The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Loughborough 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 21 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 Loughborough region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support
Rank 17 - 7
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 2 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Loughborough 4.444% - 5.882%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.545% - 7.143%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
Average salary £30,750 - £25,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +8.33%
All Job Titles
Loughborough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
44 47 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Loughborough 97.78% 92.16% 82.35%
Number of salaries quoted 38 39 14
Average salary £35,000 £27,500 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.27% +3.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £18,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £40,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Applications Support
Leicestershire

Applications Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Loughborough 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 Loughborough region.

Loughborough Applications Support Salary Trend

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Loughborough 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 6 (75.00%) ERP
2 5 (62.50%) Degree
3 4 (50.00%) Retail
3 4 (50.00%) Project Management
4 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
4 3 (37.50%) Migration
4 3 (37.50%) Data Analysis
4 3 (37.50%) Data Conversion
5 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
5 2 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (25.00%) VMware
5 2 (25.00%) Citrix
5 2 (25.00%) UML
5 2 (25.00%) Oracle Forms
5 2 (25.00%) VC++
5 2 (25.00%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (25.00%) XHTML
5 2 (25.00%) C#
5 2 (25.00%) C++
5 2 (25.00%) HTML
5 2 (25.00%) Java
5 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
5 2 (25.00%) PHP
5 2 (25.00%) PL/SQL
5 2 (25.00%) SQL
5 2 (25.00%) VB
5 2 (25.00%) VB.NET
5 2 (25.00%) .NET

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Loughborough 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 2 (25.00%) XHTML
1 2 (25.00%) HTML
1 2 (25.00%) .NET
1 2 (25.00%) ASP
1 2 (25.00%) ASP.NET
1 2 (25.00%) CSS
1 2 (25.00%) JDBC
1 2 (25.00%) Web Services
1 2 (25.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) SharePoint 2010
1 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (12.50%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Forms
General
1 4 (50.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Data Conversion
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) ERP
2 4 (50.00%) Project Management
3 3 (37.50%) Migration
3 3 (37.50%) Data Analysis
4 2 (25.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) VC++
1 2 (25.00%) C#
1 2 (25.00%) C++
1 2 (25.00%) Java
1 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (25.00%) PHP
1 2 (25.00%) PL/SQL
1 2 (25.00%) SQL
1 2 (25.00%) VB
1 2 (25.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) VMware
2 2 (25.00%) Citrix
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle