The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support Consultant
Rank 841 814 755
Rank change year-on-year
-27 -59
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Consultant 19 73 116
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.017% 0.060% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.019% 0.064% 0.101%
Number of salaries quoted 17 55 105
Average salary £30,000 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-20.00% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £30,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,600 £50,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £28,000 £45,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-38.46% +51.66%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102582 114838 114977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.43% 94.76% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 85352 98508 97090
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Applications Support Consultant
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Applications Support Consultant Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Support Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Applications Support Consultant Salary Trend

Applications Support Consultant
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Support Consultant over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

Applications Support Consultant Salary Histogram

Applications Support Consultant
Top 19 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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
England -44 16 £31,250 -16.10%
London +23 10 £37,500 +7.14%
City of London +6 4 £40,000 +14.28%
East of England +8 2 £35,000 +9.37%
Wales 0 2 £28,000 -
South West -1 2 £27,500 -11.29%
Bristol -8 2 £27,500 +10.00%
West Wales +11 1 £28,500 -
Swansea +11 1 £28,500 -
Hertfordshire +6 1 £35,000 +9.37%
North West -11 1 £32,500 +4.00%
Manchester -14 1 £32,500 +18.18%
South East -44 1 £23,000 -50.00%
South Wales - 1 £27,500 -
Essex - 1 - -
Buckinghamshire - 1 £23,000 -
Wickford - 1 - -
Watford - 1 £35,000 -
Caerphilly - 1 £27,500 -

Applications Support Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Applications Support Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title.

1 40 (61.54%) SQL
2 35 (53.85%) SQL Server
3 33 (50.77%) Windows
4 25 (38.46%) UNIX
5 22 (33.85%) .NET
6 21 (32.31%) Finance
7 20 (30.77%) Linux
8 19 (29.23%) Microsoft
9 17 (26.15%) Oracle
10 16 (24.62%) IIS
10 16 (24.62%) Project Management
11 13 (20.00%) Internet
11 13 (20.00%) TCP/IP
12 11 (16.92%) Python
12 11 (16.92%) ASP.NET
12 11 (16.92%) Perl
13 10 (15.38%) C#
13 10 (15.38%) HTML
13 10 (15.38%) Java
13 10 (15.38%) Business Objects
13 10 (15.38%) MS Excel
13 10 (15.38%) ERP
14 9 (13.85%) MS Office
14 9 (13.85%) PHP
14 9 (13.85%) Business Analysis
14 9 (13.85%) Degree
14 9 (13.85%) NoSQL
15 8 (12.31%) Workflow Management
15 8 (12.31%) Workflow
15 8 (12.31%) ITIL

