The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh 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 17 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support
Rank 70 72 84
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +12
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 22 21 17
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 2.081% 1.567% 1.102%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.180% 1.636% 1.155%
Number of salaries quoted 14 15 11
Average salary £32,500 £25,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.45% -29.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,900 £19,200 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £45,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-3.07% +8.33%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1009 1284 1472
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 95.46% 95.82% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 587 951 1062
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Applications Support
Scotland

Applications Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Applications Support Salary Trend

Applications Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Support across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Edinburgh Applications Support Salary Histogram

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 24 (70.59%) .NET
2 16 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 16 (47.06%) C#
3 15 (44.12%) SQL Server
4 10 (29.41%) UNIX
4 10 (29.41%) SQL
5 9 (26.47%) Cognos
5 9 (26.47%) Oracle
5 9 (26.47%) Windows
5 9 (26.47%) ASP.NET
6 8 (23.53%) ASP
6 8 (23.53%) VB.NET
6 8 (23.53%) Java
7 7 (20.59%) Finance
7 7 (20.59%) Unit Testing
8 6 (17.65%) DHTML
8 6 (17.65%) Linux
9 5 (14.71%) XML
9 5 (14.71%) Windows Server 2003
9 5 (14.71%) Windows Server 2008
10 4 (11.76%) SQL Server 2008
10 4 (11.76%) SQL Server 2005
10 4 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 4 (11.76%) Web Services
10 4 (11.76%) TCP/IP
10 4 (11.76%) DNS
10 4 (11.76%) Solaris
10 4 (11.76%) Delphi
11 3 (8.824%) MySQL
11 3 (8.824%) HTML

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 24 (70.59%) .NET
2 9 (26.47%) ASP.NET
3 8 (23.53%) ASP
4 6 (17.65%) DHTML
5 5 (14.71%) XML
6 4 (11.76%) Web Services
7 3 (8.824%) CSS
7 3 (8.824%) HTML
8 2 (5.882%) XHTML
8 2 (5.882%) Ajax
9 1 (2.941%) .NET Framework
9 1 (2.941%) COM
Application Platforms
1 3 (8.824%) IIS
2 1 (2.941%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.941%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.941%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (5.882%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.941%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (2.941%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) TCP/IP
1 4 (11.76%) DNS
2 3 (8.824%) FTP
3 1 (2.941%) ATM
3 1 (2.941%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (44.12%) SQL Server
2 4 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (11.76%) SQL Server 2005
2 4 (11.76%) SQL Server 2008
3 3 (8.824%) MySQL
4 1 (2.941%) DB2
4 1 (2.941%) Oracle 8/8i
General
1 7 (20.59%) Finance
2 3 (8.824%) Banking
3 2 (5.882%) Billing
3 2 (5.882%) Front Office
4 1 (2.941%) Back Office
4 1 (2.941%) Investment Banking
Operating Systems
1 10 (29.41%) UNIX
2 9 (26.47%) Windows
3 6 (17.65%) Linux
4 5 (14.71%) Windows Server 2003
4 5 (14.71%) Windows Server 2008
5 4 (11.76%) Solaris
6 2 (5.882%) Windows 2000
6 2 (5.882%) Windows XP
6 2 (5.882%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (2.941%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (2.941%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.59%) Unit Testing
2 3 (8.824%) Asset Management
2 3 (8.824%) RDF
3 2 (5.882%) Change Management
3 2 (5.882%) Workflow
3 2 (5.882%) ITIL
3 2 (5.882%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (2.941%) Investment Management
4 1 (2.941%) Enterprise Content Management
4 1 (2.941%) Content Management
4 1 (2.941%) Document Management
4 1 (2.941%) Business Analysis
4 1 (2.941%) Incident Management
4 1 (2.941%) OO
4 1 (2.941%) CRM
4 1 (2.941%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (2.941%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (47.06%) C#
2 10 (29.41%) SQL
3 8 (23.53%) Java
3 8 (23.53%) VB.NET
4 4 (11.76%) Delphi
5 2 (5.882%) JavaScript
5 2 (5.882%) T-SQL
5 2 (5.882%) VB
5 2 (5.882%) PHP
6 1 (2.941%) PL/SQL
6 1 (2.941%) Perl
6 1 (2.941%) C++
6 1 (2.941%) VBA
6 1 (2.941%) Shell Script
6 1 (2.941%) XAML
6 1 (2.941%) VB6
Qualifications
1 2 (5.882%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.941%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (8.824%) Samba
2 2 (5.882%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (8.824%) WMI
Vendors
1 16 (47.06%) Microsoft
2 9 (26.47%) Oracle
2 9 (26.47%) Cognos
3 1 (2.941%) Sybase
3 1 (2.941%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.941%) Charles River
Edinburgh, Midlothian
The successful candidate for this position will have good experience working with Windows and Unix systems and should have a background supporting a number of applications, ideally within...
Aston Carter
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Application Support Analyst, App Support Analyst, Application Support Programmer, Programmer, Analyst, 3rd Line, Third Line, .Net, Cognos, Automated Unit Testing, Implementation, Application Design, Application Development, Application Testing, Implementations...
Cathcart Associates Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
You must be experienced in:- SQL Server / Cluster... Hands-on experience in at least 3 of the following:- Microsoft. ASP... NET -C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET Web -DHTML/...
Net Talent
Salary: £30000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013