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This section looks at the demand for the Applications Support role in IT jobs within the East of England 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Support
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank90148
Rank change on same period last yearUp+58
Matching permanent IT job ads278158
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.152 %0.066 %
As % of the category below2.357 %1.228 %
Salaries quoted229146
Average minimum salary£33,908£32,678
Average salary£36,177£33,970
% change on same period last year+6.49 %
Average maximum salary£38,446£35,262
UK excluding London average salary£32,214£30,923
% change on same period last year+4.17 %
East of England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
East of England
Matching permanent IT job ads1179412862
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled6.439 %5.400 %
Salaries quoted991510941
Average minimum salary£35,089£34,966
Average salary£38,150£37,985
% change on same period last year+0.43 %
Average maximum salary£41,211£41,004
UK excluding London average salary£38,060£39,458
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
Applications Support EnglandApplications Support
England

Applications Support
Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Applications Support Salary Trend

Applications Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Support across the East of England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

East of England Applications Support Salary Histogram

Applications Support
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the East of England region over the 3 months to 29 August 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
HertfordshireUp+87154£42,674+30.71 %
CambridgeshireUp+3985£27,284+2.55 %
EssexUp+1221£32,400-0.58 %
BedfordshireDown-1016£38,250+3.16 %
NorfolkUp+29£35,667-24.47 %
SuffolkDown-195£24,250-31.40 %
East AngliaNew entry-1£67,500-
Applications Support EnglandApplications Support
England

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

1181 (37.79 %)SQL
2146 (30.48 %)SQL Server
3135 (28.18 %)Windows
4109 (22.76 %)Microsoft
5107 (22.34 %)Oracle
699 (20.67 %)UNIX
798 (20.46 %).NET
888 (18.37 %)VB
987 (18.16 %)Finance
1061 (12.73 %)MS Office
1155 (11.48 %)XML
1254 (11.27 %)RDBMS
1353 (11.06 %)WebSphere
1452 (10.86 %)IBM
1550 (10.44 %)Citrix
1649 (10.23 %)C#
1748 (10.02 %)Active Directory
1847 (9.812 %)VBA
1946 (9.603 %)Windows Server 2003
2044 (9.186 %)DB2
2142 (8.768 %)SLA
2241 (8.559 %)HTML
2339 (8.142 %)MS Excel
2438 (7.933 %)ITIL
2537 (7.724 %)WebServices
2537 (7.724 %)HTTP
2635 (7.307 %)Crystal Reports
2734 (7.098 %)Java
2833 (6.889 %)Change Management
2932 (6.681 %)E-Commerce

