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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer 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 Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 9 September 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.

 Support Engineer
Location
3 months to
9 Sep 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank1029094
Rank change year-on-year
Down-12Up+4
Matching permanent IT job ads6961147
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands1.674 %1.924 %1.945 %
As % of the Job Titles category1.767 %2.029 %2.073 %
Salaries quoted6158133
Average salary£28,500£27,000£25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.550 %+8.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£20,000£19,500£19,700
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£35,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£28,000£27,500£28,000
% change year-on-year
+1.810 %-1.780 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
390530077090
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands94.76 %94.86 %93.82 %
Salaries quoted332526086093
Average salary£37,000£32,500£33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.84 %-1.510 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£20,500£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£52,500£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
Support Engineer EnglandSupport Engineer
England

Support Engineer
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Support Engineer Demand Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 9 September 2010.

West Midlands Support Engineer Salary Histogram

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 Midlands region over the 3 months to 9 September 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
BirminghamDown-1420£39,250+46.72 %
CoventryUp+818£30,000+9.09 %
ShropshireDown-19£35,000+20.68 %
WarwickshireDown-109£27,500-15.38 %
StaffordshireDown-188£26,500+6.00 %
HerefordshireUp+71£19,000-30.90 %
WalsallNew entry-1£24,000-
Support Engineer EnglandSupport Engineer
England

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

156 (47.06 %)Windows
245 (37.82 %)Microsoft Certification
344 (36.97 %)Firewall
441 (34.45 %)Cisco
536 (30.25 %)MCSE
633 (27.73 %)Active Directory
633 (27.73 %)VMware
732 (26.89 %)Windows Server 2003
732 (26.89 %)Microsoft
830 (25.21 %)MS Excel
929 (24.37 %)Linux
929 (24.37 %)Cisco Certification
1026 (21.85 %)CCNA
1026 (21.85 %)MS Exchange
1026 (21.85 %)Windows Server 2008
1124 (20.17 %)Apache
1124 (20.17 %)LAN
1223 (19.33 %)MCP
1322 (18.49 %)MySQL
1322 (18.49 %)SQL Server
1322 (18.49 %)TCP/IP
1421 (17.65 %)SQL
1520 (16.81 %)Internet
1618 (15.13 %)WAN
1618 (15.13 %)Exchange Server 2007
1717 (14.29 %)VMware Infrastructure
1816 (13.45 %)Windows XP
1915 (12.61 %)SQL Server 2005
1915 (12.61 %)Pensions
2014 (11.76 %)Red Hat Linux

