The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Worcestershire 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 17 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 Worcestershire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Engineer
Rank 33 40 33
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Engineer 8 7 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 3.571% 2.555% 1.887%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.620% 2.612% 1.951%
Number of salaries quoted 8 4 4
Average salary £24,250 £32,500 £24,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-25.38% +34.02%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,250 £22,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £28,250 £32,500 £35,800
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
All Job Titles
Worcestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
221 268 205
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 98.66% 97.81% 96.70%
Number of salaries quoted 199 243 186
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Engineer
West Midlands

Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region.

Worcestershire Support Engineer Salary Trend

Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Support Engineer across the Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Worcester - 7 £21,000 -
Support Engineer
West Midlands

Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 13 (76.47%) Windows
1 13 (76.47%) Microsoft
2 9 (52.94%) TOAD
2 9 (52.94%) SQLPlus
2 9 (52.94%) Linux
2 9 (52.94%) JBoss
2 9 (52.94%) Tomcat
2 9 (52.94%) C#
2 9 (52.94%) C++
2 9 (52.94%) Java
2 9 (52.94%) PL/SQL
2 9 (52.94%) SQL
2 9 (52.94%) .NET
2 9 (52.94%) Oracle
2 9 (52.94%) WebLogic
2 9 (52.94%) COM
2 9 (52.94%) QA
2 9 (52.94%) Software Engineering
3 4 (23.53%) MS Office
3 4 (23.53%) MS Excel
4 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
4 3 (17.65%) HP
4 3 (17.65%) Citrix
4 3 (17.65%) Apple
4 3 (17.65%) Wireless
4 3 (17.65%) SonicWALL
4 3 (17.65%) XenApp
4 3 (17.65%) XenDesktop
5 1 (5.882%) Windows 7
5 1 (5.882%) Load Balancing

Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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 9 (52.94%) .NET
1 9 (52.94%) COM
Application Platforms
1 9 (52.94%) WebLogic
1 9 (52.94%) Tomcat
2 3 (17.65%) SharePoint
3 1 (5.882%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) MS Office
1 4 (23.53%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (17.65%) Wireless
2 1 (5.882%) IPsec
2 1 (5.882%) ATM
2 1 (5.882%) ISDN
2 1 (5.882%) PPP
2 1 (5.882%) VPN
2 1 (5.882%) MPLS
2 1 (5.882%) OSPF
2 1 (5.882%) BGP
2 1 (5.882%) DSL
2 1 (5.882%) X.21
2 1 (5.882%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (52.94%) TOAD
1 9 (52.94%) SQLPlus
Operating Systems
1 13 (76.47%) Windows
2 9 (52.94%) Linux
3 1 (5.882%) Windows XP
3 1 (5.882%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Software Engineering
2 1 (5.882%) Load Balancing
2 1 (5.882%) CRM
2 1 (5.882%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (52.94%) C#
1 9 (52.94%) C++
1 9 (52.94%) Java
1 9 (52.94%) PL/SQL
1 9 (52.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.882%) CCNP
1 1 (5.882%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (52.94%) QA
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) XenApp
1 3 (17.65%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (5.882%) Netcool
Vendors
1 13 (76.47%) Microsoft
2 9 (52.94%) Oracle
2 9 (52.94%) JBoss
3 3 (17.65%) SonicWALL
3 3 (17.65%) HP
3 3 (17.65%) Citrix
3 3 (17.65%) Apple
4 1 (5.882%) Sage
4 1 (5.882%) Mitel
4 1 (5.882%) Cisco