The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 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 currently tracked.

Support Engineer
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank130136138
Rank change year-on-year
Up+6Up+2
Matching permanent IT job ads238022851632
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.974 %1.864 %1.709 %
As % of the Job Titles category2.084 %1.978 %1.832 %
Number of salaries quoted208719941325
Average salary£31,000£30,000£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.33 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,500£21,500£21,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000£27,500
% change year-on-year
-+9.09 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11420611553789084
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK94.71 %94.23 %93.30 %
Number of salaries quoted979339761273729
Average salary£42,500£42,500£42,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£75,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,500£36,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33 %+2.73 %

Support Engineer
Demand Trend

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

Support Engineer Demand Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Engineer over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 within the UK.

Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Support Engineer
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. 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+92193£31,500+5.00 %
South EastDown-1837£35,000+16.66 %
LondonDown-13661£32,500-
BerkshireUp+2287£37,500+7.14 %
East of EnglandNo change0223£30,000-
SurreyDown-43164£32,000+6.66 %
HampshireUp+43153£33,500+15.51 %
North WestUp+18142£29,000+16.00 %
City of LondonDown-3135£34,250-8.66 %
South WestDown-2296£29,000-3.33 %
ReadingUp+1591£35,000+7.69 %
YorkshireUp+683£22,500-2.17 %
HertfordshireUp+1379£40,000+26.98 %
BuckinghamshireUp+3178£27,000+14.89 %
ScotlandDown-1276£25,000-24.24 %
East MidlandsDown-672£28,000+9.80 %
ManchesterDown-1064£30,000+20.00 %
CambridgeshireDown-1463£28,000+1.81 %
West MidlandsDown-3858£30,000-14.28 %
BracknellUp+2351£37,500+7.14 %
CambridgeUp+345£27,500-
CheshireUp+944£30,000+5.26 %
BristolUp+2043£32,500+13.04 %
OxfordshireUp+1639£27,000+12.50 %
West YorkshireUp+339£24,125+4.89 %
EssexDown-937£24,000-11.11 %
WalesDown-533£31,250+9.64 %
KentUp+2728£27,500+14.58 %
NottinghamshireUp+2628£28,750+30.68 %
West SussexUp+528£30,000-3.22 %

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited Support Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

13031 (58.99 %)Windows
21947 (37.89 %)Microsoft
31572 (30.60 %)Active Directory
41180 (22.97 %)MS Exchange
51161 (22.60 %)Windows Server 2003
61148 (22.34 %)SQL
71144 (22.27 %)Linux
81125 (21.90 %)Windows Server 2008
91112 (21.64 %)VMware
101109 (21.58 %)Cisco
111026 (19.97 %)MS Excel
12968 (18.84 %)TCP/IP
13902 (17.56 %)Microsoft Certification
14857 (16.68 %)Firewall
15788 (15.34 %)SQL Server
16767 (14.93 %)UNIX
17758 (14.75 %)Windows XP
18738 (14.36 %)Cisco Certification
19720 (14.01 %)Citrix
20698 (13.59 %)DNS
21680 (13.23 %)LAN
22679 (13.22 %)MS Office
23630 (12.26 %)Degree
24617 (12.01 %)VMware Infrastructure
25615 (11.97 %)CCNA
26583 (11.35 %)Finance
27576 (11.21 %)MCSE
28563 (10.96 %)ITIL
29562 (10.94 %)WAN
30512 (9.965 %)VPN

