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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support
Rank 39 52 34
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -18
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 5 2 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bradford 1.497% 0.493% 2.319%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.597% 0.513% 2.424%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 3
Average salary £27,500 £23,500 £25,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.02% -7.84%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
All Job Titles
Bradford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
313 390 330
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bradford 93.71% 96.06% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 218 254 205
Average salary £33,500 £33,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £22,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £47,000 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Applications Support
West Yorkshire

Applications Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bradford 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 Bradford region.

Bradford Applications Support Salary Trend

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bradford 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 10 (76.92%) SQL
2 8 (61.54%) MS Excel
3 7 (53.85%) MS Office
4 6 (46.15%) Agresso
4 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
4 6 (46.15%) Finance
5 5 (38.46%) Service Delivery
5 5 (38.46%) SQL Server
6 4 (30.77%) .NET
6 4 (30.77%) Windows
7 3 (23.08%) AIX
7 3 (23.08%) Solaris
7 3 (23.08%) Linux
7 3 (23.08%) Apache
7 3 (23.08%) Tomcat
7 3 (23.08%) Web Services
7 3 (23.08%) XML
7 3 (23.08%) XSD
7 3 (23.08%) UNIX
7 3 (23.08%) Oracle
7 3 (23.08%) WebSphere Application Server
7 3 (23.08%) IIS
7 3 (23.08%) Java
7 3 (23.08%) VBScript
7 3 (23.08%) Oracle 10g
7 3 (23.08%) NetApp
7 3 (23.08%) Red Hat
7 3 (23.08%) Client/Server
7 3 (23.08%) SOA
7 3 (23.08%) FTP

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bradford 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 4 (30.77%) .NET
2 3 (23.08%) Web Services
2 3 (23.08%) XML
2 3 (23.08%) XSD
2 3 (23.08%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 3 (23.08%) Apache
1 3 (23.08%) Tomcat
1 3 (23.08%) WebSphere Application Server
1 3 (23.08%) IIS
1 3 (23.08%) WebSphere MQ
2 2 (15.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (61.54%) MS Excel
2 7 (53.85%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Agresso
2 2 (15.38%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) FTP
1 3 (23.08%) HTTP
1 3 (23.08%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (38.46%) SQL Server
2 3 (23.08%) Oracle 10g
2 3 (23.08%) SQL Server 2008
2 3 (23.08%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (23.08%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (15.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (15.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 6 (46.15%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Client/Server
1 3 (23.08%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (30.77%) Windows
2 3 (23.08%) AIX
2 3 (23.08%) Solaris
2 3 (23.08%) Linux
2 3 (23.08%) UNIX
2 3 (23.08%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (23.08%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (38.46%) Service Delivery
2 3 (23.08%) SOA
2 3 (23.08%) Benchmarking
2 3 (23.08%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 3 (23.08%) Load Balancing
2 3 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (23.08%) Integration Testing
3 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
4 1 (7.692%) Manual Testing
4 1 (7.692%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (76.92%) SQL
2 3 (23.08%) Java
2 3 (23.08%) VBScript
3 2 (15.38%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) SCCM
1 2 (15.38%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (46.15%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Oracle
2 3 (23.08%) NetApp
2 3 (23.08%) Red Hat
2 3 (23.08%) IBM
2 3 (23.08%) F5
2 3 (23.08%) VMware