Applications Support Jobs in England

Application Support
UK > England

The median Application Support salary in England is £46,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 292 356 382
Rank change year-on-year +64 +26 -98
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 807 821 1,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.95% 0.91% 0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.00% 0.99% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 635 675 1,106
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,100 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,875 £33,625 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% +17.65% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £69,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £89,000 £73,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,478 82,732 127,934
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,133 52,417 75,087
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,725 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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 7 May 2024.

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 7 May 2024. 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 +73 342 £62,500 - 60
South East +81 166 £42,500 +6.25% 23
North of England -3 118 £40,000 +5.26% 26
Midlands +45 98 £32,121 -8.23% 15
North West +10 72 £45,000 +8.43% 19
East Midlands +24 61 £32,500 -7.14% 10
East of England +24 46 £47,500 +6.66% 23
Yorkshire +42 37 £35,579 -5.12% 4
West Midlands +21 37 £32,121 -19.34% 5
South West -40 35 £43,500 +33.85% 14
North East -12 9 £37,500 +36.36% 3
Applications Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, 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.

1 387 (47.96%) SQL
2 242 (29.99%) Finance
3 219 (27.14%) Problem-Solving
4 218 (27.01%) Social Skills
5 173 (21.44%) Microsoft
6 161 (19.95%) ITIL
7 136 (16.85%) Analytical Skills
8 126 (15.61%) Degree
9 122 (15.12%) Windows
10 119 (14.75%) SQL Server
11 111 (13.75%) Linux
12 108 (13.38%) Oracle
13 103 (12.76%) Unix
14 93 (11.52%) SLA
15 90 (11.15%) Azure
16 85 (10.53%) Customer Service
17 82 (10.16%) ERP
18 72 (8.92%) Service Management
19 68 (8.43%) Incident Management
20 67 (8.30%) CRM
21 66 (8.18%) Front Office
22 62 (7.68%) Banking
23 57 (7.06%) Security Cleared
24 56 (6.94%) Power Platform
25 54 (6.69%) C#
26 53 (6.57%) T-SQL
26 53 (6.57%) Dynamics 365
27 51 (6.32%) Agile
28 48 (5.95%) Java
28 48 (5.95%) JIRA

