Applications Support Job Trends in Leicester

Application Support
Leicestershire > Leicester

The median Application Support salary in Leicester is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 - 40
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 8 0 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Leicester 3.38% - 2.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.51% - 2.17%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 6
10th Percentile - - £22,625
25th Percentile £37,500 - £24,719
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - £31,250
75th Percentile £43,125 - £31,875
90th Percentile £44,250 - £32,063
Leicestershire median annual salary £40,000 £34,000 £31,250
% change year-on-year +17.65% +8.80% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leicester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leicester. 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 Leicester with a recognized job title 228 275 277
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.20% 93.86% 99.28%
Number of salaries quoted 153 166 222
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £51,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.27% +2.50% +5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £61,138
90th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £67,500
Leicestershire median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +11.11%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Applications Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Leicester.

Applications Support job vacancy trend in Leicester

Applications Support
Salary Trend in Leicester

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in Leicester.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in Leicester

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 28 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester

For the 6 months to 9 November 2025, Applications Support job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Leicester region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 5 (62.50%) Collaborative Culture
1 5 (62.50%) Customer Service
1 5 (62.50%) ERP
1 5 (62.50%) Intacct
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
1 5 (62.50%) Sage
1 5 (62.50%) Sage 200
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (12.50%) Application Security
4 1 (12.50%) Azure
4 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) CRM
4 1 (12.50%) Databricks
4 1 (12.50%) DevOps
4 1 (12.50%) IaaS
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (12.50%) PaaS
4 1 (12.50%) REST
4 1 (12.50%) Salesforce
4 1 (12.50%) SCCM
4 1 (12.50%) SOAP
4 1 (12.50%) Speech Recognition
4 1 (12.50%) SQL
4 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
4 1 (12.50%) Terraform
4 1 (12.50%) VPN
4 1 (12.50%) YAML

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leicester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Intacct
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (12.50%) IaaS
2 1 (12.50%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) TCP/IP
1 1 (12.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (62.50%) Manufacturing
1 5 (62.50%) Social Skills
2 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) REST
1 1 (12.50%) SOAP
1 1 (12.50%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Driving Licence
1 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (12.50%) NHS
1 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Collaborative Culture
1 5 (62.50%) Customer Service
1 5 (62.50%) ERP
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Application Security
3 1 (12.50%) CRM
3 1 (12.50%) DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (12.50%) Speech Recognition
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) SCCM
1 1 (12.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
1 5 (62.50%) Sage
2 1 (12.50%) Databricks
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce