The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Lincolnshire 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 22 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 Lincolnshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support
Rank 27 23 24
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 12 1 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lincolnshire 6.030% 0.800% 2.439%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.316% 0.826% 2.542%
Number of salaries quoted 12 1 2
Average salary £29,750 £20,000 £22,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+48.75% -10.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £20,000 £22,050
10% offered a salary of more than £34,500 £20,000 £22,450
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
All Job Titles
Lincolnshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
190 121 118
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lincolnshire 95.48% 96.80% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 141 111 97
Average salary £34,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.42% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Applications Support
East Midlands

Applications Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lincolnshire 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 Lincolnshire region.

Lincolnshire Applications Support Salary Trend

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 Lincolnshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Lincoln - 5 £34,500 -
Applications Support
East Midlands

Applications Support
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lincolnshire 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 7 (58.33%) SQL
2 6 (50.00%) Crystal Reports
2 6 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 6 (50.00%) ERP
2 6 (50.00%) Epicor
2 6 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (41.67%) .NET
4 4 (33.33%) ITIL
4 4 (33.33%) Manufacturing
4 4 (33.33%) IIS
4 4 (33.33%) Degree
4 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
5 3 (25.00%) Visual Studio
5 3 (25.00%) ASP
5 3 (25.00%) VB
6 2 (16.67%) Java
6 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
6 2 (16.67%) Problem Management
7 1 (8.333%) Open Text
7 1 (8.333%) C#
7 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lincolnshire 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 5 (41.67%) .NET
2 3 (25.00%) ASP
3 1 (8.333%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (33.33%) IIS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) Crystal Reports
1 6 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (33.33%) Manufacturing
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) ERP
2 4 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (16.67%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (58.33%) SQL
2 3 (25.00%) VB
3 2 (16.67%) Java
4 1 (8.333%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) Epicor
2 4 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (8.333%) Open Text