Applications Support Jobs in the South West

Application Support
England > South West

The median Application Support salary in the South West is £43,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 254 228 244
Rank change year-on-year -26 +16 -7
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 37 50 67
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.41% 0.71% 0.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.42% 0.79% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 32 36 55
10th Percentile £26,625 £24,323 £22,700
25th Percentile £30,500 £27,500 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.85% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £36,250 £47,500
90th Percentile - £46,250 £54,930
England median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year - +11.76% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 8,760 6,334 7,632
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.12% 89.34% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6,432 3,910 5,108
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,918 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.69% +3.84% +11.11%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.84% +0.95% +9.09%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in the South West

Applications Support
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Applications Support in the South West

Applications Support
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in the South West over the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in the South West

Applications Support
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 24 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
Devon -3 10 £35,500 +40.19% 1
Bristol +7 6 £36,250 +9.85% 9
Somerset +6 6 £27,500 -5.17% 1
Wiltshire -11 6 £55,000 +69.23% 1
Gloucestershire -26 3 £55,000 +57.14% 1
Dorset - 2 £55,000 -
Applications Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 24 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 South West region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 17 (45.95%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (40.54%) Microsoft
3 13 (35.14%) SQL
4 9 (24.32%) ITIL
5 7 (18.92%) Windows
5 7 (18.92%) Finance
5 7 (18.92%) Social Skills
6 6 (16.22%) Marketing
6 6 (16.22%) CRM
6 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Office
7 5 (13.51%) Active Directory
8 4 (10.81%) Azure
8 4 (10.81%) Confluence
8 4 (10.81%) Windows Server
8 4 (10.81%) JIRA
9 3 (8.11%) VPN
9 3 (8.11%) SQL Server
9 3 (8.11%) T-SQL
9 3 (8.11%) Degree
9 3 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (5.41%) Entra ID
10 2 (5.41%) Apple iOS
10 2 (5.41%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (5.41%) Customer Requirements
10 2 (5.41%) Hardware Maintenance
10 2 (5.41%) Power Automate
10 2 (5.41%) Customer Service
10 2 (5.41%) Windows 10
10 2 (5.41%) C#
10 2 (5.41%) JavaScript

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 (10.81%) Confluence
2 2 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 4 (10.81%) Azure
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (5.41%) Entra ID
3 2 (5.41%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.70%) AWS
4 1 (2.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.11%) VPN
2 1 (2.70%) LAN
2 1 (2.70%) WAN
2 1 (2.70%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.70%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) JIRA
General
1 7 (18.92%) Finance
1 7 (18.92%) Social Skills
2 6 (16.22%) Marketing
3 2 (5.41%) Legal
4 1 (2.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Games
4 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (2.70%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (2.70%) Retail
4 1 (2.70%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.41%) .NET
2 1 (2.70%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.41%) iPhone
2 1 (2.70%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 7 (18.92%) Windows
2 4 (10.81%) Windows Server
3 2 (5.41%) Apple iOS
3 2 (5.41%) Windows 10
3 2 (5.41%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (2.70%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.70%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (45.95%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (24.32%) ITIL
3 6 (16.22%) CRM
4 2 (5.41%) Artificial Intelligence
4 2 (5.41%) Asset Management
4 2 (5.41%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (5.41%) Customer Requirements
4 2 (5.41%) Customer Service
4 2 (5.41%) Hardware Maintenance
4 2 (5.41%) Software Testing
4 2 (5.41%) Test Automation
5 1 (2.70%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (2.70%) Customer-Centricity
5 1 (2.70%) Data Transformation
5 1 (2.70%) Project Delivery
5 1 (2.70%) Release Management
5 1 (2.70%) SDLC
5 1 (2.70%) Technical Analysis
5 1 (2.70%) Time Management
5 1 (2.70%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (35.14%) SQL
2 3 (8.11%) T-SQL
3 2 (5.41%) C#
3 2 (5.41%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.70%) Python
4 1 (2.70%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (8.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.70%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (13.51%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 15 (40.54%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.41%) Apple
3 1 (2.70%) Citrix