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The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support role in IT jobs within the Bedford 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 Applications Support in their job title over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Support
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank3834
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads31
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.195 %0.356 %
Salaries quoted31
Average minimum salary£30,000£40,000
Average salary£30,000£42,500
% change on same period last year-29.41 %
Average maximum salary£30,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,221£32,423
% change on same period last year+5.54 %
Bedford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Bedford
Matching permanent IT job ads251281
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.169 %0.128 %
Salaries quoted235258
Average minimum salary£31,182£33,818
Average salary£33,927£38,506
% change on same period last year-11.89 %
Average maximum salary£36,673£43,194
UK excluding London average salary£38,491£39,065
% change on same period last year-1.46 %
Applications Support BedfordshireApplications Support
Bedfordshire

Applications Support
Demand Trend

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

Bedford Applications Support Demand Trend

Applications Support
Salary Trend

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

Bedford Applications Support Salary Trend

Applications Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Support across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

Bedford Applications Support Salary Histogram

Applications Support
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford region that cited Applications Support 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 Applications Support in their job title.

15 (100.00 %)SQL
15 (100.00 %).NET
15 (100.00 %)IIS
24 (80.00 %)Problem Management
31 (20.00 %)Windows
31 (20.00 %)MS Excel
31 (20.00 %)Oracle
31 (20.00 %)HTML

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford region that cited Applications Support 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 Applications Support in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bedford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %).NET
21 (20.00 %)HTML
Bedford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (100.00 %)IIS
Bedford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (20.00 %)MS Excel
Bedford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (20.00 %)Windows
Bedford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (80.00 %)Problem Management
Bedford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (100.00 %)SQL
Bedford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (20.00 %)Oracle