Applications Specialist Jobs in the City of London

Application Specialist
Central London > City of London

The median Application Specialist salary in the City of London is £73,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 137 172 225
Rank change year-on-year +35 +53 +53
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Specialist 2 6 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.10% 0.18% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.19% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 4
10th Percentile £70,625 £45,125 £47,625
25th Percentile £71,563 £59,375 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £68,250 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +8.06% +16.17% -30.88%
75th Percentile £76,563 £78,500 £64,688
90th Percentile £77,875 £80,000 £68,625
Central London median annual salary £73,750 £68,250 £58,750
% change year-on-year +8.06% +16.17% -30.88%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,823 3,216 4,309
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 96.11% 96.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,381 2,519 3,594
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £42,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.68% -2.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year - -3.33% +3.45%

Applications Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured Applications Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Specialist in the City of London

Applications Specialist
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Specialist in the City of London.

Salary trend for Applications Specialist in the City of London

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Applications Specialist 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 City of London region featuring Applications Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
2 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Practice Management
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
2 1 (50.00%) Information Security
2 1 (50.00%) Document Management
2 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (50.00%) IT Governance
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) OneDrive
2 1 (50.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (50.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Case Management
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (50.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 1 (50.00%) CRM
1 1 (50.00%) Document Management
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (50.00%) Migration
1 1 (50.00%) Practice Management
1 1 (50.00%) Process Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (50.00%) Python
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Aderant
2 1 (50.00%) iManage