Applications Specialist Jobs in the West Midlands

Application Specialist
England > West Midlands

The median Application Specialist salary in the West Midlands is £47,500 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 244 258 276
Rank change year-on-year +14 +18 -48
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Specialist 8 10 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.11% 0.15% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.17% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8 7 7
10th Percentile £30,000 £46,750 £50,800
25th Percentile £31,125 - £51,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -50.00% +124.72%
75th Percentile £48,750 £50,313 -
90th Percentile £52,125 £52,375 -
England median annual salary £48,250 £47,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.58% -17.39% +15.58%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,829 5,930 6,889
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.10% 90.03% 94.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,164 3,360 4,786
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,991 £37,822
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Applications Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Specialist in the West Midlands

Applications Specialist
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Applications Specialist in the West Midlands

Applications Specialist
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Salary histogram for Applications Specialist in the West Midlands

Applications Specialist
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Specialist within the West 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
Birmingham -5 6 £47,500 -13.64%
Applications Specialist
England

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Applications Specialist 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 West Midlands region featuring Applications Specialist in the job title.

1 4 (50.00%) SQL
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (50.00%) Power BI
1 4 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (50.00%) Power Platform
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Biology
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Microscopy

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Power BI
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) Performance Tuning
1 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (12.50%) Biology
3 1 (12.50%) Business Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) Business Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Microscopy
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (50.00%) SQL