Applications Support Jobs in England

Application Support
UK > England

The median Application Support salary in England is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 326 284 342
Rank change year-on-year -42 +58 +54
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 424 868 817
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.86% 0.97% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 1.02% 1.05%
Number of salaries quoted 370 673 673
10th Percentile £31,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £33,125 £35,579 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £44,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.11% -10.00% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 44,774 85,031 77,815
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.67% 91.36%
Number of salaries quoted 23,692 62,917 50,230
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,066 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in England

Applications Support
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Applications Support in England

Applications Support
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in England

Applications Support
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 31 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
London -39 155 £65,000 +4.00% 81
East of England +73 79 £36,250 -23.68% 6
North of England -27 67 £37,500 -6.25% 30
South East -22 63 £35,750 -15.88% 18
Midlands -8 49 £37,500 +15.38% 6
North West -37 43 £37,500 -16.67% 17
West Midlands +36 35 £42,500 +32.31% 5
Yorkshire +36 21 £37,750 +6.10% 11
East Midlands -10 14 £32,250 -4.57% 1
South West +81 7 £32,500 -22.16% 8
North East +44 3 £33,198 -11.47% 2
Applications Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 England region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 214 (50.47%) Social Skills
2 209 (49.29%) SQL
3 186 (43.87%) Problem-Solving
4 150 (35.38%) Microsoft
5 126 (29.72%) Finance
6 116 (27.36%) Azure
7 109 (25.71%) ITIL
8 98 (23.11%) Analytical Skills
9 91 (21.46%) ERP
10 85 (20.05%) Windows
11 76 (17.92%) SQL Server
12 69 (16.27%) CRM
13 62 (14.62%) Microsoft 365
14 58 (13.68%) Linux
15 57 (13.44%) Oracle
16 53 (12.50%) Python
16 53 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
17 51 (12.03%) Change Management
18 50 (11.79%) Degree
19 47 (11.08%) Service Management
20 44 (10.38%) PowerShell
21 41 (9.67%) Customer Service
22 40 (9.43%) PL/SQL
23 39 (9.20%) ITSM
24 38 (8.96%) .NET
25 36 (8.49%) Manufacturing
26 33 (7.78%) Microsoft Office
27 32 (7.55%) SharePoint
27 32 (7.55%) AWS
27 32 (7.55%) Collaborative Working

