (3.279%) MCP
6 1 (1.639%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.639%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (16.39%) SLA
2 1 (1.639%) JSP 440
System Software
1 21 (34.43%) Active Directory
2 16 (26.23%) VMware Infrastructure
2 16 (26.23%) Hyper-V
3 10 (16.39%) Varnish
4 2 (3.279%) NDS
5 1 (1.639%) vSphere
5 1 (1.639%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 2 (3.279%) ARCserve
2 1 (1.639%) Plesk
2 1 (1.639%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 29 (47.54%) Microsoft
2 20 (32.79%) VMware
3 12 (19.67%) Cisco
4 4 (6.557%) CA
4 4 (6.557%) HP
5 3 (4.918%) Symantec
6 2 (3.279%) Remedy
7 1 (1.639%) Citrix
7 1 (1.639%) McAfee
Surrey
The right candidate will have basic experience within a Windows support environment, providing technical support across the Microsoft Office Suite... Software Support, Windows, Microsoft Office Suite, Call Logging,...
GCS IT Recruitment Specialists
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Surrey, South East
Great opportunity to join a successful and growing software company as a Systems Support Engineer to provide on-going support for a Windows Server environment.
E-Resourcing
Salary: £35000 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013
Esher, Surrey
Systems Support Engineer - £37,000 - £39,000 per annum + plus benefits- Surrey A Systems Support Engineer is required by a growing Software as a Service (SAAS) organisation based...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £37000.00 - £39000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Surrey
Systems Engineer| Server 2008 R2/AD/DNS/Hyper-V/PowerShell/Exchange Server... The successful Engineer will be providing on-going support for the Windows Server environment as well...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Surrey
With first-class communication/ interpersonal skills, you will have a proven track record of supporting Microsoft solutions, including MS Server 2003/08, MS Exchange 2003 - 10, XP/7,...
Actis Recruitment.
Salary: From £35,000 to £40,000 per annum generous bonus + bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Surrey, West Sussex, Reigate, Crawley, Epsom,...
Systems Support Engineer (Microsoft 2003, 2008, Exchange 2007, 2010, Virtualisation, Networking) - This successful organisation is seeking to recruit an experienced Systems Engineer to provide 1st to 3rd line...
Actis Recruitment Ltd
Salary: to £40,000 + generous bonus + bens
Posted: 20 May 2013
Esher, Surrey
SEO: Windows, Active Directory, Exchange, SQL, LAN, VMware, Hyper-V, Networking, Windows Server The Role: Providing on-going support for the Windows Server environment. Monitoring and maintaining servers (...
Think IT Recruitment
Salary: £28000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager... Microsoft Windows Server Administration/Support experience. VMWare. - Install, configure and support VMWare infrastructures including ESX Servers (VI3 / vSphere4) HP SAN EVA 8000 or IBM...
FT Select
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum plus oncall, overtime and benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013