The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support Analyst role in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Support Analyst 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support Analyst
Rank 212 216 174
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -42
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Analyst 36 35 67
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.505% 0.496% 0.976%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.529% 0.517% 1.022%
Number of salaries quoted 29 28 66
Average salary £32,500 £27,750 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.11% +23.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £21,700 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £38,700 £33,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £30,500 £28,500
% change year-on-year
-1.63% +7.01%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6808 6765 6558
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.48% 95.94% 95.56%
Number of salaries quoted 5756 5975 5797
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Applications Support Analyst
England

Applications Support Analyst
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Applications Support Analyst Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Support Analyst
Salary Trend

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

North West Applications Support Analyst Salary Trend

Applications Support Analyst
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Support Analyst across the North West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

North West Applications Support Analyst Salary Histogram

Applications Support Analyst
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support Analyst within the North West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Manchester -22 26 £27,500 -0.90%
Cheshire +10 9 £35,000 +62.79%
Merseyside +25 1 £37,500 +25.00%
Applications Support Analyst
England

Applications Support Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Applications Support Analyst 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 Analyst in their job title.

1 69 (72.63%) SQL
2 40 (42.11%) Oracle
3 38 (40.00%) Java
4 37 (38.95%) .NET
5 36 (37.89%) Microsoft
6 29 (30.53%) C#
7 28 (29.47%) Windows
8 26 (27.37%) ITIL
8 26 (27.37%) Finance
9 24 (25.26%) ASP.NET
9 24 (25.26%) SQL Server
10 23 (24.21%) VB.NET
11 20 (21.05%) UNIX
11 20 (21.05%) TCP/IP
11 20 (21.05%) Problem Management
12 19 (20.00%) XML
13 15 (15.79%) Linux
13 15 (15.79%) PL/SQL
14 13 (13.68%) Release Management
14 13 (13.68%) T-SQL
15 12 (12.63%) MS Excel
15 12 (12.63%) RDBMS
16 10 (10.53%) Degree
17 9 (9.474%) IBM
18 8 (8.421%) WCF
18 8 (8.421%) MS Office
19 7 (7.368%) DB2
19 7 (7.368%) Incident Management
19 7 (7.368%) Configuration Management
20 6 (6.316%) Data Analysis

Applications Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Applications Support Analyst 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 Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 37 (38.95%) .NET
2 24 (25.26%) ASP.NET
3 19 (20.00%) XML
4 8 (8.421%) WCF
5 3 (3.158%) HTML
6 2 (2.105%) WebSphere
6 2 (2.105%) J2EE
7 1 (1.053%) JSP
7 1 (1.053%) Apache Flex
7 1 (1.053%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 6 (6.316%) WebLogic
1 6 (6.316%) SharePoint
2 5 (5.263%) WebLogic Portal
3 2 (2.105%) CMS
3 2 (2.105%) IIS
4 1 (1.053%) Tomcat
4 1 (1.053%) CICS
Applications
1 12 (12.63%) MS Excel
2 8 (8.421%) MS Office
3 1 (1.053%) MicroStation
Business Applications
1 3 (3.158%) Oracle Applications
2 2 (2.105%) Oracle CRM
3 1 (1.053%) Lawson
3 1 (1.053%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 20 (21.05%) TCP/IP
2 6 (6.316%) DNS
2 6 (6.316%) DHCP
3 4 (4.211%) SSL
4 2 (2.105%) FTP
5 1 (1.053%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (25.26%) SQL Server
2 12 (12.63%) RDBMS
3 7 (7.368%) DB2
4 3 (3.158%) TOAD
5 2 (2.105%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.053%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (1.053%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (1.053%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (1.053%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (1.053%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (2.105%) StarTeam
General
1 26 (27.37%) Finance
2 5 (5.263%) Banking
2 5 (5.263%) Telecoms
3 3 (3.158%) Retail
4 2 (2.105%) Corporate Banking
4 2 (2.105%) Pharmaceutical
4 2 (2.105%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.053%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.316%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (2.105%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.053%) IVR
3 1 (1.053%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 28 (29.47%) Windows
2 20 (21.05%) UNIX
3 15 (15.79%) Linux
4 2 (2.105%) Windows NT
4 2 (2.105%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (2.105%) AIX
5 1 (1.053%) HPUX
5 1 (1.053%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (27.37%) ITIL
2 20 (21.05%) Problem Management
3 13 (13.68%) Release Management
4 7 (7.368%) Configuration Management
4 7 (7.368%) Incident Management
5 6 (6.316%) Data Analysis
6 5 (5.263%) Business Continuity
6 5 (5.263%) Service Delivery
6 5 (5.263%) ITIL V3
7 4 (4.211%) Change Control
7 4 (4.211%) Product Management
8 3 (3.158%) Asset Management
8 3 (3.158%) Wealth Management
8 3 (3.158%) Change Management
8 3 (3.158%) CRM
9 2 (2.105%) Risk Management
9 2 (2.105%) ETL
9 2 (2.105%) Stress Testing
9 2 (2.105%) Test Management
10 1 (1.053%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 69 (72.63%) SQL
2 38 (40.00%) Java
3 29 (30.53%) C#
4 23 (24.21%) VB.NET
5 15 (15.79%) PL/SQL
6 13 (13.68%) T-SQL
7 5 (5.263%) JavaScript
8 4 (4.211%) C++
8 4 (4.211%) VB
9 3 (3.158%) Perl
10 2 (2.105%) C
10 2 (2.105%) VC++
11 1 (1.053%) JCL
11 1 (1.053%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 10 (10.53%) Degree
2 3 (3.158%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.105%) SLA
2 1 (1.053%) QA
System Software
1 6 (6.316%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.053%) WSUS
Vendors
1 40 (42.11%) Oracle
2 36 (37.89%) Microsoft
3 9 (9.474%) IBM
4 6 (6.316%) Business Objects
5 5 (5.263%) Cognos
5 5 (5.263%) Siebel
5 5 (5.263%) Ascential
5 5 (5.263%) Informatica
5 5 (5.263%) MicroStrategy
5 5 (5.263%) Vitria
5 5 (5.263%) TIBCO
5 5 (5.263%) MetaSolv
5 5 (5.263%) Convergys
5 5 (5.263%) Ab Initio
5 5 (5.263%) Jaspersoft
5 5 (5.263%) Amdocs
6 4 (4.211%) Northgate
7 3 (3.158%) Civica
7 3 (3.158%) Remedy
8 2 (2.105%) EPiServer
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