Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support 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 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 currently tracked.

 Application Support
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank107112114
Rank change year-on-year
Up+5Up+2
Matching permanent IT job ads166615593671
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.926 %1.831 %1.804 %
As % of the Job Titles category2.067 %1.954 %1.911 %
Salaries quoted139212072919
Average salary£40,000£38,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.890 %+10.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£24,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£65,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£31,500£30,000£30,000
% change year-on-year
+5.000 %-
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
8061279798192141
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK93.19 %93.74 %94.40 %
Salaries quoted6665865582156878
Average salary£41,500£38,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.790 %-3.750 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,000£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.850 %-

Applications Support
Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

Applications Support Salary Trend

Applications Support
Salary Histogram

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

Applications Support Salary Histogram

Applications Support
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 within the UK 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
EnglandUp+51600£41,500+3.75 %
LondonUp+3954£57,500+15.00 %
City of LondonDown-58237£52,500-8.69 %
South EastDown-42217£32,000-1.53 %
South WestUp+23128£30,000-
East of EnglandUp+2105£27,000-40.00 %
BerkshireDown-998£32,000-
YorkshireNo change065£35,000+34.61 %
WiltshireUp+3659£30,000+3.44 %
North WestUp+1152£27,500-
West YorkshireUp+650£32,500+19.26 %
West MidlandsUp+3345£32,500+35.41 %
SurreyDown-1945£31,750-2.30 %
ScotlandUp+1542£32,500+1.56 %
HertfordshireDown-1041£27,000-43.15 %
CambridgeshireUp+1234£27,500+10.00 %
LeedsUp+734£30,250+21.00 %
BristolUp+333£31,500-30.00 %
East MidlandsDown-130£32,500+1.56 %
ManchesterUp+1427£25,000-33.33 %
OxfordshireUp+727£34,000+17.24 %
CroydonUp+2126£47,500+8.57 %
HampshireUp+922£26,250-23.91 %
EdinburghNo change022£33,750+7.14 %
SloughUp+1621£34,000+13.33 %
WalesUp+1221£27,714+2.64 %
LutonNew entry-21£45,000-
SomersetUp+618£23,250-10.57 %
BracknellUp+318£40,000+14.28 %
Docklands, LondonDown-318£65,000+23.80 %

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

11705 (52.70 %)SQL
21074 (33.20 %)UNIX
31031 (31.87 %)Finance
4772 (23.86 %)SQL Server
5763 (23.59 %)Windows
6710 (21.95 %)Oracle
7699 (21.61 %)Banking
8487 (15.05 %)Front Office
9483 (14.93 %)Java
10466 (14.40 %).NET
11410 (12.67 %)ITIL
11410 (12.67 %)Investment Banking
12368 (11.38 %)Linux
13361 (11.16 %)Derivative
14345 (10.66 %)Microsoft
15336 (10.39 %)C#
16315 (9.737 %)Sybase
17293 (9.057 %)Equities
18292 (9.026 %)Degree
19287 (8.872 %)Perl
20261 (8.068 %)Fixed Income
21255 (7.883 %)XML
22253 (7.821 %)MS Excel
23247 (7.635 %)VB
24208 (6.430 %)HTML
25205 (6.337 %)Solaris
26203 (6.275 %)ASP.NET
27189 (5.842 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
28167 (5.162 %)Shell Script
29155 (4.791 %)VBA

