Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for the IT Support Technician role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IT Support Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

 IT Support Technician
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank580742
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+162
Matching permanent IT job ads44206
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.065 %0.103 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.071 %0.113 %
Salaries quoted41193
Average salary£20,000£21,250
Average salary % change on the same period last year-5.880 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£15,000£17,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,200£28,000
UK excluding London average salary£19,500£20,000
% change on same period last year-2.500 %
IT Job Market, Job TitlesAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
61844182955
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK90.83 %91.72 %
Salaries quoted51383150133
Average salary£40,000£40,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000

IT Support Technician
Demand Trend

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

IT Support Technician Demand Trend

IT Support Technician
Salary Trend

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

IT Support Technician Salary Trend

IT Support Technician
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing IT Support Technician over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 within the UK.

IT Support Technician Salary Histogram

IT Support Technician
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Technician within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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
EnglandUp+17841£20,000-5.88 %
YorkshireUp+1119£19,000-5.00 %
South EastUp+1548£24,500+7.69 %
North WestUp+1308£15,000-28.57 %
ManchesterUp+847£15,000-28.57 %
LondonUp+2186£23,000-14.81 %
West YorkshireUp+866£18,500-7.50 %
South WestUp+825£16,000-7.24 %
LeedsUp+805£19,000+1.33 %
West MidlandsUp+734£21,750+7.40 %
SurreyUp+1123£30,000+29.03 %
WiltshireUp+273£16,000-17.94 %
SwindonUp+213£16,000-17.94 %
BerkshireUp+1192£24,000+20.00 %
HampshireUp+952£18,250-13.09 %
ScotlandUp+642£17,000-26.08 %
South YorkshireUp+572£18,500-26.00 %
SheffieldUp+352£18,500-26.00 %
ShropshireNew entry-2£23,500-
City of LondonUp+1191£25,200-16.00 %
BirminghamUp+721£17,000-12.82 %
East of EnglandUp+711--
WalesUp+351£20,000-4.76 %
GloucestershireUp+341£21,500+26.47 %
LancashireUp+321£16,500-29.78 %
SouthamptonUp+281£17,500-16.66 %
EssexUp+231--
StaffordshireUp+171£20,000-11.11 %
PrestonUp+161£16,500-31.25 %
AberdeenUp+151£17,000-

IT Support Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK that cited IT 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 IT Support Technician in their job title.

1104 (81.89 %)Windows
263 (49.61 %)Active Directory
355 (43.31 %)Windows Server 2003
454 (42.52 %)Windows XP
540 (31.50 %)MS Exchange
637 (29.13 %)Microsoft
736 (28.35 %)TCP/IP
831 (24.41 %)MS Office
929 (22.83 %)MS Excel
1025 (19.69 %)Windows Vista
1123 (18.11 %)DNS
1123 (18.11 %)DHCP
1221 (16.54 %)Windows 2000
1318 (14.17 %)SQL Server
1417 (13.39 %)SQL
1417 (13.39 %)Microsoft Certification
1516 (12.60 %)Education
1516 (12.60 %)Exchange Server 2003
1615 (11.81 %)LAN
1713 (10.24 %)WAN
1713 (10.24 %)HTML
1713 (10.24 %)Windows 2000 Server
1811 (8.661 %)Exchange Server 2007
1811 (8.661 %)Java
1811 (8.661 %)CRM
1811 (8.661 %)ERP
1811 (8.661 %)Citrix
1811 (8.661 %)Remedy
199 (7.087 %)Cisco
199 (7.087 %)MCSE

