London Applications Specialist Jobs

This section looks at the demand for the Applications Specialist role in IT jobs within the London 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 Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Application Specialist
Location Abingdon Andover Banbury Basingstoke Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bradford Bristol Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Cambridgeshire Cannock Cardiff Cheshire Chichester Cirencester City of London Coventry Croydon Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London Dunstable East Midlands East of England East Yorkshire Edinburgh Egham England Essex Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Harlow Hertfordshire Hull Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth London Luton Manchester Middlesex Milton Keynes Norfolk North West Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Peterborough Reading Sale Salford Scotland South East South Wales South West St Albans Staffordshire Surbiton Surrey Thame UK Wales Wallingford Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wokingham Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	519	569
Rank change on same period last year	+50
Matching permanent IT job ads	119	162
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.064 %	0.068 %
As % of the category below	0.173 %	0.160 %
Salaries quoted	93	115
Average minimum salary	£47,258	£48,339
Average salary	£50,742	£51,452
% change on same period last year	-1.38 %
Average maximum salary	£54,226	£54,565
UK excluding London average salary	£34,428	£33,837
% change on same period last year	+1.74 %
Job Titles London
Matching permanent IT job ads	68605	101098
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	36.93 %	42.14 %
Salaries quoted	57178	77919
Average minimum salary	£45,790	£47,385
Average salary	£49,962	£51,863
% change on same period last year	-3.66 %
Average maximum salary	£54,133	£56,340
UK excluding London average salary	£38,055	£39,430
% change on same period last year	-3.48 %
Applications Specialist England

Applications Specialist
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Applications Specialist across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Applications Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Applications Specialist
Salary Histogram

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

Applications Specialist
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Specialist within the London 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
City of London	-40	31	£57,000	-0.42 %
Luton	-	10	£38,500	-
Docklands, London	+40	3	£44,667	-0.74 %
Surbiton	-4	2	£35,750	+2.14 %
Croydon	-	2	£21,250	-

Applications Specialist England

Applications Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the London 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 79 (35.43 %) SQL 2 54 (24.22 %) Finance 3 45 (20.18 %) Windows 4 41 (18.39 %) UNIX 5 34 (15.25 %) Oracle 6 32 (14.35 %) Perl 7 31 (13.90 %) Front Office 8 30 (13.45 %) Middleware 9 29 (13.00 %) SQL Server 10 23 (10.31 %) Health 11 22 (9.865 %) Solaris 11 22 (9.865 %) Cisco 12 20 (8.969 %) WebSphere 12 20 (8.969 %) Degree 13 19 (8.520 %) MS Excel

14 18 (8.072 %) Microsoft 14 18 (8.072 %) Sun 15 17 (7.623 %) AutoSys 15 17 (7.623 %) .NET 15 17 (7.623 %) WebSphere Application Server 16 15 (6.726 %) Disaster Recovery 16 15 (6.726 %) IPCC 16 15 (6.726 %) CCVP 16 15 (6.726 %) IP Telephony 16 15 (6.726 %) WebLogic 16 15 (6.726 %) MS Office 16 15 (6.726 %) CCIE 16 15 (6.726 %) Cisco Certification 17 14 (6.278 %) Shell Script 17 14 (6.278 %) Java

