Applications Support Job Trends in Bedford

Application Support
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The median Application Support salary in Bedford is £34,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedford 0.93% - 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% - 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £33,250 - £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 - £31,000
75th Percentile £35,750 - £32,500
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median annual salary £34,500 - £37,500

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Bedford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bedford. 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 Bedford with a recognized job title 81 55 102
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 75.00% 96.49% 99.03%
Number of salaries quoted 67 44 87
10th Percentile £33,700 £37,500 £21,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £25,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -27.27%
75th Percentile £80,000 £53,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £55,700 £61,250
Bedfordshire median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £49,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +1.01% -10.00%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Applications Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Bedford.

Applications Support job vacancy trend in Bedford

Applications Support
Salary Trend in Bedford

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in Bedford.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in Bedford

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 14 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford

For the 6 months to 28 January 2026, Applications Support job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Bedford region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Intelligent Automation
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) SLA
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Intelligent Automation
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Service Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) SLA