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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Application Support
Rank 136 147 129
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -18
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 77 69 72
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 1.412% 1.329% 1.424%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.483% 1.373% 1.481%
Number of salaries quoted 64 60 65
Average salary £30,000 £27,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.09% -
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £21,900 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
All Job Titles
Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5193 5027 4862
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Yorkshire 95.20% 96.84% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4117 4176 4119
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% +3.03%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
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 Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire Applications Support Salary Trend

Applications Support
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Applications Support across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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
West Yorkshire +17 63 £30,000 +9.09%
North Yorkshire -11 8 £27,750 -7.50%
South Yorkshire +8 1 £30,000 +33.33%
Applications Support
England

Applications Support
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 148 (78.72%) SQL
2 75 (39.89%) Microsoft
3 73 (38.83%) MS Excel
4 52 (27.66%) .NET
5 51 (27.13%) ITIL
6 46 (24.47%) SQL Server
7 44 (23.40%) Finance
8 41 (21.81%) C#
8 41 (21.81%) Java
8 41 (21.81%) Windows
9 35 (18.62%) CRM
10 34 (18.09%) SAN
11 31 (16.49%) Web Services
12 27 (14.36%) Linux
12 27 (14.36%) Capacity Planning
13 26 (13.83%) Dynamics CRM
14 25 (13.30%) IIS
15 24 (12.77%) T-SQL
16 23 (12.23%) Apache
16 23 (12.23%) SharePoint
17 22 (11.70%) OO
18 21 (11.17%) UNIX
19 20 (10.64%) JavaScript
19 20 (10.64%) C++
19 20 (10.64%) HTML
19 20 (10.64%) VBA
19 20 (10.64%) Service Delivery
20 18 (9.574%) MS Office
20 18 (9.574%) Time Management
20 18 (9.574%) Continuous Improvement

