The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Support Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support Specialist
Rank 556 607 627
Rank change year-on-year
+51 +20
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Specialist 28 29 23
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.064% 0.054% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.058% 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 25 25 20
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £48,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -17.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £30,000 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £48,100 £53,750 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -7.14%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40860 50394 54260
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.43% 93.96% 93.55%
Number of salaries quoted 34360 43737 45781
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Applications Support Specialist
England

Applications Support Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Applications Support Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Support Specialist
Salary Trend

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

London Applications Support Specialist Salary Trend

Applications Support Specialist
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Support Specialist across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London Applications Support Specialist Salary Histogram

Applications Support Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support Specialist within the London region over the 3 months to 24 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
Harrow +9 10 £35,000 -12.50%
City of London +4 6 £36,500 -30.47%
Applications Support Specialist
England

Applications Support Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Applications Support 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 Support Specialist in their job title.

1 34 (65.38%) Windows
2 26 (50.00%) SQL
3 22 (42.31%) SQL Server
4 19 (36.54%) Oracle
4 19 (36.54%) MS Excel
5 18 (34.62%) ITIL
5 18 (34.62%) SLA
6 16 (30.77%) ASP.NET
6 16 (30.77%) .NET
6 16 (30.77%) HTML
7 15 (28.85%) XML
7 15 (28.85%) MySQL
7 15 (28.85%) TCP/IP
8 14 (26.92%) Linux
8 14 (26.92%) JavaScript
9 13 (25.00%) PHP
9 13 (25.00%) Microsoft
9 13 (25.00%) HTTP
10 12 (23.08%) SMTP
11 11 (21.15%) POP3
11 11 (21.15%) Finance
12 10 (19.23%) Internet
12 10 (19.23%) .NET Framework
12 10 (19.23%) Problem Management
13 9 (17.31%) Java
14 8 (15.38%) UNIX
14 8 (15.38%) CRM
15 7 (13.46%) Windows 7
16 6 (11.54%) Apache
16 6 (11.54%) Tomcat

