The first table below looks at the demand for the 3rd Line Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Swindon region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3rd Line Support in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Swindon region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Third Line Support
Rank 51 57 52
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 1 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 0.210% 0.192% 0.408%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.217% 0.209% 0.419%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
Average salary £21,000 £35,000 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-40.00% +9.37%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
All Job Titles
Swindon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
461 478 477
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Swindon 96.85% 91.92% 97.35%
Number of salaries quoted 407 415 442
Average salary £36,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.00% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £23,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
3rd Line Support
Wiltshire

3rd Line Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 3rd Line Support Jobs Demand Trend

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend

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

Swindon 3rd Line Support Salary Trend

3rd Line Support
Top 17 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon region that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Support in their job title.

1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) CCIE
1 2 (66.67%) CCNP
1 2 (66.67%) CCIP
1 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint
1 2 (66.67%) MPLS
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (66.67%) Juniper
1 2 (66.67%) Unified Communications
2 1 (33.33%) Terminal Services
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) IIS

3rd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Swindon region that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) MPLS
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
1 2 (66.67%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) CCIE
1 2 (66.67%) CCNP
1 2 (66.67%) CCIP
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Terminal Services
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Cisco
1 2 (66.67%) CheckPoint
1 2 (66.67%) Juniper
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix