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 18 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
18 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 206 240 212
Rank change year-on-year +34 -28 -67
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 34 43 74
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.48% 0.62% 1.02%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.69% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 28 42 57
10th Percentile £24,000 £27,875 £24,650
25th Percentile £25,125 £30,125 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,121 £41,250 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -22.13% +7.14% +18.46%
75th Percentile £44,063 £49,273 £47,500
90th Percentile £49,875 £50,000 £53,840
England median annual salary £47,500 £46,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year +2.70% +8.82% -

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 6,625 6,222 6,881
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.88% 90.10% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 5,115 3,402 4,852
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,974 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +7.53%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,250 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.37% +0.42% +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 18 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 18 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 +6 15 £43,750 +10.06% 1
Warwickshire +52 6 £32,121 -35.76%
Coventry +38 5 - -
Shropshire +3 5 £24,000 -11.11% 2
Staffordshire -11 1 £32,500 - 2
Applications Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 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 (41.18%) Social Skills
1 14 (41.18%) Customer Service
2 13 (38.24%) Problem-Solving
3 11 (32.35%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (26.47%) SQL
5 8 (23.53%) ERP
6 6 (17.65%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (17.65%) SaaS
6 6 (17.65%) Roadmaps
7 5 (14.71%) Product Roadmap
7 5 (14.71%) T-SQL
7 5 (14.71%) SQL Server
7 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
7 5 (14.71%) Legal
8 4 (11.76%) Manufacturing
8 4 (11.76%) Service Delivery
8 4 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (11.76%) Power Platform
8 4 (11.76%) Power BI
8 4 (11.76%) Retail
8 4 (11.76%) Performance Tuning
9 3 (8.82%) Salesforce
9 3 (8.82%) Project Management
10 2 (5.88%) CRM
10 2 (5.88%) ITSM
10 2 (5.88%) Service Management
10 2 (5.88%) CMMI
10 2 (5.88%) Scrum
10 2 (5.88%) Information Security

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:

Business Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (5.88%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (2.94%) Odoo
2 1 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.65%) SaaS
2 4 (11.76%) Power Platform
3 2 (5.88%) IaaS
3 2 (5.88%) PaaS
4 1 (2.94%) Azure
4 1 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.94%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (14.71%) SQL Server
2 4 (11.76%) Power BI
3 1 (2.94%) Qlik Sense
General
1 14 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 11 (32.35%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (14.71%) Legal
4 4 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 4 (11.76%) Retail
5 2 (5.88%) Finance
5 2 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.65%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (41.18%) Customer Service
2 13 (38.24%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (23.53%) ERP
4 6 (17.65%) Roadmaps
5 5 (14.71%) Product Roadmap
6 4 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
6 4 (11.76%) Performance Tuning
6 4 (11.76%) Service Delivery
7 3 (8.82%) Project Management
8 2 (5.88%) Agile
8 2 (5.88%) CMMI
8 2 (5.88%) CRM
8 2 (5.88%) DevOps
8 2 (5.88%) Information Security
8 2 (5.88%) ITIL
8 2 (5.88%) ITSM
8 2 (5.88%) PRINCE2
8 2 (5.88%) Scaled Agile Framework
8 2 (5.88%) Scrum
8 2 (5.88%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (26.47%) SQL
2 5 (14.71%) T-SQL
3 1 (2.94%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (5.88%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (2.94%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.82%) Salesforce
3 2 (5.88%) Oracle
3 2 (5.88%) SAP
3 2 (5.88%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.94%) IFS
4 1 (2.94%) Talend