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The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Support role in IT jobs within the Southampton 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 Technical Support in their job title over the 3 months to 4 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTechnical Support
Location
3 months to
4 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank5365
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching permanent IT job ads711
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.005 %
As % of the category below1.131 %1.194 %
Salaries quoted611
Average minimum salary£26,167£23,545
Average salary£28,000£25,318
% change on same period last year+10.59 %
Average maximum salary£29,833£27,091
UK excluding London average salary£30,049£29,573
% change on same period last year+1.61 %
Southampton IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Southampton
Matching permanent IT job ads619921
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.341 %0.390 %
Salaries quoted527823
Average minimum salary£30,978£30,689
Average salary£34,172£34,447
% change on same period last year-0.79 %
Average maximum salary£37,366£38,204
UK excluding London average salary£38,057£39,474
% change on same period last year-3.59 %
Technical Support HampshireTechnical Support
Hampshire

Technical Support
Demand Trend

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

Southampton Technical Support Demand Trend

Technical Support
Salary Trend

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

Southampton Technical Support Salary Trend

Technical Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Support across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 4 September 2008.

Southampton Technical Support Salary Histogram

Technical Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT jobs across the Southampton region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title.

113 (54.17 %)MCSA
113 (54.17 %)SLA
113 (54.17 %)Microsoft Certification
29 (37.50 %)Windows
38 (33.33 %)HP
38 (33.33 %)MCP
38 (33.33 %)Health
47 (29.17 %)Microsoft
55 (20.83 %)CCNA
55 (20.83 %)Cisco
55 (20.83 %)IBM
55 (20.83 %)Cisco Certification
64 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
73 (12.50 %)CAD
73 (12.50 %)HTML
73 (12.50 %)Service Management
73 (12.50 %)Server+ Certification
73 (12.50 %)Marketing
82 (8.333 %)Web Design
82 (8.333 %)SQL
82 (8.333 %)MS Office
82 (8.333 %)Lotus
82 (8.333 %)Lotus Notes
82 (8.333 %)Citrix
91 (4.167 %)Lotus Domino
91 (4.167 %)Internet
91 (4.167 %)SQL Server 2000
91 (4.167 %)PeopleSoft
91 (4.167 %)SAP
91 (4.167 %)ASP

Technical Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 September 2008, IT jobs across the Southampton region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Southampton IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (12.50 %)HTML
21 (4.167 %).NET
21 (4.167 %)ASP
21 (4.167 %)ASP.NET
21 (4.167 %)CSS
21 (4.167 %)WebSphere
Southampton IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (8.333 %)Lotus Notes
21 (4.167 %)Lotus Domino
21 (4.167 %)Apache
21 (4.167 %)IIS
Southampton IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (8.333 %)MS Office
Southampton IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (4.167 %)ATM
11 (4.167 %)TCP/IP
11 (4.167 %)Internet
Southampton IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (4.167 %)SQL Server
11 (4.167 %)SQL Server 2000
11 (4.167 %)SQL Server 2005
Southampton IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (33.33 %)Health
23 (12.50 %)Marketing
31 (4.167 %)Electronics
31 (4.167 %)Telecoms
Southampton IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.167 %)Client/Server
11 (4.167 %)AS400
11 (4.167 %)IPTV
Southampton IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (37.50 %)Windows
24 (16.67 %)Windows Server 2003
Southampton IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (12.50 %)CAD
13 (12.50 %)Service Management
22 (8.333 %)Web Design
31 (4.167 %)Document Management
31 (4.167 %)Problem Management
31 (4.167 %)Workflow
Southampton IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (8.333 %)SQL
21 (4.167 %)VBScript
21 (4.167 %)JavaScript
21 (4.167 %)RPG
Southampton IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
113 (54.17 %)MCSA
113 (54.17 %)Microsoft Certification
28 (33.33 %)MCP
35 (20.83 %)CCNA
35 (20.83 %)Cisco Certification
43 (12.50 %)Server+ Certification
51 (4.167 %)HND
Southampton IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (54.17 %)SLA
Southampton IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (33.33 %)HP
27 (29.17 %)Microsoft
35 (20.83 %)Cisco
35 (20.83 %)IBM
42 (8.333 %)Citrix
42 (8.333 %)Lotus
51 (4.167 %)Oracle
51 (4.167 %)PeopleSoft
51 (4.167 %)SAP