The first 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 19 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 Staffordshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Technician
Rank 67 - 58
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 6 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 0.938% - 0.355%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.963% - 0.378%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 2
Average salary £24,125 - £19,000
UK excluding London average salary £23,000 £22,750 £22,270
% change year-on-year
+1.09% +2.15%
All Job Titles
Staffordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
623 603 529
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Staffordshire 97.34% 97.57% 93.96%
Number of salaries quoted 530 517 398
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Support Technician
West Midlands

Support Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Support Technician
Salary Trend

This 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 19 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
Vacancies
Burton-upon-Trent - 2 £23,250 -
Support Technician
West Midlands

Support Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

1 14 (100.00%) Windows
2 11 (78.57%) Microsoft
2 11 (78.57%) Active Directory
2 11 (78.57%) Citrix
3 9 (64.29%) MS Office
4 7 (50.00%) ITIL
4 7 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
4 7 (50.00%) Blackberry
4 7 (50.00%) Windows Vista
4 7 (50.00%) iPad
5 4 (28.57%) Cisco
5 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (28.57%) MCP
6 3 (21.43%) MS Excel
7 2 (14.29%) Windows 2000 Server
7 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (14.29%) MS Exchange
7 2 (14.29%) MCSE
8 1 (7.143%) COM
8 1 (7.143%) SQL
8 1 (7.143%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (7.143%) HTTP
8 1 (7.143%) Windows XP
8 1 (7.143%) HP
8 1 (7.143%) Dell
8 1 (7.143%) VMware
8 1 (7.143%) MCITP
8 1 (7.143%) Degree
8 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
8 1 (7.143%) Windows 7

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1 (7.143%) COM
Application Platforms
1 2 (14.29%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 9 (64.29%) MS Office
2 3 (21.43%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.143%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) Crystal Reports
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Blackberry
1 7 (50.00%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 14 (100.00%) Windows
2 7 (50.00%) Windows Vista
3 2 (14.29%) Windows 2000 Server
3 2 (14.29%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (7.143%) Windows XP
4 1 (7.143%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.143%) SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (50.00%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (28.57%) MCP
3 2 (14.29%) MCSE
4 1 (7.143%) MCITP
4 1 (7.143%) Degree
System Software
1 11 (78.57%) Active Directory
2 1 (7.143%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 11 (78.57%) Microsoft
1 11 (78.57%) Citrix
2 4 (28.57%) Cisco
3 1 (7.143%) HP
3 1 (7.143%) Dell
3 1 (7.143%) VMware