Applications Support Jobs in the Midlands

Application Support
England > Midlands

The median Application Support salary in the Midlands is £32,121 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 218 276 234
Rank change year-on-year +58 -42 -55
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 97 56 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.83% 0.59% 1.09%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% 0.66% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 77 53 85
10th Percentile £24,600 £25,525 £24,600
25th Percentile £26,750 £29,500 £27,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,121 £35,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.23% -9.09% +16.67%
75th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £48,000 £50,000 £52,500
England median annual salary £47,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -6.00% +17.65% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 11,039 8,512 10,321
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.29% 89.52% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 8,244 4,768 7,108
10th Percentile £26,075 £28,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in the Midlands

Applications Support
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Applications Support in the Midlands

Applications Support
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in the Midlands over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in the Midlands

Applications Support
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 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
East Midlands +26 60 £31,250 -10.71% 11
West Midlands +18 37 £32,121 -19.34% 8
Applications Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 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 Midlands region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 48 (49.48%) SQL
2 41 (42.27%) Problem-Solving
3 38 (39.18%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (25.77%) Microsoft
5 22 (22.68%) Law
6 21 (21.65%) SLA
7 20 (20.62%) Service Management
8 19 (19.59%) Social Skills
9 18 (18.56%) ITIL
10 17 (17.53%) Customer Service
11 15 (15.46%) User Acceptance Testing
11 15 (15.46%) User Experience
11 15 (15.46%) Customer Requirements
12 13 (13.40%) Azure
12 13 (13.40%) SQL Server
13 12 (12.37%) ERP
14 11 (11.34%) Degree
15 10 (10.31%) Power Platform
16 9 (9.28%) IIS
16 9 (9.28%) Windows
17 8 (8.25%) T-SQL
17 8 (8.25%) SaaS
17 8 (8.25%) Enterprise Software
17 8 (8.25%) Roadmaps
18 7 (7.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 7 (7.22%) Product Roadmap
18 7 (7.22%) CRM
18 7 (7.22%) SharePoint
18 7 (7.22%) Dynamics CRM
19 6 (6.19%) Retail

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 9 (9.28%) IIS
2 7 (7.22%) SharePoint
3 4 (4.12%) Apache
3 4 (4.12%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 7 (7.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (4.12%) NEC Housing
3 2 (2.06%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (2.06%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (2.06%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (1.03%) Odoo
4 1 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (13.40%) Azure
2 10 (10.31%) Power Platform
3 8 (8.25%) SaaS
4 6 (6.19%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (5.15%) Google Sheets
5 5 (5.15%) PowerApps
6 3 (3.09%) AWS
7 2 (2.06%) IaaS
7 2 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.06%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.19%) Broadband
2 5 (5.15%) Firewall
2 5 (5.15%) SAN
2 5 (5.15%) VPN
3 1 (1.03%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (13.40%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.15%) Power BI
3 4 (4.12%) Oracle Database
4 2 (2.06%) MongoDB
4 2 (2.06%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (2.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (2.06%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.03%) Eclipse
General
1 38 (39.18%) Analytical Skills
2 22 (22.68%) Law
3 19 (19.59%) Social Skills
4 7 (7.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (6.19%) Finance
5 6 (6.19%) Manufacturing
5 6 (6.19%) Retail
6 5 (5.15%) Legal
7 4 (4.12%) Local Government
7 4 (4.12%) Police
7 4 (4.12%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.06%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (6.19%) OLE
2 4 (4.12%) Web Services
3 2 (2.06%) EDI
3 2 (2.06%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.25%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (5.15%) Clustering
2 5 (5.15%) Mobile App
3 4 (4.12%) Public Cloud
3 4 (4.12%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.06%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.06%) IoT
4 2 (2.06%) Legacy Code
5 1 (1.03%) CCTV
5 1 (1.03%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.28%) Windows
2 5 (5.15%) Windows Server
3 4 (4.12%) Linux
3 4 (4.12%) Solaris
3 4 (4.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (42.27%) Problem-Solving
2 20 (20.62%) Service Management
3 18 (18.56%) ITIL
4 17 (17.53%) Customer Service
5 15 (15.46%) Customer Requirements
5 15 (15.46%) User Acceptance Testing
5 15 (15.46%) User Experience
6 12 (12.37%) ERP
7 8 (8.25%) Roadmaps
8 7 (7.22%) CRM
8 7 (7.22%) Product Roadmap
9 6 (6.19%) Target Operating Model
10 5 (5.15%) Business Intelligence
10 5 (5.15%) Collaborative Working
10 5 (5.15%) Computer Science
10 5 (5.15%) High Availability
10 5 (5.15%) Mentoring
10 5 (5.15%) Patch Management
10 5 (5.15%) Service Delivery
11 4 (4.12%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 48 (49.48%) SQL
2 8 (8.25%) T-SQL
3 5 (5.15%) C#
4 4 (4.12%) Shell Script
5 3 (3.09%) C++
6 1 (1.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (11.34%) Degree
2 5 (5.15%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (4.12%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.06%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (21.65%) SLA
2 4 (4.12%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (2.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (5.15%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 25 (25.77%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.19%) Oracle
3 5 (5.15%) Google
4 4 (4.12%) NEC
5 3 (3.09%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.06%) SAP
6 2 (2.06%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.03%) Facebook
7 1 (1.03%) Guidewire