Applications Support Jobs in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Support 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 in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support
Rank 133 105 132
Rank change year-on-year
-28 +27
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 70 77 40
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.397% 1.706% 0.979%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.458% 1.777% 1.021%
Number of salaries quoted 58 76 39
Average salary £27,000 £30,750 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.19% +11.81%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,750 £42,500 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,000 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-1.53% +8.33%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 4801 4333 3917
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.83% 95.99% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 4003 3790 3340
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
England

Applications Support
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Applications Support Salary Trend

Applications Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Support across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands Applications Support Salary Histogram

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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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
Coventry +8 30 £27,000 -36.47%
Warwickshire -3 21 £27,000 -
Birmingham -15 20 £37,500 +2.73%
Sutton Coldfield - 10 £27,000 -
Solihull -14 3 £27,000 +8.00%
Wolverhampton -1 2 £22,500 -35.71%
Worcestershire -6 1 £35,000 +16.66%
Staffordshire -9 1 £40,000 +64.94%
West Bromwich - 1 £27,500 -
Applications Support
England

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

1 110 (53.40%) SQL
2 68 (33.01%) SQL Server
3 56 (27.18%) .NET
4 53 (25.73%) Windows
5 51 (24.76%) UNIX
6 49 (23.79%) ITIL
7 43 (20.87%) Oracle
8 41 (19.90%) C#
8 41 (19.90%) HTML
8 41 (19.90%) Linux
9 37 (17.96%) Java
9 37 (17.96%) Degree
10 30 (14.56%) Microsoft
11 26 (12.62%) ASP.NET
12 24 (11.65%) Finance
13 23 (11.17%) Internet
13 23 (11.17%) .NET Framework
14 22 (10.68%) MS Excel
15 21 (10.19%) SharePoint
15 21 (10.19%) EPoS
16 19 (9.223%) JavaScript
16 19 (9.223%) Business Analysis
17 18 (8.738%) Perl
17 18 (8.738%) SLA
18 17 (8.252%) Oracle 8/8i
18 17 (8.252%) SaaS
19 16 (7.767%) Computer Science
19 16 (7.767%) SQL Server Integration Services
20 15 (7.282%) SQL Server 2008
20 15 (7.282%) SharePoint 2010

