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The table below looks at the demand for the Systems Support 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 Systems Support in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Systems Support
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank252307
Rank change on same period last yearUp+55
Matching permanent IT job ads222216
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.129 %0.093 %
As % of the category below0.703 %0.503 %
Salaries quoted203190
Average minimum salary£27,920£31,628
Average salary£30,133£33,264
% change on same period last year-9.41 %
Average maximum salary£32,345£34,899
UK excluding London average salary£28,936£30,191
% change on same period last year-4.15 %
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 %
Systems Support EnglandSystems Support
England

Systems Support
Demand Trend

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

South East Systems Support Demand Trend

Systems Support
Salary Trend

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

South East Systems Support Salary Trend

Systems Support
Salary Histogram

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

South East Systems Support Salary Histogram

Systems Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Systems Support 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
BerkshireUp+3369£31,169-9.54 %
SurreyUp+3647£30,028-14.81 %
HampshireUp+1335£29,491-4.59 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2427£30,040+5.28 %
OxfordshireDown-2013£26,556-12.93 %
KentUp+1113£24,192-1.25 %
MiddlesexUp+2712£35,208-10.55 %
East SussexNew entry-5£29,750-
Thames ValleyUp+322£30,000+9.09 %
SussexNew entry-1£27,500-
Systems Support EnglandSystems Support
England

Systems Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1270 (60.40 %)Windows
2166 (37.14 %)Windows Server 2003
3153 (34.23 %)Active Directory
4138 (30.87 %)Microsoft
5129 (28.86 %)SQL Server
6113 (25.28 %)Cisco
796 (21.48 %)Linux
890 (20.13 %)Microsoft Certification
989 (19.91 %)TCP/IP
989 (19.91 %)MS Exchange
1082 (18.34 %)MCSE
1178 (17.45 %)SQL
1272 (16.11 %)MS Excel
1368 (15.21 %)MS Office
1461 (13.65 %)Firewall
1461 (13.65 %)Windows 2000 Server
1559 (13.20 %)Exchange Server 2003
1658 (12.98 %)Finance
1658 (12.98 %)UNIX
1658 (12.98 %)WAN
1757 (12.75 %)LAN
1854 (12.08 %)SQL Server 2000
1854 (12.08 %)SQL Server 2005
1949 (10.96 %)Windows XP
2048 (10.74 %)IIS
2144 (9.843 %)HP
2243 (9.620 %)DNS
2342 (9.396 %)MCP
2441 (9.172 %)VMware
2539 (8.725 %)MCSA

