The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support role in IT jobs advertised for the East of England 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 21 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support
Rank 142 102 151
Rank change year-on-year
-40 +49
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 128 214 127
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 1.543% 2.441% 1.354%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.617% 2.524% 1.430%
Number of salaries quoted 108 158 97
Average salary £27,500 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.42% +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,500 £21,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,250 £45,000 £40,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +8.33%
All Job Titles
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7915 8479 8883
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 95.40% 96.70% 94.69%
Number of salaries quoted 6895 7100 7595
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Applications Support
England

Applications Support
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 East of England region.

East of England Applications Support Salary Trend

Applications Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Support across the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

East of England Applications Support Salary Histogram

Applications Support
Job Locations

The table below 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 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Norfolk +27 34 £21,500 -28.33%
Hertfordshire -1 33 £35,000 -12.50%
Cambridgeshire -5 20 £37,500 +25.00%
Suffolk -25 20 £21,500 -23.21%
Essex +6 11 £40,000 -3.03%
Bedfordshire -56 10 £30,250 -13.57%
Applications Support
England

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

1 153 (55.84%) SQL
2 107 (39.05%) Oracle
3 82 (29.93%) Linux
4 74 (27.01%) ITIL
5 70 (25.55%) Finance
6 69 (25.18%) .NET
7 65 (23.72%) Java
8 64 (23.36%) SQL Server
9 58 (21.17%) Windows
10 53 (19.34%) Microsoft
11 50 (18.25%) IIS
12 49 (17.88%) UNIX
13 44 (16.06%) WebLogic
14 41 (14.96%) Apache
15 38 (13.87%) Tomcat
15 38 (13.87%) XML
16 37 (13.50%) WebSphere
17 34 (12.41%) MS Excel
18 32 (11.68%) HTML
18 32 (11.68%) Middleware
19 30 (10.95%) SharePoint
20 29 (10.58%) E-Commerce
20 29 (10.58%) IBM
20 29 (10.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
21 28 (10.22%) WebCenter
21 28 (10.22%) SQL Server 2008
21 28 (10.22%) Oracle Fusion
21 28 (10.22%) JBoss
22 25 (9.124%) Degree
23 23 (8.394%) J2EE

