The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland 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 24 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support
Rank 63 88 67
Rank change year-on-year
+25 -21
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 99 72 99
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 3.146% 2.084% 2.842%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.319% 2.203% 3.003%
Number of salaries quoted 60 56 65
Average salary £32,500 £33,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,900 £21,750 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £35,250 £38,750 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2983 3268 3297
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.79% 94.59% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1797 2372 2477
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Applications Support
UK

Applications Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Applications Support Salary Trend

Applications Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Support across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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
Glasgow +9 57 £31,125 -7.08%
Edinburgh +10 23 £31,250 +22.54%
Aberdeen +4 9 £35,000 +6.06%
Renfrewshire +14 2 - -
Fife +1 2 £24,000 -
West Lothian -7 1 £30,000 -45.45%
North Lanarkshire - 1 £35,000 -
Applications Support
UK

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 90 (58.44%) SQL Server
2 69 (44.81%) .NET
3 67 (43.51%) Oracle
4 66 (42.86%) SQL
5 53 (34.42%) Java
6 51 (33.12%) C#
7 50 (32.47%) UNIX
8 44 (28.57%) ITIL
9 43 (27.92%) ASP.NET
10 38 (24.68%) Microsoft
11 37 (24.03%) Finance
12 36 (23.38%) Windows
13 34 (22.08%) VB.NET
14 33 (21.43%) XML
15 25 (16.23%) SLA
15 25 (16.23%) Linux
16 24 (15.58%) Web Services
17 20 (12.99%) MS Excel
17 20 (12.99%) ERP
17 20 (12.99%) ASP
18 19 (12.34%) VB
18 19 (12.34%) Shell Script
19 18 (11.69%) Banking
20 17 (11.04%) Delphi
20 17 (11.04%) DHTML
21 16 (10.39%) MS Office
22 15 (9.740%) Investment Banking
23 14 (9.091%) Incident Management
23 14 (9.091%) HTML
23 14 (9.091%) Change Management

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 69 (44.81%) .NET
2 43 (27.92%) ASP.NET
3 33 (21.43%) XML
4 24 (15.58%) Web Services
5 20 (12.99%) ASP
6 17 (11.04%) DHTML
7 14 (9.091%) HTML
8 11 (7.143%) WebSphere
8 11 (7.143%) CSS
9 6 (3.896%) AppFabric
10 4 (2.597%) SOAP
10 4 (2.597%) NHibernate
11 3 (1.948%) XHTML
12 2 (1.299%) Ajax
12 2 (1.299%) .NET Framework
13 1 (0.649%) WSE
13 1 (0.649%) REST
13 1 (0.649%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
13 1 (0.649%) COM
Application Platforms
1 11 (7.143%) IIS
2 9 (5.844%) BizTalk Server
3 7 (4.545%) SharePoint
4 5 (3.247%) Apache
5 3 (1.948%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.649%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.649%) LiveLink
6 1 (0.649%) CMS
6 1 (0.649%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.649%) MS Exchange
6 1 (0.649%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 20 (12.99%) MS Excel
2 16 (10.39%) MS Office
3 3 (1.948%) MS PowerPoint
3 3 (1.948%) MS Project
3 3 (1.948%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (2.597%) BusinessWorks
1 4 (2.597%) Maximo
2 2 (1.299%) MFGPRO
2 2 (1.299%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.649%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.649%) Dynamics GP
3 1 (0.649%) Movex
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.948%) TCP/IP
1 3 (1.948%) DNS
2 2 (1.299%) Firewall
2 2 (1.299%) FTP
3 1 (0.649%) LDAP
3 1 (0.649%) VPN
3 1 (0.649%) ATM
3 1 (0.649%) LAN
3 1 (0.649%) WAN
3 1 (0.649%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (58.44%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.494%) SQL Server 2008
3 7 (4.545%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (3.247%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (3.247%) MySQL
4 5 (3.247%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (3.247%) RDBMS
5 4 (2.597%) Oracle 8/8i
5 4 (2.597%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (1.948%) DB2
6 3 (1.948%) SQL Server 2000
6 3 (1.948%) EDMS
7 2 (1.299%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (1.299%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (0.649%) Oracle 11g
8 1 (0.649%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.649%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.649%) Informix
8 1 (0.649%) MS Access
8 1 (0.649%) TOAD
General
1 37 (24.03%) Finance
2 18 (11.69%) Banking
3 15 (9.740%) Investment Banking
4 7 (4.545%) Private Banking
5 4 (2.597%) Front Office
5 4 (2.597%) Billing
6 3 (1.948%) Manufacturing
6 3 (1.948%) Back Office
7 1 (0.649%) Dutch Language
7 1 (0.649%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.545%) CMDB
2 2 (1.299%) LIMS
2 2 (1.299%) N-Tier
3 1 (0.649%) Reference Data
3 1 (0.649%) Data Extraction
3 1 (0.649%) Statistics
3 1 (0.649%) Clustering
3 1 (0.649%) Smartcard
3 1 (0.649%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 50 (32.47%) UNIX
2 36 (23.38%) Windows
3 25 (16.23%) Linux
4 8 (5.195%) Solaris
5 6 (3.896%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (3.247%) Windows Server 2008
6 5 (3.247%) Windows XP
7 3 (1.948%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (1.948%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (1.299%) Windows 2000
9 1 (0.649%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (28.57%) ITIL
2 20 (12.99%) ERP
3 14 (9.091%) Incident Management
3 14 (9.091%) Change Management
4 12 (7.792%) Investment Management
5 10 (6.494%) Business Analysis
6 9 (5.844%) Unit Testing
6 9 (5.844%) System Testing
6 9 (5.844%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (5.844%) Project Management
7 8 (5.195%) CRM
7 8 (5.195%) ETL
7 8 (5.195%) Problem Management
7 8 (5.195%) QMS
8 7 (4.545%) Time Management
8 7 (4.545%) Data Transformation
8 7 (4.545%) Configuration Management
9 6 (3.896%) Security Management
9 6 (3.896%) Service Delivery
9 6 (3.896%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 66 (42.86%) SQL
2 53 (34.42%) Java
3 51 (33.12%) C#
4 34 (22.08%) VB.NET
5 19 (12.34%) VB
5 19 (12.34%) Shell Script
6 17 (11.04%) Delphi
7 11 (7.143%) JavaScript
8 8 (5.195%) Perl
8 8 (5.195%) VBA
9 7 (4.545%) T-SQL
10 5 (3.247%) PHP
11 3 (1.948%) PL/SQL
11 3 (1.948%) C++
12 2 (1.299%) C
13 1 (0.649%) VB6
13 1 (0.649%) COBOL
13 1 (0.649%) Python
13 1 (0.649%) XAML
Qualifications
1 8 (5.195%) Degree
2 3 (1.948%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (1.299%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (1.299%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.649%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.649%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (16.23%) SLA
2 9 (5.844%) QA
3 1 (0.649%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 5 (3.247%) Samba
1 5 (3.247%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (1.299%) WMI
Vendors
1 67 (43.51%) Oracle
2 38 (24.68%) Microsoft
3 11 (7.143%) Cognos
4 10 (6.494%) Sybase
5 9 (5.844%) SAP
6 6 (3.896%) Business Objects
7 4 (2.597%) Sage
7 4 (2.597%) TIBCO
7 4 (2.597%) JBoss
8 3 (1.948%) Red Hat
9 2 (1.299%) Informatica
9 2 (1.299%) Epicor
9 2 (1.299%) Bloomberg
9 2 (1.299%) IBM
10 1 (0.649%) Ceridian
10 1 (0.649%) thinkFolio
10 1 (0.649%) Tradeweb
10 1 (0.649%) MarketAxess
10 1 (0.649%) VMware
10 1 (0.649%) PeopleSoft
Glasgow, Scotland
This large enterprise organisation has an opportunity for an Application Support Analyst to join their growing team.The correct candidates will possess good strong SQL Server Skills and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Fife
An opportunity has arisen for someone to join an exciting organisation based in Fife.This position is based around Application Support but the successful candidates will be willing...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £18000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
This large enterprise organisation has an opportunity for an Application Support Analyst to join their growing team.The correct candidates will possess good strong SQL Server Skills and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000.00 - £30000.00 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Essential Skills - Unix Command Line - Shell scripting - SQL on databases: SQL Server and Oracle - Java - Websphere Desirable Skills - MQ - Tibco (Business Works) - Autosys Job Scheduler Personal attributes The...
FPSG Connect
Posted: 21 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
They have a new requirement for an experienced C# & SQL developer / C# & SQL application support analyst to join a dedicated software development & support team working on a variety...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
The Applications Support candidates must have the following experience: - Candidates must be willing and eligible to undergo UK Security Clearance. - Incident Management: Resolve most technical incidents independently within...
EXCELerate
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum Corporate Benefits incl. Health, Pension
Posted: 20 May 2013
Paisley, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland
EMPLOYER: British Red Cross TITLE: Application Support Reporting Analyst (Excel, MI, Agresso, EPOS, Property Management) LONG DESCRIPTION: Refusing to ignore people in crisis... Current applications include People & Learning...
British Red Cross
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 24 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
Our West Glasgow based client is seeking a permanent Applications Support Engineer who has a sound technical understanding and experience of the development and support lifecycle... ITHR is...
IT Human Resources
Posted: 21 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
The ideal candidate will also have experience in at least 3 of the following: ASP Visual Basic .NET -C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET Web -DHTML/XML/Web Services...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £28000 - £32500 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 4 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
They have a new requirement for an experienced C# & SQL developer to join a dedicated software development & support team working on a variety of client based products. As...
Ashdown IT
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
Glasgow, Scotland
The ideal candidate will also have experience in at least 3 of the following: ASP Visual Basic .NET -C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET Web -DHTML/XML/Web Services...
Cathcart Associates
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 11 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
This is a full time role that oversees the day-to-day support, maintenance, development and integration of Network Management systems... - Data extraction and code developing I.e...
EXCELerate
Salary: From £45,000 to £50,000 per annum Corporate Benefits incl. Health, Pen
Posted: 21 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
You will have experience of providing support of web applications including AJAX, JavaScript, CSS, SML, HTML, DHTML, with experience of Java programming. You will also possess experience with...
ReThink Recruitment
Salary: £30000.00 - £38000.00 per annum + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
THE SKILLS Working in an application support team providing 3rd line support to external customers Expertise in developing using the Microsoft .NET framework, automated unit testing and continuous...
FPSG Connect
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Pension, Bonus and Healthcare
Posted: 21 May 2013
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire
World-leading Software Development Company in an exciting, niche industry is looking for an Application Software Support Engineer! This is a varied, challenging role supporting a variety of...
Pro-Quest Resourcing Ltd
Salary: Circa £25,000 + bonus + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013