The first table below looks at the demand for the 3rd Line Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited 3rd Line Support in their job title over the 3 months to 18 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Third Line Support
Rank 49 60 69
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +9
Permanent jobs requiring a 3rd Line Support 1 8 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 0.339% 2.305% 0.552%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.356% 2.332% 0.568%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 3
Average salary £26,500 £47,500 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-44.21% +48.43%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
All Job Titles
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
281 343 528
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 95.25% 98.85% 97.24%
Number of salaries quoted 213 234 389
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £62,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
3rd Line Support
Hertfordshire

3rd Line Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 3rd Line Support Jobs Demand Trend

3rd Line Support
Salary Trend

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

Watford 3rd Line Support Salary Trend

3rd Line Support
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Watford region that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Support in their job title.

1 3 (75.00%) IIS
1 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) VMware
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco
2 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Windows
3 1 (25.00%) Linux
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
3 1 (25.00%) Web Services
3 1 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) MySQL
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Migration
3 1 (25.00%) SaaS
3 1 (25.00%) Statistics
3 1 (25.00%) Blog

3rd Line Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Watford region that cited 3rd Line 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 3rd Line Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) IIS
1 3 (75.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (25.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) MySQL
General
1 1 (25.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Statistics
1 1 (25.00%) Blog
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (25.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) Python
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) Cisco