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 43 (5.33%) SharePoint
2 37 (4.58%) WebLogic
3 31 (3.84%) IIS
4 22 (2.73%) Microsoft Exchange
5 19 (2.35%) Tomcat
6 15 (1.86%) Oracle Service Bus
7 13 (1.61%) Confluence
8 12 (1.49%) Apache
8 12 (1.49%) CMS
9 7 (0.87%) EPiServer
10 5 (0.62%) JBoss
Applications
1 29 (3.59%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (3.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 22 (2.73%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 45 (5.58%) Dynamics CRM
2 21 (2.60%) NEC Housing
3 15 (1.86%) Fidessa
3 15 (1.86%) Remedy ITSM
4 11 (1.36%) Dynamics GP
5 10 (1.24%) PlanetPress Connect
5 10 (1.24%) SAP S/4HANA
6 9 (1.12%) thinkFolio
7 8 (0.99%) Dynamics NAV
7 8 (0.99%) Endur
8 7 (0.87%) Dynamics AX
9 6 (0.74%) Infor SunSystems
9 6 (0.74%) ION Anvil
9 6 (0.74%) ION MarketView
9 6 (0.74%) NetSuite
9 6 (0.74%) Oracle Applications
9 6 (0.74%) Temenos T24
10 5 (0.62%) Aladdin
10 5 (0.62%) Magento
11 4 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 90 (11.15%) Azure
2 56 (6.94%) Power Platform
3 53 (6.57%) Dynamics 365
4 40 (4.96%) AWS
5 38 (4.71%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (3.84%) SaaS
7 25 (3.10%) Power Automate
8 22 (2.73%) PowerApps
9 12 (1.49%) WhatsApp
10 11 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
11 9 (1.12%) Entra ID
12 7 (0.87%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (0.74%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 6 (0.74%) IaaS
13 6 (0.74%) PaaS
14 5 (0.62%) Google Sheets
15 4 (0.50%) Azure Logic Apps
15 4 (0.50%) SuccessFactors
16 2 (0.25%) Datadog
16 2 (0.25%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.59%) Firewall
2 24 (2.97%) DNS
3 17 (2.11%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.86%) DHCP
4 15 (1.86%) FIX Connectivity
5 11 (1.36%) VPN
6 6 (0.74%) Broadband
6 6 (0.74%) Internet
7 5 (0.62%) SAN
7 5 (0.62%) SSL
8 4 (0.50%) 5G
8 4 (0.50%) FTP
8 4 (0.50%) Intranet
9 2 (0.25%) HTTP
9 2 (0.25%) HTTPS
10 1 (0.12%) LAN
10 1 (0.12%) WAN
10 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 119 (14.75%) SQL Server
2 36 (4.46%) Oracle Database
3 34 (4.21%) Power BI
4 23 (2.85%) Elasticsearch
5 22 (2.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 17 (2.11%) MySQL
6 17 (2.11%) Relational Database
7 15 (1.86%) Oracle Database 10g
7 15 (1.86%) Oracle Database 11g
7 15 (1.86%) VLDB
8 13 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (1.49%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (1.12%) Geospatial Data
10 9 (1.12%) GIS
10 9 (1.12%) MS Access
11 6 (0.74%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (0.62%) Crystal Reports
13 4 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.50%) NoSQL
14 3 (0.37%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 48 (5.95%) JIRA
2 21 (2.60%) Eclipse
3 10 (1.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (1.12%) Oracle Forms
5 8 (0.99%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.87%) Git
7 2 (0.25%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.25%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.25%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.12%) GitLab
8 1 (0.12%) Gradle
8 1 (0.12%) JUnit
General
1 242 (29.99%) Finance
2 218 (27.01%) Social Skills
3 136 (16.85%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (8.18%) Front Office
5 62 (7.68%) Banking
6 34 (4.21%) Police
7 32 (3.97%) Law
8 29 (3.59%) Marketing
9 27 (3.35%) Manufacturing
10 22 (2.73%) Back Office
10 22 (2.73%) Retail
11 21 (2.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 18 (2.23%) Local Government
13 17 (2.11%) Public Sector
14 15 (1.86%) Legal
15 13 (1.61%) Investment Banking
16 10 (1.24%) Automotive
17 6 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.74%) Private Banking
18 4 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (4.58%) .NET
2 28 (3.47%) FIX Protocol
3 27 (3.35%) Web Services
4 24 (2.97%) J2EE
4 24 (2.97%) Spring
5 22 (2.73%) Java EE
6 14 (1.73%) REST
7 11 (1.36%) HTML
8 10 (1.24%) ASP.NET
8 10 (1.24%) JSON
8 10 (1.24%) XML
9 9 (1.12%) EDI
9 9 (1.12%) SOAP
10 8 (0.99%) XSLT
11 7 (0.87%) CSS
12 6 (0.74%) Middleware
12 6 (0.74%) OLE
