South Wales Support Engineer Jobs

This section looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT jobs within the South Wales 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 Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Support Engineer
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Aldershot Amersham Andover Avon Aylesbury Banbury Barking Basildon Basingstoke Bath Batley Beaconsfield Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkhamsted Berkshire Billericay Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Bromsgrove Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Castleford Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Clapham Congleton Cornwall Corsham County Antrim County Armagh Coventry Cranleigh Crawley Croydon Dagenham Dartford Daventry Deeside Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dundee Dunstable Durham East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham Elland England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Flintshire Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gourock Grantham Great Yarmouth Greenford Guildford Gwent Hailsham Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Harrogate Harrow Havant Hayes Haywards Heath Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hitchin Home Counties Horley Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Inverclyde Inverness Ipswich Isle of Wight Isleworth Keighley Kent Kettering Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lichfield Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool London Loughborough Luton Lutterworth Maidenhead Maidstone Malvern Manchester Mansfield Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Nantwich New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwood Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Orpington Oswestry Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Retford Rickmansworth Ringwood Romford Romsey Royston Rugby Ryde Sale Salisbury Scotland Scunthorpe Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sidcup Skipton Slough Smethwick Solihull Somerset South Coast South Croydon South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stansted Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Teddington Teesside Telford Thame Thames Valley Thatcham Thurrock Towcester Tring Trowbridge Truro Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Upminster Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Wallington Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Drayton West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wetherby Weybridge Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Witney Woking Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	47	79
Rank change on same period last year	+32
Matching permanent IT job ads	40	24
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.021 %	0.010 %
As % of the category below	3.404 %	1.503 %
Salaries quoted	38	24
Average minimum salary	£27,974	£19,720
Average salary	£30,833	£23,460
% change on same period last year	+31.42 %
Average maximum salary	£33,692	£27,200
UK excluding London average salary	£29,999	£28,994
% change on same period last year	+3.46 %
Job Titles South Wales
Matching permanent IT job ads	1175	1597
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.620 %	0.654 %
Salaries quoted	1112	1467
Average minimum salary	£30,941	£29,783
Average salary	£34,053	£33,304
% change on same period last year	+2.24 %
Average maximum salary	£37,165	£36,824
UK excluding London average salary	£38,197	£39,483
% change on same period last year	-3.25 %
Support Engineer Wales

Support Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cardiff	+30	16	£29,367	+15.16 %
Bridgend	-2	10	£28,500	+18.74 %
Gwent	-	4	£36,000	-
Newport	-8	3	£35,167	+63.56 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 56 (54.37 %) Cisco 2 48 (46.60 %) Cisco Certification 3 46 (44.66 %) CCNP 4 40 (38.83 %) Telecoms 5 39 (37.86 %) Nortel 6 38 (36.89 %) 3Com 7 34 (33.01 %) BMC 8 28 (27.18 %) Security Cleared 9 23 (22.33 %) OpenView 10 21 (20.39 %) Windows 11 19 (18.45 %) OSPF 12 18 (17.48 %) Ethernet 12 18 (17.48 %) PPP 13 17 (16.50 %) VPN 13 17 (16.50 %) CiscoWorks

14 16 (15.53 %) HP 14 16 (15.53 %) Remedy 14 16 (15.53 %) Change Management 14 16 (15.53 %) SC Cleared 15 15 (14.56 %) Broadband 16 12 (11.65 %) RIP 16 12 (11.65 %) SQL 16 12 (11.65 %) FDDI 16 12 (11.65 %) BGP 16 12 (11.65 %) EIGRP 16 12 (11.65 %) Exchange Server 2003 17 11 (10.68 %) BMC PATROL 18 10 (9.709 %) Legato 18 10 (9.709 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 18 10 (9.709 %) Microsoft

