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 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 294 362 373
Rank change year-on-year +68 +11 -90
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 811 833 1,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.95% 0.90% 1.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% 0.98% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 640 684 1,115
10th Percentile £27,950 £29,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,188 £33,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £49,750 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.52% +17.06% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £74,500
UK median annual salary £46,344 £49,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.38% +16.47% -

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 80,510 84,770 126,878
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.53% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,250 53,679 75,658
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,626 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,833 £60,775 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.42% +1.29% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,777 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.04% - +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 1 May 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 1 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 +91 350 £62,500 - 75
South East +70 163 £42,500 +7.94% 21
North of England -1 118 £40,000 +6.67% 20
Midlands +46 96 £32,121 -8.23% 16
North West +6 72 £45,000 +15.70% 14
East Midlands +26 59 £32,500 -7.14% 9
East of England +19 46 £47,500 +6.66% 17
Yorkshire +51 37 £35,579 -5.12% 3
West Midlands +27 37 £32,121 -19.34% 6
South West -30 36 £43,500 +33.85% 14
North East -13 9 £37,500 +15.38% 3
Applications Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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.

1 388 (47.84%) SQL
2 246 (30.33%) Finance
3 215 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
4 214 (26.39%) Social Skills
5 182 (22.44%) Microsoft
6 160 (19.73%) ITIL
7 136 (16.77%) Analytical Skills
8 128 (15.78%) Degree
9 126 (15.54%) SQL Server
10 124 (15.29%) Windows
11 113 (13.93%) Linux
12 111 (13.69%) Oracle
13 105 (12.95%) Unix
14 92 (11.34%) Azure
15 90 (11.10%) SLA
16 85 (10.48%) Customer Service
17 82 (10.11%) ERP
18 72 (8.88%) Service Management
19 70 (8.63%) CRM
20 68 (8.38%) Front Office
21 67 (8.26%) Incident Management
22 65 (8.01%) Banking
23 57 (7.03%) Security Cleared
24 56 (6.91%) C#
25 55 (6.78%) T-SQL
25 55 (6.78%) Power Platform
26 54 (6.66%) Dynamics 365
27 51 (6.29%) Agile
28 50 (6.17%) Java
29 49 (6.04%) 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 46 (5.67%) SharePoint
2 37 (4.56%) WebLogic
3 32 (3.95%) IIS
4 23 (2.84%) Microsoft Exchange
5 21 (2.59%) Tomcat
6 15 (1.85%) Oracle Service Bus
7 13 (1.60%) Confluence
8 12 (1.48%) Apache
8 12 (1.48%) CMS
9 7 (0.86%) EPiServer
10 5 (0.62%) JBoss
Applications
1 30 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (2.71%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 48 (5.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 22 (2.71%) NEC Housing
3 16 (1.97%) Fidessa
4 15 (1.85%) Remedy ITSM
5 11 (1.36%) Dynamics GP
5 11 (1.36%) PlanetPress Connect
6 10 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
7 9 (1.11%) thinkFolio
8 8 (0.99%) Dynamics NAV
9 7 (0.86%) Dynamics AX
9 7 (0.86%) Endur
9 7 (0.86%) ION Anvil
10 6 (0.74%) Infor SunSystems
10 6 (0.74%) ION MarketView
10 6 (0.74%) NetSuite
10 6 (0.74%) Oracle Applications
10 6 (0.74%) Temenos T24
11 5 (0.62%) Aladdin
11 5 (0.62%) Magento
12 4 (0.49%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 92 (11.34%) Azure
2 55 (6.78%) Power Platform
3 54 (6.66%) Dynamics 365
4 41 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
5 36 (4.44%) AWS
6 30 (3.70%) SaaS
7 26 (3.21%) Power Automate
8 22 (2.71%) PowerApps
9 12 (1.48%) WhatsApp
10 10 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (1.11%) Azure Monitor
12 8 (0.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 8 (0.99%) Entra ID
13 5 (0.62%) Google Sheets
13 5 (0.62%) IaaS
13 5 (0.62%) PaaS
14 4 (0.49%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (0.49%) SuccessFactors
15 2 (0.25%) Azure Data Factory
15 2 (0.25%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.70%) Firewall
2 24 (2.96%) DNS
3 18 (2.22%) TCP/IP
4 16 (1.97%) DHCP
4 16 (1.97%) FIX Connectivity
5 11 (1.36%) VPN
6 6 (0.74%) Broadband
6 6 (0.74%) Internet
7 5 (0.62%) SAN
7 5 (0.62%) 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
1 126 (15.54%) SQL Server
2 36 (4.44%) Oracle Database
3 33 (4.07%) Power BI
4 24 (2.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 23 (2.84%) Elasticsearch
6 17 (2.10%) MySQL
6 17 (2.10%) Relational Database
7 15 (1.85%) Oracle Database 10g
7 15 (1.85%) Oracle Database 11g
7 15 (1.85%) VLDB
8 14 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (1.48%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (1.11%) Geospatial Data
10 9 (1.11%) GIS
10 9 (1.11%) MS Access
11 7 (0.86%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (0.62%) Crystal Reports
13 4 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.49%) NoSQL
14 3 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 49 (6.04%) JIRA
2 20 (2.47%) Eclipse
3 11 (1.36%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (1.11%) Oracle Forms
5 8 (0.99%) 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 (30.33%) Finance
2 214 (26.39%) Social Skills
3 136 (16.77%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (8.38%) Front Office
5 65 (8.01%) Banking
6 34 (4.19%) Police
7 31 (3.82%) Law
8 29 (3.58%) Marketing
9 27 (3.33%) Manufacturing
10 22 (2.71%) Back Office
10 22 (2.71%) Retail
11 21 (2.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 18 (2.22%) Local Government
13 17 (2.10%) Public Sector
14 16 (1.97%) Legal
15 14 (1.73%) Investment Banking
16 10 (1.23%) Automotive
17 7 (0.86%) Private Banking
18 6 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
19 4 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (4.56%) .NET
2 30 (3.70%) FIX Protocol
3 29 (3.58%) Web Services
4 26 (3.21%) J2EE
5 24 (2.96%) Spring
6 22 (2.71%) Java EE
7 16 (1.97%) REST
8 12 (1.48%) ASP.NET
9 11 (1.36%) SOAP
10 10 (1.23%) JSON
10 10 (1.23%) XML
11 9 (1.11%) EDI
11 9 (1.11%) HTML
12 8 (0.99%) 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%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 20 (2.47%) Enterprise Software
2 18 (2.22%) Onboarding
2 18 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
3 17 (2.10%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 17 (2.10%) Management Information System
3 17 (2.10%) Product Ownership
4 16 (1.97%) Eurex
5 15 (1.85%) Derivative
5 15 (1.85%) Driving Licence
6 12 (1.48%) Equities
6 12 (1.48%) Public Cloud
6 12 (1.48%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 11 (1.36%) CMDB
7 11 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 10 (1.23%) Hedge funds
8 10 (1.23%) Mobile App
9 9 (1.11%) Fixed Income
9 9 (1.11%) Linux Command Line
10 7 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 124 (15.29%) Windows
2 113 (13.93%) Linux
3 105 (12.95%) Unix
4 38 (4.69%) Solaris
5 23 (2.84%) Windows Server
6 16 (1.97%) CentOS
7 11 (1.36%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.99%) 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 (26.51%) Problem-Solving
2 160 (19.73%) ITIL
3 85 (10.48%) Customer Service
4 82 (10.11%) ERP
5 72 (8.88%) Service Management
6 70 (8.63%) CRM
7 67 (8.26%) Incident Management
8 51 (6.29%) Agile
9 44 (5.43%) Actionable Insight
10 43 (5.30%) ITSM
10 43 (5.30%) Release Management
11 38 (4.69%) Business Intelligence
11 38 (4.69%) User Acceptance Testing
12 36 (4.44%) Change Management
12 36 (4.44%) Project Management
12 36 (4.44%) Service Delivery
13 34 (4.19%) Asset Management
14 32 (3.95%) Root Cause Analysis
15 30 (3.70%) DevOps
16 27 (3.33%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 388 (47.84%) SQL
2 56 (6.91%) C#
3 55 (6.78%) T-SQL
4 50 (6.17%) Java
5 46 (5.67%) PowerShell
6 45 (5.55%) PL/SQL
6 45 (5.55%) Python
7 35 (4.32%) Shell Script
8 33 (4.07%) JavaScript
9 20 (2.47%) Bash
10 16 (1.97%) Perl
10 16 (1.97%) Ruby
11 9 (1.11%) C
11 9 (1.11%) VBA
12 7 (0.86%) C++
12 7 (0.86%) XPath
13 5 (0.62%) COBOL
14 2 (0.25%) VB
15 1 (0.12%) PHP
Qualifications
1 128 (15.78%) Degree
2 57 (7.03%) Security Cleared
3 44 (5.43%) SC Cleared
4 14 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.23%) Master's Degree
6 9 (1.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 8 (0.99%) Azure Certification
8 7 (0.86%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
10 5 (0.62%) 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 90 (11.10%) SLA
2 12 (1.48%) Accessibility
3 8 (0.99%) Data Quality
3 8 (0.99%) GDPR
4 4 (0.49%) SOC 1
5 3 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 40 (4.93%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.85%) Oracle RAC
3 6 (0.74%) Docker
4 2 (0.25%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (2.71%) OpenSSO
1 22 (2.71%) Single Sign-On
2 15 (1.85%) Data Guard
2 15 (1.85%) Oracle RMAN
3 9 (1.11%) Terraform
4 7 (0.86%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Clustering
5 5 (0.62%) 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 (22.44%) Microsoft
2 111 (13.69%) Oracle
3 37 (4.56%) Remedy
4 33 (4.07%) ION Trading
5 30 (3.70%) SAP
6 29 (3.58%) ServiceNow
7 24 (2.96%) Bloomberg
8 23 (2.84%) Trayport
9 22 (2.71%) Murex
9 22 (2.71%) NEC
10 20 (2.47%) Sun
11 19 (2.34%) Guidewire
12 18 (2.22%) Civica
13 17 (2.10%) Red Hat
14 16 (1.97%) CQG
14 16 (1.97%) Patsystems
14 16 (1.97%) Reuters
15 14 (1.73%) Salesforce
16 11 (1.36%) Epicor
16 11 (1.36%) Sage