The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support 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 Support Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support Specialist
Rank 209 220 190
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -30
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Specialist 8 7 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 0.153% 0.114% 0.137%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.163% 0.121% 0.145%
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 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
All Job Titles
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4908 5802 4813
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 94.10% 94.54% 94.24%
Number of salaries quoted 3903 4946 3993
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Applications Support Specialist
South East

Applications Support Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Applications Support Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Support Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire Applications Support Specialist Salary Trend

Applications Support Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support Specialist within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 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 +5 5 £37,500 +15.38%
Maidenhead +11 2 £45,000 -
Applications Support Specialist
South East

Applications Support Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Applications 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 Applications Support Specialist in their job title.

1 8 (57.14%) Business Intelligence
1 8 (57.14%) Oracle
1 8 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 5 (35.71%) Windows
3 4 (28.57%) SQL
3 4 (28.57%) IIS
3 4 (28.57%) Sybase
3 4 (28.57%) DB2
3 4 (28.57%) Java
3 4 (28.57%) RDBMS
3 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 4 (28.57%) ITIL
3 4 (28.57%) UNIX
3 4 (28.57%) Linux
3 4 (28.57%) MS Excel
3 4 (28.57%) Siebel
3 4 (28.57%) SharePoint
3 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 4 (28.57%) Dynamics GP
3 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (28.57%) SharePoint 2010
4 3 (21.43%) Big Data
5 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (14.29%) HTTP
5 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
5 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
5 2 (14.29%) Firewall
5 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
5 2 (14.29%) C
5 2 (14.29%) C++

Applications Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire region that cited Applications 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 Applications Support Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (14.29%) HTML
1 2 (14.29%) JSP
1 2 (14.29%) XML
2 1 (7.143%) J2EE
2 1 (7.143%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 4 (28.57%) IIS
1 4 (28.57%) SharePoint
1 4 (28.57%) SharePoint 2010
2 1 (7.143%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (7.143%) WebLogic
Applications
1 4 (28.57%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (28.57%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) HTTP
1 2 (14.29%) TCP/IP
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (57.14%) SQL Server
2 4 (28.57%) DB2
2 4 (28.57%) RDBMS
3 3 (21.43%) Big Data
4 1 (7.143%) DB2 UDB
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (7.143%) Data Integration
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Windows
2 4 (28.57%) UNIX
2 4 (28.57%) Linux
3 1 (7.143%) AIX
3 1 (7.143%) HPUX
3 1 (7.143%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (28.57%) ITIL
2 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
4 1 (7.143%) B2B
4 1 (7.143%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 4 (28.57%) SQL
1 4 (28.57%) Java
2 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 2 (14.29%) C
2 2 (14.29%) C++
3 1 (7.143%) PowerShell
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Oracle
2 4 (28.57%) Sybase
2 4 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) Siebel
3 1 (7.143%) JBoss