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

 Application Support
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5650
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching permanent IT job ads667710
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.386 %0.306 %
As % of the category below4.026 %4.306 %
Salaries quoted541520
Average minimum salary£45,291£43,398
Average salary£49,775£47,514
% change on same period last year+4.75 %
Average maximum salary£54,259£51,630
UK excluding London average salary£33,215£31,970
% change on same period last year+3.89 %
City of London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching permanent IT job ads1656816487
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled9.591 %7.095 %
Salaries quoted1423912562
Average minimum salary£48,172£50,442
Average salary£53,497£55,172
% change on same period last year-3.03 %
Average maximum salary£58,822£59,901
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Applications Support LondonApplications Support
London

Applications Support
Demand Trend

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

City of London Applications Support Demand Trend

Applications Support
Salary Trend

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

City of London Applications Support Salary Trend

Applications Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Support across the City of London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

City of London Applications Support Salary Histogram

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

1821 (60.37 %)SQL
2561 (41.25 %)UNIX
3497 (36.54 %)Finance
4375 (27.57 %)Banking
5343 (25.22 %)Front Office
6313 (23.01 %)Windows
7263 (19.34 %)Oracle
8261 (19.19 %)Sybase
9244 (17.94 %)SQL Server
10240 (17.65 %)Java
11220 (16.18 %)Equities
12200 (14.71 %)ITIL
13186 (13.68 %)Solaris
14176 (12.94 %)Investment Banking
15167 (12.28 %)Perl
16166 (12.21 %)C#
16166 (12.21 %)Derivative
17164 (12.06 %)Linux
18150 (11.03 %)VB
18150 (11.03 %).NET
19133 (9.779 %)C++
20125 (9.191 %)Degree
21115 (8.456 %)Investment Management
22113 (8.309 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
23108 (7.941 %)Shell Script
23108 (7.941 %)RDBMS
24103 (7.574 %)Fixed Income
2593 (6.838 %)Reuters
2691 (6.691 %)Back Office
2691 (6.691 %)VBA

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1150 (11.03 %).NET
262 (4.559 %)ASP.NET
347 (3.456 %)FIX Protocol
439 (2.868 %)ASP
439 (2.868 %)XML
534 (2.500 %)J2EE
620 (1.471 %)HTML
717 (1.250 %)Middleware
812 (0.882 %)Hibernate
910 (0.735 %)JMS
109 (0.662 %)CSS
118 (0.588 %)WebSphere
127 (0.515 %).NET Framework
135 (0.368 %)EJB
135 (0.368 %)WebServices
135 (0.368 %)XSLT
135 (0.368 %)JSP
144 (0.294 %)CGI
153 (0.221 %)XML Schema
153 (0.221 %)Servlets
City of London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
145 (3.309 %)WebLogic
244 (3.235 %)SharePoint
328 (2.059 %)Apache
328 (2.059 %)Rendezvous
423 (1.691 %)Tomcat
521 (1.544 %)IIS
619 (1.397 %)MQSeries
712 (0.882 %)BizTalk Server
88 (0.588 %)TIBCO EMS
96 (0.441 %)Documentum
105 (0.368 %)WebSphere Application Server
114 (0.294 %)Exchange Server 2003
114 (0.294 %)MS Exchange
123 (0.221 %)JBoss
123 (0.221 %)WebSphere MQ
132 (0.147 %)WebLogic Portal
132 (0.147 %)SAS
141 (0.074 %)TeamSite
141 (0.074 %)CMS
City of London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
165 (4.779 %)MS Excel
225 (1.838 %)MS Office
319 (1.397 %)Spreadsheet
43 (0.221 %)MS PowerPoint
43 (0.221 %)MS Visio
52 (0.147 %)MS Project
61 (0.074 %)DeltaView
61 (0.074 %)Maya
City of London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
117 (1.250 %)Kondor+
117 (1.250 %)Misys Opics
213 (0.956 %)INSURE/90
310 (0.735 %)Capstone
49 (0.662 %)LongView
56 (0.441 %)RMDS
65 (0.368 %)Minerva
74 (0.294 %)Endur
74 (0.294 %)HiPortfolio
83 (0.221 %)Decalog
83 (0.221 %)Dynamics GP
92 (0.147 %)Summit
92 (0.147 %)Beauchamp
92 (0.147 %)Loan IQ
92 (0.147 %)SunGard GMI
92 (0.147 %)InvestOne
92 (0.147 %)SAP SD
92 (0.147 %)Oracle Financials
92 (0.147 %)Murex MxG2000
92 (0.147 %)Oracle Applications
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
130 (2.206 %)Internet
220 (1.471 %)TCP/IP
39 (0.662 %)DNS
39 (0.662 %)LAN
39 (0.662 %)WAN
46 (0.441 %)SMTP
46 (0.441 %)Firewall
55 (0.368 %)HTTP
55 (0.368 %)VPN
55 (0.368 %)SAN
64 (0.294 %)Intranet
64 (0.294 %)Extranet
73 (0.221 %)X.500
73 (0.221 %)LDAP
73 (0.221 %)VoIP
73 (0.221 %)BSS
73 (0.221 %)Network Security
73 (0.221 %)SSL
81 (0.074 %)SMS
81 (0.074 %)IPX
City of London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1244 (17.94 %)SQL Server
2108 (7.941 %)RDBMS
332 (2.353 %)MySQL
431 (2.279 %)SQL Server 2005
526 (1.912 %)Crystal Reports
621 (1.544 %)SQL Server 2000
719 (1.397 %)BusinessObjects
818 (1.324 %)Oracle 8/8i
917 (1.250 %)DTS
1013 (0.956 %)Reference Data
118 (0.588 %)Informix
127 (0.515 %)Data Mining
136 (0.441 %)Oracle Reports
136 (0.441 %)PerformancePoint
136 (0.441 %)Oracle 10g
145 (0.368 %)SQLPlus
154 (0.294 %)Oracle 9i
154 (0.294 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
163 (0.221 %)SQL Server Integration Services
163 (0.221 %)MS Access
City of London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
129 (2.132 %)ClearCase
216 (1.176 %)Oracle Forms
312 (0.882 %)JUnit
312 (0.882 %)Eclipse
45 (0.368 %)VSS/SourceSafe
53 (0.221 %)Visual Studio
61 (0.074 %)ClearQuest
61 (0.074 %)MSI
61 (0.074 %)AdminStudio
City of London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1497 (36.54 %)Finance
2375 (27.57 %)Banking
3343 (25.22 %)Front Office
4176 (12.94 %)Investment Banking
591 (6.691 %)Back Office
686 (6.324 %)Insurance
744 (3.235 %)Financial Institution
825 (1.838 %)Education
924 (1.765 %)Law
1019 (1.397 %)Health
1111 (0.809 %)Publishing
1210 (0.735 %)Legal
138 (0.588 %)Pensions
145 (0.368 %)Telecoms
145 (0.368 %)Marketing
153 (0.221 %)International Banking
162 (0.147 %)Private Banking
162 (0.147 %)Advertising
162 (0.147 %)Retail
171 (0.074 %)Music
City of London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1220 (16.18 %)Equities
2166 (12.21 %)Derivative
