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The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support Specialist role in IT jobs across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Support Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Support Specialist
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank760804
Rank change on same period last yearUp+44
Matching permanent IT job ads124182
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.072 %0.078 %
As % of the category below0.080 %0.084 %
Salaries quoted102136
Average minimum salary£38,505£34,799
Average salary£40,775£37,700
% change on same period last year+8.15 %
Average maximum salary£43,045£40,601
UK excluding London average salary£36,912£32,227
% change on same period last year+14.53 %
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads154909215953
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled89.97 %92.94 %
Salaries quoted129347172743
Average minimum salary£39,022£40,531
Average salary£42,688£44,329
% change on same period last year-3.70 %
Average maximum salary£46,354£48,127
UK excluding London average salary£38,156£39,208
% change on same period last year-2.68 %

Applications Support Specialist
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Applications Support Specialist within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Applications Support Specialist Demand Trend

Applications Support Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Applications Support Specialist Salary Trend

Applications Support Specialist
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Support Specialist over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 within the UK.

Applications Support Specialist Salary Histogram

Applications Support Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK over the 3 months to 13 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+41119£40,699+7.67 %
LondonUp+6661£46,117+8.94 %
South EastUp+5629£37,155+8.68 %
East of EnglandUp+3423£40,721+38.62 %
HertfordshireUp+3919£41,922-
City of LondonDown-1919£47,308-12.39 %
WatfordNew entry-13£47,464-
HampshireUp+1410£41,600+63.13 %
SurreyUp+287£38,500+19.48 %
YorkshireNew entry-7£27,143-
BuckinghamshireUp+185£37,800-16.00 %
StainesNew entry-5£40,000-
Milton KeynesDown-35£37,800-24.40 %
DunstableNew entry-4£40,000-
LutonNew entry-4£40,000-
BedfordshireNew entry-4£40,000-
North WestUp+293£30,833-9.31 %
WalesUp+43£34,000-15.00 %
South WalesDown-13£34,000-15.00 %
West SussexUp+223£24,167-22.04 %
CardiffUp+53£34,000-20.00 %
West YorkshireNew entry-3£30,000-
LeedsNew entry-3£30,000-
St AlbansNew entry-3£40,000-
NorwichNew entry-2--
AbingdonNew entry-2£32,000-
ChichesterNew entry-2£24,250-
WarringtonNew entry-2£30,000-
CheshireDown-72£30,000-11.76 %
OxfordshireNo change02£32,000-23.58 %

Applications Support Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK that cited Applications Support Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title.

1156 (49.84 %)SQL
284 (26.84 %)UNIX
284 (26.84 %)Finance
377 (24.60 %)Windows
473 (23.32 %)SQL Server
560 (19.17 %).NET
645 (14.38 %)Oracle
744 (14.06 %)ITIL
840 (12.78 %)Java
939 (12.46 %)C#
939 (12.46 %)J2EE
939 (12.46 %)IIS
1037 (11.82 %)VB
1136 (11.50 %)Linux
1136 (11.50 %)WebSphere
1235 (11.18 %)IBM
1235 (11.18 %)Microsoft
1333 (10.54 %)MS Excel
1432 (10.22 %)WebSphere Application Server
1528 (8.946 %)AIX
1528 (8.946 %)Windows Server 2003
1528 (8.946 %)Service Management
1528 (8.946 %)Front Office
1627 (8.626 %)HTTP
1627 (8.626 %)Solaris
1726 (8.307 %)ASP.NET
1825 (7.987 %)C++
1924 (7.668 %)E-Commerce
1924 (7.668 %)Health
1924 (7.668 %)IBM HTTP Server

