Birmingham Applications Specialist Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Specialist role in IT jobs within the Birmingham 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 Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Application Specialist
Location Abingdon Andover Banbury Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cannock Cardiff Cheshire Chichester City of London Coventry Dunstable East Midlands East of England Egham England Essex Guildford Hampshire Harlow Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire Leeds Letchworth London Luton Manchester Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Norfolk North West Northampton Northamptonshire Norwich Oxfordshire Peterborough Sale Salford Sheffield South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire St Albans Staffordshire Staines Surrey UK Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Windsor Wokingham Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	120	131
Rank change on same period last year	+11
Matching permanent IT job ads	2	3
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.091 %	0.105 %
Salaries quoted	2	3
Average minimum salary	£23,500	£34,000
Average salary	£25,500	£35,500
% change on same period last year	-28.16 %
Average maximum salary	£27,500	£37,000
UK excluding London average salary	£35,494	£35,118
% change on same period last year	+1.07 %
Job Titles Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads	2199	2853
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	1.273 %	1.228 %
Salaries quoted	1962	2408
Average minimum salary	£36,021	£35,603
Average salary	£39,579	£39,101
% change on same period last year	+1.22 %
Average maximum salary	£43,138	£42,598
UK excluding London average salary	£38,208	£39,261
% change on same period last year	-2.68 %
Applications Specialist West Midlands

Applications Specialist
Demand Trend

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

Applications Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Applications Specialist
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Specialist across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Applications Specialist
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 5 (62.50 %) Misys 1 5 (62.50 %) Banking 1 5 (62.50 %) Misys Equation 2 3 (37.50 %) Java 2 3 (37.50 %) VB 2 3 (37.50 %) Retail Banking 2 3 (37.50 %) Retail 3 2 (25.00 %) Test Scripting 4 1 (12.50 %) Pensions 4 1 (12.50 %) Marketing 4 1 (12.50 %) Degree 4 1 (12.50 %) Life Science 4 1 (12.50 %) SAP Implementation 4 1 (12.50 %) SAP 4 1 (12.50 %) UNIX

4 1 (12.50 %) Windows 4 1 (12.50 %) HPUX 4 1 (12.50 %) Informix 4 1 (12.50 %) PhD 4 1 (12.50 %) SQL 4 1 (12.50 %) HP 4 1 (12.50 %) SAP SD 4 1 (12.50 %) Manufacturing

Applications Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Business Applications 1 5 (62.50 %) Misys Equation 2 1 (12.50 %) SAP SD	Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (12.50 %) Informix
General 1 5 (62.50 %) Banking 2 3 (37.50 %) Retail 2 3 (37.50 %) Retail Banking 3 1 (12.50 %) Marketing 3 1 (12.50 %) Pensions 3 1 (12.50 %) Manufacturing	Miscellaneous 1 1 (12.50 %) Life Science
Operating Systems 1 1 (12.50 %) UNIX 1 1 (12.50 %) Windows 1 1 (12.50 %) HPUX	Processes & Methodologies 1 2 (25.00 %) Test Scripting 2 1 (12.50 %) SAP Implementation
Programming Languages 1 3 (37.50 %) Java 1 3 (37.50 %) VB 2 1 (12.50 %) SQL	Qualifications 1 1 (12.50 %) PhD 1 1 (12.50 %) Degree
Vendors 1 5 (62.50 %) Misys 2 1 (12.50 %) HP 2 1 (12.50 %) SAP