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The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support 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 Support Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Support Specialist
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank559601
Rank change on same period last yearUp+42
Matching permanent IT job ads5996
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.034 %0.041 %
As % of the category below0.093 %0.101 %
Salaries quoted4575
Average minimum salary£42,622£39,973
Average salary£46,400£42,643
% change on same period last year+8.80 %
Average maximum salary£50,178£45,313
UK excluding London average salary£36,864£32,203
% change on same period last year+14.47 %
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching permanent IT job ads6357295461
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled36.80 %41.08 %
Salaries quoted5330674301
Average minimum salary£45,799£47,221
Average salary£50,111£51,761
% change on same period last year-3.18 %
Average maximum salary£54,423£56,301
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Applications Support Specialist EnglandApplications Support Specialist
England

Applications Support Specialist
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Applications Support Specialist
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Support Specialist across the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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 10 October 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-1819£47,308-14.54 %
LutonNew entry-4£40,000-
Applications Support Specialist EnglandApplications Support Specialist
England

Applications Support Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

176 (63.87 %)SQL
246 (38.66 %)Finance
328 (23.53 %).NET
427 (22.69 %)Service Management
526 (21.85 %)Front Office
625 (21.01 %)Windows
723 (19.33 %)UNIX
820 (16.81 %)SQL Server
820 (16.81 %)VB
917 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
917 (14.29 %)Reuters
917 (14.29 %)FIX Protocol
1016 (13.45 %)Bloomberg
1016 (13.45 %)ITIL
1114 (11.76 %)Crystal Reports
1114 (11.76 %)VB.NET
1114 (11.76 %)VBA
1114 (11.76 %)Remedy
1114 (11.76 %)Law
1213 (10.92 %)Microsoft
1311 (9.244 %)Reference Data
1410 (8.403 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1410 (8.403 %)Java
1410 (8.403 %)Education
159 (7.563 %)Fixed Income
159 (7.563 %)C#
159 (7.563 %)C++
159 (7.563 %)HTML
159 (7.563 %)DB2
159 (7.563 %)IBM

Applications Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
128 (23.53 %).NET
217 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
217 (14.29 %)FIX Protocol
39 (7.563 %)HTML
39 (7.563 %)WebSphere
45 (4.202 %)XML
45 (4.202 %)Middleware
45 (4.202 %)J2EE
54 (3.361 %)JDBC
61 (0.840 %)ASP
61 (0.840 %)WinForms
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (6.723 %)WebSphere Application Server
18 (6.723 %)BizTalk Server
27 (5.882 %)IIS
27 (5.882 %)SharePoint
35 (4.202 %)JBoss
44 (3.361 %)IBM HTTP Server
44 (3.361 %)SharePoint Portal Server
51 (0.840 %)Oracle Workflow
51 (0.840 %)Tomcat
51 (0.840 %)WebLogic
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (4.202 %)MS Excel
22 (1.681 %)MS Office
22 (1.681 %)Spreadsheet
31 (0.840 %)MS Project
31 (0.840 %)MS Visio
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (4.202 %)Loan IQ
15 (4.202 %)InvestOne
24 (3.361 %)Retail-J
32 (1.681 %)Oracle Financials
32 (1.681 %)Oracle Applications
41 (0.840 %)RMDS
41 (0.840 %)Oracle 11i
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (6.723 %)DNS
24 (3.361 %)SSL
24 (3.361 %)DHCP
24 (3.361 %)HTTP
24 (3.361 %)TCP/IP
24 (3.361 %)IPsec
31 (0.840 %)Intranet
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
120 (16.81 %)SQL Server
214 (11.76 %)Crystal Reports
311 (9.244 %)Reference Data
49 (7.563 %)DB2
56 (5.042 %)SQL Server 2000
65 (4.202 %)SQL Server 2005
74 (3.361 %)RDBMS
83 (2.521 %)EDRMS
92 (1.681 %)TOAD
101 (0.840 %)MySQL
101 (0.840 %)Oracle Reports
101 (0.840 %)Oracle 8/8i
101 (0.840 %)DTS
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (5.042 %)MSI
21 (0.840 %)Visual Studio
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
146 (38.66 %)Finance
226 (21.85 %)Front Office
314 (11.76 %)Law
410 (8.403 %)Education
57 (5.882 %)Back Office
65 (4.202 %)Banking
74 (3.361 %)Retail
83 (2.521 %)Investment Banking
92 (1.681 %)Construction
92 (1.681 %)Health
101 (0.840 %)Games
101 (0.840 %)Insurance
101 (0.840 %)Pharmaceutical
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
110 (8.403 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
29 (7.563 %)Fixed Income
36 (5.042 %)Derivative
44 (3.361 %)EPoS
44 (3.361 %)Wiki
53 (2.521 %)PDA
61 (0.840 %)Interest Rate Derivative
61 (0.840 %)French Language
61 (0.840 %)Portuguese Language
61 (0.840 %)Spanish Language
61 (0.840 %)Client/Server
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
125 (21.01 %)Windows
223 (19.33 %)UNIX
37 (5.882 %)Windows Server 2003
37 (5.882 %)Linux
46 (5.042 %)AIX
55 (4.202 %)Red Hat Linux
64 (3.361 %)Windows 2000 Server
64 (3.361 %)Windows 2000
72 (1.681 %)Solaris
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
127 (22.69 %)Service Management
216 (13.45 %)ITIL
38 (6.723 %)Incident Management
44 (3.361 %)Asset Management
44 (3.361 %)E-Commerce
44 (3.361 %)Investment Management
44 (3.361 %)Greeks
53 (2.521 %)Disaster Recovery
53 (2.521 %)WFM
62 (1.681 %)Wealth Management
62 (1.681 %)Scrum
62 (1.681 %)Agile Software Development
62 (1.681 %)Risk Management
62 (1.681 %)Performance Management
71 (0.840 %)QMS
71 (0.840 %)Workflow
71 (0.840 %)Process Management
71 (0.840 %)ERP
71 (0.840 %)OO
71 (0.840 %)Document Management
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
176 (63.87 %)SQL
220 (16.81 %)VB
314 (11.76 %)VB.NET
314 (11.76 %)VBA
410 (8.403 %)Java
59 (7.563 %)C#
59 (7.563 %)C++
68 (6.723 %)Perl
77 (5.882 %)JavaScript
77 (5.882 %)Shell Script
77 (5.882 %)VB6
85 (4.202 %)PL/SQL
92 (1.681 %)PHP
92 (1.681 %)Transact-SQL
101 (0.840 %)C
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (5.042 %)MCSE
16 (5.042 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (0.840 %)Degree
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (3.361 %)ISA Server
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (3.361 %)MOM
14 (3.361 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (14.29 %)Reuters
216 (13.45 %)Bloomberg
314 (11.76 %)Remedy
413 (10.92 %)Microsoft
59 (7.563 %)IBM
68 (6.723 %)Oracle
75 (4.202 %)SmartStream
75 (4.202 %)StatPro
75 (4.202 %)Red Hat
84 (3.361 %)Charles River
93 (2.521 %)Sybase
101 (0.840 %)Murex
101 (0.840 %)Calypso
101 (0.840 %)Citrix
101 (0.840 %)Epicor
101 (0.840 %)Nokia
101 (0.840 %)Patsystems
101 (0.840 %)GL TRADE
101 (0.840 %)thinkFolio
101 (0.840 %)Lawson