The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Warwickshire 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 24 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 advertised for the Warwickshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support
Rank 60 52 55
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +3
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 16 30 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warwickshire 2.067% 3.807% 1.830%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.148% 4.021% 1.887%
Number of salaries quoted 14 30 11
Average salary £27,000 £27,250 £21,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.91% +26.74%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
All Job Titles
Warwickshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
745 746 583
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Warwickshire 96.25% 94.67% 97.00%
Number of salaries quoted 645 673 532
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Applications Support
West Midlands

Applications Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Warwickshire Applications Support Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Support
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Applications Support across the Warwickshire region.

Warwickshire Applications Support Salary Trend

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 Warwickshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Rugby -1 8 £27,000 -
Warwick -3 3 £24,000 -12.72%
Leamington Spa -5 2 £23,500 -21.66%
Applications Support
West Midlands

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warwickshire 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.

1 39 (52.00%) SQL
2 29 (38.67%) Degree
3 26 (34.67%) HTML
4 24 (32.00%) SQL Server
5 20 (26.67%) EPoS
6 17 (22.67%) JavaScript
6 17 (22.67%) SaaS
7 12 (16.00%) Internet
7 12 (16.00%) Retail
8 11 (14.67%) Windows
9 10 (13.33%) Back Office
9 10 (13.33%) Computer Science
9 10 (13.33%) Business Analysis
10 9 (12.00%) PCI DSS
10 9 (12.00%) UNIX
11 8 (10.67%) Java
11 8 (10.67%) C#
12 7 (9.333%) Load Balancing
12 7 (9.333%) ITIL
13 6 (8.000%) IIS
13 6 (8.000%) Finance
14 5 (6.667%) Change Management
14 5 (6.667%) E-Learning
14 5 (6.667%) Software Testing
14 5 (6.667%) Requirements Management
14 5 (6.667%) Time Management
14 5 (6.667%) Learning Management System
14 5 (6.667%) Sage
14 5 (6.667%) Linux
15 4 (5.333%) Lotus Notes

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Warwickshire 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.

Application Development
1 26 (34.67%) HTML
2 4 (5.333%) Web Services
2 4 (5.333%) ASP
3 3 (4.000%) .NET
3 3 (4.000%) CSS
3 3 (4.000%) ODBC
4 2 (2.667%) XML
4 2 (2.667%) JDBC
4 2 (2.667%) ASP.NET
4 2 (2.667%) XHTML
4 2 (2.667%) EDI
5 1 (1.333%) WebSphere
5 1 (1.333%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 6 (8.000%) IIS
2 4 (5.333%) Lotus Notes
2 4 (5.333%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.000%) CMS
4 2 (2.667%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (1.333%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (4.000%) Spreadsheet
1 3 (4.000%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.667%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (2.667%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 12 (16.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (32.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.333%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (2.667%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (2.667%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.667%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 2 (2.667%) Oracle Forms
General
1 12 (16.00%) Retail
2 10 (13.33%) Back Office
3 6 (8.000%) Finance
4 2 (2.667%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.333%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 20 (26.67%) EPoS
2 17 (22.67%) SaaS
3 10 (13.33%) Computer Science
4 5 (6.667%) E-Learning
4 5 (6.667%) Learning Management System
5 3 (4.000%) Statistics
6 1 (1.333%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 11 (14.67%) Windows
2 9 (12.00%) UNIX
3 5 (6.667%) Linux
4 3 (4.000%) Windows NT
4 3 (4.000%) MVS
5 1 (1.333%) Windows 7
5 1 (1.333%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (13.33%) Business Analysis
2 7 (9.333%) Load Balancing
2 7 (9.333%) ITIL
3 5 (6.667%) Change Management
3 5 (6.667%) Software Testing
3 5 (6.667%) Requirements Management
3 5 (6.667%) Time Management
4 4 (5.333%) Statistical Analysis
5 3 (4.000%) Content Management
5 3 (4.000%) Analytics
6 2 (2.667%) UML
6 2 (2.667%) ERP
6 2 (2.667%) Data Modelling
6 2 (2.667%) Change Control
6 2 (2.667%) Use Case
7 1 (1.333%) Systems Analysis
7 1 (1.333%) Web Development
7 1 (1.333%) Risk Analysis
7 1 (1.333%) Service Management
7 1 (1.333%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 39 (52.00%) SQL
2 17 (22.67%) JavaScript
3 8 (10.67%) Java
3 8 (10.67%) C#
4 4 (5.333%) VB
4 4 (5.333%) C++
4 4 (5.333%) PHP
5 2 (2.667%) VC++
5 2 (2.667%) VB.NET
5 2 (2.667%) PL/SQL
5 2 (2.667%) Perl
5 2 (2.667%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.667%) Bash shell
5 2 (2.667%) Korn
Qualifications
1 29 (38.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (12.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 3 (4.000%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.667%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 5 (6.667%) Sage
2 4 (5.333%) Lotus
2 4 (5.333%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.333%) VMware
3 3 (4.000%) Oracle
4 2 (2.667%) Citrix
4 2 (2.667%) McAfee
4 2 (2.667%) Sophos