Applications Support Job Trends in the City of London

Application Support
Central London > City of London

The median Application Support salary in the City of London is £72,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 126 130
Rank change year-on-year +30 +4 +58
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 35 41 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.66% 1.51% 1.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.77% 1.64% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 27 27 34
10th Percentile £70,750 - £36,250
25th Percentile £71,250 £41,250 £48,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £52,500 £58,750
Median % change year-on-year +38.10% -10.64% +10.85%
75th Percentile £82,500 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £84,250 £68,500 £91,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £51,250 £51,000
% change year-on-year +41.46% +0.49% -2.86%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 1,978 2,500 2,707
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.01% 92.22% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,496 1,655 2,429
10th Percentile £40,000 £42,600 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £112,500 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -0.68% -2.67%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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 the City of London.

Applications Support job vacancy trend in the City of London

Applications Support
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in the City of London

Applications Support
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in the City of London

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 1 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 City of London region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 23 (65.71%) SQL
2 15 (42.86%) SQL Server
3 14 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 13 (37.14%) ITIL
5 12 (34.29%) Batch Processing
5 12 (34.29%) Guidewire
5 12 (34.29%) Problem-Solving
5 12 (34.29%) Service Management
6 9 (25.71%) Intapp
7 8 (22.86%) Power BI
7 8 (22.86%) Power Platform
8 7 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (20.00%) Elite 3E
9 6 (17.14%) Practice Management
9 6 (17.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 5 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (14.29%) Relational Database
10 5 (14.29%) Roadmaps
11 4 (11.43%) AI
11 4 (11.43%) Azure
11 4 (11.43%) Data Science
11 4 (11.43%) Grafana
11 4 (11.43%) Machine Learning
11 4 (11.43%) Task Automation
12 3 (8.57%) .NET
12 3 (8.57%) Analytics
12 3 (8.57%) API Management
12 3 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
12 3 (8.57%) Azure Event Grid
12 3 (8.57%) Azure Functions

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (20.00%) Elite 3E
2 1 (2.86%) Endur
2 1 (2.86%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.86%) Power Platform
2 4 (11.43%) Azure
3 3 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (8.57%) Azure Event Grid
3 3 (8.57%) Azure Functions
3 3 (8.57%) Azure Monitor
3 3 (8.57%) Azure Storage
3 3 (8.57%) Serverless
4 2 (5.71%) Intacct
5 1 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (2.86%) Workato
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 8 (22.86%) Power BI
3 6 (17.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 5 (14.29%) Relational Database
5 3 (8.57%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 22 (62.86%) Social Skills
2 13 (37.14%) Finance
3 5 (14.29%) Law
4 4 (11.43%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (8.57%) Legal
6 2 (5.71%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Back Office
7 1 (2.86%) Billing
7 1 (2.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.57%) .NET
1 3 (8.57%) WPF
2 1 (2.86%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.57%) Windows
2 1 (2.86%) Linux
2 1 (2.86%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (37.14%) ITIL
2 12 (34.29%) Batch Processing
2 12 (34.29%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (34.29%) Service Management
3 7 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (17.14%) Practice Management
5 5 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (14.29%) Roadmaps
6 4 (11.43%) AI
6 4 (11.43%) Data Science
6 4 (11.43%) Machine Learning
6 4 (11.43%) Task Automation
7 3 (8.57%) Analytics
7 3 (8.57%) DevOps
7 3 (8.57%) Incident Management
7 3 (8.57%) Microservices
7 3 (8.57%) Migration
7 3 (8.57%) Problem Management
7 3 (8.57%) Runbook
7 3 (8.57%) Storage Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (65.71%) SQL
2 3 (8.57%) C#
3 2 (5.71%) Python
4 1 (2.86%) Bash
4 1 (2.86%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.86%) ACCA
1 1 (2.86%) CIMA
1 1 (2.86%) Degree
Systems Management
1 4 (11.43%) Grafana
2 3 (8.57%) Kibana
Vendors
1 14 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 12 (34.29%) Guidewire
3 9 (25.71%) Intapp
4 2 (5.71%) Concur
4 2 (5.71%) Sage
5 1 (2.86%) Aderant
5 1 (2.86%) Atlassian
5 1 (2.86%) SAP