Applications Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the London 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 30 (13.45 %) Middleware 2 20 (8.969 %) WebSphere 3 17 (7.623 %) .NET 4 11 (4.933 %) FIX Protocol 5 7 (3.139 %) J2EE 6 6 (2.691 %) EDI 7 5 (2.242 %) ASP.NET 8 4 (1.794 %) XML 9 3 (1.345 %) JDBC 10 2 (0.897 %) ASP 11 1 (0.448 %) EJB 11 1 (0.448 %) JSP 11 1 (0.448 %) Servlets 11 1 (0.448 %) Application Packaging 11 1 (0.448 %) LAMP 11 1 (0.448 %) Hibernate 11 1 (0.448 %) WinForms 11 1 (0.448 %) Spring	Application Platforms 1 17 (7.623 %) WebSphere Application Server 2 15 (6.726 %) WebLogic 3 14 (6.278 %) Tomcat 4 13 (5.830 %) Apache 5 11 (4.933 %) IIS 6 10 (4.484 %) Oracle Application Server 7 8 (3.587 %) SharePoint 7 8 (3.587 %) BizTalk Server 8 5 (2.242 %) JBoss 9 4 (1.794 %) SharePoint Portal Server 9 4 (1.794 %) WorkSite 10 3 (1.345 %) IBM HTTP Server 11 2 (0.897 %) CMS 12 1 (0.448 %) Oracle Workflow 12 1 (0.448 %) WebLogic Integration 12 1 (0.448 %) MQSeries
Applications 1 19 (8.520 %) MS Excel 2 15 (6.726 %) MS Office 3 1 (0.448 %) MS Project 3 1 (0.448 %) MS Visio 3 1 (0.448 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 6 (2.691 %) Bond Adapt 2 5 (2.242 %) Loan IQ 2 5 (2.242 %) InvestOne 3 4 (1.794 %) Retail-J 4 2 (0.897 %) Hyperion Enterprise 4 2 (0.897 %) JDE OneWorld 4 2 (0.897 %) Oracle Financials 4 2 (0.897 %) Oracle Applications 4 2 (0.897 %) HFM 5 1 (0.448 %) RMDS 5 1 (0.448 %) Oracle 11i 5 1 (0.448 %) Cognos Business Intelligence 5 1 (0.448 %) Cerner Millennium
Communications & Networking 1 15 (6.726 %) IPCC 1 15 (6.726 %) IP Telephony 2 7 (3.139 %) DNS 3 5 (2.242 %) Internet 4 4 (1.794 %) Extranet 4 4 (1.794 %) IPsec 4 4 (1.794 %) DHCP 5 3 (1.345 %) HTTP 5 3 (1.345 %) TCP/IP 5 3 (1.345 %) VPN 5 3 (1.345 %) SSL 5 3 (1.345 %) WAN 5 3 (1.345 %) MPLS 5 3 (1.345 %) DSL 6 2 (0.897 %) Broadband 7 1 (0.448 %) Intranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 29 (13.00 %) SQL Server 2 12 (5.381 %) RDBMS 2 12 (5.381 %) SQL Server 2000 3 11 (4.933 %) SQL Server 2005 3 11 (4.933 %) Reference Data 4 9 (4.036 %) DB2 5 6 (2.691 %) Datawarehouse 6 5 (2.242 %) MS Access 7 3 (1.345 %) EDRMS 8 2 (0.897 %) Microsoft Analysis Services 8 2 (0.897 %) BusinessObjects 8 2 (0.897 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 8 2 (0.897 %) MySQL 8 2 (0.897 %) TOAD 8 2 (0.897 %) Oracle Reports 8 2 (0.897 %) Oracle 8/8i 9 1 (0.448 %) Crystal Reports
Development Applications 1 3 (1.345 %) MSI 2 1 (0.448 %) Ant 2 1 (0.448 %) Visual Studio	General 1 54 (24.22 %) Finance 2 31 (13.90 %) Front Office 3 23 (10.31 %) Health 4 13 (5.830 %) Banking 5 10 (4.484 %) Pensions 5 10 (4.484 %) Law 5 10 (4.484 %) Telecoms 6 8 (3.587 %) Education 7 7 (3.139 %) Insurance 8 5 (2.242 %) Retail 9 4 (1.794 %) Investment Banking 9 4 (1.794 %) Legal 10 3 (1.345 %) Construction 11 1 (0.448 %) Aerospace 11 1 (0.448 %) Pharmaceutical 11 1 (0.448 %) Back Office 11 1 (0.448 %) Games 11 1 (0.448 %) Retail Banking 11 1 (0.448 %) Private Banking
