The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Specialist
Rank 208 212 198
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -14
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Specialist 8 7 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.155% 0.114% 0.133%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.165% 0.121% 0.141%
Number of salaries quoted 7 7 6
Average salary £37,500 £45,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-16.66% +28.57%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £39,500
% change year-on-year
- -5.06%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4862 5796 4977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 94.10% 94.44% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3861 4940 4138
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Applications Specialist
South East

Applications Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Applications Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Applications Specialist Salary Trend

Applications Specialist
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Specialist across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Berkshire Applications Specialist Salary Histogram

Applications Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Specialist within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 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
Reading +6 4 £37,500 +15.38%
Newbury - 2 £37,500 -
Slough -7 1 £50,000 +47.47%
Applications Specialist
South East

Applications Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Applications 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 Applications Specialist in their job title.

1 9 (42.86%) Oracle
2 8 (38.10%) SQL Server
2 8 (38.10%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (28.57%) Degree
4 5 (23.81%) SQL
4 5 (23.81%) Windows
5 4 (19.05%) IIS
5 4 (19.05%) Sybase
5 4 (19.05%) DB2
5 4 (19.05%) Java
5 4 (19.05%) RDBMS
5 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
5 4 (19.05%) ITIL
5 4 (19.05%) UNIX
5 4 (19.05%) Linux
5 4 (19.05%) MS Excel
5 4 (19.05%) Siebel
5 4 (19.05%) SharePoint
5 4 (19.05%) User Acceptance Testing
5 4 (19.05%) SharePoint 2010
5 4 (19.05%) Finance
5 4 (19.05%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (14.29%) Marketing
6 3 (14.29%) GIAC
6 3 (14.29%) Big Data
6 3 (14.29%) Security Testing
6 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
6 3 (14.29%) Korean Language
6 3 (14.29%) CISSP
7 2 (9.524%) Service Delivery

Applications Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Applications 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 Applications Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (9.524%) HTML
1 2 (9.524%) JSP
1 2 (9.524%) XML
2 1 (4.762%) WebSphere
2 1 (4.762%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 4 (19.05%) IIS
1 4 (19.05%) SharePoint
1 4 (19.05%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (4.762%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (4.762%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.524%) Firewall
1 2 (9.524%) HTTP
1 2 (9.524%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (38.10%) SQL Server
2 4 (19.05%) DB2
2 4 (19.05%) RDBMS
3 3 (14.29%) Big Data
4 1 (4.762%) DB2 UDB
General
1 4 (19.05%) Finance
2 3 (14.29%) Marketing
2 3 (14.29%) Korean Language
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 2 (9.524%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.762%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 5 (23.81%) Windows
2 4 (19.05%) UNIX
2 4 (19.05%) Linux
3 1 (4.762%) AIX
3 1 (4.762%) HPUX
3 1 (4.762%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (38.10%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (19.05%) ITIL
2 4 (19.05%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (14.29%) Security Testing
4 2 (9.524%) Service Delivery
5 1 (4.762%) B2B
5 1 (4.762%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 5 (23.81%) SQL
2 4 (19.05%) Java
3 2 (9.524%) JavaScript
3 2 (9.524%) C
3 2 (9.524%) C++
4 1 (4.762%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) GIAC
2 3 (14.29%) CISSP
Vendors
1 9 (42.86%) Oracle
2 4 (19.05%) Sybase
2 4 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 4 (19.05%) Siebel
3 1 (4.762%) JBoss