Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the IT Support Technician role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited IT Support Technician in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the West Midlands region.

 IT Support Technician
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank145174221
Rank change year-on-year
Up+29Up+47
Matching permanent IT job ads2215
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands0.056 %0.043 %0.171 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.059 %0.045 %0.180 %
Salaries quoted2212
Average salary£20,875£20,000£21,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.370 %-4.760 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£17,575£20,000£19,800
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,175£20,000£26,300
UK excluding London average salary£20,500£22,000£22,000
% change year-on-year
-6.810 %-
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
340844488339
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands95.12 %95.84 %94.91 %
Salaries quoted296535647153
Average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,500£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£55,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,556£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.580 %-
IT Support Technician EnglandIT Support Technician
England

IT Support Technician
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands IT Support Technician Demand Trend

IT Support Technician
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands IT Support Technician Salary Trend

IT Support Technician
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing IT Support Technician within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CoventryNew entry-1£25,000-
WillenhallNew entry-1£16,750-
IT Support Technician EnglandIT Support Technician
England

IT Support Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited IT 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 IT Support Technician in their job title.

14 (100.00 %)Windows
23 (75.00 %)MS Office
32 (50.00 %)Microsoft
32 (50.00 %)Health
32 (50.00 %)Pensions
32 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
32 (50.00 %)Windows XP
32 (50.00 %)Active Directory
41 (25.00 %)Citrix
41 (25.00 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (25.00 %)SAN
41 (25.00 %)Thin Client
41 (25.00 %)Terminal Services
41 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
41 (25.00 %)Symantec
41 (25.00 %)CAD
41 (25.00 %)LAN
41 (25.00 %)WAN
41 (25.00 %)DHCP
41 (25.00 %)DNS
41 (25.00 %)RDBMS
41 (25.00 %)MCSE
41 (25.00 %)Windows NT
41 (25.00 %)Client/Server
41 (25.00 %)Fat Client
41 (25.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (25.00 %)Automotive
41 (25.00 %)SQL Server
41 (25.00 %)VMware
41 (25.00 %)NetBackup

IT Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited IT 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 IT Support Technician in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (75.00 %)MS Office
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (25.00 %)LAN
11 (25.00 %)WAN
11 (25.00 %)DHCP
11 (25.00 %)DNS
11 (25.00 %)SAN
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)SQL Server
11 (25.00 %)RDBMS
West Midlands IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Health
12 (50.00 %)Pensions
21 (25.00 %)Automotive
West Midlands IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Client/Server
11 (25.00 %)Thin Client
11 (25.00 %)Fat Client
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (100.00 %)Windows
22 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
22 (50.00 %)Windows XP
31 (25.00 %)Windows Server 2003
31 (25.00 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (25.00 %)Windows NT
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11 (25.00 %)CAD
11 (25.00 %)Asset Management
West Midlands IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (25.00 %)MCP
11 (25.00 %)MCSE
11 (25.00 %)Microsoft Certification
West Midlands IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (50.00 %)Active Directory
21 (25.00 %)Terminal Services
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (25.00 %)NetBackup
11 (25.00 %)Backup Exec
West Midlands IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (50.00 %)Microsoft
21 (25.00 %)Adobe
21 (25.00 %)Citrix
21 (25.00 %)Symantec
21 (25.00 %)VMware