Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
Job Type
Source

The table below looks at the demand for the Technical Support role in IT jobs within the Warwickshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical Support in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkTechnical Support
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank8187
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching permanent IT job ads106
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.858 %0.429 %
Salaries quoted106
Average minimum salary£25,700£26,167
Average salary£27,450£26,833
% change on same period last year+2.29 %
Average maximum salary£29,200£27,500
UK excluding London average salary£30,044£29,566
% change on same period last year+1.61 %
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Warwickshire
Matching permanent IT job ads11651397
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.645 %0.586 %
Salaries quoted9991288
Average minimum salary£30,689£32,207
Average salary£33,197£34,067
% change on same period last year-2.55 %
Average maximum salary£35,704£35,927
UK excluding London average salary£38,058£39,448
% change on same period last year-3.52 %
Technical Support West MidlandsTechnical Support
West Midlands

Technical Support
Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire Technical Support Demand Trend

Technical Support
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Technical Support across the Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire Technical Support Salary Trend

Technical Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Technical Support across the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Warwickshire Technical Support Salary Histogram

Technical Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Technical Support within the Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WarwickUp+42£29,000+45.00 %
Technical Support West MidlandsTechnical Support
West Midlands

Technical Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Warwickshire region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title.

117 (85.00 %)TCP/IP
216 (80.00 %)Active Directory
216 (80.00 %)Windows
312 (60.00 %)SQL Server
48 (40.00 %)Telecoms
48 (40.00 %)MPLS
48 (40.00 %)VPN
48 (40.00 %)MS Exchange
57 (35.00 %)Windows Server 2003
57 (35.00 %)SQL Server 2005
66 (30.00 %)SQL Server 2000
66 (30.00 %)SQL
75 (25.00 %)LAN
75 (25.00 %)WAN
75 (25.00 %)Degree
75 (25.00 %)Computer Science
84 (20.00 %)Firewall
84 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
84 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
84 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
93 (15.00 %)IIS
93 (15.00 %)Clustering
93 (15.00 %)Disaster Recovery
102 (10.00 %)Linux
102 (10.00 %)VERITAS
111 (5.000 %)Red Hat
111 (5.000 %)Project Management
111 (5.000 %)Service Delivery
111 (5.000 %)Shell Script
111 (5.000 %)SAP R/3

Technical Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Warwickshire region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Warwickshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (40.00 %)MS Exchange
24 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2000
24 (20.00 %)Exchange Server 2007
33 (15.00 %)IIS
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (5.000 %)SAP R/3
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
117 (85.00 %)TCP/IP
28 (40.00 %)VPN
28 (40.00 %)MPLS
35 (25.00 %)LAN
35 (25.00 %)WAN
44 (20.00 %)Firewall
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (60.00 %)SQL Server
27 (35.00 %)SQL Server 2005
36 (30.00 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (5.000 %)Oracle 8/8i
Warwickshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (40.00 %)Telecoms
21 (5.000 %)Automotive
21 (5.000 %)Health
21 (5.000 %)Manufacturing
Warwickshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (25.00 %)Computer Science
23 (15.00 %)Clustering
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
116 (80.00 %)Windows
27 (35.00 %)Windows Server 2003
34 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
42 (10.00 %)Linux
51 (5.000 %)UNIX
51 (5.000 %)Solaris
51 (5.000 %)SUSE
51 (5.000 %)Red Hat Linux
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (15.00 %)Disaster Recovery
21 (5.000 %)Problem Management
21 (5.000 %)ITIL
21 (5.000 %)Project Management
21 (5.000 %)Service Delivery
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (30.00 %)SQL
21 (5.000 %)Shell Script
21 (5.000 %)Perl
Warwickshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (25.00 %)Degree
Warwickshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.000 %)SLA
Warwickshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
116 (80.00 %)Active Directory
21 (5.000 %)Samba
21 (5.000 %)NFS
Warwickshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (10.00 %)VERITAS
21 (5.000 %)Red Hat
21 (5.000 %)Oracle
21 (5.000 %)SAP
21 (5.000 %)IBM
21 (5.000 %)Microsoft
21 (5.000 %)Sun