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 32 (7.55%) SharePoint
2 18 (4.25%) IIS
3 14 (3.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (1.18%) Confluence
5 1 (0.24%) Alfresco
5 1 (0.24%) Documentum
5 1 (0.24%) GemFire
5 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 33 (7.78%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (5.90%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.24%) Notion
Business Applications
1 28 (6.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (4.25%) Oracle Applications
2 18 (4.25%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (1.89%) Dynamics AX
3 8 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (1.42%) NetSuite
5 5 (1.18%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.94%) Dynamics NAV
6 4 (0.94%) Fidessa
7 2 (0.47%) Magento
8 1 (0.24%) Exchequer
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Financials
8 1 (0.24%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 116 (27.36%) Azure
2 62 (14.62%) Microsoft 365
3 32 (7.55%) AWS
4 31 (7.31%) Power Platform
5 22 (5.19%) Dynamics 365
6 18 (4.25%) SaaS
7 11 (2.59%) AWS Lambda
7 11 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
7 11 (2.59%) Serverless
8 10 (2.36%) Entra ID
9 9 (2.12%) Azure Logic Apps
10 8 (1.89%) Amazon ECS
10 8 (1.89%) PowerApps
11 7 (1.65%) Azure Monitor
11 7 (1.65%) Power Automate
12 6 (1.42%) Azure Data Factory
12 6 (1.42%) IaaS
12 6 (1.42%) PaaS
13 5 (1.18%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
13 5 (1.18%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 15 (3.54%) FTP
2 9 (2.12%) Firewall
3 5 (1.18%) DHCP
3 5 (1.18%) DNS
3 5 (1.18%) TCP/IP
4 4 (0.94%) FIX Connectivity
5 3 (0.71%) Internet
6 2 (0.47%) Unified Communications
6 2 (0.47%) WAN
6 2 (0.47%) Wireless
7 1 (0.24%) HTTP
7 1 (0.24%) SAN
7 1 (0.24%) SSH
7 1 (0.24%) SSL
7 1 (0.24%) VoIP
7 1 (0.24%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (17.92%) SQL Server
2 25 (5.90%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 21 (4.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 20 (4.72%) MySQL
4 20 (4.72%) Power BI
5 18 (4.25%) DB2
6 12 (2.83%) Relational Database
7 9 (2.12%) GIS
8 6 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
10 3 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
10 3 (0.71%) Data Lake
10 3 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
11 2 (0.47%) EDMS
11 2 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
11 2 (0.47%) MongoDB
12 1 (0.24%) BusinessObjects
12 1 (0.24%) Crystal Reports
12 1 (0.24%) EDRMS
12 1 (0.24%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (4.72%) JIRA
2 13 (3.07%) Git
3 9 (2.12%) Visual Studio
4 7 (1.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 4 (0.94%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.47%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.24%) Eclipse
7 1 (0.24%) JUnit
7 1 (0.24%) Log4j
General
1 214 (50.47%) Social Skills
2 126 (29.72%) Finance
3 98 (23.11%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (8.49%) Manufacturing
5 31 (7.31%) Banking
6 30 (7.08%) Retail
7 22 (5.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 14 (3.30%) Back Office
9 13 (3.07%) Front Office
9 13 (3.07%) Law
10 10 (2.36%) Local Government
11 9 (2.12%) Legal
11 9 (2.12%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (1.89%) Advertising
13 5 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.18%) German Language
14 4 (0.94%) Automotive
14 4 (0.94%) Marketing
15 3 (0.71%) Public Sector
15 3 (0.71%) Spanish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (8.96%) .NET
2 14 (3.30%) Middleware
2 14 (3.30%) Oracle Fusion
3 13 (3.07%) .NET Framework
3 13 (3.07%) HTML
3 13 (3.07%) REST
3 13 (3.07%) SOAP
4 11 (2.59%) XML
5 10 (2.36%) EDI
6 9 (2.12%) JSON
6 9 (2.12%) Web Services
7 8 (1.89%) ASP.NET
8 6 (1.42%) FIX Protocol
9 5 (1.18%) Elastic Stack
10 4 (0.94%) YAML
11 2 (0.47%) Kafka
11 2 (0.47%) Spring
12 1 (0.24%) CSS
12 1 (0.24%) ODBC
12 1 (0.24%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 11 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
2 10 (2.36%) Legacy Applications
3 8 (1.89%) Data Protection Act
4 7 (1.65%) Management Information System
4 7 (1.65%) Manufacturing Execution System
5 6 (1.42%) Mobile App
5 6 (1.42%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.18%) Derivative
6 5 (1.18%) Equities
7 4 (0.94%) Bitcoin
7 4 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (0.94%) Eurex
7 4 (0.94%) Fixed Income
8 3 (0.71%) Client/Server
8 3 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (0.71%) Housing Association
8 3 (0.71%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (0.71%) Video Conferencing
9 2 (0.47%) IoT
9 2 (0.47%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 85 (20.05%) Windows
2 58 (13.68%) Linux
3 20 (4.72%) Unix
4 19 (4.48%) Windows Server
5 15 (3.54%) Windows 10
6 7 (1.65%) Android
7 4 (0.94%) CentOS
7 4 (0.94%) Rocky
8 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.24%) Debian
9 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.24%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 186 (43.87%) Problem-Solving
2 109 (25.71%) ITIL
3 91 (21.46%) ERP
4 69 (16.27%) CRM
5 53 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
6 51 (12.03%) Change Management
7 47 (11.08%) Service Management
8 41 (9.67%) Customer Service
9 39 (9.20%) ITSM
10 32 (7.55%) Collaborative Working
11 30 (7.08%) Agile
11 30 (7.08%) Incident Management
12 29 (6.84%) Problem Management
13 28 (6.60%) Root Cause Analysis
14 27 (6.37%) Mentoring
15 26 (6.13%) Business Intelligence
15 26 (6.13%) Computer Science
15 26 (6.13%) User Experience
16 23 (5.42%) Customer-Centricity
16 23 (5.42%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 209 (49.29%) SQL
2 53 (12.50%) Python
3 44 (10.38%) PowerShell
4 40 (9.43%) PL/SQL
5 29 (6.84%) Java
6 25 (5.90%) T-SQL
7 22 (5.19%) C#
8 18 (4.25%) VB.NET
9 11 (2.59%) Shell Script
10 7 (1.65%) C-shell
10 7 (1.65%) Korn
11 6 (1.42%) Bash
12 5 (1.18%) JavaScript
12 5 (1.18%) Perl
13 3 (0.71%) Progress 4GL
14 2 (0.47%) VB
15 1 (0.24%) C
15 1 (0.24%) C++
15 1 (0.24%) PHP
Qualifications
1 50 (11.79%) Degree
2 11 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (2.36%) CISSP
3 10 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (2.12%) PMI Certification
4 9 (2.12%) PMP
5 7 (1.65%) PhD
6 5 (1.18%) Security Cleared
7 4 (0.94%) A+ Certification
7 4 (0.94%) ITIL Certification
7 4 (0.94%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.71%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.71%) MOS
9 2 (0.47%) MCITP
9 2 (0.47%) MCSE
10 1 (0.24%) CISA
10 1 (0.24%) CompTIA Security+
10 1 (0.24%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.24%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.59%) QA
1 11 (2.59%) SLA
2 9 (2.12%) PCI DSS
3 8 (1.89%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (0.47%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.47%) GDPR
5 1 (0.24%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.24%) DICOM
5 1 (0.24%) FINRA
5 1 (0.24%) HL7
System Software
1 17 (4.01%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.42%) VMware ESXi
3 3 (0.71%) Docker
4 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 11 (2.59%) Grafana
3 8 (1.89%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.89%) SCCM
4 7 (1.65%) ITRS Geneos
4 7 (1.65%) Nagios
5 5 (1.18%) Terraform
6 4 (0.94%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.47%) Kibana
7 2 (0.47%) logstash
7 2 (0.47%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.24%) Ansible
8 1 (0.24%) Graylog
Vendors
1 150 (35.38%) Microsoft
2 57 (13.44%) Oracle
3 26 (6.13%) SAP
4 24 (5.66%) ServiceNow
5 15 (3.54%) Facebook
6 12 (2.83%) Databricks
6 12 (2.83%) SolarWinds
6 12 (2.83%) Trayport
7 8 (1.89%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.65%) Splunk
8 7 (1.65%) VMware
8 7 (1.65%) Zoho
9 6 (1.42%) Guidewire
9 6 (1.42%) Siebel
9 6 (1.42%) Veeam
10 5 (1.18%) Apple
10 5 (1.18%) Dell
10 5 (1.18%) Intapp
10 5 (1.18%) Liquidlogic
11 4 (0.94%) Dynatrace