Applications Support Jobs in the North West

Application Support
England > North West

The median Application Support salary in the North West is £45,000 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 217 229 225
Rank change year-on-year +12 -4 -36
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 73 73 117
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.75% 0.92% 1.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.79% 1.03% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 48 61 94
10th Percentile £31,100 £26,750 £28,125
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,000 £34,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £38,787 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.02% -3.03% +14.29%
75th Percentile £47,813 £57,500 £43,750
90th Percentile £50,000 £67,500 £47,500
England median annual salary £47,500 £48,390 £42,500
% change year-on-year -1.84% +13.86% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 North West with a recognized job title 9,192 7,102 9,035
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.19% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,069 4,115 5,476
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,625
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,800 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in the North West

Applications Support
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Applications Support in the North West

Applications Support
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Applications Support in the North West

Applications Support
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the North West 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
Manchester +36 46 £45,000 -18.18% 3
Cheshire -4 16 £40,000 +2.56% 1
Merseyside -4 6 £48,500 +24.70% 2
Lancashire -10 3 £50,000 - 4
Cumbria -17 2 £45,000 +28.57% 1
Applications Support
England

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

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 North West region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 27 (36.99%) Finance
2 26 (35.62%) Social Skills
3 24 (32.88%) Problem-Solving
4 17 (23.29%) User Acceptance Testing
4 17 (23.29%) SQL
4 17 (23.29%) Customer Service
5 16 (21.92%) ERP
6 14 (19.18%) Marketing
6 14 (19.18%) Dynamics 365
7 11 (15.07%) Data Migration
7 11 (15.07%) Degree
7 11 (15.07%) ITIL
7 11 (15.07%) T-SQL
7 11 (15.07%) Migration
8 9 (12.33%) Service Delivery
8 9 (12.33%) Microsoft
8 9 (12.33%) Decision-Making
8 9 (12.33%) Analytical Skills
9 7 (9.59%) Analytical Thinking
9 7 (9.59%) Root Cause Analysis
10 6 (8.22%) ServiceNow
10 6 (8.22%) Product Management
10 6 (8.22%) Release Management
11 5 (6.85%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (6.85%) Guidewire
11 5 (6.85%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (6.85%) NEC Housing
11 5 (6.85%) NEC
11 5 (6.85%) Eclipse
11 5 (6.85%) Windows

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 4 (5.48%) Apache
1 4 (5.48%) IIS
1 4 (5.48%) Tomcat
2 2 (2.74%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (6.85%) NEC Housing
2 3 (4.11%) Infor SunSystems
2 3 (4.11%) iTrent
3 2 (2.74%) Epicor Tropos
4 1 (1.37%) Aareon QL
4 1 (1.37%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (1.37%) MIS ActiveH
4 1 (1.37%) OPENHousing
4 1 (1.37%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 14 (19.18%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (6.85%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (5.48%) Azure
4 2 (2.74%) AWS
4 2 (2.74%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.37%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.48%) Oracle Database
1 4 (5.48%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.11%) BusinessObjects
3 2 (2.74%) Power BI
3 2 (2.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (6.85%) Eclipse
General
1 27 (36.99%) Finance
2 26 (35.62%) Social Skills
3 14 (19.18%) Marketing
4 9 (12.33%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (5.48%) Local Government
5 4 (5.48%) Police
5 4 (5.48%) Public Sector
6 3 (4.11%) Back Office
6 3 (4.11%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.74%) Law
7 2 (2.74%) Legal
7 2 (2.74%) Retail
8 1 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.37%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.48%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.48%) Public Cloud
2 3 (4.11%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.74%) CCTV
3 2 (2.74%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.37%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.37%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (6.85%) Windows
2 4 (5.48%) Linux
2 4 (5.48%) Solaris
2 4 (5.48%) Unix
3 1 (1.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (32.88%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (23.29%) Customer Service
2 17 (23.29%) User Acceptance Testing
3 16 (21.92%) ERP
4 11 (15.07%) Data Migration
4 11 (15.07%) ITIL
4 11 (15.07%) Migration
5 9 (12.33%) Decision-Making
5 9 (12.33%) Service Delivery
6 7 (9.59%) Analytical Thinking
6 7 (9.59%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (8.22%) Product Management
7 6 (8.22%) Release Management
8 5 (6.85%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (5.48%) Application Security
9 4 (5.48%) Computer Science
9 4 (5.48%) Data Security
9 4 (5.48%) Network Architecture
9 4 (5.48%) Server Management
9 4 (5.48%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 17 (23.29%) SQL
2 11 (15.07%) T-SQL
3 4 (5.48%) Shell Script
4 2 (2.74%) C#
4 2 (2.74%) VB
Qualifications
1 11 (15.07%) Degree
2 4 (5.48%) Security Cleared
3 3 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.37%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.48%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.11%) SLA
3 1 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.37%) GDPR
3 1 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 1 (1.37%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (12.33%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.22%) ServiceNow
3 5 (6.85%) Guidewire
3 5 (6.85%) NEC
4 4 (5.48%) Oracle
5 3 (4.11%) Infor
5 3 (4.11%) SAP
6 2 (2.74%) Epicor
7 1 (1.37%) Aareon
7 1 (1.37%) Capita
7 1 (1.37%) Civica
7 1 (1.37%) iManage