Applications Support Jobs in Cardiff

Application Support
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Application Support salary in Cardiff is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
8 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 62 66
Rank change year-on-year +33 +4 +21
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 1 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 0.53% 0.15% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.55% 0.16% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
75th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 -
% change year-on-year -5.26% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 183 630 527
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 97.86% 93.75% 91.18%
Number of salaries quoted 130 549 403
10th Percentile £24,600 £27,157 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,563 £36,750 £39,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £67,070
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £77,250
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £46,244 £45,000
% change year-on-year +8.12% +2.76% -10.00%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Job postings that featured Applications Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in Cardiff

Applications Support
Salary Trend in Cardiff

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Support in Cardiff.

Salary trend for Applications Support in Cardiff

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 8 May 2025, 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 Cardiff region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
3 Applications Support jobs in Wales