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 Development 1 2 (1.942 %) J2EE 2 1 (0.971 %) .NET	Application Platforms 1 12 (11.65 %) Exchange Server 2003 2 5 (4.854 %) Exchange Server 2007 2 5 (4.854 %) MS Exchange 3 3 (2.913 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 1 (0.971 %) WebLogic 4 1 (0.971 %) Apache 4 1 (0.971 %) Tomcat 4 1 (0.971 %) Oracle 10gAS
Applications 1 4 (3.883 %) MS Excel 2 3 (2.913 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 1 (0.971 %) SAP SM
Communications & Networking 1 19 (18.45 %) OSPF 2 18 (17.48 %) Ethernet 2 18 (17.48 %) PPP 3 17 (16.50 %) VPN 4 15 (14.56 %) Broadband 5 12 (11.65 %) RIP 5 12 (11.65 %) BGP 5 12 (11.65 %) EIGRP 5 12 (11.65 %) FDDI 6 9 (8.738 %) SAN 7 8 (7.767 %) TCP/IP 7 8 (7.767 %) VoIP 8 7 (6.796 %) MPLS 8 7 (6.796 %) Firewall 9 5 (4.854 %) WAN 10 4 (3.883 %) Internet 11 3 (2.913 %) Intranet 11 3 (2.913 %) LAN 12 2 (1.942 %) Wireless 12 2 (1.942 %) Cisco PIX	Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (1.942 %) Oracle 9i 1 2 (1.942 %) SQL Server 2 1 (0.971 %) DB2 2 1 (0.971 %) MS Access 2 1 (0.971 %) Oracle 10g 2 1 (0.971 %) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications 1 2 (1.942 %) Oracle Forms 2 1 (0.971 %) TestDirector 2 1 (0.971 %) QuickTest Pro 2 1 (0.971 %) LoadRunner 2 1 (0.971 %) QARun	General 1 40 (38.83 %) Telecoms 2 6 (5.825 %) Government 3 5 (4.854 %) Manufacturing 4 3 (2.913 %) Back Office 5 2 (1.942 %) Pensions 5 2 (1.942 %) Health 5 2 (1.942 %) Finance 6 1 (0.971 %) Electric 6 1 (0.971 %) Military 6 1 (0.971 %) Local Government
Miscellaneous 1 10 (9.709 %) Statistics 2 3 (2.913 %) AS400 3 1 (0.971 %) PDA 3 1 (0.971 %) Thin Client 3 1 (0.971 %) Mainframe 3 1 (0.971 %) Computer Science 3 1 (0.971 %) Fat Client	Operating Systems 1 21 (20.39 %) Windows 2 7 (6.796 %) UNIX 2 7 (6.796 %) Windows Server 2003 3 4 (3.883 %) Windows 2000 3 4 (3.883 %) Windows XP 4 3 (2.913 %) Linux 5 2 (1.942 %) Windows NT 6 1 (0.971 %) Windows Mobile 6 1 (0.971 %) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies 1 28 (27.18 %) Security Cleared 2 16 (15.53 %) SC Cleared 2 16 (15.53 %) Change Management 3 6 (5.825 %) Service Delivery 4 3 (2.913 %) ITIL 5 2 (1.942 %) RAD 6 1 (0.971 %) Configuration Management 6 1 (0.971 %) Service Management 6 1 (0.971 %) PRINCE2 6 1 (0.971 %) Software Engineering 6 1 (0.971 %) Web Development 6 1 (0.971 %) Problem Management 6 1 (0.971 %) Performance Testing 6 1 (0.971 %) Unit Testing 6 1 (0.971 %) Test Management	Programming Languages 1 12 (11.65 %) SQL 2 7 (6.796 %) PL/SQL 3 5 (4.854 %) Shell Script 4 2 (1.942 %) VB6 4 2 (1.942 %) VB 4 2 (1.942 %) VBA 5 1 (0.971 %) C++ 5 1 (0.971 %) Java
Qualifications 1 48 (46.60 %) Cisco Certification 2 46 (44.66 %) CCNP 3 7 (6.796 %) CCIE 4 4 (3.883 %) MCSE 4 4 (3.883 %) Microsoft Certification 5 3 (2.913 %) CCNA 6 1 (0.971 %) PRINCE2 Certification 6 1 (0.971 %) ITIL Certification 6 1 (0.971 %) Degree 6 1 (0.971 %) HNC 6 1 (0.971 %) HND	System Software 1 10 (9.709 %) Active Directory 2 3 (2.913 %) Terminal Services 3 2 (1.942 %) MetaFrame 3 2 (1.942 %) VMware ESX 4 1 (0.971 %) Terminal Server 4 1 (0.971 %) ISA Server
Systems Management 1 23 (22.33 %) OpenView 2 17 (16.50 %) CiscoWorks 3 11 (10.68 %) BMC PATROL 4 10 (9.709 %) EMC NetWorker 4 10 (9.709 %) Legato 4 10 (9.709 %) Tivoli Storage Manager 5 4 (3.883 %) Norton AntiVirus 6 3 (2.913 %) MAILsweeper	Vendors 1 56 (54.37 %) Cisco 2 39 (37.86 %) Nortel 3 38 (36.89 %) 3Com 4 34 (33.01 %) BMC 5 16 (15.53 %) HP 5 16 (15.53 %) Remedy 6 10 (9.709 %) Microsoft 7 9 (8.738 %) Oracle 8 5 (4.854 %) Citrix 9 4 (3.883 %) SAP 9 4 (3.883 %) McAfee Security 9 4 (3.883 %) Sophos 9 4 (3.883 %) VMware 9 4 (3.883 %) Symantec 10 3 (2.913 %) Novell 11 1 (0.971 %) CheckPoint 11 1 (0.971 %) Nokia 11 1 (0.971 %) BEA 11 1 (0.971 %) Alcatel 11 1 (0.971 %) Compaq