Applications Support Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Applications Support Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 22 (33.85%) .NET
2 11 (16.92%) ASP.NET
3 10 (15.38%) HTML
4 5 (7.692%) WebSphere
5 4 (6.154%) Web Services
5 4 (6.154%) XML
6 3 (4.615%) J2EE
6 3 (4.615%) XSD
7 2 (3.077%) COM
8 1 (1.538%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 16 (24.62%) IIS
2 6 (9.231%) Tomcat
3 5 (7.692%) Apache
4 3 (4.615%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (4.615%) WebSphere MQ
5 1 (1.538%) WebLogic
5 1 (1.538%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (1.538%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 10 (15.38%) MS Excel
2 9 (13.85%) MS Office
3 4 (6.154%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (1.538%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (6.154%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (4.615%) SalesLogix
2 3 (4.615%) GoldMine
3 2 (3.077%) SAP MM
3 2 (3.077%) SAP PP
3 2 (3.077%) SAP SD
3 2 (3.077%) Exchequer
4 1 (1.538%) Agresso
4 1 (1.538%) Pivotal CRM
4 1 (1.538%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (1.538%) Dynamics GP
Communications & Networking
1 13 (20.00%) Internet
1 13 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (4.615%) DHCP
2 3 (4.615%) FTP
2 3 (4.615%) HTTP
2 3 (4.615%) Firewall
3 2 (3.077%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (53.85%) SQL Server
2 9 (13.85%) NoSQL
3 5 (7.692%) Oracle 8/8i
4 3 (4.615%) MySQL
4 3 (4.615%) Oracle 10g
4 3 (4.615%) RDBMS
4 3 (4.615%) SQL Server 2005
4 3 (4.615%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (4.615%) Oracle 11g
4 3 (4.615%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (3.077%) DTS
5 2 (3.077%) DB2
5 2 (3.077%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (1.538%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (32.31%) Finance
2 3 (4.615%) Financial Institution
2 3 (4.615%) Law
2 3 (4.615%) Banking
3 2 (3.077%) Marketing
3 2 (3.077%) Telecoms
3 2 (3.077%) Games
4 1 (1.538%) Back Office
4 1 (1.538%) Manufacturing
4 1 (1.538%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.692%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (4.615%) Client/Server
2 3 (4.615%) Open Source
3 2 (3.077%) Hedge funds
3 2 (3.077%) Mathematics
3 2 (3.077%) Statistics
3 2 (3.077%) Equities
4 1 (1.538%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 33 (50.77%) Windows
2 25 (38.46%) UNIX
3 20 (30.77%) Linux
4 6 (9.231%) Solaris
4 6 (9.231%) AIX
5 3 (4.615%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (4.615%) SUSE
6 2 (3.077%) Windows 7
6 2 (3.077%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (24.62%) Project Management
2 10 (15.38%) ERP
3 9 (13.85%) Business Analysis
4 8 (12.31%) Workflow Management
4 8 (12.31%) Workflow
4 8 (12.31%) ITIL
4 8 (12.31%) CRM
5 7 (10.77%) Software Testing
5 7 (10.77%) Problem Management
5 7 (10.77%) Time Management
6 6 (9.231%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (6.154%) Asset Management
7 4 (6.154%) Risk Management
7 4 (6.154%) Service Delivery
8 3 (4.615%) SOA
8 3 (4.615%) Benchmarking
8 3 (4.615%) Load Balancing
8 3 (4.615%) Product Management
8 3 (4.615%) Integration Testing
8 3 (4.615%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 40 (61.54%) SQL
2 11 (16.92%) Python
2 11 (16.92%) Perl
3 10 (15.38%) C#
3 10 (15.38%) Java
4 9 (13.85%) PHP
5 4 (6.154%) Shell Script
6 3 (4.615%) VBScript
7 2 (3.077%) Korn
7 2 (3.077%) VB
7 2 (3.077%) PL/SQL
7 2 (3.077%) C++
8 1 (1.538%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 9 (13.85%) Degree
2 2 (3.077%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.538%) SLA
1 1 (1.538%) HL7
System Software
1 4 (6.154%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (3.077%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
Systems Management
1 2 (3.077%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 19 (29.23%) Microsoft
2 17 (26.15%) Oracle
3 10 (15.38%) Business Objects
4 5 (7.692%) IBM
5 4 (6.154%) VMware
5 4 (6.154%) Sage
5 4 (6.154%) Sybase
6 3 (4.615%) NetApp
6 3 (4.615%) Pegasus
6 3 (4.615%) Red Hat
6 3 (4.615%) Salesforce.com
6 3 (4.615%) F5
7 2 (3.077%) JBoss
7 2 (3.077%) Citrix
7 2 (3.077%) SAP
8 1 (1.538%) Informatica
8 1 (1.538%) Amdocs
8 1 (1.538%) NetSuite
8 1 (1.538%) Ceridian
8 1 (1.538%) Eloqua
Bristol, Avon
Candidate Key words - Application, Support, Consultant, Software, Troubleshooting, Communication, ERP, Finance, Procurement Systems, Accountancy, SQL , RDBMS, Office Commutable from - Bristol Area, Weston-Super-Mare, Portishead An application support...
Acorn
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
You'll take ownership of two of their flagship applications used by the traders.Knowledge and confidence supporting .net based applications is important to this role. Although you...
NFP Group Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 3 May 2013
England
Established IFA technology company, requires software package configurator / application support specialist with experience working with Financial Planning and/or Wealth Management based Portfolio and Practice Management software packages.....
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + +Great Benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
My client is looking for an Application Support Consultant with the following background:-University Degree (desirable)-Experience in a Software Support / Application Support role-Knowledge of Java-Knowledge...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing Limited
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Application Support, Technical Support, Support Analyst, Support Engineer, Support Developer, 2nd Line Support, Second Line Support, 3rd Line Support, Third Line Support, Software Support, Java, J2EE, Apache, Tomcat,...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Slough, Thames Valley
You will be used to working with a broad range of technologies, including: Java/ EJB/ WebLogic/ JSP/ DHTML/ JavaScript/ SQL Server... Responsibilities: Deliver high quality problem analysis Communicate...
greywood
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Posted: 10 May 2013