The first table below looks at the demand for the Systems Support 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 Systems Support in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Systems Support
Rank 200 207 201
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Systems Support 16 8 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.305% 0.145% 0.249%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.316% 0.151% 0.262%
Number of salaries quoted 16 8 15
Average salary £23,500 £27,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.54% -
90% offered a salary of more than £21,650 £24,500 £25,400
10% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £33,850 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5064 5285 5727
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.53% 95.48% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4455 4564 4906
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%
Systems Support
England

Systems Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Systems Support Jobs Demand Trend

Systems Support
Salary Trend

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

South West Systems Support Salary Trend

Systems Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Systems Support across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Dorset - 5 £22,500 -
Somerset - 5 £25,000 -
Wiltshire +9 4 £30,000 +22.44%
Devon - 2 £20,800 -
Systems Support
England

Systems Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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.

1 19 (65.52%) Windows
2 9 (31.03%) Citrix
3 8 (27.59%) LAN
4 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
4 7 (24.14%) Active Directory
4 7 (24.14%) Windows Server 2003
4 7 (24.14%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (20.69%) WAN
5 6 (20.69%) MS Office
6 5 (17.24%) ITIL
6 5 (17.24%) Windows 2000
6 5 (17.24%) SharePoint
6 5 (17.24%) TCP/IP
6 5 (17.24%) Cisco
6 5 (17.24%) MS Exchange
6 5 (17.24%) SCCM
6 5 (17.24%) Firewall
6 5 (17.24%) Back Office
7 4 (13.79%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (13.79%) CCTV
7 4 (13.79%) WSUS
7 4 (13.79%) Hyper-V
7 4 (13.79%) SLA
7 4 (13.79%) DNS
7 4 (13.79%) HP
7 4 (13.79%) DHCP
7 4 (13.79%) Linux
8 3 (10.34%) MS Excel
8 3 (10.34%) Dell
8 3 (10.34%) VPN

Systems Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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.

Application Development
1 2 (6.897%) LAMP
2 1 (3.448%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 5 (17.24%) SharePoint
1 5 (17.24%) MS Exchange
2 3 (10.34%) Exchange Server 2010
2 3 (10.34%) Exchange Server 2003
3 2 (6.897%) WinCC
4 1 (3.448%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 6 (20.69%) MS Office
2 3 (10.34%) MS Excel
3 2 (6.897%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (6.897%) SAP HR
1 2 (6.897%) SAP HCM
Communications & Networking
1 8 (27.59%) LAN
2 6 (20.69%) WAN
3 5 (17.24%) TCP/IP
3 5 (17.24%) Firewall
4 4 (13.79%) DNS
4 4 (13.79%) DHCP
5 3 (10.34%) VPN
5 3 (10.34%) Internet
5 3 (10.34%) Wireless
6 2 (6.897%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (6.897%) SAN
7 1 (3.448%) PBX
7 1 (3.448%) DASS2
7 1 (3.448%) DPNSS
7 1 (3.448%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.448%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (17.24%) Back Office
2 2 (6.897%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) CCTV
2 2 (6.897%) Clustering
2 2 (6.897%) SCADA
2 2 (6.897%) Open Source
2 2 (6.897%) Client/Server
3 1 (3.448%) Blackberry
3 1 (3.448%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.448%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 19 (65.52%) Windows
2 7 (24.14%) Windows Server 2003
2 7 (24.14%) Windows Server 2008
3 5 (17.24%) Windows 2000
4 4 (13.79%) Linux
5 2 (6.897%) Windows 2000 Server
5 2 (6.897%) UNIX
6 1 (3.448%) Solaris
6 1 (3.448%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (17.24%) ITIL
2 4 (13.79%) Disaster Recovery
3 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery
4 2 (6.897%) Software Testing
4 2 (6.897%) Problem Management
4 2 (6.897%) Facility Management
4 2 (6.897%) Project Planning
4 2 (6.897%) Network Load Balancing
4 2 (6.897%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (6.897%) Configuration Management
4 2 (6.897%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (3.448%) CRM
5 1 (3.448%) ERP
5 1 (3.448%) Software Deployment
5 1 (3.448%) Network Planning
5 1 (3.448%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) SQL
2 1 (3.448%) C#
2 1 (3.448%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
1 3 (10.34%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.897%) DV Cleared
2 2 (6.897%) CCA
2 2 (6.897%) Citrix Certification
2 2 (6.897%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (6.897%) RHCE
2 2 (6.897%) MCP
2 2 (6.897%) MCSE
3 1 (3.448%) VCP5
3 1 (3.448%) MCITP
3 1 (3.448%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.79%) SLA
2 1 (3.448%) QA
System Software
1 7 (24.14%) Active Directory
2 4 (13.79%) Hyper-V
3 3 (10.34%) XenServer
4 2 (6.897%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (6.897%) XenDesktop
4 2 (6.897%) XenApp
5 1 (3.448%) ISA Server
5 1 (3.448%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 5 (17.24%) SCCM
2 4 (13.79%) WSUS
3 3 (10.34%) SCOM
4 2 (6.897%) Backup Exec
4 2 (6.897%) Nagios
Vendors
1 9 (31.03%) Citrix
2 7 (24.14%) Microsoft
3 5 (17.24%) Cisco
4 4 (13.79%) HP
5 3 (10.34%) Dell
5 3 (10.34%) Oracle
5 3 (10.34%) VMware
6 2 (6.897%) Allen-Bradley
6 2 (6.897%) Bomgar
6 2 (6.897%) Red Hat
6 2 (6.897%) CommVault
6 2 (6.897%) Siemens
6 2 (6.897%) SAP
7 1 (3.448%) Nortel
7 1 (3.448%) Altiris
Bristol, Avon
the work will require a good working knowledge of Microsoft Windows server and desktop operating systems, plus installation, configuration, and management of virtual servers, Storage Area Networks, switches,...
City of Bristol College
Salary: £23,946 - 26,166 per year
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Development of applications using SQL, HTML, XML... Candidates require Some experience of SQL in a corporate environment Understanding of Microsoft SQL server, knowledge of triggers and stored procedures...
Roc Search
Salary: £20000 - £26000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bath, Avon
Key knowledge, skills, experience required; Understanding of Unix server operating systems, for example, Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, or OS X Server. Working knowledge of networking and Internet protocols, such...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Somerset
Suitable candidates will have the following experience: * An understanding of Unix/Linux server operating systems such as Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD, or OS X Server. * A working knowledge of...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + Great Benefits Package
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bath, Avon
Bath - £40,000 depending on experience plus exceptional benefits, career progression and autonomy Apple Mac, Solaris, CentOS, Redhat, VMWare, Server, Design, Implementation Market leading organisation is looking for...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Plymouth, Devon
Candidate Key words - Support, Servers, LAMP, PHP, Cloud, Servers, technical support, IT Support, Software, Disaster Recovery... The company is looking for a Systems Support Administrator to join their...
Acorn
Salary: negotiable
Posted: 23 May 2013