Applications Analyst
UK

The median Applications Analyst salary in the UK is £43,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 884 888 1157
Rank change year-on-year +4 +269 -304
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Analyst 21 85 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.021% 0.082% 0.042%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.023% 0.089% 0.044%
Number of salaries quoted 16 80 56
10th Percentile £29,125 £38,966 £30,985
25th Percentile £32,000 £45,254 £36,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £55,000 £42,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.91% +30.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £54,688
90th Percentile £72,000 £65,000 £66,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,000 £40,188 £39,894
% change year-on-year -20.37% +0.74% -0.27%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 92,813 95,219 148,250
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.52% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,625 59,878 85,347
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Applications Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Analyst in the UK

Applications Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Applications Analyst in the UK

Applications Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Analyst over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Analyst in the UK

Applications Analyst
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
England +52 20 £40,000 -27.27% 4
UK excluding London -14 14 £32,000 -20.37% 3
London +83 7 £60,000 +9.09% 2
Midlands -4 6 £32,000 -20.37%
West Midlands +23 5 £32,000 -20.37%
North of England +31 4 £27,500 -28.10% 1
Work from Home +21 3 £32,000 -41.82% 4
North West +15 2 £27,500 -26.67% 1
South West - 2 £40,000 -
Yorkshire +89 1 - -
South East +18 1 £35,000 -41.67% 2
North East -4 1 £32,000 -
East Midlands -12 1 £40,000 +6.67%
Scotland - 1 £47,500 -

Applications Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, Applications Analyst 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 featuring Applications Analyst in the job title.

1 7 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 7 (33.33%) SQL
1 7 (33.33%) ERP
1 7 (33.33%) Degree
2 5 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (23.81%) Active Directory
2 5 (23.81%) Sage
2 5 (23.81%) Manufacturing
2 5 (23.81%) Power BI
2 5 (23.81%) Power Platform
3 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (19.05%) SharePoint
3 4 (19.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (14.29%) Data Analysis
4 3 (14.29%) Agile
4 3 (14.29%) Retail
4 3 (14.29%) IT Governance
4 3 (14.29%) JIRA
4 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 3 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
4 3 (14.29%) SCCM
4 3 (14.29%) Azure
4 3 (14.29%) Sage 200
4 3 (14.29%) Sage 300 ERP
4 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (14.29%) JavaScript

Applications Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (19.05%) SharePoint
2 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (19.05%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Sage 200
1 3 (14.29%) Sage 300 ERP
2 2 (9.52%) Farmplan
2 2 (9.52%) KEYPrime
3 1 (4.76%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) Power Platform
2 3 (14.29%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (9.52%) AWS
3 2 (9.52%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (9.52%) Azure Monitor
3 2 (9.52%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (9.52%) Entra ID
3 2 (9.52%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (9.52%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.76%) Boomi
4 1 (4.76%) PowerApps
4 1 (4.76%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
4 1 (4.76%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.76%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (23.81%) Power BI
2 4 (19.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
4 1 (4.76%) MySQL
4 1 (4.76%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (4.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 7 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 5 (23.81%) Manufacturing
3 3 (14.29%) Law
3 3 (14.29%) Retail
4 2 (9.52%) Advertising
4 2 (9.52%) Finance
5 1 (4.76%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (14.29%) XML
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Management Information System
2 2 (9.52%) BYOD
2 2 (9.52%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.76%) EPoS
3 1 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Android
1 2 (9.52%) Windows
1 2 (9.52%) Windows 10
1 2 (9.52%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) ERP
2 5 (23.81%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (14.29%) Agile
4 3 (14.29%) Analytical Thinking
4 3 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 3 (14.29%) Conflict Resolution
4 3 (14.29%) Data Analysis
4 3 (14.29%) Feasibility Study
4 3 (14.29%) IT Governance
4 3 (14.29%) ITIL
4 3 (14.29%) Project Management
4 3 (14.29%) Risk Analysis
5 2 (9.52%) B2B
5 2 (9.52%) B2C
5 2 (9.52%) E-Discovery
5 2 (9.52%) Information Security
5 2 (9.52%) Log Analytics
5 2 (9.52%) Multi-Factor Authentication
5 2 (9.52%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) SQL
2 3 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 5 (23.81%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (14.29%) SCCM
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 5 (23.81%) Sage
3 2 (9.52%) Apple
3 2 (9.52%) Xero
4 1 (4.76%) Dell
4 1 (4.76%) iManage
4 1 (4.76%) Intapp
4 1 (4.76%) Oracle
4 1 (4.76%) SAP