Applications Support Specialist Jobs in the East of England

Application Support Specialist
England > East of England

The median Application Support Specialist salary in the East of England is £44,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 169 221 224
Rank change year-on-year +52 +3 +44
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Specialist 15 6 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.44% 0.098% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.48% 0.10% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 14 6 7
10th Percentile £27,750 £46,875 -
25th Percentile £31,188 £47,500 £43,015
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £52,500 £44,535
Median % change year-on-year -16.19% +17.89% -1.70%
75th Percentile £45,000 £55,000 £46,054
90th Percentile £47,625 - £46,432
England median annual salary £44,000 £47,875 £46,000
% change year-on-year -8.09% +4.08% -20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 3,119 5,748 4,385
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 93.95% 84.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,556 4,388 2,194
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,809 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +10.00%
75th Percentile £66,100 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Applications Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support Specialist in the East of England

Applications Support Specialist
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Support Specialist in the East of England.

Salary trend for Applications Support Specialist in the East of England

Applications Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support Specialist in the East of England over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Support Specialist in the East of England

Applications Support Specialist
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support Specialist within the East of England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. 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
Hertfordshire +33 10 £44,000 -16.19%
Cambridgeshire - 4 £28,500 -
Suffolk - 1 - -
Applications Support Specialist
England

Applications Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Applications Support 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 East of England region featuring Applications Support Specialist in the job title.

1 10 (66.67%) Azure
2 9 (60.00%) SQL Server
3 8 (53.33%) IIS
3 8 (53.33%) GIS
3 8 (53.33%) Finance
4 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
4 7 (46.67%) Windows
4 7 (46.67%) Windows Server
4 7 (46.67%) Project Delivery
4 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
5 6 (40.00%) Advertising
5 6 (40.00%) Asset Management
5 6 (40.00%) Project Planning
6 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (26.67%) Data Management
6 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
6 4 (26.67%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
8 2 (13.33%) ERP
8 2 (13.33%) Service Delivery
8 2 (13.33%) ITSM
8 2 (13.33%) Service Management
8 2 (13.33%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (13.33%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (13.33%) IaaS
8 2 (13.33%) PaaS
8 2 (13.33%) IT Strategy
8 2 (13.33%) Oracle
8 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
9 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation

Applications Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 8 (53.33%) IIS
2 3 (20.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Dynamics AX
1 2 (13.33%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 10 (66.67%) Azure
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (13.33%) IaaS
3 2 (13.33%) PaaS
4 1 (6.67%) Entra ID
4 1 (6.67%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (53.33%) GIS
General
1 8 (53.33%) Finance
2 7 (46.67%) Social Skills
3 6 (40.00%) Advertising
4 4 (26.67%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) .NET
1 1 (6.67%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (46.67%) Windows
1 7 (46.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) Project Delivery
2 6 (40.00%) Asset Management
2 6 (40.00%) Project Planning
3 4 (26.67%) Data Management
4 2 (13.33%) ERP
4 2 (13.33%) IT Strategy
4 2 (13.33%) ITSM
4 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (13.33%) Service Delivery
4 2 (13.33%) Service Management
5 1 (6.67%) Computer Science
5 1 (6.67%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (6.67%) Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (6.67%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (6.67%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) C#
1 1 (6.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (6.67%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (6.67%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle