West Yorkshire Support Engineer Jobs

This section looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT jobs within the West Yorkshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 7 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Support Engineer
Location Aberdeen Abingdon Aldershot Amersham Andover Avon Aylesbury Banbury Barking Basildon Basingstoke Bath Batley Beaconsfield Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkhamsted Berkshire Bicester Billericay Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Bromsgrove Buckinghamshire Burnley Burton-upon-Trent Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Castleford Caterham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Clapham Congleton Cornwall Corsham County Antrim County Armagh Coventry Cranleigh Crawley Croydon Dagenham Dartford Daventry Deeside Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorset Dundee Dunstable Durham East Grinstead East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham Elland England Epsom Essex Exeter Falkirk Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Flintshire Gateshead Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gourock Grantham Great Yarmouth Greenford Guildford Gwent Hailsham Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harpenden Harrogate Harrow Havant Haywards Heath Heanor Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hitchin Horley Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Huntingdon Inverclyde Inverness Ipswich Isle of Wight Isleworth Keighley Kent Kettering Kidlington Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewes Lichfield Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton Lutterworth Maidenhead Maidstone Malvern Manchester Mansfield Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwood Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Orpington Oswestry Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Retford Rickmansworth Ringwood Romford Romsey Royston Rugby Ryde Sale Salisbury Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Skipton Slough Smethwick Solihull Somerset South Coast South Croydon South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans Staffordshire Staines Stansted Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Sutton Coldfield Swansea Swindon Teddington Teesside Telford Tewkesbury Thame Thames Valley Thatcham Thurrock Towcester Tring Trowbridge Truro Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Upminster Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Wallington Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Lothian West Malling West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wetherby Weybridge Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Witney Woking Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	87	110
Rank change on same period last year	+23
Matching permanent IT job ads	107	96
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.056 %	0.040 %
As % of the category below	2.081 %	1.653 %
Salaries quoted	104	84
Average minimum salary	£24,344	£25,733
Average salary	£25,964	£26,970
% change on same period last year	-3.73 %
Average maximum salary	£27,583	£28,207
UK excluding London average salary	£29,975	£28,999
% change on same period last year	+3.36 %
Job Titles West Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	5141	5808
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	2.691 %	2.407 %
Salaries quoted	4205	4854
Average minimum salary	£30,645	£31,072
Average salary	£33,110	£33,638
% change on same period last year	-1.57 %
Average maximum salary	£35,575	£36,205
UK excluding London average salary	£38,119	£39,468
% change on same period last year	-3.41 %
Support Engineer Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

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 Yorkshire region.

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 7 August 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Engineer within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 7 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Leeds	+31	78	£25,653	-6.85 %
Wakefield	-	13	£23,904	-
Bradford	-2	12	£26,917	+49.53 %
Batley	-	2	£25,000	-
Wetherby	+2	2	£30,500	+2.07 %
Castleford	-	2	£20,000	-
Elland	-1	2	£37,500	+15.38 %
Halifax	+7	2	£26,750	-18.11 %
Keighley	-	1	£21,500	-
Huddersfield	0	1	£28,500	+64.02 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1 140 (59.32 %) Windows 2 96 (40.68 %) Windows Server 2003 3 89 (37.71 %) Active Directory 4 82 (34.75 %) Microsoft 5 56 (23.73 %) MS Exchange 6 54 (22.88 %) Cisco 7 53 (22.46 %) Windows XP 8 51 (21.61 %) Firewall 9 46 (19.49 %) TCP/IP 10 45 (19.07 %) LAN 11 44 (18.64 %) WAN 11 44 (18.64 %) MS Excel 12 43 (18.22 %) Windows 2000 13 42 (17.80 %) UNIX 14 38 (16.10 %) Microsoft Certification

15 36 (15.25 %) VPN 16 35 (14.83 %) DNS 17 32 (13.56 %) Linux 17 32 (13.56 %) Exchange Server 2003 18 30 (12.71 %) MS Office 18 30 (12.71 %) Citrix 19 27 (11.44 %) MCSE 20 26 (11.02 %) SQL Server 21 23 (9.746 %) ITIL 22 22 (9.322 %) Windows 2000 Server 23 21 (8.898 %) SLA 24 20 (8.475 %) Cisco Certification 24 20 (8.475 %) SQL 25 19 (8.051 %) DHCP 25 19 (8.051 %) ERP

