Applications Support Jobs in Kent

Application Support
South East > Kent

The median Application Support salary in Kent is £47,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 June 2025.

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

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 93 91
Rank change year-on-year +29 -2 +14
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 7 18 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 0.89% 1.08% 0.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 1.13% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 7 16 0
10th Percentile £35,850 £36,250 -
25th Percentile £44,125 £36,625 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £45,000 -
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% - -
75th Percentile £54,000 £70,000 -
90th Percentile £60,000 - -
South East median annual salary £35,000 £41,250 £41,000
% change year-on-year -15.15% +0.61% +13.89%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 562 1,596 814
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 71.41% 95.34% 84.00%
Number of salaries quoted 354 1,166 486
10th Percentile £26,075 £26,250 £27,125
25th Percentile £30,063 £32,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,478 £44,250 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% -4.84% +3.33%
75th Percentile £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £68,750
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in Kent

Applications Support
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for Applications Support in Kent

Applications Support
Salary Histogram in Kent

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in Kent over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in Kent

Applications Support
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the Kent region over the 6 months to 24 June 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
Maidstone +15 2 £36,000 -4.00%
Applications Support
South East

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 17 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent

For the 6 months to 24 June 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 Kent region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
1 5 (71.43%) ITIL
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 4 (57.14%) Service Delivery
2 4 (57.14%) Banking
2 4 (57.14%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) Problem Management
3 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (28.57%) Oracle
3 2 (28.57%) ERP
3 2 (28.57%) Business Transformation
4 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 1 (14.29%) Salesforce
4 1 (14.29%) Oracle Financials

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Financials
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
1 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 4 (57.14%) Banking
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) ITIL
2 4 (57.14%) Problem Management
2 4 (57.14%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Business Transformation
3 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 2 (28.57%) ERP
4 1 (14.29%) Customer Service
4 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce