The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support Engineer
Rank 227 235 225
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -10
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Engineer 18 13 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.242% 0.181% 0.171%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.254% 0.189% 0.180%
Number of salaries quoted 14 13 9
Average salary £35,000 £27,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.27% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,050 £27,500 £24,400
10% offered a salary of more than £44,800 £35,000 £34,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £30,000 £28,000
% change year-on-year
+8.33% +7.14%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7089 6896 6680
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.41% 95.92% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 6042 6122 5910
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 £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Applications Support Engineer
England

Applications Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Applications Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

North West Applications Support Engineer Salary Trend

Applications Support Engineer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Support Engineer across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

North West Applications Support Engineer Salary Histogram

Applications Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support Engineer within the North West region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Cheshire - 14 £36,750 -
Manchester -24 3 £25,000 -9.09% 3
Merseyside - 1 £28,500 -
Applications Support Engineer
England

Applications Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Applications Support Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 19 (73.08%) Java
2 17 (65.38%) UNIX
2 17 (65.38%) Linux
3 11 (42.31%) SQL
4 9 (34.62%) C
5 8 (30.77%) MS Excel
6 7 (26.92%) Finance
6 7 (26.92%) Oracle
7 6 (23.08%) J2EE
7 6 (23.08%) Ant
7 6 (23.08%) WebLogic
7 6 (23.08%) Degree
7 6 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
7 6 (23.08%) Hudson
8 4 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (15.38%) QA
8 4 (15.38%) Time Management
8 4 (15.38%) Asset Management
8 4 (15.38%) Data Management
8 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
8 4 (15.38%) Handset
8 4 (15.38%) Telecoms
8 4 (15.38%) Shell Script
8 4 (15.38%) Project Management
8 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
9 3 (11.54%) Red Hat
9 3 (11.54%) Fedora
9 3 (11.54%) Solaris
9 3 (11.54%) Ubuntu
9 3 (11.54%) CentOS

Applications Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 6 (23.08%) J2EE
2 1 (3.846%) .NET
2 1 (3.846%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 6 (23.08%) WebLogic
2 2 (7.692%) SharePoint 2010
2 2 (7.692%) SharePoint
3 1 (3.846%) CICS
Applications
1 8 (30.77%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (15.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (23.08%) Ant
1 6 (23.08%) Hudson
General
1 7 (26.92%) Finance
2 4 (15.38%) Telecoms
3 2 (7.692%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Handset
2 1 (3.846%) Mainframe
2 1 (3.846%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (3.846%) IBM Mainframe
2 1 (3.846%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 17 (65.38%) UNIX
1 17 (65.38%) Linux
2 3 (11.54%) Fedora
2 3 (11.54%) Solaris
2 3 (11.54%) Ubuntu
2 3 (11.54%) CentOS
2 3 (11.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (7.692%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (23.08%) User Acceptance Testing
2 4 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (15.38%) Time Management
2 4 (15.38%) Asset Management
2 4 (15.38%) Data Management
2 4 (15.38%) Project Management
3 2 (7.692%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 19 (73.08%) Java
2 11 (42.31%) SQL
3 9 (34.62%) C
4 4 (15.38%) Shell Script
5 3 (11.54%) Bash shell
6 1 (3.846%) COBOL
6 1 (3.846%) VC++
Qualifications
1 6 (23.08%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (26.92%) Oracle
2 4 (15.38%) Microsoft
3 3 (11.54%) Red Hat
4 2 (7.692%) VMware
5 1 (3.846%) IBM
5 1 (3.846%) Citrix
Stockport, North West
You will be dealing with technical queries & should be able to code changes to action bug fixes. They are looking for someone with strong SQL skills. You must...
greywood
Salary: £30000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 6 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Required Skills & Experience•IT Graduate with over 1 year commercial experience •IT Helpdesk/call logging software•Excellent SQL knowledge •Thorough knowledge of Microsoft products such as Office and...
IS Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20,000 - £25,000 per year
Posted: 23 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
The client Require 1 x Senior support Engineer Paying up to £40,000 and 2 x Mid level support Engineer paying up to £30,000... This may include...
Sanderson
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + benefis
Posted: 18 June 2013