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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
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank519569
Rank change on same period last yearUp+50
Matching permanent IT job ads119162
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.064 %0.068 %
As % of the category below0.173 %0.160 %
Salaries quoted93115
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 %
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching permanent IT job ads68605101098
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled36.93 %42.14 %
Salaries quoted5717877919
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 EnglandApplications 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.

London Applications Specialist Demand Trend

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.

London Applications Specialist Salary Trend

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.

London Applications Specialist Salary Histogram

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.

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
City of LondonDown-4031£57,000-0.42 %
LutonNew entry-10£38,500-
Docklands, LondonUp+403£44,667-0.74 %
SurbitonDown-42£35,750+2.14 %
CroydonNew entry-2£21,250-
Applications Specialist EnglandApplications 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.

179 (35.43 %)SQL
254 (24.22 %)Finance
345 (20.18 %)Windows
441 (18.39 %)UNIX
534 (15.25 %)Oracle
632 (14.35 %)Perl
731 (13.90 %)Front Office
830 (13.45 %)Middleware
929 (13.00 %)SQL Server
1023 (10.31 %)Health
1122 (9.865 %)Solaris
1122 (9.865 %)Cisco
1220 (8.969 %)WebSphere
1220 (8.969 %)Degree
1319 (8.520 %)MS Excel
1418 (8.072 %)Microsoft
1418 (8.072 %)Sun
1517 (7.623 %)AutoSys
1517 (7.623 %).NET
1517 (7.623 %)WebSphere Application Server
1615 (6.726 %)Disaster Recovery
1615 (6.726 %)IPCC
1615 (6.726 %)CCVP
1615 (6.726 %)IP Telephony
1615 (6.726 %)WebLogic
1615 (6.726 %)MS Office
1615 (6.726 %)CCIE
1615 (6.726 %)Cisco Certification
1714 (6.278 %)Shell Script
1714 (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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
130 (13.45 %)Middleware
220 (8.969 %)WebSphere
317 (7.623 %).NET
411 (4.933 %)FIX Protocol
57 (3.139 %)J2EE
66 (2.691 %)EDI
75 (2.242 %)ASP.NET
84 (1.794 %)XML
93 (1.345 %)JDBC
102 (0.897 %)ASP
111 (0.448 %)EJB
111 (0.448 %)JSP
111 (0.448 %)Servlets
111 (0.448 %)Application Packaging
111 (0.448 %)LAMP
111 (0.448 %)Hibernate
111 (0.448 %)WinForms
111 (0.448 %)Spring
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
117 (7.623 %)WebSphere Application Server
215 (6.726 %)WebLogic
314 (6.278 %)Tomcat
413 (5.830 %)Apache
511 (4.933 %)IIS
610 (4.484 %)Oracle Application Server
78 (3.587 %)SharePoint
78 (3.587 %)BizTalk Server
85 (2.242 %)JBoss
94 (1.794 %)SharePoint Portal Server
94 (1.794 %)WorkSite
103 (1.345 %)IBM HTTP Server
112 (0.897 %)CMS
121 (0.448 %)Oracle Workflow
121 (0.448 %)WebLogic Integration
121 (0.448 %)MQSeries
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
119 (8.520 %)MS Excel
215 (6.726 %)MS Office
31 (0.448 %)MS Project
31 (0.448 %)MS Visio
31 (0.448 %)MS PowerPoint
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (2.691 %)Bond Adapt
25 (2.242 %)Loan IQ
25 (2.242 %)InvestOne
34 (1.794 %)Retail-J
42 (0.897 %)Hyperion Enterprise
42 (0.897 %)JDE OneWorld
42 (0.897 %)Oracle Financials
42 (0.897 %)Oracle Applications
42 (0.897 %)HFM
51 (0.448 %)RMDS
51 (0.448 %)Oracle 11i
51 (0.448 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
51 (0.448 %)Cerner Millennium
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (6.726 %)IPCC
115 (6.726 %)IP Telephony
27 (3.139 %)DNS
35 (2.242 %)Internet
44 (1.794 %)Extranet
44 (1.794 %)IPsec
44 (1.794 %)DHCP
53 (1.345 %)HTTP
53 (1.345 %)TCP/IP
53 (1.345 %)VPN
53 (1.345 %)SSL
53 (1.345 %)WAN
53 (1.345 %)MPLS
53 (1.345 %)DSL
62 (0.897 %)Broadband
71 (0.448 %)Intranet
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
129 (13.00 %)SQL Server