Applications Support
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Yorkshire 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 52 (27.66%) .NET
2 31 (16.49%) Web Services
3 20 (10.64%) HTML
4 17 (9.043%) XML
5 15 (7.979%) COM+
6 13 (6.915%) J2EE
7 12 (6.383%) JSP
8 10 (5.319%) .NET Framework
8 10 (5.319%) Servlets
9 6 (3.191%) ASP
10 4 (2.128%) ASP.NET
10 4 (2.128%) CSS
11 3 (1.596%) WebSphere
12 2 (1.064%) XSD
12 2 (1.064%) ADO
13 1 (0.532%) COM
13 1 (0.532%) XSLT
13 1 (0.532%) SOAP
13 1 (0.532%) WSDL
13 1 (0.532%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 25 (13.30%) IIS
2 23 (12.23%) Apache
2 23 (12.23%) SharePoint
3 6 (3.191%) WebLogic
4 3 (1.596%) Tomcat
4 3 (1.596%) SAS
4 3 (1.596%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (1.064%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (1.064%) Drupal
5 2 (1.064%) CMS
5 2 (1.064%) WebSphere MQ
5 2 (1.064%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (1.064%) MS Exchange
6 1 (0.532%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (0.532%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 73 (38.83%) MS Excel
2 18 (9.574%) MS Office
3 1 (0.532%) MS Project
3 1 (0.532%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 26 (13.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (3.723%) Agresso
2 7 (3.723%) Dynamics AX
3 5 (2.660%) JDE World
4 2 (1.064%) Visualfiles
Communications & Networking
1 34 (18.09%) SAN
2 14 (7.447%) Internet
3 13 (6.915%) LAN
3 13 (6.915%) WAN
4 4 (2.128%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.064%) Firewall
5 2 (1.064%) FTP
5 2 (1.064%) HTTP
6 1 (0.532%) ATM
6 1 (0.532%) VPN
6 1 (0.532%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (24.47%) SQL Server
2 12 (6.383%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 8 (4.255%) Crystal Reports
4 7 (3.723%) SQL Server 2008
5 6 (3.191%) SQL Server 2005
6 5 (2.660%) RDBMS
6 5 (2.660%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 4 (2.128%) DTS
8 3 (1.596%) Oracle 8/8i
8 3 (1.596%) MS Access
8 3 (1.596%) Oracle 10g
8 3 (1.596%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 2 (1.064%) Oracle 11g
9 2 (1.064%) SQL Server 2000
9 2 (1.064%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.532%) MySQL
10 1 (0.532%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (2.128%) JIRA
2 2 (1.064%) Visual Studio
3 1 (0.532%) MSI
General
1 44 (23.40%) Finance
2 3 (1.596%) Legal
3 2 (1.064%) Aerospace
4 1 (0.532%) Manufacturing
4 1 (0.532%) Banking
4 1 (0.532%) Retail
4 1 (0.532%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.383%) Replication
2 6 (3.191%) Client/Server
3 3 (1.596%) Management Information System
3 3 (1.596%) NHS
4 2 (1.064%) Open Source
5 1 (0.532%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 41 (21.81%) Windows
2 27 (14.36%) Linux
3 21 (11.17%) UNIX
4 4 (2.128%) Solaris
5 3 (1.596%) AIX
5 3 (1.596%) Windows Server 2003
5 3 (1.596%) SUSE
6 2 (1.064%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.532%) Windows 2000
7 1 (0.532%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.532%) Debian
7 1 (0.532%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (0.532%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (27.13%) ITIL
2 35 (18.62%) CRM
3 27 (14.36%) Capacity Planning
4 22 (11.70%) OO
5 20 (10.64%) Service Delivery
6 18 (9.574%) Time Management
6 18 (9.574%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (7.979%) Service Management
7 15 (7.979%) Logistics
8 13 (6.915%) Disaster Recovery
9 11 (5.851%) E-Commerce
9 11 (5.851%) Problem Management
10 10 (5.319%) Supplier Management
11 9 (4.787%) SOA
11 9 (4.787%) Load Balancing
11 9 (4.787%) Systems Analysis
12 7 (3.723%) Software Engineering
13 6 (3.191%) Continuous Integration
14 4 (2.128%) Analytics
14 4 (2.128%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 148 (78.72%) SQL
2 41 (21.81%) C#
2 41 (21.81%) Java
3 24 (12.77%) T-SQL
4 20 (10.64%) JavaScript
4 20 (10.64%) C++
4 20 (10.64%) VBA
5 13 (6.915%) PowerShell
6 12 (6.383%) VB.NET
7 5 (2.660%) RPG
8 4 (2.128%) PHP
9 3 (1.596%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.596%) VB
10 2 (1.064%) VB6
10 2 (1.064%) VBScript
10 2 (1.064%) Perl
10 2 (1.064%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (5.319%) Degree
2 8 (4.255%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.128%) SC Cleared
4 2 (1.064%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (1.064%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (1.064%) MCAD
4 2 (1.064%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.447%) SLA
2 4 (2.128%) COBIT
System Software
1 2 (1.064%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.532%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.596%) SCCM
2 2 (1.064%) SCOM
Vendors
1 75 (39.89%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.043%) Oracle
3 6 (3.191%) VMware
4 5 (2.660%) JD Edwards
5 4 (2.128%) Red Hat
6 3 (1.596%) TIBCO
6 3 (1.596%) hybris
7 2 (1.064%) F5
7 2 (1.064%) ArcSight
7 2 (1.064%) CheckPoint
7 2 (1.064%) CA
7 2 (1.064%) NetApp
7 2 (1.064%) Citrix
7 2 (1.064%) Juniper
7 2 (1.064%) Cisco
7 2 (1.064%) IBM
7 2 (1.064%) JBoss
8 1 (0.532%) HP
8 1 (0.532%) Terracotta
Leeds, West Yorkshire
You will be part of a pragmatic Software Support operation utilising SQL and SQL Server / Oracle Databases to provide a high level of software support to clients. You...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
West Yorkshire
This role will involve recording and responding to incident requests from business, clients, suppliers and service teams.This is an opportunity to join a company which is at...
Salary: £25000 - £28000 per annum + benefits + structured career path
Posted: 26 April 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
A varied role, your main responsibilities will include: *Support and Maintenance of complex software applications *Problem resolution *Work with the development teams to improve systems and services *Provide...
Fruition IT Resources Limited
Salary: £28000 - £30000 per annum + oncall, good benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
SQL... Application Support Analyst - Key Skills -Experience supporting either SQL databases or Java Applications is essential -Working with best practice frameworks such as ITIL, COBIT or CMMI -Experience...
Hudson
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
My client a global leader in their field requires an application support analyst who is familiar and comfortable with Java. Building on previous support experience you will be...
set2recruit
Salary: From £0 to £28,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
A basic understanding of classic ASP, VB.net (Frameworks 2.0, 3.0, 3.5,4.0) *A basic understanding of Xml and web based technologies. *A good...
Fruition IT Resources Limited
Posted: 21 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Key Skills Knowledge of SCADA (WINCC) applications and the ability to install and modify or add graphical screens data points or simple animation Some knowledge of SQL Databases (...
greywood
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Key Skills Knowledge of SCADA (WINCC) applications and the ability to install and modify or add graphical screens data points or simple animation. Some knowledge of SQL Databases (...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + bens
Posted: 23 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
My client is looking for an Application Support Consultant with the following background:-University Degree (desirable)-Experience in a Software Support / Application Support role-Knowledge of Java-Knowledge...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing Limited
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Application Support, Technical Support, Support Analyst, Support Engineer, Support Developer, 2nd Line Support, Second Line Support, 3rd Line Support, Third Line Support, Software Support, Java, J2EE, Apache, Tomcat,...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013