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This section looks at the demand for the Applications Support role in IT jobs within the Hertfordshire 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Support
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank58142
Rank change on same period last yearUp+84
Matching permanent IT job ads14740
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.079 %0.017 %
As % of the category below3.483 %0.836 %
Salaries quoted11636
Average minimum salary£40,282£31,583
Average salary£42,714£33,389
% change on same period last year+27.92 %
Average maximum salary£45,145£35,194
UK excluding London average salary£31,959£30,871
% change on same period last year+3.52 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads42204782
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.272 %1.993 %
Salaries quoted35774151
Average minimum salary£37,451£37,023
Average salary£41,307£40,383
% change on same period last year+2.28 %
Average maximum salary£45,164£43,743
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %
Applications Support East of EnglandApplications Support
East of 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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Applications Support Salary Trend

Applications Support
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Support across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
WatfordUp+4148£44,120-
RoystonNew entry-6£40,000-
Potters BarDown-85£50,000+5.26 %
HertfordNew entry-4£32,000-
St AlbansNo change04£33,125-0.62 %
LetchworthNew entry-3£24,500-
Welwyn Garden CityNew entry-3£30,667-
BerkhamstedNo change02£24,000-
StevenageNew entry-2£26,500-
WelwynNew entry-1£26,500-
Applications Support East of EnglandApplications Support
East of England

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

181 (33.47 %)SQL Server
277 (31.82 %)UNIX
358 (23.97 %)Windows
457 (23.55 %)SQL
549 (20.25 %)IBM
647 (19.42 %)WebSphere
741 (16.94 %)DB2
839 (16.12 %)Finance
938 (15.70 %)Oracle
1033 (13.64 %).NET
1033 (13.64 %)Microsoft
1132 (13.22 %)HTTP
1229 (11.98 %)IBM HTTP Server
1328 (11.57 %)Change Management
1426 (10.74 %)Sybase
1525 (10.33 %)WebSphere Application Server
1525 (10.33 %)TCP/IP
1624 (9.917 %)SLA
1624 (9.917 %)C#
1624 (9.917 %)E-Commerce
1720 (8.264 %)Degree
1819 (7.851 %)MS Excel
1819 (7.851 %)ITIL
1918 (7.438 %)VB
1918 (7.438 %)MS Office
2017 (7.025 %)XML
2115 (6.198 %)RPG
2115 (6.198 %)Java
2115 (6.198 %)Active Directory
2214 (5.785 %)Lotus

