Cheshire Applications Support Specialist Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support Specialist role in IT jobs within the Cheshire 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 Support Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Application Support Specialist
Location Abingdon Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cannock Cardiff Cheshire Chichester City of London Dunstable East of England England Guildford Hampshire Hertfordshire Leeds Letchworth London Luton Manchester Milton Keynes Norfolk North West Norwich Oxfordshire Peterborough Salford Sheffield South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire St Albans Staffordshire Staines Surrey UK Wales Warrington Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Windsor Yorkshire	3 months to 13 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	142	135
Rank change on same period last year	-7
Matching permanent IT job ads	2	2
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.076 %	0.068 %
Salaries quoted	2	1
Average minimum salary	£25,000	£34,000
Average salary	£30,000	£34,000
% change on same period last year	-11.76 %
Average maximum salary	£35,000	£34,000
UK excluding London average salary	£36,912	£32,227
% change on same period last year	+14.53 %
Job Titles Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	2642	2952
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	1.534 %	1.270 %
Salaries quoted	2409	2647
Average minimum salary	£31,374	£31,576
Average salary	£34,374	£34,128
% change on same period last year	+0.71 %
Average maximum salary	£37,373	£36,681
UK excluding London average salary	£38,156	£39,208
% change on same period last year	-2.68 %
Applications Support Specialist North West

Applications Support Specialist
Demand Trend

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

Applications Support Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Applications Support Specialist
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Support Specialist across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Warrington	-	2	£30,000	-

Applications Support Specialist North West

Applications Support Specialist
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 5 (71.43 %) Health 1 5 (71.43 %) SQL 2 4 (57.14 %) MS Excel 3 3 (42.86 %) UNIX 3 3 (42.86 %) Windows 3 3 (42.86 %) Windows Server 2003 3 3 (42.86 %) LIMS 3 3 (42.86 %) C 3 3 (42.86 %) Oracle 3 3 (42.86 %) Pensions 4 2 (28.57 %) Replication 4 2 (28.57 %) Finance 4 2 (28.57 %) Crystal Reports 4 2 (28.57 %) IIS 4 2 (28.57 %) ASP.NET

4 2 (28.57 %) WebServices 4 2 (28.57 %) C# 4 2 (28.57 %) VB.NET 4 2 (28.57 %) .NET 4 2 (28.57 %) Oracle Reports 4 2 (28.57 %) LAN 4 2 (28.57 %) WAN 4 2 (28.57 %) Microsoft

Applications Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 (28.57 %) .NET 1 2 (28.57 %) ASP.NET 1 2 (28.57 %) WebServices	Application Platforms 1 2 (28.57 %) IIS
Applications 1 4 (57.14 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 2 (28.57 %) LAN 1 2 (28.57 %) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (28.57 %) Crystal Reports 1 2 (28.57 %) Oracle Reports	General 1 5 (71.43 %) Health 2 3 (42.86 %) Pensions 3 2 (28.57 %) Finance
Miscellaneous 1 3 (42.86 %) LIMS 2 2 (28.57 %) Replication	Operating Systems 1 3 (42.86 %) UNIX 1 3 (42.86 %) Windows 1 3 (42.86 %) Windows Server 2003
Programming Languages 1 5 (71.43 %) SQL 2 3 (42.86 %) C 3 2 (28.57 %) C# 3 2 (28.57 %) VB.NET	Vendors 1 3 (42.86 %) Oracle 2 2 (28.57 %) Microsoft