Applications Support Jobs in the East of England

Application Support
England > East of England

The median Application Support salary in the East of England is £36,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 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
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 179 194
Rank change year-on-year +80 +15 +57
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 82 46 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 2.46% 0.75% 0.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.61% 0.79% 0.82%
Number of salaries quoted 76 37 19
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,850 £30,400
25th Percentile £28,313 £40,000 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £47,500 £44,535
Median % change year-on-year -23.68% +6.66% +26.14%
75th Percentile £45,000 £50,250 £46,527
90th Percentile £48,750 £52,500 £55,750
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.26% -6.00% +17.65%

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 3,139 5,797 4,378
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.32% 93.95% 84.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,569 4,425 2,194
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,809 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £36,733
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 £63,284 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,800 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.17% -12.83% +1.33%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in the East of England

Applications Support
Salary Trend in the East of England

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

Salary trend for Applications Support in the East of England

Applications Support
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in the East of England over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in the East of England

Applications Support
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 within the East of England region over the 6 months to 17 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 +36 33 £42,500 -12.37% 1
Suffolk +3 30 £36,250 +3.57%
Essex +25 10 £47,500 +20.63%
Cambridgeshire +44 5 £28,500 -20.03% 2
Bedfordshire - 4 £32,500 - 9
Applications Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 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 East of England region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 40 (48.78%) Social Skills
2 36 (43.90%) Finance
3 35 (42.68%) Microsoft
3 35 (42.68%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (41.46%) ERP
5 27 (32.93%) SQL
6 25 (30.49%) Azure
7 24 (29.27%) SQL Server
8 23 (28.05%) Manufacturing
9 21 (25.61%) SharePoint
10 18 (21.95%) Microsoft 365
11 17 (20.73%) Continuous Improvement
12 16 (19.51%) Windows
13 15 (18.29%) IIS
13 15 (18.29%) FTP
14 14 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
15 13 (15.85%) CRM
16 12 (14.63%) HTML
16 12 (14.63%) Degree
16 12 (14.63%) Collaborative Working
17 11 (13.41%) E-Commerce
18 10 (12.20%) Root Cause Analysis
19 9 (10.98%) AWS
19 9 (10.98%) REST
19 9 (10.98%) JSON
19 9 (10.98%) Microsoft Excel
19 9 (10.98%) SOAP
19 9 (10.98%) XML
20 8 (9.76%) ITIL
20 8 (9.76%) Web Services

Applications Support 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 21 (25.61%) SharePoint
2 15 (18.29%) IIS
3 2 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.22%) Alfresco
4 1 (1.22%) Documentum
4 1 (1.22%) Tomcat
Applications
1 9 (10.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (6.10%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (3.66%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (3.66%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 25 (30.49%) Azure
2 18 (21.95%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (10.98%) AWS
4 7 (8.54%) Power Platform
5 3 (3.66%) Amazon ECS
5 3 (3.66%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (3.66%) OneDrive
5 3 (3.66%) Serverless
6 2 (2.44%) IaaS
6 2 (2.44%) PaaS
7 1 (1.22%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.22%) GCP
7 1 (1.22%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (18.29%) FTP
2 1 (1.22%) HTTP
2 1 (1.22%) Internet
2 1 (1.22%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (29.27%) SQL Server
2 8 (9.76%) GIS
2 8 (9.76%) MySQL
3 7 (8.54%) Power BI
4 1 (1.22%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (8.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 5 (6.10%) JIRA
3 1 (1.22%) Log4j
General
1 40 (48.78%) Social Skills
2 36 (43.90%) Finance
3 23 (28.05%) Manufacturing
4 14 (17.07%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (8.54%) Local Government
6 6 (7.32%) Advertising
7 5 (6.10%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.66%) Retail
9 1 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (14.63%) HTML
2 9 (10.98%) JSON
2 9 (10.98%) REST
2 9 (10.98%) SOAP
2 9 (10.98%) XML
3 8 (9.76%) Web Services
4 4 (4.88%) .NET
5 1 (1.22%) Apache Camel
5 1 (1.22%) Django
5 1 (1.22%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (1.22%) OAuth
5 1 (1.22%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.10%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (4.88%) Mobile App
3 3 (3.66%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.22%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (19.51%) Windows
2 7 (8.54%) Windows 10
2 7 (8.54%) Windows Server
3 2 (2.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (42.68%) Problem-Solving
2 34 (41.46%) ERP
3 17 (20.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (15.85%) CRM
5 12 (14.63%) Collaborative Working
6 11 (13.41%) E-Commerce
7 10 (12.20%) Root Cause Analysis
8 8 (9.76%) ITIL
8 8 (9.76%) Mentoring
9 7 (8.54%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (8.54%) High Availability
9 7 (8.54%) Project Delivery
10 6 (7.32%) Asset Management
10 6 (7.32%) ITSM
10 6 (7.32%) Project Planning
10 6 (7.32%) Service Management
10 6 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 5 (6.10%) Agile
11 5 (6.10%) Data Management
12 4 (4.88%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (32.93%) SQL
2 8 (9.76%) Python
3 7 (8.54%) PowerShell
3 7 (8.54%) T-SQL
4 4 (4.88%) Java
4 4 (4.88%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.22%) C#
Qualifications
1 12 (14.63%) Degree
2 2 (2.44%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.44%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.22%) A+ Certification
3 1 (1.22%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.66%) PCI DSS
1 3 (3.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (1.22%) QA
2 1 (1.22%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 1 (1.22%) Graylog
Vendors
1 35 (42.68%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.32%) Oracle
3 4 (4.88%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.22%) Google
4 1 (1.22%) Splunk