Applications Support Job Trends in Berkshire

Application Support
South East > Berkshire

The median Application Support salary in Berkshire is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 105 100
Rank change year-on-year -2 -5 +47
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 17 20 41
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.87% 1.21% 1.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% 1.46% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 12 15 25
10th Percentile - £32,000 -
25th Percentile £39,625 £39,063 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +17.65% +25.18%
75th Percentile £63,750 - £46,250
90th Percentile £75,000 - £56,525
South East median annual salary £41,250 £32,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +26.92% -23.53% +13.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Berkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Berkshire. 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 Berkshire with a recognized job title 1,805 1,372 1,965
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 82.75% 94.11%
Number of salaries quoted 908 710 1,440
10th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,125 £95,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £56,509 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.52% +7.64% -4.55%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Applications Support job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Applications Support
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in Berkshire.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in Berkshire

Applications Support
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in Berkshire over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in Berkshire

Applications Support
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 11 January 2026. 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
Slough -20 8 £75,000 +120.59% 3
Reading +28 5 £41,250 - 2
Bracknell +21 4 £60,000 +20.00% 1
Applications Support
South East

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire

For the 6 months to 11 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 Berkshire region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 5 (29.41%) Change Management
1 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (29.41%) Data Analysis
1 5 (29.41%) Incident Management
1 5 (29.41%) JD Edwards
1 5 (29.41%) JDE EnterpriseOne
1 5 (29.41%) Oracle
1 5 (29.41%) Problem Management
1 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (29.41%) Project Delivery
1 5 (29.41%) QA
1 5 (29.41%) SLA
1 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 5 (29.41%) Task Automation
1 5 (29.41%) Validation
2 4 (23.53%) SaaS
3 3 (17.65%) Azure
3 3 (17.65%) BigCommerce
3 3 (17.65%) Collaborative Culture
3 3 (17.65%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (17.65%) EDI
3 3 (17.65%) Fintech
3 3 (17.65%) Oracle Assets
3 3 (17.65%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (17.65%) Oracle Receivables
3 3 (17.65%) SQL
4 2 (11.76%) Analytics
4 2 (11.76%) Boomi
4 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (11.76%) Dell

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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:

Business Applications
1 5 (29.41%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 3 (17.65%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (17.65%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (17.65%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) SaaS
2 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 3 (17.65%) BigCommerce
2 3 (17.65%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (11.76%) Boomi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Qlik Sense
General
1 5 (29.41%) Finance
1 5 (29.41%) Manufacturing
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) FMCG
1 3 (17.65%) Mobile App
2 2 (11.76%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (29.41%) Change Management
1 5 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
1 5 (29.41%) Data Analysis
1 5 (29.41%) Incident Management
1 5 (29.41%) Problem Management
1 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (29.41%) Project Delivery
1 5 (29.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 5 (29.41%) Task Automation
1 5 (29.41%) Validation
2 3 (17.65%) Collaborative Culture
2 3 (17.65%) Fintech
3 2 (11.76%) Analytics
3 2 (11.76%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (11.76%) Release Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) QA
1 5 (29.41%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (29.41%) JD Edwards
1 5 (29.41%) Oracle
2 2 (11.76%) Dell
2 2 (11.76%) IBM