The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Applications Support Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support Engineer
Rank 199 185 162
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -23
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Engineer 5 1 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.101% 0.022% 0.244%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.106% 0.023% 0.255%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 9
Average salary £22,500 £22,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.27% -48.23%
UK excluding London average salary £34,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+6.15% +8.33%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4729 4333 3922
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.88% 95.99% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3944 3788 3354
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Applications Support Engineer
England

Applications Support Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Applications Support Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Support Engineer
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Applications Support Engineer Salary Trend

Applications Support Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support Engineer within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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
Birmingham - 4 £22,500 -
Coventry - 1 £30,000 -
Applications Support Engineer
England

Applications Support Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Applications Support Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
1 9 (90.00%) .NET
2 8 (80.00%) SQL
3 5 (50.00%) MS Office
3 5 (50.00%) Visual Studio
3 5 (50.00%) ERP
3 5 (50.00%) MS Exchange
3 5 (50.00%) Manufacturing
3 5 (50.00%) Migration
3 5 (50.00%) Data Analysis
3 5 (50.00%) Data Conversion
4 4 (40.00%) MS Excel
4 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
4 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET
5 3 (30.00%) ASP
5 3 (30.00%) C#
6 2 (20.00%) VB.NET
6 2 (20.00%) Delphi
6 2 (20.00%) DHTML
6 2 (20.00%) Java
6 2 (20.00%) Web Services
6 2 (20.00%) XML
7 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
7 1 (10.00%) Open Text
7 1 (10.00%) MCTS
7 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (10.00%) Degree
7 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
7 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
7 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services

Applications Support Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Applications Support Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (90.00%) .NET
2 4 (40.00%) ASP.NET
3 3 (30.00%) ASP
4 2 (20.00%) Web Services
4 2 (20.00%) XML
4 2 (20.00%) DHTML
Application Platforms
1 5 (50.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (10.00%) IIS
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (50.00%) MS Office
2 4 (40.00%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle 8/8i
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 5 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (10.00%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Data Conversion
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) ERP
1 5 (50.00%) Migration
1 5 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (10.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) SQL
2 3 (30.00%) C#
3 2 (20.00%) Delphi
3 2 (20.00%) Java
3 2 (20.00%) VB.NET
4 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (10.00%) MCTS
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 9 (90.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Open Text
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle