Applications Support Jobs in England

Application Support
UK > England

The median Application Support salary in England is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 291 366 371
Rank change year-on-year +75 +5 -85
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 815 837 1,316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.96% 0.90% 1.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 0.98% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 644 686 1,112
10th Percentile £28,150 £29,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £48,390 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% +13.86% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £88,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £46,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -2.11% +11.76% -

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 80,117 85,349 125,598
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.55% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 59,992 53,990 75,607
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in England

Applications Support
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Applications Support in England

Applications Support
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in England

Applications Support
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 Support within the England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +85 350 £62,500 - 58
South East +85 164 £42,500 +7.94% 11
North of England +14 119 £40,000 +6.67% 17
Midlands +45 96 £32,121 -10.78% 14
North West +12 73 £45,000 +16.02% 11
East Midlands +25 59 £32,500 -7.14% 8
East of England +22 48 £47,500 +15.80% 14
Yorkshire +60 38 £35,579 -5.12% 4
West Midlands +25 37 £32,121 -19.70% 6
South West -13 36 £43,500 +33.85% 13
North East -13 8 £37,500 +15.38% 2
Applications Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Applications Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 391 (47.98%) SQL
2 246 (30.18%) Finance
3 215 (26.38%) Problem-Solving
3 215 (26.38%) Social Skills
4 182 (22.33%) Microsoft
5 160 (19.63%) ITIL
6 136 (16.69%) Analytical Skills
7 128 (15.71%) Degree
8 127 (15.58%) SQL Server
9 125 (15.34%) Windows
10 114 (13.99%) Linux
11 112 (13.74%) Oracle
12 106 (13.01%) Unix
13 93 (11.41%) Azure
14 91 (11.17%) SLA
15 88 (10.80%) Customer Service
16 83 (10.18%) ERP
17 73 (8.96%) Service Management
18 71 (8.71%) CRM
19 67 (8.22%) Incident Management
20 66 (8.10%) Front Office
21 65 (7.98%) Banking
22 57 (6.99%) Security Cleared
23 56 (6.87%) C#
24 55 (6.75%) T-SQL
24 55 (6.75%) Power Platform
25 53 (6.50%) Dynamics 365
26 51 (6.26%) Java
27 50 (6.13%) Agile
27 50 (6.13%) JIRA

Applications Support 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 47 (5.77%) SharePoint
2 37 (4.54%) WebLogic
3 32 (3.93%) IIS
4 23 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 21 (2.58%) Tomcat
6 15 (1.84%) Oracle Service Bus
7 13 (1.60%) Confluence
8 12 (1.47%) Apache
8 12 (1.47%) CMS
9 7 (0.86%) EPiServer
10 5 (0.61%) JBoss
Applications
1 29 (3.56%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (3.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 21 (2.58%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 49 (6.01%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (2.70%) NEC Housing
3 16 (1.96%) Fidessa
4 15 (1.84%) Remedy ITSM
5 12 (1.47%) PlanetPress Connect
6 11 (1.35%) Dynamics GP
7 10 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
8 8 (0.98%) Dynamics NAV
9 7 (0.86%) Dynamics AX
9 7 (0.86%) Endur
9 7 (0.86%) ION Anvil
9 7 (0.86%) thinkFolio
10 6 (0.74%) Infor SunSystems
10 6 (0.74%) ION MarketView
10 6 (0.74%) Oracle Applications
10 6 (0.74%) Temenos T24
11 5 (0.61%) Magento
11 5 (0.61%) NetSuite
12 4 (0.49%) BusinessWorks
12 4 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 93 (11.41%) Azure
2 55 (6.75%) Power Platform
3 53 (6.50%) Dynamics 365
4 41 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
5 36 (4.42%) AWS
6 30 (3.68%) SaaS
7 26 (3.19%) Power Automate
8 22 (2.70%) PowerApps
9 12 (1.47%) WhatsApp
10 10 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (1.10%) Azure Monitor
11 9 (1.10%) Entra ID
12 8 (0.98%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 5 (0.61%) Google Sheets
13 5 (0.61%) IaaS
13 5 (0.61%) PaaS
14 4 (0.49%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (0.49%) SuccessFactors
15 2 (0.25%) Azure Data Factory
15 2 (0.25%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.68%) Firewall
2 24 (2.94%) DNS
3 18 (2.21%) TCP/IP
4 16 (1.96%) DHCP
4 16 (1.96%) FIX Connectivity
5 11 (1.35%) VPN
6 6 (0.74%) Broadband
6 6 (0.74%) Internet
7 5 (0.61%) SAN
7 5 (0.61%) SSL
8 4 (0.49%) 5G
8 4 (0.49%) FTP
8 4 (0.49%) Intranet
9 2 (0.25%) HTTP
9 2 (0.25%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.12%) LAN
10 1 (0.12%) WAN
10 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 127 (15.58%) SQL Server
2 37 (4.54%) Oracle Database
3 33 (4.05%) Power BI
4 24 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 23 (2.82%) Elasticsearch
6 18 (2.21%) MySQL
7 17 (2.09%) Relational Database
8 15 (1.84%) Data Warehouse
8 15 (1.84%) Oracle Database 10g
8 15 (1.84%) Oracle Database 11g
8 15 (1.84%) VLDB
9 12 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (1.10%) Geospatial Data
10 9 (1.10%) GIS
10 9 (1.10%) MS Access
11 7 (0.86%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (0.61%) Crystal Reports
13 4 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.49%) NoSQL
14 3 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 50 (6.13%) JIRA
2 20 (2.45%) Eclipse
3 12 (1.47%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 10 (1.23%) Oracle Forms
5 8 (0.98%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.86%) Git
7 2 (0.25%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.25%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.25%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.12%) GitLab
8 1 (0.12%) Gradle
8 1 (0.12%) JUnit
General
1 246 (30.18%) Finance
2 215 (26.38%) Social Skills
3 136 (16.69%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (8.10%) Front Office
5 65 (7.98%) Banking
6 34 (4.17%) Police
7 32 (3.93%) Law
8 29 (3.56%) Marketing
9 26 (3.19%) Manufacturing
10 22 (2.70%) Back Office
10 22 (2.70%) Retail
11 20 (2.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 18 (2.21%) Local Government
13 17 (2.09%) Legal
13 17 (2.09%) Public Sector
14 14 (1.72%) Investment Banking
15 10 (1.23%) Automotive
16 7 (0.86%) Private Banking
17 6 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
18 5 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (4.54%) .NET
2 31 (3.80%) FIX Protocol
3 29 (3.56%) Web Services
4 26 (3.19%) J2EE
5 24 (2.94%) Spring
6 22 (2.70%) Java EE
7 16 (1.96%) REST
8 12 (1.47%) ASP.NET
9 11 (1.35%) SOAP
10 10 (1.23%) JSON
10 10 (1.23%) XML
11 9 (1.10%) EDI
11 9 (1.10%) HTML
12 8 (0.98%) XSLT
13 7 (0.86%) Middleware
14 6 (0.74%) OLE
15 4 (0.49%) .NET Framework
15 4 (0.49%) ASP.NET MVC
15 4 (0.49%) CSS
16 3 (0.37%) React
Miscellaneous
1 20 (2.45%) Enterprise Software
2 18 (2.21%) Onboarding
2 18 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (2.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 17 (2.09%) Management Information System
3 17 (2.09%) Product Ownership
4 16 (1.96%) Eurex
5 15 (1.84%) Derivative
5 15 (1.84%) Driving Licence
6 12 (1.47%) Equities
6 12 (1.47%) Public Cloud
6 12 (1.47%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 11 (1.35%) CMDB
7 11 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (1.23%) Hedge funds
8 10 (1.23%) Mobile App
9 9 (1.10%) Fixed Income
9 9 (1.10%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 125 (15.34%) Windows
2 114 (13.99%) Linux
3 106 (13.01%) Unix
4 38 (4.66%) Solaris
5 24 (2.94%) Windows Server
6 16 (1.96%) CentOS
7 11 (1.35%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.98%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.74%) AIX
10 4 (0.49%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.25%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.25%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.12%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (26.38%) Problem-Solving
2 160 (19.63%) ITIL
3 88 (10.80%) Customer Service
4 83 (10.18%) ERP
5 73 (8.96%) Service Management
6 71 (8.71%) CRM
7 67 (8.22%) Incident Management
8 50 (6.13%) Agile
9 46 (5.64%) Release Management
10 44 (5.40%) Actionable Insight
10 44 (5.40%) ITSM
11 38 (4.66%) Business Intelligence
11 38 (4.66%) Service Delivery
11 38 (4.66%) User Acceptance Testing
12 36 (4.42%) Change Management
13 35 (4.29%) Project Management
14 33 (4.05%) Asset Management
15 32 (3.93%) Root Cause Analysis
16 30 (3.68%) DevOps
17 27 (3.31%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 391 (47.98%) SQL
2 56 (6.87%) C#
3 55 (6.75%) T-SQL
4 51 (6.26%) Java
5 47 (5.77%) PL/SQL
6 46 (5.64%) PowerShell
7 45 (5.52%) Python
8 35 (4.29%) Shell Script
9 33 (4.05%) JavaScript
10 20 (2.45%) Bash
11 16 (1.96%) Perl
11 16 (1.96%) Ruby
12 9 (1.10%) C
12 9 (1.10%) VBA
13 7 (0.86%) C++
13 7 (0.86%) XPath
14 5 (0.61%) COBOL
15 2 (0.25%) PHP
15 2 (0.25%) VB
Qualifications
1 128 (15.71%) Degree
2 57 (6.99%) Security Cleared
3 44 (5.40%) SC Cleared
4 14 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.23%) Master's Degree
6 9 (1.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 8 (0.98%) Azure Certification
8 7 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
11 4 (0.49%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.49%) CIPD
12 2 (0.25%) ECDL
12 2 (0.25%) MCP
13 1 (0.12%) CTC Cleared
13 1 (0.12%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (11.17%) SLA
2 14 (1.72%) Accessibility
3 8 (0.98%) Data Quality
3 8 (0.98%) GDPR
4 4 (0.49%) SOC 1
5 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.12%) QA
System Software
1 41 (5.03%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.84%) Oracle RAC
3 6 (0.74%) Docker
4 2 (0.25%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (2.70%) OpenSSO
1 22 (2.70%) Single Sign-On
2 15 (1.84%) Data Guard
2 15 (1.84%) Oracle RMAN
3 9 (1.10%) Terraform
4 7 (0.86%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.61%) Microsoft Clustering
5 5 (0.61%) Pingdom
6 4 (0.49%) Control-M
6 4 (0.49%) Grafana
6 4 (0.49%) SCOM
6 4 (0.49%) WhatsUp Gold
7 2 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.12%) Kibana
8 1 (0.12%) logstash
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.12%) Packer
Vendors
1 182 (22.33%) Microsoft
2 112 (13.74%) Oracle
3 37 (4.54%) Remedy
4 33 (4.05%) ION Trading
5 29 (3.56%) SAP
5 29 (3.56%) ServiceNow
6 23 (2.82%) Bloomberg
6 23 (2.82%) Trayport
7 22 (2.70%) Murex
7 22 (2.70%) NEC
8 20 (2.45%) Sun
9 19 (2.33%) Guidewire
10 18 (2.21%) Civica
11 17 (2.09%) Red Hat
12 16 (1.96%) CQG
12 16 (1.96%) Patsystems
12 16 (1.96%) Reuters
13 14 (1.72%) Salesforce
14 12 (1.47%) FNZ
15 10 (1.23%) Sage