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The first part of the 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 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Scotland region.

 Application Support
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank647985
Rank change year-on-year
Up+15Up+6
Matching permanent IT job ads423094
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland2.232 %1.459 %1.763 %
As % of the Job Titles category2.494 %1.563 %1.871 %
Salaries quoted312356
Average salary£32,500£32,000£31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.560 %+3.220 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£20,000£22,900£23,300
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£37,200£40,400
UK excluding London average salary£31,500£30,000£30,000
% change year-on-year
+5.000 %-
Scotland IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
168419205023
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland89.48 %93.39 %94.19 %
Salaries quoted105114103248
Average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£24,500£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£52,500£52,500
UK excluding London average salary£36,000£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.850 %-
Applications Support UKApplications Support
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Applications Support
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Applications Support
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Support across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

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 22 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EdinburghNo change022£33,750+7.14 %
GlasgowDown-811£35,000+7.69 %
AberdeenUp+215£32,000-
FifeUp+22£32,500+8.33 %
RenfrewshireNew entry-1£38,000-
South LanarkshireNew entry-1£28,000-
Applications Support UKApplications Support
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Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, 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.

139 (53.42 %)SQL
229 (39.73 %)SQL Server
327 (36.99 %)Finance
426 (35.62 %).NET
524 (32.88 %)Oracle
618 (24.66 %)UNIX
618 (24.66 %)Windows
717 (23.29 %)C#
717 (23.29 %)Java
814 (19.18 %)VB.NET
913 (17.81 %)Crystal Reports
913 (17.81 %)ITIL
1012 (16.44 %)HTML
1012 (16.44 %)XML
1111 (15.07 %)Cognos
1210 (13.70 %)ASP.NET
1210 (13.70 %)Degree
139 (12.33 %)VB
139 (12.33 %)Content Management
148 (10.96 %)Linux
148 (10.96 %)ERP
148 (10.96 %)Project Management
157 (9.589 %)PL/SQL
157 (9.589 %)Data Modelling
157 (9.589 %)RDBMS
166 (8.219 %)Data Analysis
166 (8.219 %)Investment Management
175 (6.849 %)DB2
175 (6.849 %)SLA
175 (6.849 %)Quark

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, 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.

Scotland IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
126 (35.62 %).NET
212 (16.44 %)XML
212 (16.44 %)HTML
310 (13.70 %)ASP.NET
44 (5.479 %)ASP
52 (2.740 %)ODBC
61 (1.370 %)Middleware
61 (1.370 %)WebSphere
61 (1.370 %).NET Framework
61 (1.370 %)Visualforce
61 (1.370 %)JDBC
61 (1.370 %)XSLT
Scotland IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (4.110 %)IIS
13 (4.110 %)OpenEdge
22 (2.740 %)Apache
31 (1.370 %)SharePoint
31 (1.370 %)CICS
31 (1.370 %)CMS
Scotland IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (2.740 %)MS Excel
Scotland IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (4.110 %)Oracle Applications
22 (2.740 %)BusinessWorks
22 (2.740 %)Endur
31 (1.370 %)Oracle EBS
31 (1.370 %)Maximo
Scotland IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (2.740 %)Internet
21 (1.370 %)Intranet
Scotland IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
129 (39.73 %)SQL Server
213 (17.81 %)Crystal Reports
37 (9.589 %)RDBMS
45 (6.849 %)DB2
45 (6.849 %)SQL Server 2000
45 (6.849 %)SQL Server 2005
54 (5.479 %)MySQL
63 (4.110 %)Oracle 10g
72 (2.740 %)Datawarehouse
81 (1.370 %)BusinessObjects
81 (1.370 %)Oracle 9i
81 (1.370 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Scotland IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (1.370 %)Oracle Forms
11 (1.370 %)ClearCase
Scotland IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
127 (36.99 %)Finance
25 (6.849 %)Pensions
34 (5.479 %)Health
41 (1.370 %)Banking
41 (1.370 %)Construction
Scotland IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (2.740 %)Computer Science
12 (2.740 %)Fixed Income
12 (2.740 %)iSeries
12 (2.740 %)Visualisation
21 (1.370 %)Mathematics
21 (1.370 %)Dutch Language
21 (1.370 %)French Language
21 (1.370 %)German Language
21 (1.370 %)Spanish Language
Scotland IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
118 (24.66 %)UNIX
118 (24.66 %)Windows
28 (10.96 %)Linux
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
113 (17.81 %)ITIL
29 (12.33 %)Content Management
38 (10.96 %)ERP
38 (10.96 %)Project Management
47 (9.589 %)Data Modelling
56 (8.219 %)Data Analysis
56 (8.219 %)Investment Management
64 (5.479 %)OO
73 (4.110 %)Business Intelligence
73 (4.110 %)Business Analysis
73 (4.110 %)Change Management
73 (4.110 %)Asset Management
82 (2.740 %)Regression Testing
82 (2.740 %)Workflow
82 (2.740 %)Fund Management
82 (2.740 %)Service Delivery
82 (2.740 %)CRM
82 (2.740 %)OOD
82 (2.740 %)Document Management
82 (2.740 %)Test Scripting
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
139 (53.42 %)SQL
217 (23.29 %)C#
217 (23.29 %)Java
314 (19.18 %)VB.NET
49 (12.33 %)VB
57 (9.589 %)PL/SQL
65 (6.849 %)Shell Script
73 (4.110 %)JavaScript
73 (4.110 %)Perl
81 (1.370 %)COBOL
81 (1.370 %)C
81 (1.370 %)VBScript
81 (1.370 %)Apex Code
Scotland IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
110 (13.70 %)Degree
23 (4.110 %)Sun Certification
32 (2.740 %)ITIL Certification
32 (2.740 %)MCPD
41 (1.370 %)MCP
41 (1.370 %)Microsoft Certification
Scotland IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (6.849 %)SLA
Scotland IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
124 (32.88 %)Oracle
211 (15.07 %)Cognos
35 (6.849 %)Quark
44 (5.479 %)Microsoft
53 (4.110 %)Sybase
62 (2.740 %)Sun
62 (2.740 %)TIBCO
62 (2.740 %)OpenLink
62 (2.740 %)JBoss
71 (1.370 %)Salesforce.com
71 (1.370 %)Business Objects