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
147 (19.42 %)WebSphere
233 (13.64 %).NET
317 (7.025 %)XML
413 (5.372 %)WebServices
413 (5.372 %)J2EE
413 (5.372 %)ASP.NET
55 (2.066 %)HTML
55 (2.066 %)Middleware
63 (1.240 %)ISPF
63 (1.240 %)JDBC
72 (0.826 %)Cocoon
81 (0.413 %)Adobe Flex
81 (0.413 %)JSP
81 (0.413 %)Servlets
81 (0.413 %)Struts
81 (0.413 %)XSLT
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
129 (11.98 %)IBM HTTP Server
225 (10.33 %)WebSphere Application Server
314 (5.785 %)Lotus Notes
413 (5.372 %)BizTalk Server
511 (4.545 %)IIS
65 (2.066 %)WebLogic
65 (2.066 %)Apache
74 (1.653 %)JBoss
83 (1.240 %)Lotus Domino
83 (1.240 %)CICS
92 (0.826 %)ColdFusion
101 (0.413 %)SharePoint Portal Server
101 (0.413 %)Office Project Server
101 (0.413 %)Tomcat
101 (0.413 %)MQSeries
101 (0.413 %)SharePoint
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
119 (7.851 %)MS Excel
218 (7.438 %)MS Office
32 (0.826 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (0.413 %)MS Visio
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (2.893 %)Oracle EBS
17 (2.893 %)Oracle Applications
24 (1.653 %)BPCS
33 (1.240 %)Oracle Financials
33 (1.240 %)Great Plains
33 (1.240 %)Movex
33 (1.240 %)Pegasus Opera
33 (1.240 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
33 (1.240 %)Sage MMS
42 (0.826 %)Retail-J
42 (0.826 %)CODA-Financials
51 (0.413 %)Navision
51 (0.413 %)Exchequer Enterprise
51 (0.413 %)Line 100
51 (0.413 %)Bond Adapt
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
132 (13.22 %)HTTP
225 (10.33 %)TCP/IP
310 (4.132 %)SAN
48 (3.306 %)SSL
57 (2.893 %)VPN
66 (2.479 %)ATM
66 (2.479 %)Internet
75 (2.066 %)DSL
75 (2.066 %)Firewall
75 (2.066 %)ISDN
75 (2.066 %)LAN
75 (2.066 %)WAN
75 (2.066 %)DNS
83 (1.240 %)FTP
92 (0.826 %)Intranet
92 (0.826 %)DHCP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
181 (33.47 %)SQL Server
241 (16.94 %)DB2
311 (4.545 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
46 (2.479 %)SQL Server 2005
55 (2.066 %)RDBMS
64 (1.653 %)Oracle 10g
64 (1.653 %)Oracle 9i
73 (1.240 %)MS Access
73 (1.240 %)ETL
73 (1.240 %)TOAD
73 (1.240 %)Oracle Discoverer
82 (0.826 %)SQL Server 2000
91 (0.413 %)Datawarehouse
91 (0.413 %)Crystal Reports
91 (0.413 %)Oracle 8/8i
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (0.413 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
139 (16.12 %)Finance
210 (4.132 %)Health
38 (3.306 %)Pensions
47 (2.893 %)Marketing
55 (2.066 %)Electric
55 (2.066 %)Retail
55 (2.066 %)Telecoms
63 (1.240 %)Insurance
63 (1.240 %)Government
63 (1.240 %)Construction
72 (0.826 %)Games
81 (0.413 %)Military
81 (0.413 %)Banking
81 (0.413 %)Front Office
81 (0.413 %)Aerospace
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
111 (4.545 %)AS400
111 (4.545 %)Computer Science
210 (4.132 %)EFT
36 (2.479 %)Mainframe
45 (2.066 %)EFTPOS
54 (1.653 %)APACS
63 (1.240 %)Management Information System
63 (1.240 %)German Language
72 (0.826 %)Client/Server
72 (0.826 %)EPoS
81 (0.413 %)Physics
81 (0.413 %)French Language
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
177 (31.82 %)UNIX
258 (23.97 %)Windows
311 (4.545 %)Solaris
311 (4.545 %)Linux
49 (3.719 %)Windows Server 2003
57 (2.893 %)AIX
66 (2.479 %)Windows 2000
74 (1.653 %)Red Hat Linux
83 (1.240 %)Windows XP
92 (0.826 %)Windows 2000 Server
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
128 (11.57 %)Change Management
224 (9.917 %)E-Commerce
319 (7.851 %)ITIL
414 (5.785 %)WFM
513 (5.372 %)Release Management
612 (4.959 %)Resource Management
711 (4.545 %)Matrix Management
87 (2.893 %)ERP
95 (2.066 %)Disaster Recovery
103 (1.240 %)E-Procurement
103 (1.240 %)Incident Management
103 (1.240 %)Operations Management
103 (1.240 %)Project Management
103 (1.240 %)Service Delivery
112 (0.826 %)Business Analysis
112 (0.826 %)SC Cleared
112 (0.826 %)Security Cleared
121 (0.413 %)DV Cleared
121 (0.413 %)Load Testing
121 (0.413 %)Time Management
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
157 (23.55 %)SQL
224 (9.917 %)C#
318 (7.438 %)VB
415 (6.198 %)RPG
415 (6.198 %)Java
512 (4.959 %)VBA
512 (4.959 %)VB6
611 (4.545 %)Shell Script
77 (2.893 %)C++
84 (1.653 %)C
93 (1.240 %)VB.NET
93 (1.240 %)COBOL
93 (1.240 %)Perl
102 (0.826 %)VBScript
111 (0.413 %)XPath
111 (0.413 %)PL/SQL
111 (0.413 %)JavaScript
111 (0.413 %)Delphi
111 (0.413 %)PowerHouse
111 (0.413 %)Transact-SQL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
120 (8.264 %)Degree
25 (2.066 %)HND
34 (1.653 %)Oracle Certification
34 (1.653 %)Sun Certification
34 (1.653 %)CIMA
41 (0.413 %)ACCA
41 (0.413 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
124 (9.917 %)SLA
21 (0.413 %)ISO8583
21 (0.413 %)QA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
115 (6.198 %)Active Directory
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (2.893 %)SCOM
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
149 (20.25 %)IBM
238 (15.70 %)Oracle
333 (13.64 %)Microsoft
426 (10.74 %)Sybase
514 (5.785 %)Lotus
611 (4.545 %)JDA
710 (4.132 %)Sun
710 (4.132 %)Cisco
84 (1.653 %)Adobe
84 (1.653 %)Red Hat
84 (1.653 %)JD Edwards
93 (1.240 %)CODA
93 (1.240 %)Exchequer
93 (1.240 %)Pegasus
93 (1.240 %)Sage
93 (1.240 %)Mapinfo
102 (0.826 %)VMware
102 (0.826 %)Epicor
102 (0.826 %)Agresso
111 (0.413 %)BEA