Applications Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK that cited Applications Support Specialist 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 Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
160 (19.17 %).NET
239 (12.46 %)J2EE
336 (11.50 %)WebSphere
426 (8.307 %)ASP.NET
521 (6.709 %)XML
620 (6.390 %)ASP
620 (6.390 %)HTML
717 (5.431 %)FIX Protocol
811 (3.514 %)Middleware
910 (3.195 %)JDBC
109 (2.875 %)COM+
118 (2.556 %).NET Framework
126 (1.917 %)WebServices
135 (1.597 %)XSL
135 (1.597 %)XSLT
141 (0.319 %)J2SE
141 (0.319 %)EDI
141 (0.319 %)EDIFACT
141 (0.319 %)WinForms
141 (0.319 %)XSD
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
139 (12.46 %)IIS
232 (10.22 %)WebSphere Application Server
324 (7.668 %)IBM HTTP Server
418 (5.751 %)Tomcat
517 (5.431 %)SharePoint
616 (5.112 %)Apache
712 (3.834 %)JBoss
89 (2.875 %)Oracle Workflow
98 (2.556 %)BizTalk Server
105 (1.597 %)WebLogic
114 (1.278 %)MS Exchange
114 (1.278 %)SharePoint Portal Server
121 (0.319 %)SharePoint Server 2007
121 (0.319 %)WebSphere MQ
121 (0.319 %)ColdFusion
121 (0.319 %)CICS
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
133 (10.54 %)MS Excel
216 (5.112 %)MS Office
33 (0.958 %)MS Visio
33 (0.958 %)AutoCAD
42 (0.639 %)Spreadsheet
42 (0.639 %)MS Project
51 (0.319 %)Acrobat
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (3.514 %)Oracle Applications
210 (3.195 %)Oracle 11i
35 (1.597 %)Loan IQ
35 (1.597 %)Retail-J
35 (1.597 %)InvestOne
43 (0.958 %)Teamcenter
43 (0.958 %)Oracle Financials
51 (0.319 %)BPCS
51 (0.319 %)SoftGrid
51 (0.319 %)Oracle EBS
51 (0.319 %)Movex
51 (0.319 %)Oracle CRM
51 (0.319 %)RMDS
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
127 (8.626 %)HTTP
213 (4.153 %)DNS
213 (4.153 %)SSL
311 (3.514 %)TCP/IP
47 (2.236 %)Broadband
47 (2.236 %)BSS
55 (1.597 %)Intranet
64 (1.278 %)IPsec
64 (1.278 %)DHCP
73 (0.958 %)VoIP
73 (0.958 %)Firewall
82 (0.639 %)Extranet
82 (0.639 %)WAN
82 (0.639 %)LAN
82 (0.639 %)FTP
91 (0.319 %)Internet
91 (0.319 %)SAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
173 (23.32 %)SQL Server
221 (6.709 %)Crystal Reports
319 (6.070 %)DB2
416 (5.112 %)SQL Server 2000
515 (4.792 %)SQL Server 2005
611 (3.514 %)Reference Data
611 (3.514 %)Oracle 10g
79 (2.875 %)Oracle 9i
87 (2.236 %)RDBMS
95 (1.597 %)MySQL
95 (1.597 %)BusinessObjects
104 (1.278 %)Oracle Reports
104 (1.278 %)Oracle 8/8i
113 (0.958 %)MS Access
113 (0.958 %)DTS
113 (0.958 %)EDRMS
122 (0.639 %)TOAD
131 (0.319 %)FileMaker
131 (0.319 %)GIS
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (1.917 %)Visual Studio
16 (1.917 %)MSI
25 (1.597 %)Dreamweaver
32 (0.639 %)Flash
41 (0.319 %)QARun
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
184 (26.84 %)Finance
228 (8.946 %)Front Office
324 (7.668 %)Health
415 (4.792 %)Law
415 (4.792 %)Education
514 (4.473 %)Pensions
68 (2.556 %)Banking
77 (2.236 %)Retail
77 (2.236 %)Back Office
77 (2.236 %)Construction
85 (1.597 %)Legal
93 (0.958 %)Investment Banking
93 (0.958 %)Telecoms
93 (0.958 %)Government
93 (0.958 %)Aerospace