3113 (8.309 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4103 (7.574 %)Fixed Income
533 (2.426 %)Credit Derivative
621 (1.544 %)Computer Science
720 (1.471 %)Management Information System
817 (1.250 %)Swaptions
916 (1.176 %)Equity Derivative
916 (1.176 %)AS400
1011 (0.809 %)VWAP
1110 (0.735 %)Statistics
128 (0.588 %)Client/Server
137 (0.515 %)Mathematics
137 (0.515 %)Data Extraction
146 (0.441 %)Mainframe
155 (0.368 %)Credit Risk
155 (0.368 %)German Language
164 (0.294 %)French Language
164 (0.294 %)Interest Rate Derivative
City of London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1561 (41.25 %)UNIX
2313 (23.01 %)Windows
3186 (13.68 %)Solaris
4164 (12.06 %)Linux
579 (5.809 %)Windows Server 2003
645 (3.309 %)Windows XP
744 (3.235 %)Red Hat Linux
831 (2.279 %)Windows 2000
924 (1.765 %)VMS
1015 (1.103 %)Windows 2000 Server
116 (0.441 %)OpenVMS
123 (0.221 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
123 (0.221 %)AIX
131 (0.074 %)HPUX
131 (0.074 %)Windows NT
131 (0.074 %)Windows Vista
131 (0.074 %)OS/400
131 (0.074 %)NetWare
131 (0.074 %)MVS
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1200 (14.71 %)ITIL
2115 (8.456 %)Investment Management
383 (6.103 %)Algorithmic Trading
470 (5.147 %)Asset Management
558 (4.265 %)OO
656 (4.118 %)Electronic Trading
733 (2.426 %)Problem Management
830 (2.206 %)Business Analysis
830 (2.206 %)Service Management
925 (1.838 %)Software Engineering
925 (1.838 %)Project Management
1024 (1.765 %)Release Management
1024 (1.765 %)Service Delivery
1123 (1.691 %)Fund Management
1219 (1.397 %)Scrum
1318 (1.324 %)Change Management
1318 (1.324 %)Agile Software Development
1417 (1.250 %)Risk Management
1515 (1.103 %)ERP
1515 (1.103 %)BCP
City of London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1821 (60.37 %)SQL
2240 (17.65 %)Java
3167 (12.28 %)Perl
4166 (12.21 %)C#
5150 (11.03 %)VB
6133 (9.779 %)C++
7108 (7.941 %)Shell Script
891 (6.691 %)VBA
935 (2.574 %)Transact-SQL
1026 (1.912 %)PL/SQL
1026 (1.912 %)VB.NET
1125 (1.838 %)C
1216 (1.176 %)Korn
1314 (1.029 %)Python
1413 (0.956 %)Tcl
1512 (0.882 %)JavaScript
1611 (0.809 %)VC++
1710 (0.735 %)PHP
1710 (0.735 %)VB6
189 (0.662 %)COBOL
City of London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1125 (9.191 %)Degree
229 (2.132 %)ITIL Certification
311 (0.809 %)PRINCE2 Certification
49 (0.662 %)Microsoft Certification
54 (0.294 %)MCAD
54 (0.294 %)MCSE
54 (0.294 %)Oracle Certification
61 (0.074 %)MCP
61 (0.074 %)MCDBA
61 (0.074 %)OCP
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
128 (2.059 %)QA
220 (1.471 %)MiFID
316 (1.176 %)SLA
42 (0.147 %)HL7
51 (0.074 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
City of London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (0.882 %)Active Directory
23 (0.221 %)NFS
23 (0.221 %)Citrix Presentation Server
32 (0.147 %)VMware Infrastructure
32 (0.147 %)Terminal Server
32 (0.147 %)NDS
41 (0.074 %)MetaFrame
City of London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (0.735 %)OpenView
28 (0.588 %)OVSD
34 (0.294 %)AutoSys
43 (0.221 %)Tivoli
52 (0.147 %)CONTROL-M
52 (0.147 %)AppManager
52 (0.147 %)ZENworks
61 (0.074 %)AllFusion Endevor
61 (0.074 %)Nagios
61 (0.074 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
City of London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1263 (19.34 %)Oracle
2261 (19.19 %)Sybase
393 (6.838 %)Reuters
482 (6.029 %)Bloomberg
577 (5.662 %)Microsoft
641 (3.015 %)Red Hat
739 (2.868 %)LatentZero
836 (2.647 %)TIBCO
836 (2.647 %)Sun
933 (2.426 %)Citrix
1030 (2.206 %)Patsystems
1128 (2.059 %)Murex
1227 (1.985 %)SimCorp
1321 (1.544 %)Wall Street Systems
1321 (1.544 %)Fidessa
1420 (1.471 %)GL TRADE
1420 (1.471 %)Charles River
1519 (1.397 %)Business Objects
1618 (1.324 %)IBM
1717 (1.250 %)Misys