Miscellaneous 1 13 (5.830 %) Fixed Income 1 13 (5.830 %) Derivative 2 11 (4.933 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 3 7 (3.139 %) Equities 4 5 (2.242 %) Client/Server 5 4 (1.794 %) EPoS 5 4 (1.794 %) Wiki 5 4 (1.794 %) Computer Science 6 3 (1.345 %) French Language 6 3 (1.345 %) PDA 6 3 (1.345 %) Equity Derivative 7 2 (0.897 %) NHS 7 2 (0.897 %) German Language 7 2 (0.897 %) Italian Language 8 1 (0.448 %) Portuguese Language 8 1 (0.448 %) Spanish Language 8 1 (0.448 %) iPhone 8 1 (0.448 %) Interest Rate Derivative 8 1 (0.448 %) Handset 8 1 (0.448 %) e-Health	Operating Systems 1 45 (20.18 %) Windows 2 41 (18.39 %) UNIX 3 22 (9.865 %) Solaris 4 10 (4.484 %) Linux 5 9 (4.036 %) Windows Server 2003 6 7 (3.139 %) AIX 7 5 (2.242 %) Red Hat Linux 8 4 (1.794 %) Windows 2000 Server 8 4 (1.794 %) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies 1 15 (6.726 %) Disaster Recovery 2 13 (5.830 %) Release Management 3 11 (4.933 %) Service Management 4 10 (4.484 %) ITIL 5 9 (4.036 %) Project Management 6 7 (3.139 %) CRM 6 7 (3.139 %) Business Analysis 7 6 (2.691 %) Incident Management 7 6 (2.691 %) Change Management 7 6 (2.691 %) RAD 7 6 (2.691 %) SSADM 7 6 (2.691 %) Asset Management 8 5 (2.242 %) Fault Management 9 4 (1.794 %) Investment Management 9 4 (1.794 %) Greeks 10 3 (1.345 %) Electronic Trading 10 3 (1.345 %) WFM 10 3 (1.345 %) Migration 10 3 (1.345 %) Data Management 10 3 (1.345 %) E-Commerce	Programming Languages 1 79 (35.43 %) SQL 2 32 (14.35 %) Perl 3 14 (6.278 %) Shell Script 3 14 (6.278 %) Java 4 10 (4.484 %) C# 5 9 (4.036 %) C++ 6 8 (3.587 %) VB 6 8 (3.587 %) VB.NET 7 7 (3.139 %) VBA 8 4 (1.794 %) C 9 3 (1.345 %) PL/SQL 10 1 (0.448 %) VB6 10 1 (0.448 %) PHP 10 1 (0.448 %) Delphi 10 1 (0.448 %) SQR
Qualifications 1 20 (8.969 %) Degree 2 15 (6.726 %) CCVP 2 15 (6.726 %) CCIE 2 15 (6.726 %) Cisco Certification 3 8 (3.587 %) Microsoft Certification 4 7 (3.139 %) MCSE 5 3 (1.345 %) HND 6 1 (0.448 %) ACCA	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 7 (3.139 %) SLA
System Software 1 4 (1.794 %) ISA Server 2 3 (1.345 %) Active Directory	Systems Management 1 17 (7.623 %) AutoSys 2 8 (3.587 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 3 5 (2.242 %) Nagios 4 4 (1.794 %) MOM 5 3 (1.345 %) Netcool/Proviso 5 3 (1.345 %) Netcool 5 3 (1.345 %) Netcool/OMNIbus 5 3 (1.345 %) OpenView 5 3 (1.345 %) Tivoli
Vendors 1 34 (15.25 %) Oracle 2 22 (9.865 %) Cisco 3 18 (8.072 %) Sun 3 18 (8.072 %) Microsoft 4 11 (4.933 %) Reuters 5 10 (4.484 %) Bloomberg 6 9 (4.036 %) Avaya 6 9 (4.036 %) IBM 6 9 (4.036 %) Sybase 7 7 (3.139 %) Nortel 8 5 (2.242 %) Red Hat 8 5 (2.242 %) StatPro 8 5 (2.242 %) salesforce.com 8 5 (2.242 %) SmartStream 8 5 (2.242 %) Charles River 9 4 (1.794 %) Interwoven 10 3 (1.345 %) Infovista 10 3 (1.345 %) HP 10 3 (1.345 %) Concord 10 3 (1.345 %) NetScout