The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Technician role in IT jobs advertised for the Surrey 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 17 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 Surrey region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Technician
Rank 211 212 195
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 10 25 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 0.190% 0.417% 0.338%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.199% 0.435% 0.358%
Number of salaries quoted 9 19 17
Average salary £27,000 £34,000 £24,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.58% +38.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,000 £19,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £31,300 £34,000 £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.17%
All Job Titles
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5017 5743 5034
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 95.40% 95.84% 94.52%
Number of salaries quoted 4030 5057 4398
Average salary £42,000 £45,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,750 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Technician
South East

Support Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey Support Technician Salary Trend

Support Technician
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Technician across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Surrey Support Technician Salary Histogram

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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 17 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
Weybridge +4 1 £23,700 -
Guildford -7 1 £19,500 -
Woking -10 1 £31,000 -8.82%
Camberley - 1 £21,000 -
Chertsey - 1 £32,500 -
Egham - 1 £17,000 -
Support Technician
South East

Support Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (35.29%) Windows
4 4 (23.53%) SQL
4 4 (23.53%) Windows 7
5 3 (17.65%) Degree
5 3 (17.65%) ITIL
5 3 (17.65%) Linux
5 3 (17.65%) MCSE
5 3 (17.65%) MS Exchange
5 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
5 3 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2010
6 2 (11.76%) Windows 8
6 2 (11.76%) Windows XP
6 2 (11.76%) VPN
6 2 (11.76%) LAN
6 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
6 2 (11.76%) .NET
6 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
6 2 (11.76%) Web Services
6 2 (11.76%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (11.76%) UNIX
6 2 (11.76%) Exchange Server 2003
6 2 (11.76%) Service Management
7 1 (5.882%) Firewall
7 1 (5.882%) Migration
7 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (5.882%) VMware
7 1 (5.882%) .NET Framework
7 1 (5.882%) Tandem

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 2 (11.76%) .NET
1 2 (11.76%) Web Services
2 1 (5.882%) XML
2 1 (5.882%) .NET Framework
2 1 (5.882%) HTML
2 1 (5.882%) ASP
2 1 (5.882%) ASP.NET
2 1 (5.882%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
1 3 (17.65%) MS Exchange
1 3 (17.65%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (11.76%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (11.76%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (5.882%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (5.882%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 2 (11.76%) MS Excel
2 1 (5.882%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) LAN
1 2 (11.76%) VPN
2 1 (5.882%) Firewall
2 1 (5.882%) FTP
2 1 (5.882%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (5.882%) French Language
1 1 (5.882%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Tandem
1 1 (5.882%) Video Editing
1 1 (5.882%) Computer Science
1 1 (5.882%) CMDB
1 1 (5.882%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 6 (35.29%) Windows
2 4 (23.53%) Windows 7
3 3 (17.65%) Linux
4 2 (11.76%) Windows XP
4 2 (11.76%) Windows 8
4 2 (11.76%) UNIX
5 1 (5.882%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (5.882%) AIX
5 1 (5.882%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (17.65%) ITIL
2 2 (11.76%) Service Management
3 1 (5.882%) Migration
3 1 (5.882%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (5.882%) Release Management
3 1 (5.882%) Network Management
3 1 (5.882%) ITIL V3
3 1 (5.882%) CRM
3 1 (5.882%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (23.53%) SQL
2 1 (5.882%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (17.65%) MCSE
2 3 (17.65%) Degree
3 1 (5.882%) MCP
3 1 (5.882%) CCNA
3 1 (5.882%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (5.882%) MCITP
System Software
1 1 (5.882%) Active Directory
1 1 (5.882%) XenApp
1 1 (5.882%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 10 (58.82%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.882%) Citrix
2 1 (5.882%) Red Hat
2 1 (5.882%) VMware
2 1 (5.882%) LANDesk
2 1 (5.882%) Twitter
2 1 (5.882%) Cisco
Guildford, South East
Working as part of this supporting 600+ staff locally providing support to staff at all levels of the organisation on tasks including installation and repair of hardware and...
Hudson
Salary: £18000 - £21000 per annum
Posted: 26 April 2013
Farnham, Surrey
The key skills that my client is looking for are experience with Windows, AD, Exchange, BES, FTP, backup procedures, LANs, VPNs, VMWare, Networking, Switches, Routers, Firewalls.... A technical...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £18000 - £27000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Woking, Surrey
This role is required to provide first line of Application support for Sponsorship systems and supports approximately 1,000 users in the Field, 100 users in the Field...
Sanderson
Salary: £28000 - £32000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013