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 69 (25.18%) .NET
2 38 (13.87%) XML
3 37 (13.50%) WebSphere
4 32 (11.68%) HTML
4 32 (11.68%) Middleware
5 28 (10.22%) WebCenter
5 28 (10.22%) Oracle Fusion
6 23 (8.394%) J2EE
7 22 (8.029%) ASP.NET
8 18 (6.569%) JSP
9 16 (5.839%) JRules
10 15 (5.474%) ASP
11 10 (3.650%) CSS
11 10 (3.650%) SOAP
12 8 (2.920%) CGI
13 5 (1.825%) Web Services
14 4 (1.460%) XSL
15 3 (1.095%) Hibernate
15 3 (1.095%) Spring
15 3 (1.095%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 50 (18.25%) IIS
2 44 (16.06%) WebLogic
3 41 (14.96%) Apache
4 38 (13.87%) Tomcat
5 30 (10.95%) SharePoint
6 14 (5.109%) WebSphere MQ
6 14 (5.109%) WebSphere Message Broker
7 10 (3.650%) GlassFish
8 9 (3.285%) ESB
9 5 (1.825%) WebSphere Application Server
9 5 (1.825%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (0.730%) Jetty
10 2 (0.730%) MS Exchange
11 1 (0.365%) IBM HTTP Server
11 1 (0.365%) SugarCRM
11 1 (0.365%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.365%) WebSphere Process Server
11 1 (0.365%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 34 (12.41%) MS Excel
2 14 (5.109%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 18 (6.569%) Documaker
2 7 (2.555%) Oracle Applications
3 4 (1.460%) Taleo
4 2 (0.730%) Temenos T24
5 1 (0.365%) Pegasus Opera
5 1 (0.365%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.365%) GoldMine
5 1 (0.365%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.365%) SalesLogix
5 1 (0.365%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.365%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.365%) Pivotal CRM
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.299%) DNS
2 16 (5.839%) Firewall
3 8 (2.920%) FTP
4 7 (2.555%) HTTP
5 6 (2.190%) TCP/IP
6 3 (1.095%) Internet
6 3 (1.095%) VoIP
7 2 (0.730%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.730%) SNMP
7 2 (0.730%) LAN
7 2 (0.730%) VPN
8 1 (0.365%) LDAP
8 1 (0.365%) SAN
8 1 (0.365%) Extranet
8 1 (0.365%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.365%) WLAN
8 1 (0.365%) WAN
8 1 (0.365%) DHCP
8 1 (0.365%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (23.36%) SQL Server
2 28 (10.22%) SQL Server 2008
3 22 (8.029%) SQL Server 2005
4 18 (6.569%) Oracle 8/8i
4 18 (6.569%) Oracle 10g
5 12 (4.380%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (3.285%) Oracle 11g
6 9 (3.285%) RDBMS
7 8 (2.920%) MySQL
8 7 (2.555%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (1.095%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.095%) DB2
9 3 (1.095%) SQL Server 2000
9 3 (1.095%) Oracle OWB
10 2 (0.730%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.365%) SQLPlus
11 1 (0.365%) EDMS
11 1 (0.365%) Oracle BI EE
11 1 (0.365%) solidDB
Development Applications
1 7 (2.555%) Visual Studio
1 7 (2.555%) Subversion
2 1 (0.365%) VSS/SourceSafe
2 1 (0.365%) Maven
2 1 (0.365%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (0.365%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 70 (25.55%) Finance
2 11 (4.015%) Games
3 8 (2.920%) Retail
3 8 (2.920%) Automotive
4 6 (2.190%) Banking
4 6 (2.190%) Advertising
5 5 (1.825%) Financial Institution
6 4 (1.460%) Legal
7 3 (1.095%) Manufacturing
8 2 (0.730%) Retail Banking
8 2 (0.730%) Back Office
8 2 (0.730%) Telecoms
9 1 (0.365%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.365%) Law
9 1 (0.365%) Dutch Language
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.934%) Computer Science
2 10 (3.650%) Enterprise Software
3 8 (2.920%) AS400
4 4 (1.460%) Mathematics
4 4 (1.460%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.095%) Client/Server
6 2 (0.730%) Social Media
6 2 (0.730%) Mobile Banking
6 2 (0.730%) Online Games
7 1 (0.365%) NHS
7 1 (0.365%) N-Tier
7 1 (0.365%) E-Learning
7 1 (0.365%) Clustering
7 1 (0.365%) Statistics
7 1 (0.365%) CCTV
7 1 (0.365%) Web 2.0
7 1 (0.365%) CMDB
7 1 (0.365%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 82 (29.93%) Linux
2 58 (21.17%) Windows
3 49 (17.88%) UNIX
4 29 (10.58%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 17 (6.204%) Windows Server 2003
5 17 (6.204%) AIX
6 13 (4.745%) Windows Server 2008
7 4 (1.460%) Oracle Linux
8 3 (1.095%) Windows 8
8 3 (1.095%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.365%) Solaris
9 1 (0.365%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.365%) Windows Vista
9 1 (0.365%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 74 (27.01%) ITIL
2 29 (10.58%) E-Commerce
3 19 (6.934%) Service Delivery
4 13 (4.745%) Change Control
4 13 (4.745%) Disaster Recovery
5 10 (3.650%) Incident Management
6 9 (3.285%) ERP
7 8 (2.920%) Service Management
7 8 (2.920%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (2.920%) CRM
7 8 (2.920%) BPMN
8 6 (2.190%) Data Analysis
8 6 (2.190%) Document Management
8 6 (2.190%) Asset Management
9 5 (1.825%) PRINCE2
10 4 (1.460%) ITSM
10 4 (1.460%) Project Management
11 3 (1.095%) Configuration Management
11 3 (1.095%) ETL
11 3 (1.095%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 153 (55.84%) SQL
2 65 (23.72%) Java
3 19 (6.934%) C#
3 19 (6.934%) VB
4 18 (6.569%) JavaScript
5 15 (5.474%) VB.NET
5 15 (5.474%) PL/SQL
6 10 (3.650%) Shell Script
7 8 (2.920%) T-SQL
8 7 (2.555%) ABAP
8 7 (2.555%) Perl
9 6 (2.190%) RPG
10 5 (1.825%) VBA
