The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support role in IT jobs advertised for the Watford 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 18 June 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support
Rank 44 62 71
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +9
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 6 6 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 2.034% 1.729% 0.184%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.135% 1.749% 0.189%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 1
Average salary £40,500 £40,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.25% -27.27%
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +8.33%
All Job Titles
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
281 343 528
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 95.25% 98.85% 97.24%
Number of salaries quoted 213 234 389
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £62,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Applications Support
Hertfordshire

Applications Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Applications Support Salary Trend

Applications Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Support across the Watford region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Watford Applications Support Salary Histogram

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 11 (52.38%) Tomcat
1 11 (52.38%) SQL
2 10 (47.62%) Windows
3 9 (42.86%) SQL Server
4 7 (33.33%) UNIX
4 7 (33.33%) Games
5 6 (28.57%) Firewall
5 6 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
5 6 (28.57%) Linux
5 6 (28.57%) IIS
5 6 (28.57%) MySQL
5 6 (28.57%) Apache
6 5 (23.81%) AIX
6 5 (23.81%) VB
6 5 (23.81%) Advertising
6 5 (23.81%) Disaster Recovery
7 4 (19.05%) Finance
7 4 (19.05%) Degree
7 4 (19.05%) MS Office
7 4 (19.05%) JBoss
7 4 (19.05%) ITIL
7 4 (19.05%) E-Commerce
7 4 (19.05%) VPN
7 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
8 3 (14.29%) MS Excel
8 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
8 3 (14.29%) Java
8 3 (14.29%) .NET
9 2 (9.524%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (9.524%) Backup Exec

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 3 (14.29%) .NET
2 2 (9.524%) WebSphere
3 1 (4.762%) HTML
3 1 (4.762%) J2EE
3 1 (4.762%) EJB
3 1 (4.762%) CSS
3 1 (4.762%) JSP
3 1 (4.762%) Web Services
3 1 (4.762%) XML
3 1 (4.762%) Middleware
3 1 (4.762%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 11 (52.38%) Tomcat
2 6 (28.57%) IIS
2 6 (28.57%) Apache
3 2 (9.524%) MS Exchange
3 2 (9.524%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (4.762%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) MS Office
2 3 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (28.57%) Firewall
2 4 (19.05%) VPN
3 2 (9.524%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (9.524%) LAN
3 2 (9.524%) VoIP
3 2 (9.524%) TCP/IP
4 1 (4.762%) WLAN
4 1 (4.762%) WAN
4 1 (4.762%) DHCP
4 1 (4.762%) HTTP
4 1 (4.762%) NAS
4 1 (4.762%) DNS
4 1 (4.762%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 6 (28.57%) MySQL
3 2 (9.524%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (4.762%) DB2
General
1 7 (33.33%) Games
2 5 (23.81%) Advertising
3 4 (19.05%) Finance
4 1 (4.762%) Legal
4 1 (4.762%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (4.762%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.524%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.762%) NHS
2 1 (4.762%) E-Learning
2 1 (4.762%) Web 2.0
Operating Systems
1 10 (47.62%) Windows
2 7 (33.33%) UNIX
3 6 (28.57%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (28.57%) Linux
4 5 (23.81%) AIX
5 2 (9.524%) Windows Server 2003
5 2 (9.524%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (23.81%) Disaster Recovery
2 4 (19.05%) ITIL
2 4 (19.05%) E-Commerce
3 1 (4.762%) MVC
3 1 (4.762%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (52.38%) SQL
2 5 (23.81%) VB
3 3 (14.29%) Java
4 2 (9.524%) VB.NET
5 1 (4.762%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Degree
2 2 (9.524%) MCP
2 2 (9.524%) MCSE
2 2 (9.524%) MCSA
2 2 (9.524%) CCNA
2 2 (9.524%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (9.524%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.524%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (19.05%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.524%) Terminal Server
2 2 (9.524%) Terminal Services
3 1 (4.762%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (9.524%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) JBoss
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 2 (9.524%) Cisco
3 2 (9.524%) IBM
3 2 (9.524%) Citrix
3 2 (9.524%) Avaya
3 2 (9.524%) Symantec
3 2 (9.524%) Oracle
3 2 (9.524%) Altiris
4 1 (4.762%) VMware
4 1 (4.762%) HP