The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Northamptonshire 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 20 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 Northamptonshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support
Rank 46 60 73
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +13
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 21 14 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 3.211% 1.825% 0.497%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.404% 1.867% 0.508%
Number of salaries quoted 20 11 3
Average salary £23,000 £30,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.33% +9.09%
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +8.33%
All Job Titles
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
617 750 787
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 94.34% 97.78% 97.76%
Number of salaries quoted 523 686 720
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,400 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £47,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Applications Support
East Midlands

Applications Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Applications Support Salary Trend

Applications Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Support across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Northamptonshire Applications Support Salary Histogram

Applications Support
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Northampton +5 17 £23,000 -23.33%
Applications Support
East Midlands

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 26 (78.79%) SQL
2 22 (66.67%) .NET
2 22 (66.67%) Java
3 16 (48.48%) ASP.NET
4 7 (21.21%) SQL Server
4 7 (21.21%) MS Excel
4 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
5 6 (18.18%) Oracle
5 6 (18.18%) Apache
5 6 (18.18%) C#
5 6 (18.18%) Tomcat
6 5 (15.15%) Spring
6 5 (15.15%) Degree
6 5 (15.15%) Unit Testing
6 5 (15.15%) Delphi
6 5 (15.15%) MCP
6 5 (15.15%) Windows
6 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (12.12%) SharePoint
7 4 (12.12%) Data Extraction
7 4 (12.12%) Computer Science
7 4 (12.12%) Document Management
8 3 (9.091%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (9.091%) Finance
9 2 (6.061%) SQL Server 2000
9 2 (6.061%) Smartcard
9 2 (6.061%) MS Office
9 2 (6.061%) ITIL
9 2 (6.061%) J2EE
9 2 (6.061%) Root Cause Analysis

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 22 (66.67%) .NET
2 16 (48.48%) ASP.NET
3 5 (15.15%) Spring
4 2 (6.061%) J2EE
5 1 (3.030%) .NET Framework
5 1 (3.030%) WCF
5 1 (3.030%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 6 (18.18%) Apache
1 6 (18.18%) Tomcat
2 4 (12.12%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (21.21%) MS Excel
2 2 (6.061%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (3.030%) Remedy ITSM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.21%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.061%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (3.030%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (9.091%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Computer Science
1 4 (12.12%) Data Extraction
2 3 (9.091%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (6.061%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.15%) Windows
2 1 (3.030%) Windows XP
2 1 (3.030%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (15.15%) Unit Testing
2 4 (12.12%) Document Management
3 2 (6.061%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (6.061%) ITIL
4 1 (3.030%) PRINCE2
4 1 (3.030%) RUP
4 1 (3.030%) CAD
4 1 (3.030%) Configuration Management
4 1 (3.030%) Service Management
4 1 (3.030%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (3.030%) ITSM
4 1 (3.030%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 26 (78.79%) SQL
2 22 (66.67%) Java
3 6 (18.18%) C#
4 5 (15.15%) Delphi
5 1 (3.030%) C
5 1 (3.030%) VBScript
5 1 (3.030%) VB
Qualifications
1 5 (15.15%) MCP
1 5 (15.15%) Microsoft Certification
1 5 (15.15%) Degree
2 1 (3.030%) MCAD
2 1 (3.030%) MCSD
System Software
1 1 (3.030%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) Microsoft
2 6 (18.18%) Oracle
3 1 (3.030%) Citrix
3 1 (3.030%) BMC
3 1 (3.030%) Remedy
Northamptonshire
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Posted: 16 May 2013
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