Systems Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
124 (5.369 %).NET
211 (2.461 %)ODBC
310 (2.237 %)WebServices
49 (2.013 %)ASP.NET
55 (1.119 %)CSS
55 (1.119 %)XML
55 (1.119 %)WebSphere
62 (0.447 %)HTML
62 (0.447 %)EDI
71 (0.224 %)WS-I
71 (0.224 %)Middleware
71 (0.224 %)AJAX
71 (0.224 %)DCOM
71 (0.224 %)Application Packaging
71 (0.224 %)Software Packaging
71 (0.224 %)XSLT
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
189 (19.91 %)MS Exchange
259 (13.20 %)Exchange Server 2003
348 (10.74 %)IIS
432 (7.159 %)Exchange Server 2000
527 (6.040 %)SharePoint
613 (2.908 %)Apache
712 (2.685 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
85 (1.119 %)Tomcat
94 (0.895 %)Lotus Notes
94 (0.895 %)SharePoint Server 2007
94 (0.895 %)Exchange Server 2007
103 (0.671 %)CICS
111 (0.224 %)Lotus Domino
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
172 (16.11 %)MS Excel
268 (15.21 %)MS Office
313 (2.908 %)MS Visio
411 (2.461 %)MS PowerPoint
53 (0.671 %)Photoshop
61 (0.224 %)MS Project
South East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (1.342 %)SalesLogix
24 (0.895 %)Pegasus Opera
33 (0.671 %)Microsoft CRM
33 (0.671 %)CODA Dream
42 (0.447 %)Academy Housing
42 (0.447 %)Oracle ERP
51 (0.224 %)Pivotal CRM
51 (0.224 %)HFM
51 (0.224 %)Hyperion Enterprise
51 (0.224 %)arcHouse
51 (0.224 %)Oracle Financials
51 (0.224 %)Hyperion Planning
51 (0.224 %)Dynamics AX
51 (0.224 %)Cognos Controller
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
189 (19.91 %)TCP/IP
261 (13.65 %)Firewall
358 (12.98 %)WAN
457 (12.75 %)LAN
543 (9.620 %)DNS
635 (7.830 %)VPN
732 (7.159 %)DHCP
824 (5.369 %)SAN
922 (4.922 %)Cisco PIX
1015 (3.356 %)Internet
119 (2.013 %)LDAP
128 (1.790 %)SSL
137 (1.566 %)Intranet
146 (1.342 %)Broadband
146 (1.342 %)Network Security
154 (0.895 %)VoIP
154 (0.895 %)Nortel Meridian
154 (0.895 %)ADSL
154 (0.895 %)Ethernet
163 (0.671 %)VLAN
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1129 (28.86 %)SQL Server
254 (12.08 %)SQL Server 2000
254 (12.08 %)SQL Server 2005
312 (2.685 %)MS Access
47 (1.566 %)MySQL
53 (0.671 %)Crystal Reports
53 (0.671 %)Oracle Reports
53 (0.671 %)GIS
62 (0.447 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
71 (0.224 %)EDMS
71 (0.224 %)PostgreSQL
71 (0.224 %)Hyperion Essbase
71 (0.224 %)InterSystems Cache
71 (0.224 %)Data Mining
71 (0.224 %)RDBMS
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (2.013 %)Visual Studio
24 (0.895 %)Flash
32 (0.447 %)Oracle Forms
41 (0.224 %)MSI
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
158 (12.98 %)Finance
221 (4.698 %)Pensions
320 (4.474 %)Telecoms
415 (3.356 %)Construction
512 (2.685 %)Retail
611 (2.461 %)Electronics
710 (2.237 %)Back Office
710 (2.237 %)Education
87 (1.566 %)Law
93 (0.671 %)Military
93 (0.671 %)Automotive
93 (0.671 %)Electric
93 (0.671 %)Financial Institution
93 (0.671 %)Front Office
93 (0.671 %)Insurance
102 (0.447 %)Health
102 (0.447 %)Manufacturing
102 (0.447 %)Games
111 (0.224 %)Banking
111 (0.224 %)Government
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
129 (6.488 %)Blackberry
211 (2.461 %)Clustering
211 (2.461 %)Computer Science
36 (1.342 %)AS400
45 (1.119 %)Management Information System
45 (1.119 %)EPoS
54 (0.895 %)Client/Server
54 (0.895 %)Spanish Language
54 (0.895 %)Mathematics
62 (0.447 %)VLE
71 (0.224 %)French Language
71 (0.224 %)Data Integration
71 (0.224 %)Replication
71 (0.224 %)EFT
71 (0.224 %)NHS
71 (0.224 %)Mainframe
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1270 (60.40 %)Windows
2166 (37.14 %)Windows Server 2003
396 (21.48 %)Linux
461 (13.65 %)Windows 2000 Server
558 (12.98 %)UNIX
649 (10.96 %)Windows XP
730 (6.711 %)Windows Vista
826 (5.817 %)Windows 2000
922 (4.922 %)VxWorks
1021 (4.698 %)Solaris
1112 (2.685 %)Red Hat Linux
1211 (2.461 %)AIX
136 (1.342 %)HPUX
136 (1.342 %)Debian
145 (1.119 %)NetWare
153 (0.671 %)zOS
153 (0.671 %)MVS
153 (0.671 %)VMS
153 (0.671 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
162 (0.447 %)Windows Server 2008
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (3.356 %)Project Management
211 (2.461 %)CRM
39 (2.013 %)ITIL
48 (1.790 %)Risk Management
48 (1.790 %)Incident Management
48 (1.790 %)Security Cleared
57 (1.566 %)E-Commerce
66 (1.342 %)ERP
75 (1.119 %)Disaster Recovery
75 (1.119 %)User Acceptance Testing
84 (0.895 %)Performance Testing
84 (0.895 %)Logistics
84 (0.895 %)Information Security
84 (0.895 %)OO
84 (0.895 %)OOD
93 (0.671 %)Service Management
93 (0.671 %)Service Delivery
93 (0.671 %)TDD
93 (0.671 %)E-business
93 (0.671 %)Web Development
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
178 (17.45 %)SQL
236 (8.054 %)C
318 (4.027 %)C++
414 (3.132 %)Perl
513 (2.908 %)Shell Script
69 (2.013 %)Embedded C
69 (2.013 %)Java
76 (1.342 %)Fortran
76 (1.342 %)VB.NET
85 (1.119 %)Transact-SQL
94 (0.895 %)VBA
94 (0.895 %)JavaScript
94 (0.895 %)C#
103 (0.671 %)Python
103 (0.671 %)DHTML
103 (0.671 %)Assembly Language
103 (0.671 %)JCL
112 (0.447 %)Tcl
112 (0.447 %)VB
121 (0.224 %)MUMPS
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
190 (20.13 %)Microsoft Certification
282 (18.34 %)MCSE
342 (9.396 %)MCP
439 (8.725 %)MCSA
531 (6.935 %)Degree
613 (2.908 %)HND
78 (1.790 %)CCNA
78 (1.790 %)Cisco Certification
87 (1.566 %)MCTS
93 (0.671 %)Postgraduate
102 (0.447 %)MCDBA
102 (0.447 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
111 (0.224 %)MCDST
111 (0.224 %)MCITP
111 (0.224 %)PRINCE2 Certification
111 (0.224 %)RHCE
111 (0.224 %)ACCA
111 (0.224 %)CIMA
111 (0.224 %)CCSP
111 (0.224 %)CCA
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (2.908 %)SLA
23 (0.671 %)QA
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1153 (34.23 %)Active Directory
225 (5.593 %)ISA Server
322 (4.922 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
416 (3.579 %)VMware Infrastructure
511 (2.461 %)MetaFrame
69 (2.013 %)Backup Exec
77 (1.566 %)Terminal Server
83 (0.671 %)VMware ESX
92 (0.447 %)NetBackup
92 (0.447 %)Terminal Services
101 (0.224 %)Samba
101 (0.224 %)Squid
101 (0.224 %)Citrix Presentation Server
101 (0.224 %)NFS
South East IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (2.237 %)MIMEsweeper
25 (1.119 %)ARCserve
34 (0.895 %)CA SiteMinder
43 (0.671 %)Tivoli NetView
43 (0.671 %)OMEGAMON
52 (0.447 %)Unicenter
61 (0.224 %)Tivoli
61 (0.224 %)CONTROL-M
61 (0.224 %)WSUS
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1138 (30.87 %)Microsoft
2113 (25.28 %)Cisco
344 (9.843 %)HP
441 (9.172 %)VMware
536 (8.054 %)Citrix
619 (4.251 %)Sun
717 (3.803 %)Oracle
812 (2.685 %)Red Hat
911 (2.461 %)CheckPoint
1010 (2.237 %)Sophos
118 (1.790 %)Avaya
118 (1.790 %)Juniper
127 (1.566 %)Nortel
136 (1.342 %)Novell
136 (1.342 %)Sage
136 (1.342 %)CA
136 (1.342 %)Dell
136 (1.342 %)SAP
136 (1.342 %)IBM
136 (1.342 %)Clearswift