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 August 2008, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 7 (2.966 %) HTML 1 7 (2.966 %) XML 2 6 (2.542 %) JSP 3 4 (1.695 %) WebSphere 3 4 (1.695 %) ASP 4 3 (1.271 %) .NET 4 3 (1.271 %) WML 4 3 (1.271 %) XHTML 5 1 (0.424 %) ASP.NET 5 1 (0.424 %) WinForms 5 1 (0.424 %) .NET Framework	Application Platforms 1 56 (23.73 %) MS Exchange 2 32 (13.56 %) Exchange Server 2003 3 17 (7.203 %) Apache 4 14 (5.932 %) Lotus Notes 5 12 (5.085 %) Exchange Server 2007 6 9 (3.814 %) IIS 6 9 (3.814 %) Exchange Server 2000 7 8 (3.390 %) SharePoint 8 4 (1.695 %) Tomcat 9 2 (0.847 %) Exchange Server 5.5 9 2 (0.847 %) GroupWise 10 1 (0.424 %) SharePoint Server 2007 10 1 (0.424 %) iPlanet 10 1 (0.424 %) Lotus Domino
Applications 1 44 (18.64 %) MS Excel 2 30 (12.71 %) MS Office 3 2 (0.847 %) MS Visio 4 1 (0.424 %) MS Project 4 1 (0.424 %) CorelDRAW	Business Applications 1 11 (4.661 %) Movex 2 2 (0.847 %) Microsoft CRM 3 1 (0.424 %) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking 1 51 (21.61 %) Firewall 2 46 (19.49 %) TCP/IP 3 45 (19.07 %) LAN 4 44 (18.64 %) WAN 5 36 (15.25 %) VPN 6 35 (14.83 %) DNS 7 19 (8.051 %) DHCP 8 16 (6.780 %) Cisco PIX 9 11 (4.661 %) SAN 9 11 (4.661 %) VLAN 10 8 (3.390 %) Internet 11 7 (2.966 %) OSPF 11 7 (2.966 %) BGP 12 6 (2.542 %) Network Security 12 6 (2.542 %) IPsec 12 6 (2.542 %) Wireless 12 6 (2.542 %) VoIP 12 6 (2.542 %) MPLS 12 6 (2.542 %) FTP 13 5 (2.119 %) SNMP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 26 (11.02 %) SQL Server 2 10 (4.237 %) SQL Server 2000 3 9 (3.814 %) DB2 3 9 (3.814 %) SQL Server 2005 4 7 (2.966 %) MySQL 5 3 (1.271 %) Oracle 10g 5 3 (1.271 %) Oracle 9i 6 2 (0.847 %) MS Access 7 1 (0.424 %) Oracle Reports
Development Applications 1 2 (0.847 %) Visual Studio	General 1 15 (6.356 %) Finance 2 10 (4.237 %) Manufacturing 3 5 (2.119 %) Education 3 5 (2.119 %) Pensions 3 5 (2.119 %) Health 4 4 (1.695 %) Multimedia 4 4 (1.695 %) Electronics 4 4 (1.695 %) Telecoms 5 3 (1.271 %) Electric 5 3 (1.271 %) Investment Banking 5 3 (1.271 %) Banking 6 2 (0.847 %) Construction 6 2 (0.847 %) Financial Institution 7 1 (0.424 %) Back Office 7 1 (0.424 %) Publishing 7 1 (0.424 %) Insurance 7 1 (0.424 %) Graphic Design 7 1 (0.424 %) Retail
