Applications Support Jobs with Work from Home Options

Application Support
UK > Work from Home

The median Application Support salary in Work from Home is £48,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 304 322 354
Rank change year-on-year +18 +32 -27
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 341 400 661
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.01% 0.97% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 1.01% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 292 358 556
10th Percentile £32,550 £28,675 £26,625
25th Percentile £39,000 £33,563 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £46,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.43% +8.24% +6.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £71,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 32,448 39,583 66,856
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.97% 95.98% 97.39%
Number of salaries quoted 24,900 28,176 41,784
10th Percentile £33,127 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Applications Support
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Applications Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Applications Support trend for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Support
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Applications Support.

Applications Support salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Support
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Applications Support over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Applications Support salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 10 May 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 177 (51.91%) SQL
2 143 (41.94%) Finance
3 107 (31.38%) Social Skills
4 99 (29.03%) Microsoft
5 80 (23.46%) Windows
6 76 (22.29%) Problem-Solving
7 72 (21.11%) ITIL
8 70 (20.53%) SQL Server
9 65 (19.06%) Degree
10 53 (15.54%) Linux
10 53 (15.54%) Azure
11 48 (14.08%) JIRA
12 47 (13.78%) Oracle
13 46 (13.49%) Analytical Skills
14 45 (13.20%) CRM
15 42 (12.32%) Front Office
16 40 (11.73%) Unix
17 37 (10.85%) Dynamics CRM
18 34 (9.97%) ERP
19 33 (9.68%) ITSM
20 32 (9.38%) Oracle Database
21 31 (9.09%) Security Cleared
22 30 (8.80%) IIS
23 29 (8.50%) T-SQL
23 29 (8.50%) NEC
23 29 (8.50%) Service Management
23 29 (8.50%) Release Management
23 29 (8.50%) Incident Management
23 29 (8.50%) NEC Housing
24 28 (8.21%) Customer Service