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 September 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (3.361 %)Forefront TMG
14 (3.361 %)HTML
14 (3.361 %).NET
14 (3.361 %)ASP.NET
23 (2.521 %)CSS
32 (1.681 %)Pylons
32 (1.681 %)Middleware
41 (0.840 %)COM
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
126 (21.85 %)MS Exchange
224 (20.17 %)Apache
318 (15.13 %)Exchange Server 2007
411 (9.244 %)Exchange Server 2003
57 (5.882 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
66 (5.042 %)SharePoint
66 (5.042 %)IIS
74 (3.361 %)Exchange Server 2000
74 (3.361 %)Office Communications Server
82 (1.681 %)Tomcat
91 (0.840 %)Lotus Notes
91 (0.840 %)Lotus Domino
91 (0.840 %)CMS
West Midlands IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
130 (25.21 %)MS Excel
212 (10.08 %)MS Office
33 (2.521 %)Acrobat
33 (2.521 %)MS PowerPoint
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
144 (36.97 %)Firewall
224 (20.17 %)LAN
322 (18.49 %)TCP/IP
420 (16.81 %)Internet
518 (15.13 %)WAN
612 (10.08 %)SAN
612 (10.08 %)VPN
612 (10.08 %)DNS
79 (7.563 %)VoIP
87 (5.882 %)SMTP
87 (5.882 %)Wireless
96 (5.042 %)Broadband
96 (5.042 %)OSPF
105 (4.202 %)MPLS
105 (4.202 %)ADSL
105 (4.202 %)Cisco IOS
105 (4.202 %)Cisco PIX
105 (4.202 %)Network Security
114 (3.361 %)WLAN
123 (2.521 %)Cisco ASA
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
122 (18.49 %)MySQL
122 (18.49 %)SQL Server
215 (12.61 %)SQL Server 2005
310 (8.403 %)SQL Server 2008
47 (5.882 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (0.840 %)Crystal Reports
51 (0.840 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.840 %)Oracle 9i
51 (0.840 %)DTS
51 (0.840 %)Oracle 10g
51 (0.840 %)SQL Server Integration Services
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (1.681 %)Subversion
West Midlands IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
115 (12.61 %)Pensions
212 (10.08 %)Government
212 (10.08 %)Health
37 (5.882 %)Telecoms
42 (1.681 %)Insurance
42 (1.681 %)Electric
51 (0.840 %)Back Office
51 (0.840 %)Finance
51 (0.840 %)Aerospace
51 (0.840 %)Education
51 (0.840 %)Manufacturing
West Midlands IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
113 (10.92 %)Clustering
210 (8.403 %)Blackberry
34 (3.361 %)CLARiiON
34 (3.361 %)Symmetrix
43 (2.521 %)PDA
52 (1.681 %)Client/Server
61 (0.840 %)Firmware
61 (0.840 %)Video Conferencing
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
156 (47.06 %)Windows
232 (26.89 %)Windows Server 2003
329 (24.37 %)Linux
426 (21.85 %)Windows Server 2008
516 (13.45 %)Windows XP
614 (11.76 %)Red Hat Linux
712 (10.08 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
89 (7.563 %)Windows 2000
89 (7.563 %)Solaris
98 (6.723 %)Windows 7
98 (6.723 %)Windows Vista
98 (6.723 %)UNIX
98 (6.723 %)HPUX
107 (5.882 %)Windows 2000 Server
112 (1.681 %)Debian
112 (1.681 %)CentOS
112 (1.681 %)Windows NT
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
18 (6.723 %)Network Design
18 (6.723 %)ITIL
27 (5.882 %)Service Delivery
36 (5.042 %)Project Planning
43 (2.521 %)Project Management
43 (2.521 %)PRINCE2
43 (2.521 %)Incident Management
43 (2.521 %)Validation
52 (1.681 %)Logistics
52 (1.681 %)Content Management
52 (1.681 %)ERP
52 (1.681 %)CRM
61 (0.840 %)Configuration Management
61 (0.840 %)Disaster Recovery
61 (0.840 %)Network Architecture
61 (0.840 %)System Testing
61 (0.840 %)Asset Management
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
121 (17.65 %)SQL
212 (10.08 %)Shell Script
212 (10.08 %)Python
311 (9.244 %)Bash shell
48 (6.723 %)C
56 (5.042 %)PHP
56 (5.042 %)C++
64 (3.361 %)C#
64 (3.361 %)VBScript
64 (3.361 %)VB
64 (3.361 %)JavaScript
72 (1.681 %)Perl
72 (1.681 %)Java
West Midlands IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
145 (37.82 %)Microsoft Certification
236 (30.25 %)MCSE
329 (24.37 %)Cisco Certification
426 (21.85 %)CCNA
523 (19.33 %)MCP
611 (9.244 %)CCNP
78 (6.723 %)RHCT
78 (6.723 %)RHCE
87 (5.882 %)MCITP
87 (5.882 %)MCTS
96 (5.042 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
104 (3.361 %)CCSA
104 (3.361 %)Degree
104 (3.361 %)CCSP
104 (3.361 %)ITIL Certification
113 (2.521 %)CCIE
113 (2.521 %)VCP4
122 (1.681 %)MCSA
122 (1.681 %)CCA
122 (1.681 %)Citrix Certification
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (7.563 %)SLA
21 (0.840 %)ISO 9000
West Midlands IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
133 (27.73 %)Active Directory
217 (14.29 %)VMware Infrastructure
312 (10.08 %)VMware ESX
410 (8.403 %)Hyper-V
59 (7.563 %)vSphere
65 (4.202 %)ISA Server
73 (2.521 %)Terminal Services
73 (2.521 %)Xen
82 (1.681 %)Squid
91 (0.840 %)XenServer
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
110 (8.403 %)Backup Exec
110 (8.403 %)SCCM
27 (5.882 %)OpenView
27 (5.882 %)WSUS
35 (4.202 %)CiscoWorks
44 (3.361 %)Norton AntiVirus
52 (1.681 %)SCOM
52 (1.681 %)Nagios
West Midlands IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
141 (34.45 %)Cisco
233 (27.73 %)VMware
332 (26.89 %)Microsoft
414 (11.76 %)Red Hat
511 (9.244 %)CheckPoint
511 (9.244 %)Symantec
511 (9.244 %)HP
511 (9.244 %)Citrix
69 (7.563 %)Remedy
77 (5.882 %)Oracle
86 (5.042 %)IBM
95 (4.202 %)NetApp
95 (4.202 %)Sun
104 (3.361 %)EMC
113 (2.521 %)Dell
113 (2.521 %)Adobe
122 (1.681 %)IronPort
122 (1.681 %)Barracuda Networks
122 (1.681 %)Riverbed
122 (1.681 %)Avaya