212 (5.381 %)RDBMS
212 (5.381 %)SQL Server 2000
311 (4.933 %)SQL Server 2005
311 (4.933 %)Reference Data
49 (4.036 %)DB2
56 (2.691 %)Datawarehouse
65 (2.242 %)MS Access
73 (1.345 %)EDRMS
82 (0.897 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
82 (0.897 %)BusinessObjects
82 (0.897 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
82 (0.897 %)MySQL
82 (0.897 %)TOAD
82 (0.897 %)Oracle Reports
82 (0.897 %)Oracle 8/8i
91 (0.448 %)Crystal Reports
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (1.345 %)MSI
21 (0.448 %)Ant
21 (0.448 %)Visual Studio
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
154 (24.22 %)Finance
231 (13.90 %)Front Office
323 (10.31 %)Health
413 (5.830 %)Banking
510 (4.484 %)Pensions
510 (4.484 %)Law
510 (4.484 %)Telecoms
68 (3.587 %)Education
77 (3.139 %)Insurance
85 (2.242 %)Retail
94 (1.794 %)Investment Banking
94 (1.794 %)Legal
103 (1.345 %)Construction
111 (0.448 %)Aerospace
111 (0.448 %)Pharmaceutical
111 (0.448 %)Back Office
111 (0.448 %)Games
111 (0.448 %)Retail Banking
111 (0.448 %)Private Banking
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
113 (5.830 %)Fixed Income
113 (5.830 %)Derivative
211 (4.933 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
37 (3.139 %)Equities
45 (2.242 %)Client/Server
54 (1.794 %)EPoS
54 (1.794 %)Wiki
54 (1.794 %)Computer Science
63 (1.345 %)French Language
63 (1.345 %)PDA
63 (1.345 %)Equity Derivative
72 (0.897 %)NHS
72 (0.897 %)German Language
72 (0.897 %)Italian Language
81 (0.448 %)Portuguese Language
81 (0.448 %)Spanish Language
81 (0.448 %)iPhone
81 (0.448 %)Interest Rate Derivative
81 (0.448 %)Handset
81 (0.448 %)e-Health
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
145 (20.18 %)Windows
241 (18.39 %)UNIX
322 (9.865 %)Solaris
410 (4.484 %)Linux
59 (4.036 %)Windows Server 2003
67 (3.139 %)AIX
75 (2.242 %)Red Hat Linux
84 (1.794 %)Windows 2000 Server
84 (1.794 %)Windows 2000
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (6.726 %)Disaster Recovery
213 (5.830 %)Release Management
311 (4.933 %)Service Management
410 (4.484 %)ITIL
59 (4.036 %)Project Management
67 (3.139 %)CRM
67 (3.139 %)Business Analysis
76 (2.691 %)Incident Management
76 (2.691 %)Change Management
76 (2.691 %)RAD
76 (2.691 %)SSADM
76 (2.691 %)Asset Management
85 (2.242 %)Fault Management
94 (1.794 %)Investment Management
94 (1.794 %)Greeks
103 (1.345 %)Electronic Trading
103 (1.345 %)WFM
103 (1.345 %)Migration
103 (1.345 %)Data Management
103 (1.345 %)E-Commerce
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
179 (35.43 %)SQL
232 (14.35 %)Perl
314 (6.278 %)Shell Script
314 (6.278 %)Java
410 (4.484 %)C#
59 (4.036 %)C++
68 (3.587 %)VB
68 (3.587 %)VB.NET
77 (3.139 %)VBA
84 (1.794 %)C
93 (1.345 %)PL/SQL
101 (0.448 %)VB6
101 (0.448 %)PHP
101 (0.448 %)Delphi
101 (0.448 %)SQR
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
120 (8.969 %)Degree
215 (6.726 %)CCVP
215 (6.726 %)CCIE
215 (6.726 %)Cisco Certification
38 (3.587 %)Microsoft Certification
47 (3.139 %)MCSE
53 (1.345 %)HND
61 (0.448 %)ACCA
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (3.139 %)SLA
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (1.794 %)ISA Server
23 (1.345 %)Active Directory
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
117 (7.623 %)AutoSys
28 (3.587 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
35 (2.242 %)Nagios
44 (1.794 %)MOM
53 (1.345 %)Netcool/Proviso
53 (1.345 %)Netcool
53 (1.345 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
53 (1.345 %)OpenView
53 (1.345 %)Tivoli
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
134 (15.25 %)Oracle
222 (9.865 %)Cisco
318 (8.072 %)Sun
318 (8.072 %)Microsoft
411 (4.933 %)Reuters
510 (4.484 %)Bloomberg
69 (4.036 %)Avaya
69 (4.036 %)IBM
69 (4.036 %)Sybase
77 (3.139 %)Nortel
85 (2.242 %)Red Hat
85 (2.242 %)StatPro
85 (2.242 %)salesforce.com
85 (2.242 %)SmartStream
85 (2.242 %)Charles River
94 (1.794 %)Interwoven
103 (1.345 %)Infovista
103 (1.345 %)HP
103 (1.345 %)Concord
103 (1.345 %)NetScout