Applications Support Jobs in the City of London

Application Support
Central London > City of London

The median Application Support salary in the City of London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 103 115 159
Rank change year-on-year +12 +44 +30
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 45 65 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 2.18% 1.94% 1.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.34% 2.02% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 42 53 59
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,750 £39,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,750 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +12.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £72,500 £92,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £96,900 -
Central London median annual salary £65,000 £72,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -10.34% +11.54% +18.18%

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 1,922 3,219 4,451
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 95.86% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,471 2,556 3,735
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,125 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.69% -1.67% +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,500 £74,372
% change year-on-year - -2.52% +2.58%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in the City of London

Applications Support
Salary Trend in the City of London

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

Salary trend for Applications Support 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 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in the City of London

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 City of London region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 39 (86.67%) Social Skills
2 33 (73.33%) SQL
3 27 (60.00%) Finance
4 26 (57.78%) SQL Server
5 23 (51.11%) Windows
6 22 (48.89%) .NET
7 20 (44.44%) Microsoft
7 20 (44.44%) Azure
8 16 (35.56%) Legacy Applications
8 16 (35.56%) Customer-Centric Approach
8 16 (35.56%) Customer-Centricity
8 16 (35.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 16 (35.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 16 (35.56%) PL/SQL
8 16 (35.56%) VB.NET
8 16 (35.56%) C#
8 16 (35.56%) DB2
9 15 (33.33%) Mentoring
10 10 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
11 8 (17.78%) CRM
11 8 (17.78%) Banking
12 6 (13.33%) Guidewire
12 6 (13.33%) Fintech
12 6 (13.33%) Linux
12 6 (13.33%) ITIL
13 5 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
13 5 (11.11%) Service Management
13 5 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
13 5 (11.11%) Batch Processing
14 4 (8.89%) Inclusion and Diversity

Applications Support 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 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.22%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (2.22%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 20 (44.44%) Azure
2 4 (8.89%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.44%) Amazon EC2
4 2 (4.44%) Amazon S3
4 2 (4.44%) AWS
4 2 (4.44%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (4.44%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (4.44%) Serverless
5 1 (2.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.22%) Firewall
1 1 (2.22%) SAN
1 1 (2.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (57.78%) SQL Server
2 16 (35.56%) DB2
2 16 (35.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 16 (35.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 5 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (4.44%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (2.22%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Git
1 2 (4.44%) JIRA
General
1 39 (86.67%) Social Skills
2 27 (60.00%) Finance
3 8 (17.78%) Banking
4 5 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (8.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (6.67%) Back Office
6 3 (6.67%) Legal
7 2 (4.44%) Advertising
7 2 (4.44%) Law
8 1 (2.22%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (48.89%) .NET
2 3 (6.67%) .NET Framework
3 2 (4.44%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (2.22%) EDI
4 1 (2.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (35.56%) Legacy Applications
2 3 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (6.67%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (2.22%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.22%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (2.22%) Equities
Operating Systems
1 23 (51.11%) Windows
2 6 (13.33%) Linux
3 4 (8.89%) Unix
4 3 (6.67%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.22%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (35.56%) Customer-Centric Approach
1 16 (35.56%) Customer-Centricity
2 15 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 10 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (17.78%) CRM
5 6 (13.33%) Fintech
5 6 (13.33%) ITIL
6 5 (11.11%) Batch Processing
6 5 (11.11%) Service Management
7 4 (8.89%) Data Integration
7 4 (8.89%) DevOps
7 4 (8.89%) User Acceptance Testing
8 3 (6.67%) Agile
8 3 (6.67%) Case Management
8 3 (6.67%) CI/CD
8 3 (6.67%) Customer Service
8 3 (6.67%) Data Management
8 3 (6.67%) Resource Management
8 3 (6.67%) Scrum
8 3 (6.67%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 33 (73.33%) SQL
2 16 (35.56%) C#
2 16 (35.56%) PL/SQL
2 16 (35.56%) VB.NET
3 3 (6.67%) Java
3 3 (6.67%) Python
3 3 (6.67%) T-SQL
4 2 (4.44%) Bash
4 2 (4.44%) Perl
Qualifications
1 4 (8.89%) Degree
2 2 (4.44%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.44%) SLA
2 1 (2.22%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (4.44%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.44%) Kibana
1 2 (4.44%) logstash
Vendors
1 20 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.33%) Guidewire
3 3 (6.67%) Oracle
3 3 (6.67%) ServiceNow
3 3 (6.67%) Siebel
4 1 (2.22%) Cisco
4 1 (2.22%) Citrix
4 1 (2.22%) HP
4 1 (2.22%) VMware
4 1 (2.22%) WatchGuard