13 4 (0.50%) .NET Framework
14 3 (0.37%) Node.js
14 3 (0.37%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 21 (2.60%) Enterprise Software
2 19 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (2.23%) Onboarding
4 17 (2.11%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 16 (1.98%) Management Information System
5 16 (1.98%) Product Ownership
6 15 (1.86%) Driving Licence
6 15 (1.86%) Eurex
7 14 (1.73%) Derivative
8 12 (1.49%) Equities
8 12 (1.49%) Public Cloud
8 12 (1.49%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 11 (1.36%) CMDB
9 11 (1.36%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (1.24%) Hedge funds
10 10 (1.24%) Mobile App
11 9 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
12 8 (0.99%) Fixed Income
13 7 (0.87%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 122 (15.12%) Windows
2 111 (13.75%) Linux
3 103 (12.76%) Unix
4 37 (4.58%) Solaris
5 24 (2.97%) Windows Server
6 15 (1.86%) CentOS
7 10 (1.24%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.87%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.74%) AIX
10 4 (0.50%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.25%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.25%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.12%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (27.14%) Problem-Solving
2 161 (19.95%) ITIL
3 85 (10.53%) Customer Service
4 82 (10.16%) ERP
5 72 (8.92%) Service Management
6 68 (8.43%) Incident Management
7 67 (8.30%) CRM
8 51 (6.32%) Agile
9 44 (5.45%) Actionable Insight
10 42 (5.20%) ITSM
10 42 (5.20%) Release Management
11 39 (4.83%) Business Intelligence
12 38 (4.71%) User Acceptance Testing
13 37 (4.58%) Change Management
13 37 (4.58%) Project Management
14 35 (4.34%) Service Delivery
15 33 (4.09%) Asset Management
16 32 (3.97%) DevOps
17 31 (3.84%) Root Cause Analysis
18 28 (3.47%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 387 (47.96%) SQL
2 54 (6.69%) C#
3 53 (6.57%) T-SQL
4 48 (5.95%) Java
5 42 (5.20%) PL/SQL
5 42 (5.20%) PowerShell
5 42 (5.20%) Python
6 35 (4.34%) Shell Script
7 30 (3.72%) JavaScript
8 19 (2.35%) Bash
9 15 (1.86%) Perl
9 15 (1.86%) Ruby
10 9 (1.12%) C
10 9 (1.12%) VBA
11 7 (0.87%) C++
11 7 (0.87%) XPath
12 5 (0.62%) COBOL
13 3 (0.37%) VB
14 1 (0.12%) PHP
Qualifications
1 126 (15.61%) Degree
2 57 (7.06%) Security Cleared
3 44 (5.45%) SC Cleared
4 14 (1.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.24%) Master's Degree
6 9 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 6 (0.74%) Azure Certification
7 6 (0.74%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.50%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.50%) CIPD
10 2 (0.25%) ECDL
10 2 (0.25%) MCP
11 1 (0.12%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.12%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (11.52%) SLA
2 12 (1.49%) Accessibility
3 8 (0.99%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.87%) GDPR
5 5 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.50%) SOC 1
7 2 (0.25%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.25%) QA
8 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 39 (4.83%) Active Directory
2 15 (1.86%) Oracle RAC
3 6 (0.74%) Docker
4 2 (0.25%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (2.73%) OpenSSO
1 22 (2.73%) Single Sign-On
2 15 (1.86%) Data Guard
2 15 (1.86%) Oracle RMAN
3 8 (0.99%) Terraform
4 6 (0.74%) Kubernetes
5 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Clustering
5 5 (0.62%) Pingdom
6 4 (0.50%) Control-M
6 4 (0.50%) Grafana
6 4 (0.50%) SCOM
6 4 (0.50%) WhatsUp Gold
7 2 (0.25%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.12%) Kibana
8 1 (0.12%) logstash
8 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.12%) Packer
Vendors
1 173 (21.44%) Microsoft
2 108 (13.38%) Oracle
3 37 (4.58%) Remedy
4 31 (3.84%) ION Trading
5 30 (3.72%) SAP
6 29 (3.59%) ServiceNow
7 23 (2.85%) Trayport
8 22 (2.73%) Bloomberg
8 22 (2.73%) Murex
9 21 (2.60%) NEC
10 20 (2.48%) Guidewire
10 20 (2.48%) Sun
11 17 (2.11%) Civica
12 16 (1.98%) Red Hat
13 15 (1.86%) CQG
13 15 (1.86%) Patsystems
13 15 (1.86%) Reuters
14 14 (1.73%) Salesforce
15 11 (1.36%) Epicor
15 11 (1.36%) Sage