Applications Support Specialist Jobs in Hertfordshire

Application Support Specialist
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Application Support Specialist salary in Hertfordshire is £44,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 80 94
Rank change year-on-year -4 +14 +58
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Specialist 9 8 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 0.93% 0.51% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% 0.54% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 8 8 3
10th Percentile £41,500 £47,125 £46,750
25th Percentile £42,625 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £52,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.19% -16.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £45,000 £55,000 £66,250
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median annual salary £43,000 £50,000 £44,535
% change year-on-year -14.00% +12.27% -19.03%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 913 1,484 938
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.51% 95.43% 87.75%
Number of salaries quoted 530 959 595
10th Percentile £28,750 £25,809 £25,600
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +1.41%
75th Percentile £63,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,500 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% -7.41% +5.88%

Applications Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support Specialist in Hertfordshire

Applications Support Specialist
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary trend for Applications Support Specialist in Hertfordshire

Applications Support Specialist
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 15 August 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
Watford - 8 £44,000 -
Hemel Hempstead - 1 - - 1
Applications Support Specialist
East of England

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

For the 6 months to 15 August 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Applications Support Specialist in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (88.89%) IIS
2 8 (88.89%) GIS
2 8 (88.89%) Azure
3 7 (77.78%) Finance
3 7 (77.78%) Windows
3 7 (77.78%) Windows Server
3 7 (77.78%) Project Delivery
4 6 (66.67%) Project Planning
4 6 (66.67%) Advertising
4 6 (66.67%) Asset Management
5 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
5 2 (22.22%) ITSM
5 2 (22.22%) PaaS
5 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (22.22%) IaaS
5 2 (22.22%) Oracle
5 2 (22.22%) Service Management
5 2 (22.22%) Degree
5 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
5 2 (22.22%) IT Strategy
5 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
6 1 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
6 1 (11.11%) Customer Experience
6 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (11.11%) MySQL

Applications Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (88.89%) IIS
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) IaaS
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (22.22%) PaaS
3 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 1 (11.11%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) FTP
1 1 (11.11%) Internet
1 1 (11.11%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (88.89%) GIS
3 1 (11.11%) MySQL
General
1 7 (77.78%) Finance
2 6 (66.67%) Advertising
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) EDI
1 1 (11.11%) REST
1 1 (11.11%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
1 1 (11.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (77.78%) Windows
1 7 (77.78%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Project Delivery
2 6 (66.67%) Asset Management
2 6 (66.67%) Project Planning
3 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
3 2 (22.22%) IT Strategy
3 2 (22.22%) ITSM
3 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
3 2 (22.22%) Service Management
4 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) CRM
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Experience
4 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce
4 1 (11.11%) ERP
4 1 (11.11%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (11.11%) Logistics
4 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Root Cause Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Supply Chain Management
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
2 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft