The first table below looks at the demand for the Technical Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Technical 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Technical Support Engineer
Rank - 56 67
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Support Engineer 0 6 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford - 1.739% 0.224%
As % of the Job Titles category - 1.765% 0.230%
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 0
Average salary - £44,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £35,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +16.66%
All Job Titles
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
278 340 435
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 95.86% 98.55% 97.32%
Number of salaries quoted 220 229 325
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 £29,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £61,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Technical Support Engineer
Hertfordshire

Technical Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford Technical Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Watford Technical Support Engineer Salary Trend

Technical Support Engineer
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in their job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) Tcl
2 3 (75.00%) ASIC
2 3 (75.00%) Electronics
2 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 3 (75.00%) 3D Graphics
2 3 (75.00%) VHDL
2 3 (75.00%) Verilog
2 3 (75.00%) Perl
2 3 (75.00%) UNIX
2 3 (75.00%) Multimedia
2 3 (75.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 3 (75.00%) C-shell
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) MS Office
3 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
3 1 (25.00%) QA
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management

Technical Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford region that cited Technical 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 Technical Support Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) MS Office
General
1 3 (75.00%) Electronics
1 3 (75.00%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) ASIC
1 3 (75.00%) 3D Graphics
1 3 (75.00%) VHDL
1 3 (75.00%) Verilog
1 3 (75.00%) Field-Programmable Gate Array
2 1 (25.00%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Validation
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Tcl
1 3 (75.00%) Perl
1 3 (75.00%) C-shell
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft