The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham 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 17 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 Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support
Rank 97 71 70
Rank change year-on-year
-26 -1
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 19 21 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 1.134% 1.445% 1.805%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.197% 1.498% 1.878%
Number of salaries quoted 14 21 23
Average salary £37,500 £36,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.73% +15.87%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £27,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £66,000 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-3.07% +8.33%
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1587 1402 1278
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.69% 96.49% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1333 1251 1113
Average salary £41,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Applications Support
West Midlands

Applications Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Applications Support Salary Trend

Applications Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Support across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Birmingham Applications Support Salary Histogram

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 33 (78.57%) SQL
2 24 (57.14%) UNIX
3 19 (45.24%) Linux
4 15 (35.71%) Perl
4 15 (35.71%) SQL Server
5 14 (33.33%) Windows
6 13 (30.95%) Java
7 12 (28.57%) Finance
7 12 (28.57%) Oracle
7 12 (28.57%) ITIL
8 11 (26.19%) HTML
9 10 (23.81%) PHP
9 10 (23.81%) Python
10 9 (21.43%) .NET
10 9 (21.43%) Migration
10 9 (21.43%) Internet
10 9 (21.43%) Project Management
10 9 (21.43%) Business Analysis
10 9 (21.43%) NoSQL
11 8 (19.05%) Microsoft
12 7 (16.67%) C#
12 7 (16.67%) CRM
13 6 (14.29%) Solaris
14 5 (11.90%) ERP
14 5 (11.90%) MS Exchange
14 5 (11.90%) MS Office
14 5 (11.90%) Visual Studio
14 5 (11.90%) Manufacturing
14 5 (11.90%) Data Analysis
14 5 (11.90%) Degree

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 11 (26.19%) HTML
2 9 (21.43%) .NET
3 2 (4.762%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.381%) CSS
4 1 (2.381%) XML
4 1 (2.381%) Ajax
4 1 (2.381%) NHibernate
4 1 (2.381%) jQuery
4 1 (2.381%) Ext JS
4 1 (2.381%) RESTful
4 1 (2.381%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 1 (2.381%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 5 (11.90%) MS Exchange
2 2 (4.762%) IIS
2 2 (4.762%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (11.90%) MS Office
2 3 (7.143%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (4.762%) Oracle Financials
Communications & Networking
1 9 (21.43%) Internet
2 4 (9.524%) SSH
2 4 (9.524%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (35.71%) SQL Server
2 9 (21.43%) NoSQL
3 2 (4.762%) RDBMS
4 1 (2.381%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (2.381%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 5 (11.90%) Visual Studio
2 1 (2.381%) CruiseControl
2 1 (2.381%) Subversion
2 1 (2.381%) Oracle APEX
General
1 12 (28.57%) Finance
2 5 (11.90%) Manufacturing
3 3 (7.143%) Banking
3 3 (7.143%) Investment Banking
4 1 (2.381%) Marketing
4 1 (2.381%) Back Office
4 1 (2.381%) Retail
4 1 (2.381%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Computer Science
1 5 (11.90%) Data Conversion
2 2 (4.762%) Derivative
2 2 (4.762%) Fixed Income
3 1 (2.381%) Equities
3 1 (2.381%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.381%) EPoS
3 1 (2.381%) Informatics
3 1 (2.381%) SWIFT
Operating Systems
1 24 (57.14%) UNIX
2 19 (45.24%) Linux
3 14 (33.33%) Windows
4 6 (14.29%) Solaris
5 4 (9.524%) AIX
5 4 (9.524%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (28.57%) ITIL
2 9 (21.43%) Project Management
2 9 (21.43%) Migration
2 9 (21.43%) Business Analysis
3 7 (16.67%) CRM
4 5 (11.90%) ERP
4 5 (11.90%) Data Analysis
5 4 (9.524%) Problem Management
6 2 (4.762%) Performance Management
6 2 (4.762%) Incident Management
6 2 (4.762%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (2.381%) Content Management
7 1 (2.381%) Document Management
7 1 (2.381%) Software Engineering
7 1 (2.381%) Systems Analysis
7 1 (2.381%) Code Coverage
7 1 (2.381%) OO
7 1 (2.381%) Service Management
7 1 (2.381%) Service Delivery
7 1 (2.381%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 33 (78.57%) SQL
2 15 (35.71%) Perl
3 13 (30.95%) Java
4 10 (23.81%) PHP
4 10 (23.81%) Python
5 7 (16.67%) C#
6 2 (4.762%) Shell Script
6 2 (4.762%) PL/SQL
7 1 (2.381%) C
7 1 (2.381%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (11.90%) Degree
2 3 (7.143%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (2.381%) HNC
3 1 (2.381%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.381%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (9.524%) Control-M
Vendors
1 12 (28.57%) Oracle
2 8 (19.05%) Microsoft
3 3 (7.143%) Northgate
4 2 (4.762%) Sun
5 1 (2.381%) Citrix
5 1 (2.381%) Open Text
5 1 (2.381%) Civica
5 1 (2.381%) Sencha
5 1 (2.381%) Business Objects
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
You will be responsible for: " Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of the bespoke Application products in order to support customers " Act as a customer advocate to Product...
ARM -INTERNATIONAL
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum + health, pension, dental
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
Knowledge of Oracle, SQL, Unix, Linux, Perl Scripting and Sun Solaris are beneficial but not essential as is a background in bespoke application support... In this role, you...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + + bonus + benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013