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
198 (20.46 %).NET
255 (11.48 %)XML
353 (11.06 %)WebSphere
441 (8.559 %)HTML
537 (7.724 %)WebServices
621 (4.384 %)XSL
621 (4.384 %)ASP.NET
718 (3.758 %)J2EE
814 (2.923 %)ASP
910 (2.088 %)ArcObjects
107 (1.461 %)CSS
107 (1.461 %)Middleware
115 (1.044 %)WAP
115 (1.044 %)Spring
124 (0.835 %).NET Framework
124 (0.835 %)JDBC
133 (0.626 %)XSLT
133 (0.626 %)ISPF
133 (0.626 %)WinForms
142 (0.418 %)Cocoon
East of England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
131 (6.472 %)IBM HTTP Server
230 (6.263 %)IIS
329 (6.054 %)WebSphere Application Server
418 (3.758 %)JBoss
516 (3.340 %)Lotus Notes
615 (3.132 %)Tomcat
712 (2.505 %)BizTalk Server
811 (2.296 %)Apache
910 (2.088 %)WebLogic
910 (2.088 %)ArcSDE
910 (2.088 %)ArcGIS
910 (2.088 %)ArcIMS
103 (0.626 %)CICS
103 (0.626 %)Lotus Domino
112 (0.418 %)ColdFusion
121 (0.209 %)Exchange Server 2003
121 (0.209 %)SharePoint Portal Server
121 (0.209 %)Office Project Server
121 (0.209 %)MQSeries
121 (0.209 %)SharePoint
East of England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
161 (12.73 %)MS Office
239 (8.142 %)MS Excel
310 (2.088 %)AutoCAD
43 (0.626 %)MS Visio
52 (0.418 %)MS PowerPoint
61 (0.209 %)MATLAB
East of England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (1.461 %)Oracle EBS
17 (1.461 %)Oracle Applications
17 (1.461 %)Retail-J
24 (0.835 %)BPCS
33 (0.626 %)Oracle Financials
33 (0.626 %)Movex
33 (0.626 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
42 (0.418 %)Sage MMS
42 (0.418 %)ResourceLink
42 (0.418 %)Great Plains
42 (0.418 %)Pegasus Opera
42 (0.418 %)CODA-Financials
51 (0.209 %)Endur
51 (0.209 %)Academy Housing
51 (0.209 %)arcHouse
51 (0.209 %)Bond Adapt
51 (0.209 %)GoldMine
51 (0.209 %)Line 500
East of England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
137 (7.724 %)HTTP
227 (5.637 %)TCP/IP
319 (3.967 %)Internet
410 (2.088 %)SAN
58 (1.670 %)SSL
58 (1.670 %)VPN
58 (1.670 %)LAN
58 (1.670 %)WAN
66 (1.253 %)ATM
66 (1.253 %)ISDN
66 (1.253 %)Intranet
66 (1.253 %)DSL
66 (1.253 %)Firewall
75 (1.044 %)DNS
84 (0.835 %)FTP
92 (0.418 %)DHCP
101 (0.209 %)PPP
101 (0.209 %)RIP
101 (0.209 %)Wireless
East of England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1146 (30.48 %)SQL Server
254 (11.27 %)RDBMS
344 (9.186 %)DB2
435 (7.307 %)Crystal Reports
511 (2.296 %)MySQL
511 (2.296 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
610 (2.088 %)MS Access
610 (2.088 %)GIS
78 (1.670 %)Oracle Reports
78 (1.670 %)SQL Server 2005
86 (1.253 %)Ingres
94 (0.835 %)Oracle 10g
94 (0.835 %)Oracle 9i
103 (0.626 %)SQL Server 2000
103 (0.626 %)SQLPlus
103 (0.626 %)TOAD
103 (0.626 %)Oracle Discoverer
112 (0.418 %)Cognos Impromptu
112 (0.418 %)Oracle 8/8i
121 (0.209 %)MSDE
East of England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (0.835 %)Visual Studio
14 (0.835 %)Dreamweaver
22 (0.418 %)VSS/SourceSafe
East of England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
187 (18.16 %)Finance
224 (5.010 %)Health
319 (3.967 %)Retail
319 (3.967 %)Pharmaceutical
418 (3.758 %)Publishing
418 (3.758 %)Pensions
510 (2.088 %)Government
510 (2.088 %)Education
68 (1.670 %)Insurance
68 (1.670 %)Marketing
75 (1.044 %)Electric
75 (1.044 %)Construction
84 (0.835 %)Telecoms
84 (0.835 %)Local Government
93 (0.626 %)Games
93 (0.626 %)Military
93 (0.626 %)Manufacturing
101 (0.209 %)Criminal Justice
101 (0.209 %)Banking
101 (0.209 %)Front Office
East of England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (2.505 %)Computer Science
211 (2.296 %)AS400
310 (2.088 %)EFT
48 (1.670 %)Client/Server
48 (1.670 %)EPoS
56 (1.253 %)Mainframe
56 (1.253 %)German Language
56 (1.253 %)Data Protection Act
65 (1.044 %)EFTPOS
74 (0.835 %)Thin Client
74 (0.835 %)APACS
74 (0.835 %)Derivative
74 (0.835 %)French Language
74 (0.835 %)Fat Client
83 (0.626 %)Spanish Language
83 (0.626 %)Statistics
92 (0.418 %)Mathematics
92 (0.418 %)Management Information System
101 (0.209 %)Device Driver
101 (0.209 %)Replication
East of England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1135 (28.18 %)Windows
299 (20.67 %)UNIX
346 (9.603 %)Windows Server 2003
430 (6.263 %)Windows 2000 Server
528 (5.846 %)Linux
622 (4.593 %)Solaris
718 (3.758 %)Windows 2000
815 (3.132 %)AIX
910 (2.088 %)Red Hat Linux
108 (1.670 %)Windows Vista
115 (1.044 %)Windows XP
124 (0.835 %)Fedora
124 (0.835 %)Ubuntu
East of England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
138 (7.933 %)ITIL
233 (6.889 %)Change Management
332 (6.681 %)E-Commerce
417 (3.549 %)Release Management
513 (2.714 %)WFM
513 (2.714 %)Resource Management
612 (2.505 %)Matrix Management
612 (2.505 %)Service Management
711 (2.296 %)ERP
88 (1.670 %)Project Management
97 (1.461 %)Business Analysis
106 (1.253 %)Service Delivery
106 (1.253 %)Data Protection
106 (1.253 %)UML
115 (1.044 %)CRM
115 (1.044 %)Stakeholder Management
115 (1.044 %)Disaster Recovery
115 (1.044 %)Time Management
115 (1.044 %)User Acceptance Testing
124 (0.835 %)Business Continuity
East of England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1181 (37.79 %)SQL
288 (18.37 %)VB
349 (10.23 %)C#
447 (9.812 %)VBA
534 (7.098 %)Java
627 (5.637 %)PL/SQL
723 (4.802 %)VB.NET
816 (3.340 %)VB6
915 (3.132 %)RPG
1012 (2.505 %)C++
1111 (2.296 %)Shell Script
1210 (2.088 %)VBScript
139 (1.879 %)Transact-SQL
148 (1.670 %)JavaScript
157 (1.461 %)Perl
157 (1.461 %)C
157 (1.461 %)Delphi
163 (0.626 %)COBOL
163 (0.626 %)PowerHouse
172 (0.418 %)VC++
East of England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
131 (6.472 %)Degree
27 (1.461 %)Microsoft Certification
35 (1.044 %)HND
44 (0.835 %)Oracle Certification
44 (0.835 %)Sun Certification
53 (0.626 %)CIMA
53 (0.626 %)MCP
53 (0.626 %)MCAD
53 (0.626 %)MCSD
62 (0.418 %)MCSE
71 (0.209 %)PRINCE2 Certification
71 (0.209 %)MySQL Certification
East of England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
142 (8.768 %)SLA
22 (0.418 %)QA
31 (0.209 %)ISO8583
East of England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
148 (10.02 %)Active Directory
21 (0.209 %)VMware ESX
East of England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (1.461 %)SCOM
21 (0.209 %)ARCserve
East of England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1109 (22.76 %)Microsoft
2107 (22.34 %)Oracle
352 (10.86 %)IBM
450 (10.44 %)Citrix
525 (5.219 %)Sybase
617 (3.549 %)SAP
716 (3.340 %)Lotus
813 (2.714 %)Cisco
813 (2.714 %)Sun
912 (2.505 %)Sage
1011 (2.296 %)JDA
1110 (2.088 %)Red Hat
1110 (2.088 %)ESRI
128 (1.670 %)Siebel
134 (0.835 %)Adobe
134 (0.835 %)VMware
134 (0.835 %)JD Edwards
134 (0.835 %)Mapinfo
143 (0.626 %)CODA
143 (0.626 %)Kofax