Applications Support Jobs in the West Midlands

Application Support
England > West Midlands

The median Application Support salary in the West Midlands is £32,121 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 211 238 222
Rank change year-on-year +27 -16 -75
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 37 36 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.51% 0.54% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.54% 0.60% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 27 35 54
10th Percentile £24,000 £27,750 £25,575
25th Percentile £24,750 £30,500 £33,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,121 £40,000 £39,250
Median % change year-on-year -19.70% +1.91% +20.77%
75th Percentile £45,625 £49,265 £47,500
90th Percentile £50,250 £50,000 £53,908
England median annual salary £47,500 £49,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -4.04% +16.47% -

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 6,802 6,013 6,864
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.05% 90.01% 94.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5,143 3,357 4,774
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,900 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.82%
75th Percentile £63,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% +0.95% +9.09%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in the West Midlands

Applications Support
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Applications Support in the West Midlands

Applications Support
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in the West Midlands

Applications Support
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 Support within the West Midlands region 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
Birmingham +2 19 £43,750 +21.53%
Warwickshire +45 6 £32,121 -35.76%
Coventry +35 5 - - 1
Shropshire +4 5 £24,000 -11.11% 2
Applications Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 West Midlands region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 14 (37.84%) Social Skills
2 13 (35.14%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (35.14%) Customer Service
3 11 (29.73%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (24.32%) SQL
4 9 (24.32%) Microsoft
5 8 (21.62%) ERP
6 6 (16.22%) Oracle
6 6 (16.22%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (16.22%) Finance
6 6 (16.22%) SaaS
6 6 (16.22%) Roadmaps
7 5 (13.51%) Product Roadmap
7 5 (13.51%) Degree
7 5 (13.51%) Legal
7 5 (13.51%) SQL Server
7 5 (13.51%) T-SQL
8 4 (10.81%) Web Services
8 4 (10.81%) IIS
8 4 (10.81%) Unix
8 4 (10.81%) Windows
8 4 (10.81%) Solaris
8 4 (10.81%) Linux
8 4 (10.81%) Apache
8 4 (10.81%) Tomcat
8 4 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (10.81%) Shell Script
8 4 (10.81%) Service Delivery
8 4 (10.81%) Data Security
8 4 (10.81%) NEC

Applications Support 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (10.81%) Apache
1 4 (10.81%) IIS
1 4 (10.81%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 4 (10.81%) NEC Housing
2 2 (5.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (5.41%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (2.70%) Odoo
3 1 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.22%) SaaS
2 4 (10.81%) Power Platform
3 2 (5.41%) IaaS
3 2 (5.41%) PaaS
4 1 (2.70%) Azure
4 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.70%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.51%) SQL Server
2 4 (10.81%) Oracle Database
2 4 (10.81%) Power BI
General
1 14 (37.84%) Social Skills
2 11 (29.73%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (16.22%) Finance
4 5 (13.51%) Legal
5 4 (10.81%) Local Government
5 4 (10.81%) Manufacturing
5 4 (10.81%) Police
5 4 (10.81%) Public Sector
5 4 (10.81%) Retail
6 2 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 6 (16.22%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (10.81%) Public Cloud
2 4 (10.81%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.81%) Linux
1 4 (10.81%) Solaris
1 4 (10.81%) Unix
1 4 (10.81%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (35.14%) Customer Service
1 13 (35.14%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (21.62%) ERP
3 6 (16.22%) Roadmaps
4 5 (13.51%) Product Roadmap
5 4 (10.81%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (10.81%) Data Security
5 4 (10.81%) Network Architecture
5 4 (10.81%) Performance Tuning
5 4 (10.81%) Server Management
5 4 (10.81%) Service Delivery
5 4 (10.81%) Task Automation
6 3 (8.11%) Project Management
7 2 (5.41%) Agile
7 2 (5.41%) CMMI
7 2 (5.41%) CRM
7 2 (5.41%) ITIL
7 2 (5.41%) ITSM
7 2 (5.41%) PRINCE2
7 2 (5.41%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (24.32%) SQL
2 5 (13.51%) T-SQL
3 4 (10.81%) Shell Script
4 1 (2.70%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (13.51%) Degree
2 4 (10.81%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (10.81%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 6 (16.22%) Oracle
3 4 (10.81%) NEC
4 2 (5.41%) Salesforce
4 2 (5.41%) SAP
4 2 (5.41%) ServiceNow