IT Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK that cited IT 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 IT Support Technician in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
113 (10.24 %)HTML
23 (2.362 %).NET
32 (1.575 %)CSS
41 (0.787 %)Flash
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
140 (31.50 %)MS Exchange
216 (12.60 %)Exchange Server 2003
311 (8.661 %)Exchange Server 2007
49 (7.087 %)IIS
52 (1.575 %)GroupWise
52 (1.575 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
61 (0.787 %)Drupal
61 (0.787 %)SharePoint
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
131 (24.41 %)MS Office
229 (22.83 %)MS Excel
32 (1.575 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.575 %)Dynamics NAV
12 (1.575 %)Navision
21 (0.787 %)SAP Business One
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
136 (28.35 %)TCP/IP
223 (18.11 %)DNS
223 (18.11 %)DHCP
315 (11.81 %)LAN
413 (10.24 %)WAN
57 (5.512 %)VPN
66 (4.724 %)Wireless
75 (3.937 %)Broadband
75 (3.937 %)Internet
84 (3.150 %)Firewall
84 (3.150 %)VoIP
92 (1.575 %)Wi-Fi
92 (1.575 %)IP Telephony
92 (1.575 %)Ethernet
101 (0.787 %)Cisco ASA
101 (0.787 %)Cisco PIX
101 (0.787 %)SSL
101 (0.787 %)WLAN
101 (0.787 %)PBX
101 (0.787 %)SAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
118 (14.17 %)SQL Server
23 (2.362 %)MS Access
32 (1.575 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (1.575 %)RDBMS
32 (1.575 %)Data Cleansing
41 (0.787 %)MySQL
41 (0.787 %)Crystal Reports
41 (0.787 %)SQL Server 2000
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.787 %)Ant
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
116 (12.60 %)Education
27 (5.512 %)Finance
35 (3.937 %)Telecoms
44 (3.150 %)Pensions
53 (2.362 %)Insurance
53 (2.362 %)Health
62 (1.575 %)Manufacturing
62 (1.575 %)Automotive
62 (1.575 %)Back Office
71 (0.787 %)Retail
71 (0.787 %)Electronics
71 (0.787 %)Construction
71 (0.787 %)Electric
71 (0.787 %)Government
71 (0.787 %)Advertising
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (3.150 %)Blackberry
21 (0.787 %)Learning Management System
21 (0.787 %)Computer Science
21 (0.787 %)French Language
21 (0.787 %)German Language
21 (0.787 %)Hungarian Language
21 (0.787 %)Spanish Language
21 (0.787 %)PMI
21 (0.787 %)Management Information System
21 (0.787 %)Clustering
21 (0.787 %)E-Learning
21 (0.787 %)Streaming Media
21 (0.787 %)AS400
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1104 (81.89 %)Windows
255 (43.31 %)Windows Server 2003
354 (42.52 %)Windows XP
425 (19.69 %)Windows Vista
521 (16.54 %)Windows 2000
613 (10.24 %)Windows 2000 Server
78 (6.299 %)UNIX
87 (5.512 %)Linux
92 (1.575 %)Windows Server 2008
101 (0.787 %)VMS
101 (0.787 %)OpenVMS
101 (0.787 %)Solaris
101 (0.787 %)Windows NT
101 (0.787 %)Mac OS X
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (8.661 %)CRM
111 (8.661 %)ERP
29 (7.087 %)ITIL
32 (1.575 %)OO
32 (1.575 %)PRINCE2
41 (0.787 %)Web Development
41 (0.787 %)Risk Analysis
41 (0.787 %)QMS
41 (0.787 %)Network Load Balancing
41 (0.787 %)E-Commerce
41 (0.787 %)Service Management
41 (0.787 %)Strategic Planning
41 (0.787 %)Network Design
41 (0.787 %)SEO
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (13.39 %)SQL
211 (8.661 %)Java
33 (2.362 %)C
41 (0.787 %)C#
41 (0.787 %)C++
41 (0.787 %)Delphi
41 (0.787 %)PHP
41 (0.787 %)VB
41 (0.787 %)VB6
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
117 (13.39 %)Microsoft Certification
29 (7.087 %)MCSE
36 (4.724 %)MCP
36 (4.724 %)Degree
43 (2.362 %)HND
52 (1.575 %)MCDST
52 (1.575 %)Cisco Certification
52 (1.575 %)CCNA
61 (0.787 %)A+ Certification
61 (0.787 %)PMI Certification
61 (0.787 %)Network+ Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (3.150 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
163 (49.61 %)Active Directory
24 (3.150 %)Terminal Server
33 (2.362 %)ISA Server
42 (1.575 %)MetaFrame
42 (1.575 %)VMware Infrastructure
51 (0.787 %)Citrix Presentation Server
51 (0.787 %)Terminal Services
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (3.150 %)Norton AntiVirus
22 (1.575 %)DameWare
31 (0.787 %)SCOM
31 (0.787 %)MOM
31 (0.787 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
137 (29.13 %)Microsoft
211 (8.661 %)Citrix
211 (8.661 %)Remedy
39 (7.087 %)Cisco
48 (6.299 %)SAP
54 (3.150 %)VMware
54 (3.150 %)Symantec
54 (3.150 %)Nortel
63 (2.362 %)Trend Micro
63 (2.362 %)Avaya
63 (2.362 %)Veritas
72 (1.575 %)Sophos
81 (0.787 %)LANDesk
81 (0.787 %)IBM
81 (0.787 %)Intel
81 (0.787 %)CA
81 (0.787 %)Sony
81 (0.787 %)Toshiba
81 (0.787 %)McAfee Security
81 (0.787 %)CheckPoint