Applications Support Job Trends in the East Midlands

Application Support
England > East Midlands

The median Application Support salary in the East Midlands is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 January 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 79 94
Rank change year-on-year -32 +15 +50
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 24 51 23
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.95% 2.29% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 2.39% 1.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23 51 21
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,750 £22,750
25th Percentile £30,750 £31,250 £26,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% +16.67% -13.04%
75th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £35,000
90th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £43,250
England median annual salary £42,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.18% -10.53% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 2,329 2,135 1,737
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.38% 95.83% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,561 949 1,398
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,250 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -3.85%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £59,059
% change year-on-year -8.33% +1.59% -3.97%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Applications Support job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Applications Support
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in the East Midlands

Applications Support
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in the East Midlands

Applications Support
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leicestershire -4 12 £42,500 +30.77%
Lincolnshire -10 7 £30,000 -50.00%
Northamptonshire +7 4 £35,000 -27.08%
Derbyshire -28 1 £54,000 +35.00% 1
Applications Support
England

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 9 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 East Midlands region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 18 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 11 (45.83%) ERP
4 10 (41.67%) CRM
4 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
5 8 (33.33%) VPN
6 7 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (29.17%) Mentoring
6 7 (29.17%) SQL
7 6 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
7 6 (25.00%) C#
7 6 (25.00%) Data Privacy
7 6 (25.00%) E-Commerce
7 6 (25.00%) Logistics
7 6 (25.00%) QA
7 6 (25.00%) Remote Desktop
7 6 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 6 (25.00%) SaaS
8 5 (20.83%) Agile
8 5 (20.83%) Collaborative Culture
8 5 (20.83%) Intacct
8 5 (20.83%) ITIL
8 5 (20.83%) Sage
8 5 (20.83%) Sage 200
9 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
9 4 (16.67%) Client Onboarding
9 4 (16.67%) Computer Science
9 4 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
9 4 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (16.67%) Cybersecurity

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Sage 200
2 4 (16.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (4.17%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 6 (25.00%) SaaS
2 5 (20.83%) Intacct
3 4 (16.67%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 8 (33.33%) VPN
2 6 (25.00%) Remote Desktop
3 4 (16.67%) DHCP
3 4 (16.67%) DNS
3 4 (16.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 16 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 7 (29.17%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (25.00%) Retail
4 5 (20.83%) Manufacturing
Miscellaneous
1 14 (58.33%) Onboarding
2 4 (16.67%) Driving Licence
2 4 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (16.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Mac OS
1 4 (16.67%) Windows
1 4 (16.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (50.00%) Customer Service
3 11 (45.83%) ERP
4 10 (41.67%) CRM
5 7 (29.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (29.17%) Mentoring
6 6 (25.00%) Analytical Thinking
6 6 (25.00%) Data Privacy
6 6 (25.00%) E-Commerce
6 6 (25.00%) Logistics
6 6 (25.00%) Root Cause Analysis
7 5 (20.83%) Agile
7 5 (20.83%) Collaborative Culture
7 5 (20.83%) ITIL
8 4 (16.67%) Client Onboarding
8 4 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
8 4 (16.67%) Incident Management
8 4 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 4 (16.67%) Scrum
8 4 (16.67%) Speech Recognition
Programming Languages
1 7 (29.17%) SQL
2 6 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (4.17%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (16.67%) Degree
1 4 (16.67%) MCP
1 4 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (25.00%) QA
2 4 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (4.17%) GDPR
3 1 (4.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (4.17%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (16.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.83%) Sage
3 1 (4.17%) MuleSoft
3 1 (4.17%) NEC
3 1 (4.17%) Salesforce