The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Warrington 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 24 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 Warrington region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 37 60 33
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -27
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 13 11 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warrington 3.571% 2.099% 2.151%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.812% 2.140% 2.372%
Number of salaries quoted 10 11 4
Average salary £18,750 £30,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-37.50% -7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £17,000 £21,500 £24,350
10% offered a salary of more than £21,450 £35,000 £41,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Warrington
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
341 514 253
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warrington 93.68% 98.09% 90.68%
Number of salaries quoted 278 466 216
Average salary £34,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.42% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Engineer
Cheshire

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warrington 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 Warrington region.

Warrington Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Warrington region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Warrington Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warrington 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 15 (78.95%) Windows
2 13 (68.42%) Microsoft
3 10 (52.63%) MS Excel
4 9 (47.37%) MS Exchange
5 8 (42.11%) Active Directory
5 8 (42.11%) Windows Server 2003
5 8 (42.11%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (36.84%) Exchange Server 2007
6 7 (36.84%) Firewall
7 6 (31.58%) MCTS
7 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Certification
7 6 (31.58%) TCP/IP
7 6 (31.58%) VPN
7 6 (31.58%) Windows XP
7 6 (31.58%) MS Office
7 6 (31.58%) Windows 7
8 4 (21.05%) MCSA
8 4 (21.05%) MCP
8 4 (21.05%) Cisco
9 3 (15.79%) LAN
9 3 (15.79%) WAN
9 3 (15.79%) Project Management
9 3 (15.79%) IIS
9 3 (15.79%) Degree
9 3 (15.79%) Asset Management
9 3 (15.79%) Data Management
9 3 (15.79%) Time Management
9 3 (15.79%) VMware
9 3 (15.79%) Exchange Server 2010
9 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warrington 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 1 (5.263%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 9 (47.37%) MS Exchange
2 7 (36.84%) Exchange Server 2007
3 3 (15.79%) IIS
3 3 (15.79%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (10.53%) Apache
5 1 (5.263%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 10 (52.63%) MS Excel
2 6 (31.58%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 7 (36.84%) Firewall
2 6 (31.58%) TCP/IP
2 6 (31.58%) VPN
3 3 (15.79%) LAN
3 3 (15.79%) WAN
4 2 (10.53%) SAN
4 2 (10.53%) DNS
5 1 (5.263%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.53%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (5.263%) Synon
General
1 1 (5.263%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Blackberry
1 1 (5.263%) AS400
1 1 (5.263%) Clustering
1 1 (5.263%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 15 (78.95%) Windows
2 8 (42.11%) Windows Server 2003
2 8 (42.11%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (31.58%) Windows XP
3 6 (31.58%) Windows 7
4 2 (10.53%) UNIX
4 2 (10.53%) Linux
5 1 (5.263%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (15.79%) Project Management
1 3 (15.79%) Asset Management
1 3 (15.79%) Data Management
1 3 (15.79%) Time Management
1 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (5.263%) Business Analysis
2 1 (5.263%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.53%) PowerShell
1 2 (10.53%) Ruby
1 2 (10.53%) C
1 2 (10.53%) PHP
2 1 (5.263%) RPG
2 1 (5.263%) Java
2 1 (5.263%) RPG/400
Qualifications
1 6 (31.58%) MCTS
1 6 (31.58%) Microsoft Certification
2 4 (21.05%) MCSA
2 4 (21.05%) MCP
3 3 (15.79%) Degree
4 2 (10.53%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
4 2 (10.53%) MCSE
5 1 (5.263%) SC Cleared
5 1 (5.263%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 8 (42.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (10.53%) vSphere
2 2 (10.53%) Sendmail
2 2 (10.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (5.263%) Forefront TMG
3 1 (5.263%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 1 (5.263%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 13 (68.42%) Microsoft
2 4 (21.05%) Cisco
3 3 (15.79%) VMware
4 2 (10.53%) Citrix
5 1 (5.263%) IBM
5 1 (5.263%) HP
5 1 (5.263%) SolarWinds
Warrington, Cheshire
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