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 30 (8.80%) IIS
2 28 (8.21%) Tomcat
3 21 (6.16%) Apache
4 9 (2.64%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.17%) Confluence
6 3 (0.88%) CMS
6 3 (0.88%) EPiServer
7 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.59%) Oracle Service Bus
7 2 (0.59%) WebLogic
Applications
1 8 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.17%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 37 (10.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 29 (8.50%) NEC Housing
3 20 (5.87%) PlanetPress Connect
4 9 (2.64%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (1.17%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.88%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.88%) thinkFolio
7 2 (0.59%) Academy Housing
7 2 (0.59%) BusinessWorks
7 2 (0.59%) ION Anvil
7 2 (0.59%) ION MarketView
7 2 (0.59%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.59%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.59%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.29%) Endur
8 1 (0.29%) Findur
8 1 (0.29%) JDE OneWorld
8 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.29%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 53 (15.54%) Azure
2 24 (7.04%) Dynamics 365
3 22 (6.45%) AWS
4 21 (6.16%) SaaS
5 13 (3.81%) Power Platform
6 10 (2.93%) Power Automate
6 10 (2.93%) WhatsApp
7 7 (2.05%) Azure Monitor
7 7 (2.05%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (1.76%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 5 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.47%) IaaS
9 5 (1.47%) PaaS
10 4 (1.17%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.59%) GCP
12 1 (0.29%) Azure AKS
12 1 (0.29%) Datadog
12 1 (0.29%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.29%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.64%) Firewall
2 8 (2.35%) DNS
3 6 (1.76%) Internet
4 5 (1.47%) SSL
5 4 (1.17%) VPN
6 2 (0.59%) HTTP
6 2 (0.59%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.59%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.29%) LAN
7 1 (0.29%) WAN
7 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (20.53%) SQL Server
2 32 (9.38%) Oracle Database
3 20 (5.87%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (4.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 11 (3.23%) Power BI
6 6 (1.76%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.88%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (0.88%) GIS
8 3 (0.88%) MS Access
8 3 (0.88%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.59%) DataStage
9 2 (0.59%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.59%) MySQL
9 2 (0.59%) Oracle Database 10g
9 2 (0.59%) Oracle Database 11g
9 2 (0.59%) VLDB
10 1 (0.29%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.29%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 48 (14.08%) JIRA
2 20 (5.87%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 8 (2.35%) Eclipse
3 8 (2.35%) GitLab
4 3 (0.88%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.88%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.59%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.59%) Git
6 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.29%) Gradle
6 1 (0.29%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.29%) JUnit
General
1 143 (41.94%) Finance
2 107 (31.38%) Social Skills
3 46 (13.49%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (12.32%) Front Office
5 26 (7.62%) Local Government
6 24 (7.04%) Banking
6 24 (7.04%) Public Sector
7 21 (6.16%) Police
8 16 (4.69%) Back Office
9 11 (3.23%) Marketing
10 8 (2.35%) Investment Banking
11 6 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 6 (1.76%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.76%) Private Banking
12 4 (1.17%) Law
12 4 (1.17%) Retail
13 3 (0.88%) Environmental Health
13 3 (0.88%) Legal
13 3 (0.88%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.62%) Web Services
2 24 (7.04%) .NET
3 11 (3.23%) FIX Protocol
4 8 (2.35%) HTML
4 8 (2.35%) JSON
5 7 (2.05%) XML
6 6 (1.76%) Middleware
7 5 (1.47%) ASP.NET
7 5 (1.47%) CSS
7 5 (1.47%) REST
7 5 (1.47%) SOAP
8 3 (0.88%) Node.js
8 3 (0.88%) XSLT
9 2 (0.59%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (0.59%) J2EE
9 2 (0.59%) React
10 1 (0.29%) Elastic Stack
10 1 (0.29%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 21 (6.16%) Public Cloud
2 14 (4.11%) Onboarding
3 12 (3.52%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 11 (3.23%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.93%) Self-Motivation
6 9 (2.64%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (2.64%) Hedge funds
7 7 (2.05%) CMDB
7 7 (2.05%) Derivative
8 6 (1.76%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.76%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.76%) Social Media
9 5 (1.47%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.47%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.47%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 3 (0.88%) Equities
10 3 (0.88%) Fixed Income
10 3 (0.88%) Legacy Code
10 3 (0.88%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.59%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 80 (23.46%) Windows
2 53 (15.54%) Linux
3 40 (11.73%) Unix
4 23 (6.74%) Solaris
5 13 (3.81%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.88%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.59%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.29%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (22.29%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (21.11%) ITIL
3 45 (13.20%) CRM
4 34 (9.97%) ERP
5 33 (9.68%) ITSM
6 29 (8.50%) Incident Management
6 29 (8.50%) Release Management
6 29 (8.50%) Service Management
7 28 (8.21%) Customer Service
8 27 (7.92%) Agile
9 22 (6.45%) Change Management
10 21 (6.16%) Data Security
10 21 (6.16%) Fintech
10 21 (6.16%) Network Architecture
10 21 (6.16%) Server Management
10 21 (6.16%) Task Automation
11 20 (5.87%) Document Management
12 19 (5.57%) Migration
12 19 (5.57%) PRINCE2
13 15 (4.40%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 177 (51.91%) SQL
2 29 (8.50%) T-SQL
3 23 (6.74%) C#
3 23 (6.74%) PowerShell
4 22 (6.45%) Shell Script
5 19 (5.57%) Python
6 17 (4.99%) Java
7 13 (3.81%) PL/SQL
8 8 (2.35%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.47%) VBA
10 4 (1.17%) Bash
10 4 (1.17%) C++
11 3 (0.88%) XPath
Qualifications
1 65 (19.06%) Degree
2 31 (9.09%) Security Cleared
3 9 (2.64%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 7 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.76%) Azure Certification
7 5 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (1.17%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 4 (1.17%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.59%) ECDL
9 2 (0.59%) MCP
9 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.29%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.16%) Accessibility
1 21 (6.16%) SLA
2 4 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (1.17%) SOC 1
3 2 (0.59%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.59%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.29%) QA
System Software
1 24 (7.04%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.17%) Docker
3 2 (0.59%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.59%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 6 (1.76%) Terraform
2 5 (1.47%) Pingdom
3 4 (1.17%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.17%) SCOM
4 2 (0.59%) Data Guard
4 2 (0.59%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.29%) Kibana
5 1 (0.29%) logstash
Vendors
1 99 (29.03%) Microsoft
2 47 (13.78%) Oracle
3 29 (8.50%) NEC
4 20 (5.87%) FNZ
4 20 (5.87%) ServiceNow
5 17 (4.99%) Murex
6 16 (4.69%) SAP
7 10 (2.93%) ION Trading
8 8 (2.35%) Algorithmics
8 8 (2.35%) IBM
9 6 (1.76%) Guidewire
10 5 (1.47%) Capita
10 5 (1.47%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.47%) SolarWinds
11 4 (1.17%) Google
11 4 (1.17%) Trayport
12 3 (0.88%) Charles River
12 3 (0.88%) Civica
13 2 (0.59%) Remedy
13 2 (0.59%) TIBCO