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The table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support Specialist role in IT jobs within the West Midlands region 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Application Support Specialist
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank218214
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads121
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.009 %
As % of the category below0.013 %0.249 %
Salaries quoted115
Average minimum salary£31,787£25,800
Average salary£31,787£28,900
% change on same period last year+9.98 %
Average maximum salary£31,787£32,000
UK excluding London average salary£36,864£32,203
% change on same period last year+14.47 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads74358441
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled4.304 %3.632 %
Salaries quoted63407266
Average minimum salary£33,147£33,399
Average salary£36,157£36,208
% change on same period last year-0.14 %
Average maximum salary£39,167£39,017
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Applications Support Specialist EnglandApplications Support Specialist
England

Applications Support Specialist
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Applications Support Specialist Salary Trend

Applications Support Specialist
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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 10 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
StaffordshireNew entry-1£31,787-
Applications Support Specialist EnglandApplications Support Specialist
England

Applications Support Specialist
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

11 (50.00 %)AS400
11 (50.00 %)Movex
11 (50.00 %)Finance
11 (50.00 %)Software Testing
11 (50.00 %)C
11 (50.00 %)C++
11 (50.00 %)COBOL
11 (50.00 %)Java
11 (50.00 %)RPG
11 (50.00 %)VB.NET
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)J2EE
11 (50.00 %)SAP
11 (50.00 %)OOP
11 (50.00 %)OO
11 (50.00 %)BPCS
11 (50.00 %)ERP
11 (50.00 %)JD Edwards

Applications Support Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (50.00 %).NET
11 (50.00 %)J2EE
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (50.00 %)BPCS
11 (50.00 %)Movex
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Finance
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (50.00 %)AS400
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)OOP
11 (50.00 %)OO
11 (50.00 %)ERP
11 (50.00 %)Software Testing
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)C
11 (50.00 %)C++
11 (50.00 %)COBOL
11 (50.00 %)Java
11 (50.00 %)RPG
11 (50.00 %)VB.NET
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)SAP
11 (50.00 %)JD Edwards