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The table below looks at the demand for the Support Technician role in IT jobs within the Watford 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 Support Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Support Technician
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank51-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads60
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.626 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted60
Average minimum salary£32,833-
Average salary£37,167-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£41,500-
UK excluding London average salary£22,988£22,610
% change on same period last year+1.67 %
Watford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Watford
Matching permanent IT job ads369474
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.318 %0.242 %
Salaries quoted336430
Average minimum salary£36,597£34,582
Average salary£39,419£37,064
% change on same period last year+6.35 %
Average maximum salary£42,242£39,545
UK excluding London average salary£38,504£39,019
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
Support Technician HertfordshireSupport Technician
Hertfordshire

Support Technician
Demand Trend

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

Watford Support Technician Demand Trend

Support Technician
Salary Trend

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

Watford Support Technician Salary Trend

Support Technician
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Technician across the Watford region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009.

Watford Support Technician Salary Histogram

Support Technician
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the Watford region that cited Support Technician 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 Technician in their job title.

16 (60.00 %)Active Directory
25 (50.00 %)Microsoft
25 (50.00 %)Lotus
25 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
25 (50.00 %)Project Management
25 (50.00 %)Telecoms
25 (50.00 %)Finance
25 (50.00 %)Law
25 (50.00 %)Windows
25 (50.00 %)Lotus Notes
25 (50.00 %)MS Excel
25 (50.00 %)Windows XP
25 (50.00 %)Cisco
25 (50.00 %)Spreadsheet
34 (40.00 %)Sun Certification
34 (40.00 %)IBM
34 (40.00 %)Java
34 (40.00 %)J2EE
34 (40.00 %)UNIX
34 (40.00 %)WebSphere
34 (40.00 %)Sun
41 (10.00 %)Citrix
41 (10.00 %)LAN
41 (10.00 %)WAN

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the Watford region that cited Support Technician 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 Technician in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Watford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (40.00 %)J2EE
14 (40.00 %)WebSphere
Watford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (50.00 %)Lotus Notes
Watford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (50.00 %)MS Excel
15 (50.00 %)Spreadsheet
Watford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (10.00 %)LAN
11 (10.00 %)WAN
Watford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (50.00 %)Telecoms
15 (50.00 %)Finance
15 (50.00 %)Law
Watford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (50.00 %)Windows
15 (50.00 %)Windows XP
15 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
24 (40.00 %)UNIX
Watford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (50.00 %)Project Management
Watford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (40.00 %)Java
Watford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (40.00 %)Sun Certification
Watford IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (60.00 %)Active Directory
Watford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (50.00 %)Cisco
15 (50.00 %)Microsoft
15 (50.00 %)Lotus
24 (40.00 %)Sun
24 (40.00 %)IBM
31 (10.00 %)Citrix