Miscellaneous 1 6 (2.542 %) Clustering 1 6 (2.542 %) Firmware 2 2 (0.847 %) Streaming Video 2 2 (0.847 %) AS400 3 1 (0.424 %) Video Conferencing 3 1 (0.424 %) Replication 3 1 (0.424 %) Blackberry	Operating Systems 1 140 (59.32 %) Windows 2 96 (40.68 %) Windows Server 2003 3 53 (22.46 %) Windows XP 4 43 (18.22 %) Windows 2000 5 42 (17.80 %) UNIX 6 32 (13.56 %) Linux 7 22 (9.322 %) Windows 2000 Server 8 18 (7.627 %) Solaris 9 10 (4.237 %) Windows Vista 10 6 (2.542 %) Windows NT 11 5 (2.119 %) SUSE 12 4 (1.695 %) Mac OS X 13 2 (0.847 %) NetWare 14 1 (0.424 %) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies 1 23 (9.746 %) ITIL 2 19 (8.051 %) ERP 3 12 (5.085 %) Load Balancing 4 8 (3.390 %) Service Delivery 5 6 (2.542 %) Network Design 6 4 (1.695 %) Network Load Balancing 7 3 (1.271 %) CRM 8 2 (0.847 %) Migration 8 2 (0.847 %) E-Commerce 8 2 (0.847 %) Time Management 9 1 (0.424 %) Problem Management 9 1 (0.424 %) PRINCE2 9 1 (0.424 %) Logistics 9 1 (0.424 %) Web Development 9 1 (0.424 %) Supplier Management	Programming Languages 1 20 (8.475 %) SQL 2 13 (5.508 %) Java 3 8 (3.390 %) RPG 4 4 (1.695 %) PHP 4 4 (1.695 %) Shell Script 5 2 (0.847 %) VB 5 2 (0.847 %) C# 6 1 (0.424 %) Tcl 6 1 (0.424 %) C 6 1 (0.424 %) Perl 6 1 (0.424 %) VBA 6 1 (0.424 %) FoxPro (VFP)
Qualifications 1 38 (16.10 %) Microsoft Certification 2 27 (11.44 %) MCSE 3 20 (8.475 %) Cisco Certification 4 15 (6.356 %) CCNA 5 14 (5.932 %) MCP 6 13 (5.508 %) MCSA 7 12 (5.085 %) CCNP 8 6 (2.542 %) CCSA 8 6 (2.542 %) Citrix Certification 9 5 (2.119 %) CCSE 10 4 (1.695 %) A+ Certification 10 4 (1.695 %) CCA 11 3 (1.271 %) CISSP 11 3 (1.271 %) CISA 11 3 (1.271 %) Degree 11 3 (1.271 %) MCDST 12 2 (0.847 %) Network+ Certification 12 2 (0.847 %) CCEA 12 2 (0.847 %) Check Point Certification 12 2 (0.847 %) ITIL Certification	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 21 (8.898 %) SLA
System Software 1 89 (37.71 %) Active Directory 2 8 (3.390 %) Terminal Services 3 7 (2.966 %) Citrix Presentation Server 4 4 (1.695 %) ISA Server 5 3 (1.271 %) Oracle RAC 5 3 (1.271 %) VMware Infrastructure 5 3 (1.271 %) MetaFrame 5 3 (1.271 %) NetBackup 6 2 (0.847 %) Backup Exec 6 2 (0.847 %) Terminal Server	Systems Management 1 4 (1.695 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 3 (1.271 %) WSUS 3 2 (0.847 %) Norton AntiVirus 3 2 (0.847 %) ARCserve 3 2 (0.847 %) ZENworks 3 2 (0.847 %) MOM 4 1 (0.424 %) SCOM 4 1 (0.424 %) OpenView
Vendors 1 82 (34.75 %) Microsoft 2 54 (22.88 %) Cisco 3 30 (12.71 %) Citrix 4 16 (6.780 %) VMware 5 15 (6.356 %) Oracle 6 14 (5.932 %) Lotus 7 11 (4.661 %) Sun 7 11 (4.661 %) HP 7 11 (4.661 %) Red Hat 7 11 (4.661 %) CheckPoint 8 9 (3.814 %) Lawson 9 6 (2.542 %) Apple 9 6 (2.542 %) IBM 10 5 (2.119 %) Symantec 11 4 (1.695 %) McAfee Security 11 4 (1.695 %) VERITAS 12 3 (1.271 %) Vignette 13 2 (0.847 %) Mitel 13 2 (0.847 %) SAP 13 2 (0.847 %) Dell