The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the Milton Keynes region. 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 17 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 Milton Keynes region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Specialist
Rank 98 89 83
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -6
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Specialist 4 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.310% 0.189% 0.317%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.321% 0.202% 0.338%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 0
Average salary £24,500 £30,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.33% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
- -6.25%
All Job Titles
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1247 991 888
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 96.74% 93.49% 93.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1059 816 770
Average salary £40,500 £37,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.00% +2.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Applications Specialist
Buckinghamshire

Applications Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes Applications Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Milton Keynes Applications Specialist Salary Trend

Applications Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (66.67%) T-SQL
2 4 (66.67%) WFM
2 4 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 4 (66.67%) MS Office
2 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) CCNA
3 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
3 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (33.33%) Apple
3 2 (33.33%) Blackberry
3 2 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 2 (33.33%) Wireless
3 2 (33.33%) Windows
3 2 (33.33%) MCSE
3 2 (33.33%) LAN
3 2 (33.33%) WLAN
3 2 (33.33%) WAN
3 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
3 2 (33.33%) DNS
3 2 (33.33%) MCITP
3 2 (33.33%) VLAN
3 2 (33.33%) Android
3 2 (33.33%) iPhone
3 2 (33.33%) iPad
3 2 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
3 2 (33.33%) French Language

Applications Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) IIS
1 2 (33.33%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) LAN
1 2 (33.33%) WLAN
1 2 (33.33%) WAN
1 2 (33.33%) TCP/IP
1 2 (33.33%) DNS
1 2 (33.33%) Wireless
1 2 (33.33%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 2 (33.33%) French Language
1 2 (33.33%) German Language
1 2 (33.33%) Italian Language
1 2 (33.33%) Spanish Language
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Blackberry
1 2 (33.33%) iPhone
1 2 (33.33%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
1 2 (33.33%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) WFM
1 4 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (66.67%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) MCSE
1 2 (33.33%) CCNA
1 2 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (33.33%) MCITP
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Apple