The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. 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 19 June 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support
Rank 67 35 58
Rank change year-on-year
-32 +23
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 23 50 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 2.156% 5.612% 2.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.270% 5.855% 2.142%
Number of salaries quoted 22 27 19
Average salary £38,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £31,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £38,995 £43,400
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +8.33%
All Job Titles
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1013 854 887
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 94.94% 95.85% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 909 746 839
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Applications Support
East of England

Applications Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire Applications Support Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Support
Salary Trend

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

Bedfordshire Applications Support Salary Trend

Applications Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Support across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Bedfordshire Applications Support Salary Histogram

Applications Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Dunstable -6 10 £37,500 +13.63%
Luton -24 7 £33,000 -12.00% 1
Applications Support
East of England

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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.

1 27 (84.38%) Oracle
2 23 (71.88%) Java
3 17 (53.13%) SQL
4 15 (46.88%) XML
5 13 (40.63%) Finance
5 13 (40.63%) ITIL
6 9 (28.13%) HTML
7 8 (25.00%) JavaScript
7 8 (25.00%) UNIX
7 8 (25.00%) XSL
8 7 (21.88%) Client/Server
8 7 (21.88%) ASP
8 7 (21.88%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (18.75%) SLA
9 6 (18.75%) SQL Server
9 6 (18.75%) VB
9 6 (18.75%) XSLT
10 5 (15.63%) Legal
10 5 (15.63%) JSON
11 4 (12.50%) Knowledge Management
11 4 (12.50%) RDBMS
11 4 (12.50%) Performance Management
11 4 (12.50%) RESTful
11 4 (12.50%) Linux
12 3 (9.375%) MQSeries
12 3 (9.375%) Business Intelligence
12 3 (9.375%) PL/SQL
12 3 (9.375%) WebLogic
12 3 (9.375%) Management Information System
12 3 (9.375%) Banking

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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.

Application Development
1 15 (46.88%) XML
2 9 (28.13%) HTML
3 8 (25.00%) XSL
4 7 (21.88%) ASP
5 6 (18.75%) XSLT
6 5 (15.63%) JSON
7 4 (12.50%) RESTful
8 2 (6.250%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (6.250%) Java EE
8 2 (6.250%) Spring
8 2 (6.250%) JSF
8 2 (6.250%) Hibernate
8 2 (6.250%) JSP
8 2 (6.250%) Struts
8 2 (6.250%) J2EE
9 1 (3.125%) Web Services
9 1 (3.125%) .NET
9 1 (3.125%) WCF
9 1 (3.125%) WPF
9 1 (3.125%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 3 (9.375%) MQSeries
1 3 (9.375%) WebLogic
2 2 (6.250%) SharePoint Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.75%) SQL Server
2 4 (12.50%) RDBMS
3 2 (6.250%) Oracle 10g
3 2 (6.250%) Oracle OWB
3 2 (6.250%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (6.250%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (3.125%) SQLPlus
Development Applications
1 3 (9.375%) Git (software)
2 1 (3.125%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (40.63%) Finance
2 5 (15.63%) Legal
3 3 (9.375%) Banking
4 2 (6.250%) Back Office
5 1 (3.125%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.88%) Client/Server
1 7 (21.88%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (9.375%) Management Information System
3 2 (6.250%) Statistics
4 1 (3.125%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 8 (25.00%) UNIX
2 4 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (40.63%) ITIL
2 4 (12.50%) Knowledge Management
2 4 (12.50%) Performance Management
3 3 (9.375%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (9.375%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (6.250%) Business Process Improvement
4 2 (6.250%) Release Management
5 1 (3.125%) RUP
5 1 (3.125%) PRINCE2
5 1 (3.125%) ERP
5 1 (3.125%) Service Delivery
5 1 (3.125%) Configuration Management
5 1 (3.125%) Project Planning
Programming Languages
1 23 (71.88%) Java
2 17 (53.13%) SQL
3 8 (25.00%) JavaScript
4 6 (18.75%) VB
5 3 (9.375%) PL/SQL
5 3 (9.375%) Shell Script
6 2 (6.250%) Bash shell
6 2 (6.250%) Korn
7 1 (3.125%) C#
7 1 (3.125%) ABAP
7 1 (3.125%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 1 (3.125%) MCP
1 1 (3.125%) MCAD
1 1 (3.125%) MCSD
1 1 (3.125%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (3.125%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (18.75%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (6.250%) Oracle RAC
1 2 (6.250%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 2 (6.250%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 27 (84.38%) Oracle
2 3 (9.375%) IBM
3 2 (6.250%) BEA
3 2 (6.250%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.125%) SAP
Luton, Bedfordshire
You should ideally be working in an Application Support environment (or Software / Bespoke Support environment) with experience in Oracle or SQL databases and Java . Skills such as JavaScript,...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
You will develop upon and extend Web and WinForms solutions utilising C#, ASP.NET (MVC, WebForms) and MS SQL Server... Expert level C#.NET and ASP.NET in...
Go IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Bedfordshire, South East
Support implementation and deployment of new releases into Live.Essential:- Excellent knowledge of Java - Excellent knowledge of SQL and Oracle Technologies - Knowledge/experience of XML, XSL, XSLT - Working...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £40000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 10 June 2013
Bedfordshire, South East
Company in the Financial Services sector are currently recruiting for an Applications Support Team Leader to provide leadership to their Technical Support team covering 2nd/3rd support issues...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £55000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 4 June 2013
Bedfordshire, South East
Company in the Financial Services sector are currently recruiting for an Applications Support Team Leader to provide leadership to their Technical Support team covering 2nd/3rd support issues...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £55000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 28 May 2013