The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 22 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 Oxfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support
Rank 92 100 71
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -29
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 29 6 34
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 1.576% 0.407% 2.136%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.674% 0.418% 2.228%
Number of salaries quoted 28 6 34
Average salary £31,625 £30,500 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.68% -4.68%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £29,500 £22,600
10% offered a salary of more than £48,500 £35,434 £32,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
All Job Titles
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1732 1435 1526
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 94.13% 97.35% 95.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1502 1290 1375
Average salary £40,000 £39,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.26% -1.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £56,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Applications Support
South East

Applications Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Applications Support Salary Trend

Applications Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Support across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Oxford -2 21 £32,500 +6.55%
Henley-on-Thames - 3 £25,000 -
Banbury +4 1 £24,000 -15.78%
Witney - 1 £25,000 -
Applications Support
South East

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 31 (75.61%) SQL
2 26 (63.41%) SQL Server
3 12 (29.27%) SLA
4 11 (26.83%) MS Excel
5 10 (24.39%) Microsoft
6 6 (14.63%) Oracle
6 6 (14.63%) MS Office
7 5 (12.20%) JavaScript
7 5 (12.20%) T-SQL
7 5 (12.20%) Windows
7 5 (12.20%) SQL Server 2000
7 5 (12.20%) Project Management
8 4 (9.756%) Management Information System
8 4 (9.756%) VB
8 4 (9.756%) C++
8 4 (9.756%) Java
8 4 (9.756%) .NET
8 4 (9.756%) Software Testing
9 3 (7.317%) SQL Server 2005
9 3 (7.317%) Automated Testing
9 3 (7.317%) Ajax
9 3 (7.317%) Degree
9 3 (7.317%) Windows Vista
9 3 (7.317%) QA
9 3 (7.317%) SQL Server 2008
9 3 (7.317%) Windows 7
9 3 (7.317%) PHP
9 3 (7.317%) C#
9 3 (7.317%) HTML
9 3 (7.317%) Linux

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 4 (9.756%) .NET
2 3 (7.317%) Ajax
2 3 (7.317%) HTML
3 2 (4.878%) JSP
3 2 (4.878%) XML
3 2 (4.878%) ASP
3 2 (4.878%) WebSphere
4 1 (2.439%) WF
4 1 (2.439%) ASP.NET
4 1 (2.439%) CSS
4 1 (2.439%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 3 (7.317%) Apache
2 2 (4.878%) Tomcat
2 2 (4.878%) IIS
3 1 (2.439%) Alfresco
3 1 (2.439%) Moodle
Applications
1 11 (26.83%) MS Excel
2 6 (14.63%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.878%) Retail-J
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.878%) Intranet
2 1 (2.439%) Internet
2 1 (2.439%) DHCP
2 1 (2.439%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.439%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (63.41%) SQL Server
2 5 (12.20%) SQL Server 2000
3 3 (7.317%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (7.317%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (2.439%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (2.439%) MySQL
4 1 (2.439%) MS Access
4 1 (2.439%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (2.439%) Oracle Reports
General
1 3 (7.317%) Back Office
1 3 (7.317%) Law
2 2 (4.878%) Finance
2 2 (4.878%) Retail
3 1 (2.439%) Marketing
3 1 (2.439%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.756%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.878%) EPoS
3 1 (2.439%) Open Source
3 1 (2.439%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.20%) Windows
2 3 (7.317%) Windows Vista
2 3 (7.317%) Windows 7
2 3 (7.317%) Linux
2 3 (7.317%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (12.20%) Project Management
2 4 (9.756%) Software Testing
3 3 (7.317%) Automated Testing
3 3 (7.317%) ITIL
3 3 (7.317%) Change Management
4 2 (4.878%) Configuration Management
4 2 (4.878%) CRM
4 2 (4.878%) Web Development
5 1 (2.439%) Business Analysis
5 1 (2.439%) Data Analysis
5 1 (2.439%) Logistics
5 1 (2.439%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (2.439%) E-Commerce
5 1 (2.439%) Validation
5 1 (2.439%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 31 (75.61%) SQL
2 5 (12.20%) JavaScript
2 5 (12.20%) T-SQL
3 4 (9.756%) VB
3 4 (9.756%) C++
3 4 (9.756%) Java
4 3 (7.317%) PHP
4 3 (7.317%) C#
5 2 (4.878%) VB.NET
5 2 (4.878%) VBA
5 2 (4.878%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 3 (7.317%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (29.27%) SLA
2 3 (7.317%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (24.39%) Microsoft
2 6 (14.63%) Oracle
3 2 (4.878%) SAP
4 1 (2.439%) PeopleSoft
4 1 (2.439%) Salesforce.com
Oxford, Oxfordshire
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Haybrook IT Resourcing Ltd
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Any working knowledge of the following would be considered an advantage : - VB6, VB.NET - Data Access Pages, Citrix - ASP Classic/.NET - XML Educational/Technical Qualifications : - A recognised qualification...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
Any working knowledge of the following would be considered an advantage : - VB6, VB.NET - Data Access Pages, Citrix - ASP Classic/.NET - XML Educational/Technical Qualifications : - A recognised qualification...
Austin Fraser
Salary: £20000.00 - £25000.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013