The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the West Lothian region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 West Lothian region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 29 26 28
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 1 2 18
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 0.909% 1.626% 6.186%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.917% 1.709% 6.818%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 10
Average salary £33,000 £23,750 £34,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+38.94% -31.65%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
West Lothian
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
109 117 264
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 99.09% 95.12% 90.72%
Number of salaries quoted 28 86 192
Average salary £36,000 £40,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00% -2.43%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,000 £27,500 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Engineer
Scotland

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Lothian Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

West Lothian Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the West Lothian region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Livingston -9 1 £33,000 +38.94%
Support Engineer
Scotland

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian region that cited 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 Support Engineer in their job title.

1 9 (75.00%) UNIX
2 8 (66.67%) SQL
3 7 (58.33%) Oracle
3 7 (58.33%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (50.00%) Informatica
4 6 (50.00%) ETL
4 6 (50.00%) SLA
4 6 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
4 6 (50.00%) Ab Initio
4 6 (50.00%) Netezza
4 6 (50.00%) Telecoms
4 6 (50.00%) Finance
4 6 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (41.67%) MySQL
5 5 (41.67%) DB2
5 5 (41.67%) RDBMS
6 4 (33.33%) Cisco
6 4 (33.33%) Linux
6 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (33.33%) VMware
7 3 (25.00%) SCCM
7 3 (25.00%) Cisco PIX
7 3 (25.00%) vSphere
7 3 (25.00%) Firewall
7 3 (25.00%) MS Exchange
7 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
7 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
8 2 (16.67%) DataStage
9 1 (8.333%) Shell Script
9 1 (8.333%) Six Sigma

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 3 (25.00%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 1 (8.333%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Firewall
1 3 (25.00%) Cisco PIX
2 1 (8.333%) iSCSI
2 1 (8.333%) Ethernet
2 1 (8.333%) TCP/IP
2 1 (8.333%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) Data Warehouse
2 5 (41.67%) RDBMS
2 5 (41.67%) MySQL
2 5 (41.67%) DB2
3 2 (16.67%) DataStage
General
1 6 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 6 (50.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 9 (75.00%) UNIX
2 4 (33.33%) Linux
3 1 (8.333%) Debian
3 1 (8.333%) Ubuntu
3 1 (8.333%) Oracle Linux
3 1 (8.333%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Business Intelligence
2 6 (50.00%) ETL
2 6 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (8.333%) Six Sigma
3 1 (8.333%) Lean Six Sigma
Programming Languages
1 8 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (8.333%) VB
2 1 (8.333%) Shell Script
2 1 (8.333%) C
2 1 (8.333%) Java
2 1 (8.333%) Perl
2 1 (8.333%) PHP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (50.00%) SLA
2 1 (8.333%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (25.00%) vSphere
2 3 (25.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (25.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (58.33%) Oracle
2 6 (50.00%) Netezza
2 6 (50.00%) Informatica
2 6 (50.00%) Ab Initio
3 4 (33.33%) VMware
3 4 (33.33%) Cisco
4 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (8.333%) Sun
5 1 (8.333%) HP
5 1 (8.333%) ZyXEL
5 1 (8.333%) Draytek
5 1 (8.333%) NETGEAR