The first table below looks at the demand for the Support Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Support Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Support Specialist
Rank 213 195 193
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -2
Permanent jobs requiring a Support Specialist 4 15 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.072% 0.284% 0.121%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.075% 0.293% 0.126%
Number of salaries quoted 3 14 5
Average salary £20,000 £45,000 £19,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-55.55% +136.84%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5299 5117 4754
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 95.27% 96.88% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 4210 4256 4006
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Support Specialist
England

Support Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire Support Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Support Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Yorkshire Support Specialist Salary Trend

Support Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Support Specialist within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
East Yorkshire - 2 £20,000 -
South Yorkshire +5 1 £30,000 +33.33%
West Yorkshire -9 1 - -
Support Specialist
England

Support Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Support Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 15 (71.43%) ITIL
2 12 (57.14%) Windows
3 8 (38.10%) Security Cleared
4 7 (33.33%) Problem Management
5 6 (28.57%) PRINCE2
5 6 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
6 5 (23.81%) SLA
6 5 (23.81%) Java
6 5 (23.81%) Linux
6 5 (23.81%) SC Cleared
6 5 (23.81%) CTC Cleared
6 5 (23.81%) Statistics
7 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
7 4 (19.05%) CRM
7 4 (19.05%) UNIX
7 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
8 3 (14.29%) TIBCO
8 3 (14.29%) C#
8 3 (14.29%) C++
8 3 (14.29%) SQL
8 3 (14.29%) Oracle
8 3 (14.29%) WebLogic
8 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
8 3 (14.29%) SAS
8 3 (14.29%) UML
8 3 (14.29%) hybris
9 2 (9.524%) F5
9 2 (9.524%) CCAA
9 2 (9.524%) Capacity Management

Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Support Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 3 (14.29%) WebLogic
1 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
1 3 (14.29%) SAS
Applications
1 2 (9.524%) MS Excel
1 2 (9.524%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.524%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (9.524%) BIG-IP
1 2 (9.524%) Firewall
1 2 (9.524%) SSL
1 2 (9.524%) SAN
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) Statistics
2 4 (19.05%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 12 (57.14%) Windows
2 5 (23.81%) Linux
3 4 (19.05%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (19.05%) UNIX
4 2 (9.524%) CentOS
4 2 (9.524%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (71.43%) ITIL
2 7 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 6 (28.57%) PRINCE2
3 6 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (19.05%) CRM
5 3 (14.29%) UML
6 2 (9.524%) Capacity Management
6 2 (9.524%) Performance Management
6 2 (9.524%) Capacity Planning
6 2 (9.524%) Change Management
6 2 (9.524%) ERP
6 2 (9.524%) Project Management
7 1 (4.762%) Incident Management
7 1 (4.762%) Logistics
7 1 (4.762%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) Java
2 3 (14.29%) C#
2 3 (14.29%) C++
2 3 (14.29%) SQL
3 2 (9.524%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (38.10%) Security Cleared
2 5 (23.81%) SC Cleared
2 5 (23.81%) CTC Cleared
3 2 (9.524%) CCAA
3 2 (9.524%) CCA
3 2 (9.524%) Citrix Certification
3 2 (9.524%) CCEA
4 1 (4.762%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (23.81%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (9.524%) XenApp
1 2 (9.524%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (9.524%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (9.524%) Opalis
1 2 (9.524%) SCCM
2 1 (4.762%) Nagios
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 3 (14.29%) TIBCO
2 3 (14.29%) Oracle
2 3 (14.29%) hybris
3 2 (9.524%) F5
3 2 (9.524%) VMware
3 2 (9.524%) Cisco
3 2 (9.524%) Citrix
3 2 (9.524%) Red Hat
4 1 (4.762%) Apple
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Posted: 18 May 2013