102 (0.639 %)Insurance
102 (0.639 %)Local Government
111 (0.319 %)Multimedia
111 (0.319 %)Manufacturing
111 (0.319 %)Games
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (3.834 %)AS400
210 (3.195 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
39 (2.875 %)Fixed Income
46 (1.917 %)Derivative
54 (1.278 %)EPoS
54 (1.278 %)Wiki
63 (0.958 %)LIMS
63 (0.958 %)Client/Server
63 (0.958 %)PDA
72 (0.639 %)Replication
81 (0.319 %)Mainframe
81 (0.319 %)EFT
81 (0.319 %)Thin Client
81 (0.319 %)E-Learning
81 (0.319 %)Interest Rate Derivative
81 (0.319 %)Data Protection Act
81 (0.319 %)Computer Science
81 (0.319 %)French Language
81 (0.319 %)Portuguese Language
81 (0.319 %)Spanish Language
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
184 (26.84 %)UNIX
277 (24.60 %)Windows
336 (11.50 %)Linux
428 (8.946 %)AIX
428 (8.946 %)Windows Server 2003
527 (8.626 %)Solaris
613 (4.153 %)Windows 2000 Server
712 (3.834 %)Windows XP
811 (3.514 %)Red Hat Linux
99 (2.875 %)Windows 2000
102 (0.639 %)Windows Server 2008
111 (0.319 %)Windows Vista
111 (0.319 %)Mac OS X
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
144 (14.06 %)ITIL
228 (8.946 %)Service Management
324 (7.668 %)E-Commerce
413 (4.153 %)ERP
511 (3.514 %)Document Management
511 (3.514 %)Incident Management
610 (3.195 %)Web Development
610 (3.195 %)Workflow
78 (2.556 %)E-business
78 (2.556 %)Release Management
86 (1.917 %)Data Migration
86 (1.917 %)Security Cleared
86 (1.917 %)Migration
86 (1.917 %)Technical Architecture
86 (1.917 %)Supplier Management
95 (1.597 %)Asset Management
95 (1.597 %)Project Management
104 (1.278 %)CRM
104 (1.278 %)Greeks
104 (1.278 %)Investment Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1156 (49.84 %)SQL
240 (12.78 %)Java
339 (12.46 %)C#
437 (11.82 %)VB
525 (7.987 %)C++
623 (7.348 %)VBA
722 (7.029 %)VB.NET
819 (6.070 %)Perl
914 (4.473 %)Transact-SQL
1012 (3.834 %)PHP
1012 (3.834 %)RPG
1111 (3.514 %)JavaScript
1111 (3.514 %)Shell Script
128 (2.556 %)C
128 (2.556 %)PL/SQL
128 (2.556 %)VB6
137 (2.236 %)VBScript
142 (0.639 %)COBOL
151 (0.319 %)JCL
151 (0.319 %)FoxPro (VFP)
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (3.834 %)ITIL Certification
27 (2.236 %)Microsoft Certification
36 (1.917 %)MCSE
36 (1.917 %)Degree
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (4.153 %)SLA
21 (0.319 %)QA
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
18 (2.556 %)Active Directory
24 (1.278 %)ISA Server
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (1.278 %)MOM
14 (1.278 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.319 %)SCCM
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
145 (14.38 %)Oracle
235 (11.18 %)IBM
235 (11.18 %)Microsoft
317 (5.431 %)Reuters
416 (5.112 %)Bloomberg
416 (5.112 %)Citrix
514 (4.473 %)Remedy
611 (3.514 %)JDA
611 (3.514 %)Red Hat
710 (3.195 %)SAP
87 (2.236 %)Lawson
95 (1.597 %)SmartStream
95 (1.597 %)StatPro
95 (1.597 %)Business Objects
104 (1.278 %)Charles River
113 (0.958 %)JD Edwards
113 (0.958 %)Progress
113 (0.958 %)Sybase
122 (0.639 %)Adobe
122 (0.639 %)Baan