11 4 (1.460%) Korn
12 2 (0.730%) Bash shell
12 2 (0.730%) VB6
12 2 (0.730%) JCL
12 2 (0.730%) VBScript
13 1 (0.365%) PHP
13 1 (0.365%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 25 (9.124%) Degree
2 3 (1.095%) MCP
2 3 (1.095%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (1.095%) CFA
3 2 (0.730%) CCNA
3 2 (0.730%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (0.730%) MCSE
3 2 (0.730%) MCSA
4 1 (0.365%) MCAD
4 1 (0.365%) MCSD
4 1 (0.365%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.745%) SLA
2 7 (2.555%) QA
System Software
1 2 (0.730%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (0.730%) Oracle RAC
1 2 (0.730%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.730%) Terminal Server
1 2 (0.730%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
2 1 (0.365%) MetaFrame
2 1 (0.365%) VMware ESX
2 1 (0.365%) Cronacle
Systems Management
1 6 (2.190%) Tivoli Identity Manager
2 5 (1.825%) Oracle Identity Manager
3 4 (1.460%) Control-M
4 2 (0.730%) Oracle Identity Management
4 2 (0.730%) Backup Exec
4 2 (0.730%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 107 (39.05%) Oracle
2 53 (19.34%) Microsoft
3 29 (10.58%) IBM
4 28 (10.22%) JBoss
5 14 (5.109%) Red Hat
6 13 (4.745%) Sage
7 10 (3.650%) Informatica
8 8 (2.920%) SAP
9 7 (2.555%) CODA
10 5 (1.825%) Cognos
10 5 (1.825%) Pegasus
11 3 (1.095%) Sybase
11 3 (1.095%) Cisco
11 3 (1.095%) VMware
12 2 (0.730%) Altiris
12 2 (0.730%) NetSuite
12 2 (0.730%) Temenos
12 2 (0.730%) Avaya
12 2 (0.730%) BEA
12 2 (0.730%) Symantec
Ipswich, East Anglia
You will have at least an appreciation of the ITIL framework. Technical skills will include; Windows Server 2003/2008, Linux (RHEL 5) / Apache, Oracle 10g, SQL Server 2008,...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Experience Required: - Technical applications background (development and/or support) - 3rd line support - Front end application support (ASP.Net, SQL Server 2005/2008, SSIS/SSRS) - Creating T-SQL - ITIL...
Sanderson
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Experienced web server applications support analyst (IIS, .net applications - C#, VB/.net in a Web farm). Must have platforms experience - Windows 2003 and 2008 or RedHat Linux and...
Green Thompson Consulting
Salary: From £30,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Hertfordshire
Proficient with the application of automated (software) tools which enable selective access to information held within some form of database or data warehouse (eg SQL/Oracle)... Just to...
ComputaCenter
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 20 May 2013
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire £30,000 - £45,000 per annum A leader in retail is looking for an application support analyst to work within their Hertfordshire office; the company has staff...
Marcus Donald People
Salary: £30000 to £45000 per annum - benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
development or support) background *Web based front end application support experience at 3rd line level (ASP.Net, SQL Server 2005/2008,SSIS & SSRS) essential. Exposure to Sage and...
OSM Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + negotiable on application
Posted: 17 May 2013
Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire
To create and maintain documentation for new processes and procedures - Bespoke application support - Analysis of patient data - Management, testing and implementation of new software releases As Application Support...
CK Group
Salary: £18 per hour
Posted: 15 May 2013
Hertfordshire
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE: Essential: *Proven programming experience in an Enterprise scale solution of the following *C# .Net *Visual Basic 6 *SQL Server 2000 - 2008 Desirable: *Proven programming experience...
Parallel Consulting
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Applications Manager - Consumer Marketing, Engineering, Support, Documentation, Business, Training, Problem Solving, Wireless. Cambridge, to c£60,000 DOE + Benefits.Headquartered in Cambridge, our client is a leader in...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to c£60k DOE + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Specification requirement: - Strong academic background (1st/2.1 Bachelor degree in Engineering / Science / Maths or similar)... - Excellent project management experience and leading a team. - Knowledge and competent use...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to c£60k DOE + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Requirements: - Applicants must be bright and personable, holding a Bachelor’s technical degree in Electronics / Physics / Computer Science or similar (although relevant commercial experience would be considered)... - Background...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to c£40k + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Applications Support Engineer (Europe) - Firmware / Embedded, Comms, Technical Support, Consumer Products (Automotive, Home Entertainment, Healthcare)... Your expertise would help prioritise key accounts and help in the input into...
ECM Selection Ltd
Salary: to c£40k + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013