Applications Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Applications Support 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 Support Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (30.77%) ASP.NET
1 16 (30.77%) .NET
1 16 (30.77%) HTML
2 15 (28.85%) XML
3 10 (19.23%) .NET Framework
4 3 (5.769%) J2EE
4 3 (5.769%) WebSphere
5 2 (3.846%) REST
5 2 (3.846%) XHTML
5 2 (3.846%) SOAP
5 2 (3.846%) JSF
6 1 (1.923%) Web Services
6 1 (1.923%) JDBC
6 1 (1.923%) JSP
6 1 (1.923%) XSLT
6 1 (1.923%) FIX Protocol
Application Platforms
1 6 (11.54%) Apache
1 6 (11.54%) Tomcat
2 5 (9.615%) IIS
3 3 (5.769%) WebSphere Application Server
4 2 (3.846%) SharePoint
4 2 (3.846%) WebLogic
4 2 (3.846%) CMS
5 1 (1.923%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 1 (1.923%) MS Exchange
5 1 (1.923%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 1 (1.923%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (1.923%) Amazon AWS
5 1 (1.923%) Exchange Server 2007
5 1 (1.923%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 19 (36.54%) MS Excel
2 4 (7.692%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.923%) LatentZero
1 1 (1.923%) Minerva
Communications & Networking
1 15 (28.85%) TCP/IP
2 13 (25.00%) HTTP
3 12 (23.08%) SMTP
4 11 (21.15%) POP3
5 10 (19.23%) Internet
6 5 (9.615%) Firewall
7 3 (5.769%) LAN
7 3 (5.769%) WAN
8 2 (3.846%) SAN
9 1 (1.923%) DVB
9 1 (1.923%) SSL
9 1 (1.923%) DNS
9 1 (1.923%) IMAP4
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (42.31%) SQL Server
2 15 (28.85%) MySQL
3 3 (5.769%) GIS
3 3 (5.769%) DB2
4 2 (3.846%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (3.846%) RDBMS
4 2 (3.846%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (1.923%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (1.923%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.923%) Oracle 11g
5 1 (1.923%) DB2 UDB
Development Applications
1 3 (5.769%) CruiseControl
1 3 (5.769%) TeamCity
1 3 (5.769%) Hudson
General
1 11 (21.15%) Finance
2 5 (9.615%) Law
3 4 (7.692%) Legal
4 3 (5.769%) Telecoms
4 3 (5.769%) Billing
5 1 (1.923%) Banking
5 1 (1.923%) Retail
5 1 (1.923%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.923%) Games
5 1 (1.923%) Advertising
5 1 (1.923%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.615%) Blackberry
1 5 (9.615%) Open Source
2 3 (5.769%) Thin Client
2 3 (5.769%) Fat Client
2 3 (5.769%) Derivative
2 3 (5.769%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (3.846%) SaaS
3 2 (3.846%) Computer Science
4 1 (1.923%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.923%) STB
4 1 (1.923%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.923%) Streaming Video
4 1 (1.923%) MPEG
4 1 (1.923%) Data Integration
4 1 (1.923%) Statistics
4 1 (1.923%) Hedge funds
4 1 (1.923%) Video on Demand
Operating Systems
1 34 (65.38%) Windows
2 14 (26.92%) Linux
3 8 (15.38%) UNIX
4 7 (13.46%) Windows 7
5 4 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
6 3 (5.769%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (3.846%) Solaris
8 1 (1.923%) Windows XP
8 1 (1.923%) Windows 2000
8 1 (1.923%) AIX
8 1 (1.923%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (34.62%) ITIL
2 10 (19.23%) Problem Management
3 8 (15.38%) CRM
4 3 (5.769%) Service Management
4 3 (5.769%) Business Continuity
4 3 (5.769%) Workflow
4 3 (5.769%) Continuous Integration
4 3 (5.769%) Time Management
5 2 (3.846%) OOP
5 2 (3.846%) E-Commerce
5 2 (3.846%) Identity Management
5 2 (3.846%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (3.846%) Content Management
6 1 (1.923%) Configuration Management
6 1 (1.923%) Project Management
6 1 (1.923%) Service Delivery
6 1 (1.923%) Asset Management
6 1 (1.923%) ITSM
6 1 (1.923%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (1.923%) Electronic Trading
Programming Languages
1 26 (50.00%) SQL
2 14 (26.92%) JavaScript
3 13 (25.00%) PHP
4 9 (17.31%) Java
5 5 (9.615%) Perl
6 4 (7.692%) VBA
7 3 (5.769%) T-SQL
7 3 (5.769%) VBScript
7 3 (5.769%) PL/SQL
7 3 (5.769%) Python
7 3 (5.769%) PowerShell
8 2 (3.846%) Bash shell
9 1 (1.923%) VB
Qualifications
1 3 (5.769%) Microsoft Certification
1 3 (5.769%) MCSE
2 2 (3.846%) MCITP
2 2 (3.846%) Degree
3 1 (1.923%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (34.62%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (5.769%) XenDesktop
2 2 (3.846%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.923%) Terminal Services
3 1 (1.923%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.923%) XenApp
3 1 (1.923%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (11.54%) Nagios
2 4 (7.692%) Cacti
3 3 (5.769%) Zenoss
3 3 (5.769%) Puppet
Vendors
1 19 (36.54%) Oracle
2 13 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.692%) Citrix
4 3 (5.769%) Cisco
4 3 (5.769%) HP
4 3 (5.769%) Salesforce.com
4 3 (5.769%) Sybase
4 3 (5.769%) JBoss
5 2 (3.846%) VMware
5 2 (3.846%) Remedy
6 1 (1.923%) Dell
6 1 (1.923%) IBM
6 1 (1.923%) Reuters
6 1 (1.923%) Bloomberg
6 1 (1.923%) Charles River
6 1 (1.923%) OpenLink
6 1 (1.923%) Brady
6 1 (1.923%) Business Objects
6 1 (1.923%) Sun
6 1 (1.923%) Fidessa
London
Application Support Specialist - Requirements " Extensive experience of supporting business critical Web Applications " WEB Application - Microsoft Windows, Linux " Tomcat, Apache, IIS " Application Scripting " Application Monitoring Tools Application Support Specialist...
Premier Group Recruitment
Salary: £0.00 - £60000.00
Posted: 22 May 2013
London, South East, United Kingdom
Websphere, MQ, Tomcat); - Familiar with agile project management.FIL ValuesCandidates must be able to demonstrate affinity with the Fidelity core values:Trust builderEntrepreneurial thinkerAct with integrityMake it happen
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Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013