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited Support Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1233 (4.535 %).NET
2163 (3.172 %)XML
3148 (2.880 %)HTML
484 (1.635 %)CSS
484 (1.635 %)Web Services
571 (1.382 %)J2EE
670 (1.362 %)ASP.NET
768 (1.323 %)WebSphere
857 (1.109 %)ODBC
954 (1.051 %)ASP
1038 (0.740 %)LAMP
1134 (0.662 %)Middleware
1231 (0.603 %)XSLT
1330 (0.584 %)XHTML
1424 (0.467 %)COM
1522 (0.428 %)Java EE
1621 (0.409 %)Ajax
1716 (0.311 %).NET Framework
1814 (0.272 %)Forefront TMG
1913 (0.253 %)Windows SharePoint Services
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11180 (22.97 %)MS Exchange
2468 (9.109 %)Exchange Server 2007
3458 (8.914 %)Exchange Server 2010
4432 (8.408 %)Exchange Server 2003
5369 (7.182 %)IIS
6321 (6.248 %)SharePoint
7240 (4.671 %)Apache
8144 (2.803 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
985 (1.654 %)Lotus Notes
1079 (1.538 %)Tomcat
1176 (1.479 %)WebLogic
1264 (1.246 %)CMS
1350 (0.973 %)SharePoint 2010
1442 (0.817 %)Lync
1536 (0.701 %)BizTalk Server
1635 (0.681 %)Exchange Server 2000
1726 (0.506 %)Lotus Domino
1825 (0.487 %)SharePoint Server
1919 (0.370 %)Office Communications Server
2016 (0.311 %)WorkSite
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11026 (19.97 %)MS Excel
2679 (13.22 %)MS Office
360 (1.168 %)MS PowerPoint
438 (0.740 %)MS Visio
523 (0.448 %)Google Apps
611 (0.214 %)MATLAB
79 (0.175 %)MS Project
88 (0.156 %)Office 365
96 (0.117 %)Spreadsheet
104 (0.078 %)AutoCAD
112 (0.039 %)Maple
121 (0.019 %)Final Cut Pro
121 (0.019 %)Solid Edge
121 (0.019 %)InfoPath
121 (0.019 %)Maya
121 (0.019 %)Adobe After Effects
121 (0.019 %)Acrobat
121 (0.019 %)QuarkXPress
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
123 (0.448 %)Dynamics CRM
212 (0.234 %)3000 Xtra
311 (0.214 %)Line 100
311 (0.214 %)Sage MMS
49 (0.175 %)Dynamics NAV
49 (0.175 %)Oracle ERP
58 (0.156 %)Summit
67 (0.136 %)SoftGrid
76 (0.117 %)Sentinel
76 (0.117 %)Remedy ITSM
85 (0.097 %)SyteLine
85 (0.097 %)Nortel Periphonics
94 (0.078 %)assyst
94 (0.078 %)RMDS
94 (0.078 %)Line 500
103 (0.058 %)Google Analytics
103 (0.058 %)SunGard AvantGard
103 (0.058 %)WebTrends
112 (0.039 %)Oracle EBS
112 (0.039 %)BPCS
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1968 (18.84 %)TCP/IP
2857 (16.68 %)Firewall
3698 (13.59 %)DNS
4680 (13.23 %)LAN
5562 (10.94 %)WAN
6512 (9.965 %)VPN
7506 (9.848 %)SAN
8487 (9.478 %)DHCP
9383 (7.454 %)Internet
10280 (5.450 %)VoIP
11194 (3.776 %)Wireless
12117 (2.277 %)VLAN
13116 (2.258 %)Network Security
14115 (2.238 %)OSPF
15108 (2.102 %)NAS
16106 (2.063 %)MPLS
17102 (1.985 %)IP Telephony
1889 (1.732 %)BGP
1988 (1.713 %)SMTP
1988 (1.713 %)Cisco ASA
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1788 (15.34 %)SQL Server
2202 (3.931 %)MySQL
3135 (2.627 %)SQL Server 2005
4117 (2.277 %)RDBMS
5109 (2.121 %)SQL Server 2008
666 (1.285 %)Oracle 11g
763 (1.226 %)DB2
854 (1.051 %)SQL Server 2000
951 (0.993 %)Oracle 10g
1032 (0.623 %)Oracle 8/8i
1126 (0.506 %)Crystal Reports
1126 (0.506 %)Oracle Reports
1222 (0.428 %)Oracle 9i
1317 (0.331 %)MS Access
1317 (0.331 %)TOAD
1317 (0.331 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1414 (0.272 %)ETL
1511 (0.214 %)Data Warehouse
1610 (0.195 %)PostgreSQL
1610 (0.195 %)DB2 UDB
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
133 (0.642 %)Visual Studio
221 (0.409 %)Subversion
320 (0.389 %)VSS/SourceSafe
419 (0.370 %)JIRA
514 (0.272 %)Ant
611 (0.214 %)ClearCase
611 (0.214 %)Hudson
710 (0.195 %)MSI
89 (0.175 %)Wise Package Studio
98 (0.156 %)NUnit
107 (0.136 %)FitNesse
107 (0.136 %)TeamCity
107 (0.136 %)Team Foundation Server
115 (0.097 %)Git (software)
115 (0.097 %)AdminStudio
115 (0.097 %)Eclipse
124 (0.078 %)ProC
124 (0.078 %)LabVIEW
124 (0.078 %)Selenium
132 (0.039 %)Firebug
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1583 (11.35 %)Finance
2381 (7.415 %)Telecoms
3217 (4.223 %)German Language
4184 (3.581 %)French Language
5117 (2.277 %)Banking
678 (1.518 %)Retail
771 (1.382 %)Electronics
771 (1.382 %)Spanish Language
868 (1.323 %)Manufacturing
965 (1.265 %)Italian Language
1062 (1.207 %)Advertising
1062 (1.207 %)Legal
1155 (1.070 %)Law
1155 (1.070 %)Back Office
1249 (0.954 %)Marketing
1338 (0.740 %)Games
1431 (0.603 %)Front Office
1521 (0.409 %)Investment Banking
1620 (0.389 %)Billing
1719 (0.370 %)Financial Institution
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1294 (5.722 %)Blackberry
2253 (4.924 %)Computer Science
3145 (2.822 %)Clustering
480 (1.557 %)SaaS
577 (1.499 %)Replication
668 (1.323 %)Management Information System
668 (1.323 %)Client/Server
753 (1.032 %)iPhone
850 (0.973 %)Mathematics
948 (0.934 %)Video Conferencing
1045 (0.876 %)EFT
1143 (0.837 %)Open Source
1238 (0.740 %)PDA
1334 (0.662 %)Cloud Computing
1433 (0.642 %)Fat Client
1433 (0.642 %)Thin Client
1531 (0.603 %)Hedge funds
1629 (0.564 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1629 (0.564 %)Video on Demand
1723 (0.448 %)Spread Betting
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13031 (58.99 %)Windows
21161 (22.60 %)Windows Server 2003
31144 (22.27 %)Linux
41125 (21.90 %)Windows Server 2008
5767 (14.93 %)UNIX
6758 (14.75 %)Windows XP
7474 (9.225 %)Windows 7
8298 (5.800 %)Windows Vista
9206 (4.009 %)Solaris
10157 (3.056 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11128 (2.491 %)Windows 2000 Server
12127 (2.472 %)Windows 2000
1387 (1.693 %)HPUX
1387 (1.693 %)Mac OS X
1485 (1.654 %)AIX
1557 (1.109 %)CentOS
1642 (0.817 %)Ubuntu
1740 (0.779 %)Mac OS
1829 (0.564 %)SUSE
1829 (0.564 %)Debian
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1563 (10.96 %)ITIL
2184 (3.581 %)Service Delivery
3149 (2.900 %)Disaster Recovery
4138 (2.686 %)Incident Management
5134 (2.608 %)CRM
6126 (2.452 %)Service Management
7123 (2.394 %)Project Management
8103 (2.005 %)Load Balancing
996 (1.868 %)Validation
1094 (1.830 %)Change Management
1188 (1.713 %)Time Management
1283 (1.615 %)Migration
1379 (1.538 %)Network Management
1473 (1.421 %)Problem Management
1473 (1.421 %)Root Cause Analysis
1572 (1.401 %)Release Management
1671 (1.382 %)E-Commerce
1765 (1.265 %)Document Management
1858 (1.129 %)Continuous Improvement
1950 (0.973 %)Asset Management
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11148 (22.34 %)SQL
2315 (6.131 %)Java
3187 (3.640 %)Perl
4183 (3.562 %)C
5177 (3.445 %)Shell Script
6169 (3.289 %)C++
7158 (3.075 %)C#
8131 (2.550 %)JavaScript
9123 (2.394 %)PHP
10105 (2.044 %)VB
10105 (2.044 %)Python
1183 (1.615 %)T-SQL
1273 (1.421 %)Bash shell
1360 (1.168 %)PowerShell
1456 (1.090 %)VB.NET
1555 (1.070 %)VBScript
1648 (0.934 %)PL/SQL
1727 (0.525 %)Ruby
1817 (0.331 %)AWK
1916 (0.311 %)Tcl
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1902 (17.56 %)Microsoft Certification
2738 (14.36 %)Cisco Certification
3630 (12.26 %)Degree
4615 (11.97 %)CCNA
5576 (11.21 %)MCSE
6413 (8.038 %)MCITP
7378 (7.357 %)MCP
8299 (5.819 %)MCSA
9285 (5.547 %)CCNP
10186 (3.620 %)Security Cleared
11134 (2.608 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12130 (2.530 %)CCVP
13109 (2.121 %)SC Cleared
1497 (1.888 %)MCTS
1596 (1.868 %)Citrix Certification
1678 (1.518 %)CISSP
1777 (1.499 %)MCDST
1876 (1.479 %)CCA
1970 (1.362 %)CCIE
2068 (1.323 %)JNCIA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1370 (7.201 %)SLA
242 (0.817 %)QA
320 (0.389 %)ISO 9001
419 (0.370 %)ISO/IEC 27001
511 (0.214 %)PCI DSS
64 (0.078 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
64 (0.078 %)ISO/IEC 20000
73 (0.058 %)ISO 9000
82 (0.039 %)COBIT
91 (0.019 %)BS7799
91 (0.019 %)Data Quality
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11572 (30.60 %)Active Directory
2617 (12.01 %)VMware Infrastructure
3223 (4.340 %)Hyper-V
4210 (4.087 %)vSphere
5208 (4.048 %)VMware ESX
6168 (3.270 %)XenApp
7161 (3.134 %)Terminal Services
879 (1.538 %)VMware ESXi
969 (1.343 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1046 (0.895 %)XenDesktop
1139 (0.759 %)ISA Server
1235 (0.681 %)Xen
1331 (0.603 %)XenServer
1426 (0.506 %)NFS
1426 (0.506 %)Terminal Server
1521 (0.409 %)Sendmail
1620 (0.389 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1717 (0.331 %)MetaFrame
1813 (0.253 %)qmail
1813 (0.253 %)VMware Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
1179 (3.484 %)Backup Exec
272 (1.401 %)SCCM
363 (1.226 %)Nagios
455 (1.070 %)WSUS
553 (1.032 %)NetBackup
652 (1.012 %)Cisco UCCX
751 (0.993 %)SCOM
836 (0.701 %)ARCserve
935 (0.681 %)Cisco IPCC
1029 (0.564 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1127 (0.525 %)Cisco CUCM
1226 (0.506 %)Tivoli
1226 (0.506 %)DameWare
1322 (0.428 %)Sysprep
1421 (0.409 %)Norton AntiVirus
1421 (0.409 %)Nessus
1520 (0.389 %)EMC NetWorker
1520 (0.389 %)Legato
1619 (0.370 %)Cisco UCCE
1619 (0.370 %)vCenter
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11947 (37.89 %)Microsoft
21112 (21.64 %)VMware
31109 (21.58 %)Cisco
4720 (14.01 %)Citrix
5508 (9.887 %)Oracle
6399 (7.766 %)HP
7246 (4.788 %)Red Hat
8230 (4.476 %)Juniper
9205 (3.990 %)CheckPoint
10174 (3.387 %)Symantec
11156 (3.036 %)Avaya
11156 (3.036 %)Dell
12138 (2.686 %)EMC
13120 (2.336 %)Apple
14113 (2.199 %)NetApp
1588 (1.713 %)Sun
1687 (1.693 %)Lotus
1785 (1.654 %)IBM
1879 (1.538 %)F5
1973 (1.421 %)Blue Coat