Applications Support Engineer Job Trends in Cardiff

Application Support Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Application Support Engineer salary in Cardiff is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 September 2026.

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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Engineer 7 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.70% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% - -
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £32,900 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - -
75th Percentile £40,250 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £35,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 955 268 606
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.88% 97.45% 97.58%
Number of salaries quoted 691 179 446
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,875
25th Percentile £40,173 £37,170 £37,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £75,000 £79,800
South Wales median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -

Applications Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Applications Support Engineer job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Applications Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support Engineer job vacancies in Cardiff.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support Engineer job vacancies in Cardiff

Applications Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 25 September 2026, Applications Support Engineer 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 Cardiff region featuring Applications Support Engineer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 7 (100.00%) JIRA
1 7 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 7 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 7 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) Collaborative Culture
2 4 (57.14%) Collaborative Engineering
2 4 (57.14%) Git
2 4 (57.14%) PL/SQL
3 3 (42.86%) Coaching
3 3 (42.86%) Task Automation

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

Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 7 (100.00%) JIRA
2 4 (57.14%) Git
General
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Documentation Skills
3 3 (42.86%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 7 (100.00%) Service Delivery
2 4 (57.14%) Collaborative Culture
2 4 (57.14%) Collaborative Engineering
3 3 (42.86%) Coaching
3 3 (42.86%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 7 (100.00%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) PL/SQL