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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Support Technician role in IT jobs advertised for the Staffordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 11 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Staffordshire region.

 Support Technician
Location
3 months to
11 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank425063
Rank change year-on-year
Up+8Up+13
Matching permanent IT job ads1313
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire0.275 %0.566 %1.410 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.286 %0.583 %1.474 %
Salaries quoted1312
Average salary£18,500£25,000£25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.00 %-
UK excluding London average salary£23,500£22,000£22,500
% change year-on-year
+6.810 %-2.220 %
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
350515882
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire96.42 %97.17 %95.66 %
Salaries quoted300361755
Average salary£35,000£31,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.90 %-4.610 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£20,000£22,000£21,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£50,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %-
Support Technician West MidlandsSupport Technician
West Midlands

Support Technician
Demand Trend

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

Staffordshire Support Technician Demand Trend

Support Technician
Salary Trend

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

Staffordshire Support Technician Salary Trend

Support Technician
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the Staffordshire region over the 3 months to 11 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Burton-upon-TrentUp+51£18,500-26.00 %
Support Technician West MidlandsSupport Technician
West Midlands

Support Technician
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, IT jobs across the Staffordshire region that cited Support Technician 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 Technician in their job title.

11 (100.00 %)MCP
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
11 (100.00 %)Windows XP
11 (100.00 %)VPN
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
11 (100.00 %)Telecoms

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, IT jobs across the Staffordshire region that cited Support Technician 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 Technician in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Staffordshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (100.00 %)MS Excel
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)VPN
Staffordshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Telecoms
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows XP
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (100.00 %)MCP
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft Certification
Staffordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft