The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support Analyst role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Support Analyst in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 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 currently tracked.

Application Support Analyst
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank288304254
Rank change year-on-year
Up+16Down-50
Matching permanent IT job ads1056935805
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.871 %0.766 %0.845 %
As % of the Job Titles category0.920 %0.813 %0.906 %
Number of salaries quoted885801673
Average salary£37,500£37,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
--6.25 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£22,000£22,200
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£70,000£67,500
UK excluding London average salary£30,500£27,500£27,500
% change year-on-year
+10.90 %-
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
11478411495588866
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK94.71 %94.21 %93.33 %
Number of salaries quoted984679705973610
Average salary£42,500£42,500£42,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£75,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£38,000£37,500£36,500
% change year-on-year
+1.33 %+2.73 %

Applications Support Analyst
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Applications Support Analyst within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Applications Support Analyst Demand Trend

Applications Support Analyst
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Applications Support Analyst within the UK.

Applications Support Analyst Salary Trend

Applications Support Analyst
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Support Analyst over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 within the UK.

Applications Support Analyst Salary Histogram

Applications Support Analyst
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support Analyst within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. 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
EnglandUp+32991£37,500-5.06 %
LondonUp+12573£45,000-10.00 %
City of LondonDown-15160£42,000-16.00 %
South EastUp+19150£32,000-1.53 %
East of EnglandUp+59118£33,325-4.78 %
BerkshireDown-359£32,500+16.07 %
ScotlandUp+547£33,000-0.75 %
BedfordshireUp+3041£37,500+7.14 %
South WestDown-4240£25,000-
LutonUp+1633£37,500+108.33 %
North WestDown-4433£28,000+24.44 %
West MidlandsUp+631£27,500+27.90 %
HampshireUp+830£35,500+5.18 %
ReadingUp+530£30,000-5.51 %
ManchesterDown-2129£29,000+31.81 %
YorkshireUp+727£29,375+6.81 %
EssexDown-1125£45,000+50.00 %
SurreyDown-1125£30,000-7.69 %
SuffolkUp+2723£22,000+12.82 %
East MidlandsDown-221£30,000+20.00 %
HertfordshireUp+2318£40,000+14.28 %
West YorkshireDown-1815£28,250+2.72 %
WarwickshireDown-1414£27,000+25.58 %
GlasgowDown-1714£33,500+0.75 %
DevonUp+1913£22,500-2.17 %
BristolDown-2913£32,500+25.00 %
NorthamptonshireUp+1512£30,000-
Bury St EdmundsUp+512£21,000+7.69 %
BracknellUp+412£32,500+18.18 %
BirminghamUp+112£42,500+112.50 %

Applications Support Analyst
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited Applications Support Analyst 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 Analyst in their job title.

11242 (63.11 %)SQL
2644 (32.72 %)Finance
3604 (30.69 %)SQL Server
4563 (28.61 %)UNIX
5560 (28.46 %)Windows
6546 (27.74 %)Oracle
7391 (19.87 %)ITIL
8387 (19.66 %)Java
9336 (17.07 %).NET
10323 (16.41 %)Microsoft
11262 (13.31 %)Linux
12254 (12.91 %)XML
13253 (12.86 %)Banking
14228 (11.59 %)MS Excel
15224 (11.38 %)Front Office
16219 (11.13 %)Degree
17211 (10.72 %)HTML
18197 (10.01 %)Perl
19192 (9.756 %)C#
20158 (8.028 %)Apache
21156 (7.927 %)Sybase
22150 (7.622 %)JavaScript
23145 (7.368 %)Tomcat
24143 (7.266 %)Investment Banking
25136 (6.911 %)Problem Management
26132 (6.707 %)IIS
27123 (6.250 %)SLA
28122 (6.199 %)SharePoint
29121 (6.148 %)MS Office
30118 (5.996 %)VB

Applications Support Analyst
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK that cited Applications Support Analyst 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 Analyst in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1336 (17.07 %).NET
2254 (12.91 %)XML
3211 (10.72 %)HTML
4107 (5.437 %)ASP.NET
589 (4.522 %)ASP
671 (3.608 %)J2EE
766 (3.354 %)Web Services
865 (3.303 %)CSS
962 (3.150 %)WebSphere
1057 (2.896 %)Middleware
1147 (2.388 %)SOAP
1226 (1.321 %)XSLT
1321 (1.067 %)FIX Protocol
1417 (0.864 %)Ajax
1512 (0.610 %).NET Framework
1512 (0.610 %)WSDL
1512 (0.610 %)LAMP
1611 (0.559 %)WinForms
1710 (0.508 %)XHTML
189 (0.457 %)EDI
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1158 (8.028 %)Apache
2145 (7.368 %)Tomcat
3132 (6.707 %)IIS
4122 (6.199 %)SharePoint
590 (4.573 %)WebLogic
656 (2.846 %)GlassFish
739 (1.982 %)CMS
827 (1.372 %)MS Exchange
921 (1.067 %)WorkSite
1019 (0.965 %)ESB
1116 (0.813 %)JCAPS
1215 (0.762 %)Exchange Server 2003
1215 (0.762 %)WebSphere Application Server
1215 (0.762 %)SAS
1314 (0.711 %)SharePoint 2010
1314 (0.711 %)MQSeries
1413 (0.661 %)BizTalk Server
1413 (0.661 %)ColdFusion
1512 (0.610 %)WebSphere MQ
168 (0.407 %)Lotus Notes
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1228 (11.59 %)MS Excel
2121 (6.148 %)MS Office
318 (0.915 %)MS Visio
414 (0.711 %)MS PowerPoint
510 (0.508 %)Windchill
69 (0.457 %)MATLAB
78 (0.407 %)Spreadsheet
82 (0.102 %)ProjectWise
82 (0.102 %)AutoCAD
82 (0.102 %)MS Project
91 (0.051 %)InfoPath
91 (0.051 %)Final Cut Pro
91 (0.051 %)Revit
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
125 (1.270 %)Oracle Applications
219 (0.965 %)Oracle EBS
318 (0.915 %)Oracle EBS R12
318 (0.915 %)ION MarketView
416 (0.813 %)SunGard Stream Clearvision
512 (0.610 %)Oracle 11i
611 (0.559 %)JDE World
710 (0.508 %)Dynamics CRM
710 (0.508 %)BASE24
89 (0.457 %)LatentZero
98 (0.407 %)Oracle General Ledger
98 (0.407 %)LongView
107 (0.356 %)Dynamics NAV
116 (0.305 %)Oracle Financials
116 (0.305 %)Kondor+
125 (0.254 %)Maximo
125 (0.254 %)Aligne
125 (0.254 %)SunGard GMI
134 (0.203 %)Advent Portfolio Exchange
134 (0.203 %)Endur
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
167 (3.404 %)TCP/IP
241 (2.083 %)Internet
340 (2.033 %)Firewall
422 (1.118 %)WAN
422 (1.118 %)LAN
520 (1.016 %)VPN
619 (0.965 %)Extranet
718 (0.915 %)HTTP
718 (0.915 %)Intranet
816 (0.813 %)SAN
912 (0.610 %)Broadband
1010 (0.508 %)ATM
1010 (0.508 %)FTP
119 (0.457 %)DNS
119 (0.457 %)SSL
128 (0.407 %)VoIP
136 (0.305 %)LDAP
142 (0.102 %)HTTPS
142 (0.102 %)PBX
142 (0.102 %)DHCP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1604 (30.69 %)SQL Server
294 (4.776 %)SQL Server 2005
371 (3.608 %)RDBMS
470 (3.557 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
566 (3.354 %)SQL Server 2008
662 (3.150 %)SQL Server Integration Services
746 (2.337 %)Crystal Reports
845 (2.287 %)Oracle 10g
941 (2.083 %)Oracle 8/8i
1032 (1.626 %)Data Warehouse
1131 (1.575 %)MySQL
1229 (1.474 %)Oracle 11g
1326 (1.321 %)Oracle Reports
1424 (1.220 %)ETL
1519 (0.965 %)SQL Server 2000
1519 (0.965 %)QlikView
1613 (0.661 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
179 (0.457 %)DB2
188 (0.407 %)TOAD
188 (0.407 %)MS Access
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
140 (2.033 %)JIRA
231 (1.575 %)Visual Studio
325 (1.270 %)ClearCase
421 (1.067 %)MSI
520 (1.016 %)Eclipse
618 (0.915 %)Ant
618 (0.915 %)Subversion
712 (0.610 %)VSS/SourceSafe
810 (0.508 %)NetBeans
99 (0.457 %)PowerBuilder
107 (0.356 %)Oracle Forms
116 (0.305 %)ProC
124 (0.203 %)Atlassian Bamboo
124 (0.203 %)Git (software)
124 (0.203 %)Maven
133 (0.152 %)Hudson
141 (0.051 %)Bugzilla
141 (0.051 %)JUnit
141 (0.051 %)JDeveloper
141 (0.051 %)Team Foundation Server
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1644 (32.72 %)Finance
2253 (12.86 %)Banking
3224 (11.38 %)Front Office
4143 (7.266 %)Investment Banking
595 (4.827 %)Back Office
649 (2.490 %)Retail
747 (2.388 %)Legal
839 (1.982 %)Law
933 (1.677 %)Telecoms
1029 (1.474 %)Financial Institution
1126 (1.321 %)Spanish Language
1222 (1.118 %)Manufacturing
1320 (1.016 %)Dutch Language
1320 (1.016 %)Italian Language
1419 (0.965 %)Billing
1517 (0.864 %)Advertising
1517 (0.864 %)Swedish Language
1616 (0.813 %)General Ledger
1616 (0.813 %)Publishing
1711 (0.559 %)Electronics
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
197 (4.929 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
273 (3.709 %)Equities
273 (3.709 %)Derivative
364 (3.252 %)Fixed Income
456 (2.846 %)Management Information System
549 (2.490 %)Client/Server
644 (2.236 %)iSeries
739 (1.982 %)Computer Science
830 (1.524 %)Hedge funds
929 (1.474 %)SWIFT
1026 (1.321 %)Wiki
1122 (1.118 %)SaaS
1122 (1.118 %)Credit Risk
1221 (1.067 %)AS400
1221 (1.067 %)EPoS
1221 (1.067 %)Video Conferencing
1318 (0.915 %)Credit Derivative
1417 (0.864 %)Blackberry
1515 (0.762 %)CMDB
1614 (0.711 %)Equity Derivative
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1563 (28.61 %)UNIX
2560 (28.46 %)Windows
3262 (13.31 %)Linux
4103 (5.234 %)Windows Server 2003
585 (4.319 %)Windows Server 2008
678 (3.963 %)Solaris
760 (3.049 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
850 (2.541 %)Windows 7
936 (1.829 %)Windows XP
1020 (1.016 %)AIX
1114 (0.711 %)NetWare
1211 (0.559 %)Windows 2000
139 (0.457 %)Windows 2000 Server
148 (0.407 %)Windows Vista
148 (0.407 %)VMS
155 (0.254 %)SUSE
155 (0.254 %)CentOS
164 (0.203 %)Apple iOS
164 (0.203 %)Oracle Linux
164 (0.203 %)Mac OS X
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1391 (19.87 %)ITIL
2136 (6.911 %)Problem Management
3104 (5.285 %)Service Management
499 (5.030 %)Business Intelligence
595 (4.827 %)Incident Management
691 (4.624 %)Asset Management
790 (4.573 %)Change Management
875 (3.811 %)CRM
875 (3.811 %)E-Commerce
959 (2.998 %)Document Management
1058 (2.947 %)Release Management
1154 (2.744 %)ERP
1252 (2.642 %)Project Management
1350 (2.541 %)User Acceptance Testing
1449 (2.490 %)Risk Management
1548 (2.439 %)Business Continuity
1647 (2.388 %)Business Analysis
1647 (2.388 %)Investment Management
1746 (2.337 %)Root Cause Analysis
1844 (2.236 %)Service Delivery
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11242 (63.11 %)SQL
2387 (19.66 %)Java
3197 (10.01 %)Perl
4192 (9.756 %)C#
5150 (7.622 %)JavaScript
6118 (5.996 %)VB
7113 (5.742 %)Shell Script
8108 (5.488 %)PL/SQL
986 (4.370 %)C++
1081 (4.116 %)VB.NET
1178 (3.963 %)T-SQL
1269 (3.506 %)VBA
1367 (3.404 %)PHP
1462 (3.150 %)Python
1550 (2.541 %)VBScript
1637 (1.880 %)VB6
1734 (1.728 %)C
1833 (1.677 %)PowerShell
1923 (1.169 %)Bash shell
2021 (1.067 %)RPG
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1219 (11.13 %)Degree
250 (2.541 %)ITIL Certification
329 (1.474 %)Microsoft Certification
423 (1.169 %)MCSE
522 (1.118 %)MCP
614 (0.711 %)Security Cleared
711 (0.559 %)SC Cleared
86 (0.305 %)HNC
86 (0.305 %)HND
86 (0.305 %)MCITP
94 (0.203 %)MCSA
103 (0.152 %)Cisco Certification
103 (0.152 %)Oracle Certification
112 (0.102 %)PMI Certification
112 (0.102 %)CCNA
121 (0.051 %)MCDST
121 (0.051 %)GNVQ
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1123 (6.250 %)SLA
255 (2.795 %)QA
310 (0.508 %)ISO 8583
48 (0.407 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
54 (0.203 %)COBIT
62 (0.102 %)ISO/IEC 27001
71 (0.051 %)ISO 9001
71 (0.051 %)Solvency II
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
142 (2.134 %)Active Directory
215 (0.762 %)Terminal Services
312 (0.610 %)XenApp
49 (0.457 %)NDS
58 (0.407 %)VMware Infrastructure
67 (0.356 %)Hyper-V
72 (0.102 %)RACF
81 (0.051 %)VMware ESX
81 (0.051 %)Samba
81 (0.051 %)ClearTrust
81 (0.051 %)Terminal Server
81 (0.051 %)VirtualBox
81 (0.051 %)vSphere
81 (0.051 %)XenDesktop
81 (0.051 %)Citrix Presentation Server
81 (0.051 %)Oracle RAC
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
137 (1.880 %)Control-M
211 (0.559 %)Tivoli
310 (0.508 %)Tivoli Monitoring
49 (0.457 %)vCenter
57 (0.356 %)CA SiteMinder
65 (0.254 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
73 (0.152 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
73 (0.152 %)Nagios
73 (0.152 %)ServiceCenter
82 (0.102 %)SCCM
82 (0.102 %)WMI
91 (0.051 %)OVSD
91 (0.051 %)OpenView
91 (0.051 %)MIMEsweeper
91 (0.051 %)BMC PATROL
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1546 (27.74 %)Oracle
2323 (16.41 %)Microsoft
3156 (7.927 %)Sybase
480 (4.065 %)JBoss
572 (3.659 %)IBM
665 (3.303 %)Citrix
749 (2.490 %)Sun
845 (2.287 %)SAP
937 (1.880 %)Business Objects
1036 (1.829 %)VMware
1134 (1.728 %)Charles River
1232 (1.626 %)Red Hat
1328 (1.423 %)TIBCO
1426 (1.321 %)JD Edwards
1523 (1.169 %)thinkFolio
1622 (1.118 %)PeopleSoft
1622 (1.118 %)BMC
1721 (1.067 %)Perforce
1820 (1.016 %)HP
1919 (0.965 %)ION Trading