The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Specialist 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Specialist
Rank 127 142 166
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +24
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Specialist 17 8 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.693% 0.319% 0.030%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.738% 0.332% 0.032%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 1
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £26,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +44.23%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- -6.25%
All Job Titles
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2302 2413 3085
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 93.81% 96.37% 93.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1883 1964 2496
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £58,500 £59,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Applications Specialist
East of England

Applications Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Applications Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire Applications Specialist Salary Trend

Applications Specialist
Salary Histogram

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

Hertfordshire Applications Specialist Salary Histogram

Applications Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Specialist within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Watford - 4 £44,250 -
Rickmansworth -8 2 £37,500 -
Applications Specialist
East of England

Applications Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Applications 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 Specialist in their job title.

1 14 (73.68%) Linux
2 9 (47.37%) JBoss
2 9 (47.37%) UNIX
2 9 (47.37%) AIX
3 8 (42.11%) Apache
3 8 (42.11%) Tomcat
4 6 (31.58%) Windows
4 6 (31.58%) SQL
4 6 (31.58%) Disaster Recovery
5 5 (26.32%) Service Delivery
5 5 (26.32%) ITIL
5 5 (26.32%) Windows Server 2003
5 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
6 4 (21.05%) Oracle
6 4 (21.05%) Finance
7 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
7 3 (15.79%) Service Management
7 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
7 3 (15.79%) MS Office
7 3 (15.79%) CFA
7 3 (15.79%) Degree
7 3 (15.79%) Mathematics
7 3 (15.79%) Customer Engagement
8 2 (10.53%) Windows 8
8 2 (10.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (10.53%) WebSphere
8 2 (10.53%) Asset Management
8 2 (10.53%) Document Management
8 2 (10.53%) Taleo
8 2 (10.53%) DB2

Applications Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Applications 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (10.53%) .NET
1 2 (10.53%) J2EE
1 2 (10.53%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 8 (42.11%) Apache
1 8 (42.11%) Tomcat
2 2 (10.53%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (5.263%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) MS Office
2 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Taleo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
2 2 (10.53%) DB2
3 1 (5.263%) MySQL
General
1 4 (21.05%) Finance
2 2 (10.53%) Games
3 1 (5.263%) Legal
3 1 (5.263%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Management Information System
1 3 (15.79%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 14 (73.68%) Linux
2 9 (47.37%) UNIX
2 9 (47.37%) AIX
3 6 (31.58%) Windows
4 5 (26.32%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (10.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (10.53%) Windows 8
6 1 (5.263%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Disaster Recovery
2 5 (26.32%) ITIL
2 5 (26.32%) Service Delivery
3 3 (15.79%) Service Management
3 3 (15.79%) Customer Engagement
4 2 (10.53%) Asset Management
4 2 (10.53%) Document Management
4 2 (10.53%) E-Commerce
4 2 (10.53%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) SQL
2 1 (5.263%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) CFA
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (47.37%) JBoss
2 4 (21.05%) Oracle
3 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
4 2 (10.53%) Red Hat
4 2 (10.53%) Sage
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