The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Technician role in IT jobs advertised for the West Sussex region. 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 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 Sussex region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Technician
Rank 100 101 84
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Technician 11 3 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 0.736% 0.216% 1.415%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.770% 0.225% 1.485%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 12
Average salary £20,000 £21,000 £22,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% -4.54%
UK excluding London average salary £22,500 £22,500 £23,000
% change year-on-year
- -2.17%
All Job Titles
West Sussex
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1428 1334 1347
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Sussex 95.58% 96.04% 95.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1198 1090 1145
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,650 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,000 £61,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Technician
South East

Support Technician
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Sussex Support Technician Jobs Demand Trend

Support Technician
Salary Trend

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

West Sussex Support Technician Salary Trend

Support Technician
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Technician within the West Sussex 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
Burgess Hill - 5 £20,000 -
Chichester - 3 - -
Haywards Heath -6 2 £20,000 -4.76%
Horsham - 1 £27,000 -
Support Technician
South East

Support Technician
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex 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.

1 17 (94.44%) Windows
2 13 (72.22%) Microsoft
2 13 (72.22%) Active Directory
3 11 (61.11%) MS Excel
3 11 (61.11%) ITIL
3 11 (61.11%) Service Management
3 11 (61.11%) ITSM
4 10 (55.56%) Windows XP
5 6 (33.33%) Terminal Services
5 6 (33.33%) Blackberry
6 4 (22.22%) iPhone
6 4 (22.22%) GIS
6 4 (22.22%) Data Management
6 4 (22.22%) Logistics
6 4 (22.22%) Windows Mobile
6 4 (22.22%) Degree
6 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
7 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (16.67%) VMware
7 3 (16.67%) Firewall
7 3 (16.67%) ITIL V2
7 3 (16.67%) Cisco
7 3 (16.67%) EMC
7 3 (16.67%) Citrix
7 3 (16.67%) LAN
8 2 (11.11%) VPN
8 2 (11.11%) MCP
8 2 (11.11%) SQL
8 2 (11.11%) MS Office
8 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification

Support Technician
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Sussex 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.

Applications
1 11 (61.11%) MS Excel
2 2 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) LAN
1 3 (16.67%) Firewall
2 2 (11.11%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) GIS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (33.33%) Blackberry
2 4 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 4 (22.22%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 17 (94.44%) Windows
2 10 (55.56%) Windows XP
3 4 (22.22%) Windows Mobile
4 2 (11.11%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) ITSM
1 11 (61.11%) ITIL
1 11 (61.11%) Service Management
2 4 (22.22%) Data Management
2 4 (22.22%) Logistics
3 3 (16.67%) ITIL V2
4 1 (5.556%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (22.22%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) MCP
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (11.11%) A+ Certification
System Software
1 13 (72.22%) Active Directory
2 6 (33.33%) Terminal Services
3 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 13 (72.22%) Microsoft
2 3 (16.67%) EMC
2 3 (16.67%) Citrix
2 3 (16.67%) VMware
2 3 (16.67%) Cisco