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1466 (14.40 %).NET
2255 (7.883 %)XML
3208 (6.430 %)HTML
4203 (6.275 %)ASP.NET
5124 (3.833 %)ASP
6101 (3.122 %)J2EE
770 (2.164 %)Spring
868 (2.102 %)WebSphere
963 (1.947 %)Web Services
1051 (1.577 %)Middleware
1149 (1.515 %)CSS
1247 (1.453 %)FIX Protocol
1346 (1.422 %)XSLT
1445 (1.391 %)AJAX
1538 (1.175 %).NET Framework
1634 (1.051 %)JSP
1731 (0.958 %)JSF
1731 (0.958 %)Hibernate
1823 (0.711 %)XHTML
1921 (0.649 %)SOAP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1107 (3.308 %)WebLogic
2106 (3.277 %)Apache
3101 (3.122 %)Tomcat
497 (2.998 %)IIS
571 (2.195 %)SharePoint
639 (1.206 %)CMS
724 (0.742 %)WebSphere Application Server
724 (0.742 %)AquaLogic Service Bus
823 (0.711 %)Site Server
922 (0.680 %)MS Exchange
1018 (0.556 %)WebSphere MQ
1116 (0.495 %)ESB
1213 (0.402 %)Rendezvous
1213 (0.402 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1312 (0.371 %)Oracle Workflow
1410 (0.309 %)BizTalk Server
159 (0.278 %)SAS
167 (0.216 %)Lotus Notes
176 (0.185 %)OpenEdge
176 (0.185 %)ColdFusion
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1253 (7.821 %)MS Excel
2102 (3.153 %)MS Office
330 (0.927 %)MS PowerPoint
418 (0.556 %)Spreadsheet
514 (0.433 %)MS Project
63 (0.093 %)MS Visio
72 (0.062 %)DeltaView
81 (0.031 %)MicroStation
81 (0.031 %)ProjectWise
81 (0.031 %)AutoCAD
81 (0.031 %)MATLAB
81 (0.031 %)CA Clarity
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
136 (1.113 %)Oracle Applications
227 (0.835 %)Oracle EBS
316 (0.495 %)Misys Opics
414 (0.433 %)Oracle EBS R12
414 (0.433 %)ION MarketView
513 (0.402 %)Temenos T24
612 (0.371 %)Navision
710 (0.309 %)Oracle Financials
710 (0.309 %)GL Clearvision
89 (0.278 %)Oracle 11i
98 (0.247 %)InvestOne
107 (0.216 %)JDE OneWorld
107 (0.216 %)SAP PS
107 (0.216 %)Summit
116 (0.185 %)ADP Wilco Gloss
116 (0.185 %)SunGard GMI
125 (0.155 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
125 (0.155 %)Oracle iProcurement
125 (0.155 %)RMDS
134 (0.124 %)Academy Housing
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
177 (2.380 %)TCP/IP
275 (2.318 %)Internet
348 (1.484 %)Firewall
429 (0.896 %)WAN
528 (0.866 %)LAN
528 (0.866 %)Intranet
622 (0.680 %)SSL
720 (0.618 %)VPN
720 (0.618 %)FTP
815 (0.464 %)DNS
912 (0.371 %)SAN
1010 (0.309 %)HTTP
117 (0.216 %)VoIP
126 (0.185 %)SNMP
135 (0.155 %)LDAP
144 (0.124 %)SMTP
144 (0.124 %)Extranet
153 (0.093 %)DHCP
162 (0.062 %)ATM
162 (0.062 %)Broadband
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1772 (23.86 %)SQL Server
2133 (4.111 %)Crystal Reports
3131 (4.049 %)SQL Server 2005
4122 (3.771 %)RDBMS
5102 (3.153 %)SQL Server 2000
689 (2.751 %)BusinessObjects
772 (2.226 %)Oracle Reports
871 (2.195 %)MySQL
970 (2.164 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1052 (1.607 %)Oracle 8/8i
1143 (1.329 %)DB2
1235 (1.082 %)Datawarehouse
1334 (1.051 %)SQLPlus
1431 (0.958 %)Oracle 10g
1431 (0.958 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1431 (0.958 %)SQL Server 2008
1530 (0.927 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1624 (0.742 %)MS Access
1716 (0.495 %)DTS
1814 (0.433 %)NonStop SQL
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
131 (0.958 %)ClearCase
227 (0.835 %)Visual Studio
313 (0.402 %)Oracle Forms
411 (0.340 %)VSS/SourceSafe
58 (0.247 %)Eclipse
66 (0.185 %)Oracle APEX
74 (0.124 %)JIRA
74 (0.124 %)Team Foundation Server
83 (0.093 %)StarTeam
92 (0.062 %)WebLOAD
92 (0.062 %)NUnit
92 (0.062 %)Ant
101 (0.031 %)CruiseControl
101 (0.031 %)Subversion
101 (0.031 %)ClearQuest
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11031 (31.87 %)Finance
2699 (21.61 %)Banking
3487 (15.05 %)Front Office
4410 (12.67 %)Investment Banking
5141 (4.359 %)Back Office
6130 (4.019 %)Health
797 (2.998 %)Pensions
892 (2.844 %)Insurance
990 (2.782 %)Education
1083 (2.566 %)Retail
1137 (1.144 %)Government
1236 (1.113 %)Financial Institution
1329 (0.896 %)Law
1428 (0.866 %)Marketing
1526 (0.804 %)Manufacturing
1622 (0.680 %)Legal
1721 (0.649 %)Telecoms
1816 (0.495 %)Pharmaceutical
1914 (0.433 %)Construction
2012 (0.371 %)Games
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1361 (11.16 %)Derivative
2293 (9.057 %)Equities
3261 (8.068 %)Fixed Income
4189 (5.842 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
