The first table below looks at the demand for the IT 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 IT Support in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IT Support
Rank 37 62 64
Rank change year-on-year
+25 +2
Permanent jobs requiring an IT Support 10 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 3.472% 0.280% 0.701%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.623% 0.285% 0.721%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 3
Average salary £25,000 £17,000 £24,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+47.05% -29.16%
UK excluding London average salary £24,000 £24,000 £24,000
All Job Titles
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
276 351 416
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 95.83% 98.32% 97.20%
Number of salaries quoted 217 237 310
Average salary £39,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.50% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £29,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £61,100 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
IT Support
Hertfordshire

IT Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford IT Support Jobs Demand Trend

IT Support
Salary Trend

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

Watford IT Support Salary Trend

IT Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford region that cited IT 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 IT Support in their job title.

1 13 (59.09%) Microsoft
2 8 (36.36%) Windows
2 8 (36.36%) SLA
3 7 (31.82%) ITIL
3 7 (31.82%) Internet
3 7 (31.82%) 3G
3 7 (31.82%) Blackberry
3 7 (31.82%) Service Management
3 7 (31.82%) Legal
3 7 (31.82%) iPhone
4 5 (22.73%) Degree
4 5 (22.73%) Active Directory
5 4 (18.18%) Project Management
5 4 (18.18%) Cisco
5 4 (18.18%) E-Commerce
5 4 (18.18%) Retail
5 4 (18.18%) Manufacturing
5 4 (18.18%) Change Management
5 4 (18.18%) Finance
5 4 (18.18%) Problem Management
5 4 (18.18%) Release Management
5 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (13.64%) VMware
6 3 (13.64%) MS Exchange
6 3 (13.64%) Linux
6 3 (13.64%) OO
6 3 (13.64%) C#
6 3 (13.64%) Perl
6 3 (13.64%) PHP

IT Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford region that cited IT 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 IT Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (13.64%) MS Exchange
2 2 (9.091%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (4.545%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (31.82%) Internet
1 7 (31.82%) 3G
2 3 (13.64%) VPN
3 2 (9.091%) Firewall
3 2 (9.091%) VoIP
3 2 (9.091%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) MySQL
1 3 (13.64%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (31.82%) Legal
2 4 (18.18%) Manufacturing
2 4 (18.18%) Retail
2 4 (18.18%) Finance
3 1 (4.545%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) Blackberry
1 7 (31.82%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 8 (36.36%) Windows
2 3 (13.64%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) ITIL
1 7 (31.82%) Service Management
2 4 (18.18%) Change Management
2 4 (18.18%) E-Commerce
2 4 (18.18%) Problem Management
2 4 (18.18%) Release Management
2 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (18.18%) Project Management
3 3 (13.64%) OO
4 1 (4.545%) Six Sigma
4 1 (4.545%) Migration
4 1 (4.545%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) C#
1 3 (13.64%) Perl
1 3 (13.64%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Degree
2 1 (4.545%) Six Sigma Green Belt
2 1 (4.545%) MCP
2 1 (4.545%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (4.545%) MCDST
2 1 (4.545%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (36.36%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (22.73%) Active Directory
2 3 (13.64%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 13 (59.09%) Microsoft
2 4 (18.18%) Cisco
3 3 (13.64%) VMware
4 2 (9.091%) Avaya
Watford, Hertfordshire
As a 2nd Line Support Analyst you will be situated on the Helpdesk providing remote support to external clients on Windows Server, Exchange, Active Directory, LAN/WAN and...
Senitor Associates
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + training
Posted: 14 May 2013