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

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Specialist
Rank 82 91 66
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -25
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 6 5 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 0.717% 0.534% 0.328%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.733% 0.546% 0.340%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 2
Average salary £37,500 £31,000 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.96% +6.89%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Job Titles
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
819 915 589
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 97.85% 97.65% 96.72%
Number of salaries quoted 746 855 532
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £23,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Specialist
Hampshire

Support Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton Support Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Support Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Southampton Support Specialist Salary Trend

Support Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton region that cited Support Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 8 (80.00%) ITIL
1 8 (80.00%) Telecoms
1 8 (80.00%) Digital Media
2 5 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 5 (50.00%) Service Desk Management
3 3 (30.00%) Retail
3 3 (30.00%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (30.00%) Oracle
3 3 (30.00%) WebLogic
4 2 (20.00%) MS Exchange
4 2 (20.00%) Windows
4 2 (20.00%) Linux
4 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
4 2 (20.00%) SQL
4 2 (20.00%) Wireless
4 2 (20.00%) LAN
4 2 (20.00%) WAN
4 2 (20.00%) DHCP
4 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
4 2 (20.00%) DNS
4 2 (20.00%) Cisco
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
4 2 (20.00%) HP
4 2 (20.00%) Dell
4 2 (20.00%) Citrix
4 2 (20.00%) Avaya
4 2 (20.00%) Hyperion
4 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (20.00%) ISA Server

Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (10.00%) Apache CXF
1 1 (10.00%) Middleware
1 1 (10.00%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) WebLogic
2 2 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (20.00%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Wireless
1 2 (20.00%) LAN
1 2 (20.00%) WAN
1 2 (20.00%) DHCP
1 2 (20.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (20.00%) DNS
1 2 (20.00%) IP Telephony
General
1 8 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 3 (30.00%) Retail
3 2 (20.00%) General Ledger
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
1 2 (20.00%) Linux
1 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
1 2 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
1 2 (20.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) ITIL
2 5 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 5 (50.00%) Service Desk Management
3 2 (20.00%) WAN Optimisation
4 1 (10.00%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) SQL
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (20.00%) ISA Server
1 2 (20.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle
2 2 (20.00%) Cisco
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) HP
2 2 (20.00%) Dell
2 2 (20.00%) Citrix
2 2 (20.00%) Avaya
2 2 (20.00%) Hyperion
2 2 (20.00%) VMware
2 2 (20.00%) Riverbed
2 2 (20.00%) Foundry
Southampton, South East
Due to continued success and expansion they are now seeking an ITIL specialist to ensure that their IT support function delivers the best service to the business possible...
Novate IT
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + bonus + bens
Posted: 18 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Due to continued success and expansion they are now seeking an ITIL specialist to ensure that their IT support function delivers the best service to the business possible...
Novate IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + bonus + bens
Posted: 17 May 2013