Applications Specialist Jobs in England

Application Specialist
UK > England

The median Application Specialist salary in England is £48,250 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 729 803 1008
Rank change year-on-year +74 +205 -230
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Specialist 107 123 144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.13% 0.15% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 91 108 108
10th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £35,589
25th Percentile £37,790 £37,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,250 £47,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.58% -17.39% +16.16%
75th Percentile £60,125 £60,000 £80,625
90th Percentile £75,500 £98,000 £97,375
UK median annual salary £48,250 £47,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.66% -18.26% +21.05%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 80,478 82,732 127,934
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,133 52,417 75,087
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,725 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Applications Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Applications Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Specialist in England

Applications Specialist
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Specialist in England.

Salary trend for Applications Specialist in England

Applications Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Specialist in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Specialist in England

Applications Specialist
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 7 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +111 41 £65,000 +15.56% 12
North of England +53 23 £35,579 -12.69% 3
South East +26 20 £53,750 +13.16% 9
Yorkshire +88 14 £35,579 -12.15% 1
East of England +14 11 £47,500 +6.66% 5
Midlands -8 10 £47,500 -5.00% 4
North West +16 8 £38,500 -30.00% 1
West Midlands +15 8 £47,500 -5.00% 4
South West -29 4 £50,000 -60.00% 5
East Midlands -19 2 £45,750 +11.59%
North East -3 1 £40,000 - 1
Applications Specialist
UK

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Applications Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Applications Specialist in the job title.

1 35 (32.71%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (23.36%) Microsoft
3 22 (20.56%) Power Platform
4 21 (19.63%) Social Skills
4 21 (19.63%) SQL
5 17 (15.89%) Finance
6 16 (14.95%) Windows
7 15 (14.02%) SQL Server
8 14 (13.08%) SharePoint
8 14 (13.08%) ERP
8 14 (13.08%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (12.15%) DevOps
10 12 (11.21%) Analytical Skills
10 12 (11.21%) Linux
10 12 (11.21%) Manufacturing
11 11 (10.28%) Agile
11 11 (10.28%) Banking
11 11 (10.28%) Asset Management
11 11 (10.28%) ITIL
11 11 (10.28%) Project Management
11 11 (10.28%) Azure
12 10 (9.35%) Driving Licence
12 10 (9.35%) Power BI
12 10 (9.35%) Business Intelligence
13 9 (8.41%) CRM
13 9 (8.41%) Root Cause Analysis
14 8 (7.48%) Customer Service
14 8 (7.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 8 (7.48%) SaaS
14 8 (7.48%) Retail

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (13.08%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.67%) JBoss
3 4 (3.74%) Confluence
4 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.93%) Apache
5 1 (0.93%) IIS
5 1 (0.93%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (4.67%) Magento
1 5 (4.67%) Temenos T24
2 4 (3.74%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.93%) iTrent
3 1 (0.93%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.93%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (20.56%) Power Platform
2 14 (13.08%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (10.28%) Azure
4 8 (7.48%) SaaS
5 7 (6.54%) PowerApps
6 4 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.80%) AWS
7 3 (2.80%) Azure AKS
7 3 (2.80%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (2.80%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.80%) IaaS
7 3 (2.80%) PaaS
7 3 (2.80%) Power Automate
8 2 (1.87%) GCP
8 2 (1.87%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.93%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.93%) Datadog
9 1 (0.93%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.74%) 5G
1 4 (3.74%) FTP
2 3 (2.80%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (14.02%) SQL Server
2 10 (9.35%) Power BI
3 4 (3.74%) Crystal Reports
3 4 (3.74%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.80%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (2.80%) QlikView
4 3 (2.80%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.87%) DataStage
5 2 (1.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.93%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (3.74%) JIRA
2 2 (1.87%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.93%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.93%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (19.63%) Social Skills
2 17 (15.89%) Finance
3 12 (11.21%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (11.21%) Manufacturing
4 11 (10.28%) Banking
5 8 (7.48%) Games
5 8 (7.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (7.48%) Retail
6 6 (5.61%) Law
6 6 (5.61%) Marketing
7 5 (4.67%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (3.74%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (3.74%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.80%) Advertising
9 3 (2.80%) Automotive
9 3 (2.80%) Legal
10 2 (1.87%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.87%) Local Government
11 1 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.93%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.54%) EDI
2 6 (5.61%) .NET
3 5 (4.67%) REST
3 5 (4.67%) Web Services
4 1 (0.93%) DAO
4 1 (0.93%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.35%) Driving Licence
2 5 (4.67%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.67%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.74%) CMDB
3 4 (3.74%) EFT
3 4 (3.74%) Market Risk
3 4 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.87%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.87%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.87%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.87%) SystemC
5 1 (0.93%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 16 (14.95%) Windows
2 12 (11.21%) Linux
3 7 (6.54%) Unix
4 5 (4.67%) AIX
5 2 (1.87%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (32.71%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (13.08%) ERP
3 13 (12.15%) DevOps
4 11 (10.28%) Agile
4 11 (10.28%) Asset Management
4 11 (10.28%) ITIL
4 11 (10.28%) Project Management
5 10 (9.35%) Business Intelligence
6 9 (8.41%) CRM
6 9 (8.41%) Root Cause Analysis
7 8 (7.48%) Customer Service
8 7 (6.54%) Software Asset Management
9 6 (5.61%) Artificial Intelligence
9 6 (5.61%) Decision-Making
9 6 (5.61%) Problem Management
9 6 (5.61%) Risk Management
9 6 (5.61%) SDLC
9 6 (5.61%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (5.61%) Test Automation
10 5 (4.67%) Data Conversion
Programming Languages
1 21 (19.63%) SQL
2 7 (6.54%) C#
3 5 (4.67%) Java
4 4 (3.74%) Python
5 2 (1.87%) Bash
5 2 (1.87%) C
5 2 (1.87%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.93%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 7 (6.54%) Degree
2 4 (3.74%) CIPD
3 2 (1.87%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (1.87%) Master's Degree
3 2 (1.87%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (0.93%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.54%) GDPR
2 5 (4.67%) SLA
3 3 (2.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.87%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.93%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (0.93%) Shibboleth
1 1 (0.93%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 4 (3.74%) Grafana
2 3 (2.80%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.80%) Terraform
3 2 (1.87%) Packer
Vendors
1 25 (23.36%) Microsoft
2 6 (5.61%) ServiceNow
3 5 (4.67%) Oracle
3 5 (4.67%) Temenos
4 4 (3.74%) Epicor
4 4 (3.74%) Google
4 4 (3.74%) Splunk
5 3 (2.80%) Cognos
5 3 (2.80%) Snow
6 2 (1.87%) Guidewire
6 2 (1.87%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.93%) CA
7 1 (0.93%) Citrix
7 1 (0.93%) Murex
7 1 (0.93%) Sage
7 1 (0.93%) SAP