The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Wakefield region. 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 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 Wakefield region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 23 26 -
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 7 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 5.691% 5.455% -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.983% 5.556% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 6 0
Average salary £33,250 £24,750 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+34.34% -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Wakefield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
117 108 89
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 95.12% 98.18% 97.80%
Number of salaries quoted 106 83 85
Average salary £32,500 £34,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.79% +6.15%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £20,000 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £41,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Support Engineer
West Yorkshire

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wakefield Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Wakefield Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Wakefield region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Wakefield Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield region 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.

1 18 (72.00%) MS Exchange
1 18 (72.00%) Active Directory
1 18 (72.00%) SAN
1 18 (72.00%) VMware
1 18 (72.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (68.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 17 (68.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 17 (68.00%) SQL Server
3 16 (64.00%) LAN
3 16 (64.00%) WAN
4 14 (56.00%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (36.00%) Windows
6 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (20.00%) MCSE
7 5 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (16.00%) Hyper-V
8 4 (16.00%) XenServer
8 4 (16.00%) MCITP
8 4 (16.00%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (12.00%) Citrix
9 3 (12.00%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (12.00%) Cisco
9 3 (12.00%) TCP/IP
9 3 (12.00%) DNS
9 3 (12.00%) MCSA
9 3 (12.00%) ITIL
9 3 (12.00%) DHCP
9 3 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2003
9 3 (12.00%) Wireless
9 3 (12.00%) XenApp

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield region 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.

Application Development
1 2 (8.000%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 18 (72.00%) MS Exchange
2 14 (56.00%) Exchange Server 2010
3 3 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2003
3 3 (12.00%) Exchange Server 2007
4 2 (8.000%) IBM Notes
5 1 (4.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.000%) MS Excel
2 1 (4.000%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (72.00%) SAN
2 16 (64.00%) LAN
2 16 (64.00%) WAN
3 3 (12.00%) TCP/IP
3 3 (12.00%) DNS
3 3 (12.00%) DHCP
3 3 (12.00%) Wireless
4 2 (8.000%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (8.000%) SMTP
5 1 (4.000%) VPN
5 1 (4.000%) VoIP
5 1 (4.000%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (68.00%) SQL Server 2008
1 17 (68.00%) SQL Server 2005
1 17 (68.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.000%) MySQL
General
1 1 (4.000%) Telecoms
Operating Systems
1 9 (36.00%) Windows
2 5 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (12.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (8.000%) CentOS
4 2 (8.000%) Debian
4 2 (8.000%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (12.00%) ITIL
2 2 (8.000%) MVC
2 2 (8.000%) Problem Management
3 1 (4.000%) Project Management
3 1 (4.000%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (8.000%) Perl
1 2 (8.000%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (20.00%) MCSE
3 4 (16.00%) MCITP
3 4 (16.00%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (12.00%) MCSA
5 2 (8.000%) CCNP
5 2 (8.000%) CCNA
5 2 (8.000%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (4.000%) MCP
6 1 (4.000%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (8.000%) SLA
System Software
1 18 (72.00%) Active Directory
1 18 (72.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 4 (16.00%) Hyper-V
2 4 (16.00%) XenServer
3 3 (12.00%) XenApp
4 1 (4.000%) Terminal Services
4 1 (4.000%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (8.000%) Nagios
2 1 (4.000%) SCOM
Vendors
1 18 (72.00%) VMware
2 3 (12.00%) Citrix
2 3 (12.00%) Cisco
3 2 (8.000%) CheckPoint
3 2 (8.000%) Lotus
4 1 (4.000%) HP
4 1 (4.000%) Dell