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 56 (27.18%) .NET
2 41 (19.90%) HTML
3 26 (12.62%) ASP.NET
4 23 (11.17%) .NET Framework
5 13 (6.311%) ASP.NET MVC 2
5 13 (6.311%) ASP.NET MVC
6 9 (4.369%) XML
6 9 (4.369%) ASP
7 8 (3.883%) Web Services
8 6 (2.913%) ODBC
9 5 (2.427%) CSS
10 3 (1.456%) WebSphere
10 3 (1.456%) DHTML
10 3 (1.456%) Middleware
11 2 (0.971%) J2EE
11 2 (0.971%) JDBC
11 2 (0.971%) XSL
11 2 (0.971%) EDI
11 2 (0.971%) XHTML
11 2 (0.971%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 21 (10.19%) SharePoint
2 15 (7.282%) SharePoint 2010
3 10 (4.854%) IIS
4 5 (2.427%) MS Exchange
5 4 (1.942%) Lotus Notes
6 3 (1.456%) CMS
7 2 (0.971%) BizTalk Server
7 2 (0.971%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.485%) WebLogic
Applications
1 22 (10.68%) MS Excel
2 10 (4.854%) MS Office
3 6 (2.913%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.485%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.485%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.971%) Agresso
1 2 (0.971%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (0.971%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.485%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.485%) Dynamics NAV
2 1 (0.485%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 23 (11.17%) Internet
2 4 (1.942%) SSL
2 4 (1.942%) SSH
3 3 (1.456%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (33.01%) SQL Server
2 17 (8.252%) Oracle 8/8i
3 16 (7.767%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 15 (7.282%) SQL Server 2008
5 14 (6.796%) Oracle 10g
6 9 (4.369%) NoSQL
7 4 (1.942%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (1.942%) SQL Server 2005
8 2 (0.971%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.971%) DB2
8 2 (0.971%) Oracle 11g
9 1 (0.485%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 1 (0.485%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.485%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.485%) MS Access
9 1 (0.485%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.485%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (2.427%) Visual Studio
2 2 (0.971%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.485%) Subversion
3 1 (0.485%) CruiseControl
3 1 (0.485%) NUnit
3 1 (0.485%) Oracle APEX
General
1 24 (11.65%) Finance
2 13 (6.311%) Retail
3 11 (5.340%) Back Office
4 7 (3.398%) Manufacturing
5 4 (1.942%) Banking
6 3 (1.456%) Investment Banking
6 3 (1.456%) Automotive
7 2 (0.971%) Marketing
8 1 (0.485%) Billing
8 1 (0.485%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 21 (10.19%) EPoS
2 17 (8.252%) SaaS
3 16 (7.767%) Computer Science
4 6 (2.913%) N-Tier
5 5 (2.427%) Learning Management System
5 5 (2.427%) Data Conversion
5 5 (2.427%) E-Learning
6 3 (1.456%) Statistics
6 3 (1.456%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.971%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.971%) Fixed Income
7 2 (0.971%) Equities
7 2 (0.971%) Derivative
8 1 (0.485%) SWIFT
8 1 (0.485%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.485%) Informatics
8 1 (0.485%) Life Science
8 1 (0.485%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 53 (25.73%) Windows
2 51 (24.76%) UNIX
3 41 (19.90%) Linux
4 6 (2.913%) Solaris
5 5 (2.427%) Windows NT
5 5 (2.427%) MVS
6 4 (1.942%) SUSE
6 4 (1.942%) AIX
7 1 (0.485%) Windows Mobile
7 1 (0.485%) Windows Phone 8
7 1 (0.485%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.485%) Android
7 1 (0.485%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.485%) Windows Phone
7 1 (0.485%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (23.79%) ITIL
2 19 (9.223%) Business Analysis
3 10 (4.854%) Migration
3 10 (4.854%) Project Management
3 10 (4.854%) ERP
4 9 (4.369%) CRM
5 7 (3.398%) Load Balancing
6 6 (2.913%) Service Delivery
6 6 (2.913%) Change Management
6 6 (2.913%) Time Management
6 6 (2.913%) Data Analysis
6 6 (2.913%) Software Testing
7 5 (2.427%) Requirements Management
7 5 (2.427%) Problem Management
8 4 (1.942%) Data Modelling
8 4 (1.942%) Use Case
8 4 (1.942%) Analytics
8 4 (1.942%) Content Management
8 4 (1.942%) Statistical Analysis
9 3 (1.456%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 110 (53.40%) SQL
2 41 (19.90%) C#
3 37 (17.96%) Java
4 19 (9.223%) JavaScript
5 18 (8.738%) Perl
6 15 (7.282%) PHP
7 10 (4.854%) Python
8 9 (4.369%) VB
9 8 (3.883%) VB.NET
10 7 (3.398%) T-SQL
11 5 (2.427%) C++
12 4 (1.942%) PL/SQL
13 3 (1.456%) Korn
13 3 (1.456%) Bash shell
13 3 (1.456%) PowerShell
13 3 (1.456%) Delphi
14 2 (0.971%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.971%) VC++
14 2 (0.971%) VB6
15 1 (0.485%) C
Qualifications
1 37 (17.96%) Degree
2 6 (2.913%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (0.971%) HND
4 1 (0.485%) MCTS
4 1 (0.485%) HNC
4 1 (0.485%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.738%) SLA
2 9 (4.369%) PCI DSS
3 1 (0.485%) QA
System Software
1 6 (2.913%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.971%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.942%) Control-M
Vendors
1 43 (20.87%) Oracle
2 30 (14.56%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.913%) Citrix
4 5 (2.427%) Sage
5 4 (1.942%) VMware
5 4 (1.942%) Lotus
6 3 (1.456%) Northgate
7 2 (0.971%) McAfee
7 2 (0.971%) Sophos
7 2 (0.971%) IBM
7 2 (0.971%) Sun
7 2 (0.971%) JBoss
8 1 (0.485%) Civica
8 1 (0.485%) Sencha
8 1 (0.485%) Business Objects
8 1 (0.485%) SAP
8 1 (0.485%) Open Text
Application Support Analyst - Urgent - Server, SQL, Oracle, IIS
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
The Application Support Analyst will have a skillset of: SQL Server Oracle IIS Apache This is an excellent opportunity to further your career, get great training and get...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Applications Support Analyst
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
You will be responsible for: " Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of the bespoke Application products in order to support customers " Act as a customer advocate to Product...
ARM -INTERNATIONAL
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum + health, pension, dental
Posted: 17 May 2013
Application Support Manager
Birmingham, West Midlands
Knowledge of Oracle, SQL, Unix, Linux, Perl Scripting and Sun Solaris are beneficial but not essential as is a background in bespoke application support... In this role, you...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + + bonus + benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Application Engineer Support Unix Oracle Sybase Investment Bank
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
From a technical perspective, candidates will need strong experience working with Unix/Solaris, Oracle and Sybase. Any skills with scripting (Shell or Perl/Python) would be extremely beneficial,...
Aston Carter
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus & Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Junior Marketing & Application Support, Solihull £18-23k
Solihull, West Midlands
Responsibilities* Regularly update the company website* Increase web presence, daily blogs, social media etc* Contribute to the vision, strategy & innovation of the company website* Provide 1st line application...
greywood
Salary: £18000 - £23000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
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