The first table below looks at the demand for the Field Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Field Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 18 June 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Field Support Engineer
Rank 213 - 224
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Field Support Engineer 2 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.038% - 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% - 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
Average salary £23,000 - £26,000
UK excluding London average salary £23,500 £32,000 £25,750
% change year-on-year
-26.56% +24.27%
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5123 5409 5938
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.15% 96.33% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 4525 4683 5106
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Field Support Engineer
England

Field Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Field Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Field Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

South West Field Support Engineer Salary Trend

Field Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Field Support Engineer within the South West region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
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Job
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Field Support Engineer
England

Field Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Field 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 Field Support Engineer in their job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Windows
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 5 (83.33%) MCITP
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 5 (83.33%) Citrix
3 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (66.67%) MCSE
3 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (66.67%) Terminal Services
4 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (50.00%) MCSA
5 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
5 2 (33.33%) MCP
5 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
5 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (33.33%) Blackberry
6 1 (16.67%) Service Management
6 1 (16.67%) SAN
6 1 (16.67%) HP
6 1 (16.67%) Dell
6 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
6 1 (16.67%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (16.67%) MCTS
6 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
6 1 (16.67%) CCNA
6 1 (16.67%) CCA
6 1 (16.67%) Citrix Certification
6 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification

Field Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Field 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 Field Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) MS Exchange
2 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2007
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) TCP/IP
1 1 (16.67%) DNS
1 1 (16.67%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 6 (100.00%) Windows
2 5 (83.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) MCITP
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (66.67%) MCSE
3 3 (50.00%) MCSA
4 2 (33.33%) MCP
5 1 (16.67%) MCTS
5 1 (16.67%) CCNA
5 1 (16.67%) CCA
5 1 (16.67%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (83.33%) Active Directory
2 4 (66.67%) Terminal Services
3 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (33.33%) Hyper-V
5 1 (16.67%) VMware Workstation
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) VMware
2 5 (83.33%) Citrix
3 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
4 1 (16.67%) HP
4 1 (16.67%) Dell
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco
4 1 (16.67%) IBM