5120 (3.709 %)Equity Derivative
654 (1.669 %)French Language
748 (1.484 %)Client/Server
842 (1.298 %)Interest Rate Derivative
937 (1.144 %)Credit Derivative
1034 (1.051 %)Computer Science
1133 (1.020 %)Mainframe
1232 (0.989 %)German Language
1328 (0.866 %)Management Information System
1426 (0.804 %)AS400
1524 (0.742 %)Mathematics
1618 (0.556 %)iSeries
1717 (0.526 %)Spanish Language
1816 (0.495 %)NHS
1816 (0.495 %)Clustering
1915 (0.464 %)Credit Risk
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11074 (33.20 %)UNIX
2763 (23.59 %)Windows
3368 (11.38 %)Linux
4205 (6.337 %)Solaris
5105 (3.246 %)Windows Server 2003
668 (2.102 %)Windows XP
735 (1.082 %)Windows 2000
830 (0.927 %)Windows Vista
928 (0.866 %)Windows Server 2008
1023 (0.711 %)Red Hat Linux
1023 (0.711 %)VMS
1119 (0.587 %)AIX
1213 (0.402 %)Windows 2000 Server
137 (0.216 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
137 (0.216 %)HPUX
146 (0.185 %)Windows NT
154 (0.124 %)Windows 7
162 (0.062 %)i5/OS
162 (0.062 %)Ubuntu
162 (0.062 %)Debian
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1410 (12.67 %)ITIL
2153 (4.730 %)Problem Management
3143 (4.420 %)Change Management
4126 (3.895 %)Project Management
5106 (3.277 %)User Acceptance Testing
6103 (3.184 %)Risk Management
7102 (3.153 %)CRM
7102 (3.153 %)ERP
8100 (3.091 %)Service Delivery
8100 (3.091 %)Incident Management
996 (2.968 %)Asset Management
1093 (2.875 %)Electronic Trading
1187 (2.689 %)Investment Management
1187 (2.689 %)Service Management
1279 (2.442 %)Business Analysis
1370 (2.164 %)E-Commerce
1370 (2.164 %)Algorithmic Trading
1456 (1.731 %)Content Management
1549 (1.515 %)Workflow
1549 (1.515 %)OO
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
11705 (52.70 %)SQL
2483 (14.93 %)Java
3336 (10.39 %)C#
4287 (8.872 %)Perl
5247 (7.635 %)VB
6167 (5.162 %)Shell Script
7155 (4.791 %)VBA
8134 (4.142 %)JavaScript
9121 (3.740 %)C++
10112 (3.462 %)PL/SQL
1198 (3.029 %)VB.NET
1297 (2.998 %)T-SQL
1379 (2.442 %)PHP
1475 (2.318 %)VBScript
1559 (1.824 %)VB6
1644 (1.360 %)Python
1743 (1.329 %)C
1840 (1.236 %)Korn
1922 (0.680 %)COBOL
2019 (0.587 %)Bash shell
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1292 (9.026 %)Degree
251 (1.577 %)Microsoft Certification
348 (1.484 %)Security Cleared
434 (1.051 %)ITIL Certification
522 (0.680 %)SC Cleared
621 (0.649 %)MCSE
712 (0.371 %)PRINCE2 Certification
811 (0.340 %)MCP
910 (0.309 %)MCTS
107 (0.216 %)SAP Certification
116 (0.185 %)DV Cleared
125 (0.155 %)Sun Certification
125 (0.155 %)MCSA
125 (0.155 %)Oracle Certification
134 (0.124 %)Cisco Certification
134 (0.124 %)PhD
134 (0.124 %)CCNA
134 (0.124 %)ISEB
143 (0.093 %)MCAD
143 (0.093 %)MCSD
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1132 (4.080 %)SLA
252 (1.607 %)QA
316 (0.495 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
45 (0.155 %)ISO27001
45 (0.155 %)BS7799
45 (0.155 %)ISO17799
54 (0.124 %)Basel II
61 (0.031 %)COBIT
61 (0.031 %)GCP
61 (0.031 %)HL7
61 (0.031 %)ISO/IEC 20000
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
170 (2.164 %)Active Directory
214 (0.433 %)MSMQ
36 (0.185 %)VMware Infrastructure
45 (0.155 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
53 (0.093 %)Terminal Server
53 (0.093 %)VMware ESX
53 (0.093 %)Xen
62 (0.062 %)ISA Server
71 (0.031 %)Samba
71 (0.031 %)Oracle RAC
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
144 (1.360 %)AutoSys
219 (0.587 %)Tivoli
315 (0.464 %)CONTROL-M
44 (0.124 %)OpenView
52 (0.062 %)Norton AntiVirus
52 (0.062 %)MSI
52 (0.062 %)OVSD
52 (0.062 %)SCOM
52 (0.062 %)CA Wily
61 (0.031 %)ServiceCenter
61 (0.031 %)SCCM
61 (0.031 %)MIIS
61 (0.031 %)DameWare
61 (0.031 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
61 (0.031 %)MOM
61 (0.031 %)CA SiteMinder
61 (0.031 %)TIBCO Hawk
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1710 (21.95 %)Oracle
2345 (10.66 %)Microsoft
3315 (9.737 %)Sybase
489 (2.751 %)Business Objects
580 (2.473 %)Bloomberg
667 (2.071 %)Remedy
763 (1.947 %)Fidessa
861 (1.886 %)Reuters
952 (1.607 %)Sun
1049 (1.515 %)JBoss
1146 (1.422 %)SAP
1244 (1.360 %)ION Trading
1342 (1.298 %)Charles River
1440 (1.236 %)Cognos
1539 (1.206 %)thinkFolio
1638 (1.175 %)IBM
1732 (0.989 %)Siebel
1831 (0.958 %)Cisco
1929 (0.896 %)JD Edwards
2028 (0.866 %)Sage