Applications Specialist Jobs in London

Application Specialist
England > London

The median Application Specialist salary in London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 381 458 574
Rank change year-on-year +77 +116 +257
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Specialist 19 42 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.15% 0.18% 0.16%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.19% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 19 34 50
10th Percentile £45,250 £45,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +18.18% -13.73%
75th Percentile £85,000 £77,000 £83,125
90th Percentile £97,000 £90,000 £115,625
England median annual salary £52,500 £48,250 £47,500
% change year-on-year +8.81% +1.58% -17.39%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,742 22,276 32,688
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 94.14% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 7,310 16,685 24,119
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Applications Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Specialist in London

Applications Specialist
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Applications Specialist in London

Applications Specialist
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Specialist in London over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Specialist in London

Applications Specialist
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Specialist within the London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Central London +28 3 £70,000 +2.56%
Applications Specialist
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2025, Applications 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 London region featuring Applications Specialist in the job title.

1 9 (47.37%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 8 (42.11%) ITIL
2 8 (42.11%) Microsoft
2 8 (42.11%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (36.84%) SQL
4 6 (31.58%) SQL Server
4 6 (31.58%) Windows
4 6 (31.58%) Finance
5 5 (26.32%) Agile
5 5 (26.32%) Python
5 5 (26.32%) JavaScript
5 5 (26.32%) C#
5 5 (26.32%) .NET
5 5 (26.32%) Change Management
5 5 (26.32%) PowerShell
5 5 (26.32%) Azure
5 5 (26.32%) AWS
6 4 (21.05%) MongoDB
6 4 (21.05%) FIX Protocol
6 4 (21.05%) Mobile App
6 4 (21.05%) Data Privacy
6 4 (21.05%) User Experience
6 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (21.05%) TypeScript
6 4 (21.05%) Onboarding
6 4 (21.05%) Clean Code
6 4 (21.05%) Prototyping
6 4 (21.05%) MySQL
6 4 (21.05%) Oracle

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 3 (15.79%) SharePoint
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (5.26%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 5 (26.32%) AWS
1 5 (26.32%) Azure
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
4 1 (5.26%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (5.26%) Amazon S3
4 1 (5.26%) AWS Lambda
4 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (5.26%) OneDrive
4 1 (5.26%) Power Automate
4 1 (5.26%) PowerApps
4 1 (5.26%) Serverless
4 1 (5.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (42.11%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (31.58%) SQL Server
3 4 (21.05%) MongoDB
3 4 (21.05%) MySQL
4 1 (5.26%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (5.26%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Visual Studio
General
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 6 (31.58%) Finance
3 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Local Government
4 3 (15.79%) Financial Institution
4 3 (15.79%) Law
4 3 (15.79%) Legal
5 1 (5.26%) Back Office
5 1 (5.26%) Front Office
5 1 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (26.32%) .NET
2 4 (21.05%) .NET Framework
2 4 (21.05%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (21.05%) NHibernate
3 1 (5.26%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (21.05%) Mobile App
1 4 (21.05%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.26%) Derivative
2 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.26%) Equity Derivative
2 1 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (5.26%) PACS
2 1 (5.26%) SCADA
2 1 (5.26%) Solar Power
Operating Systems
1 6 (31.58%) Windows
2 4 (21.05%) Linux
2 4 (21.05%) Unix
3 1 (5.26%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (42.11%) ITIL
3 5 (26.32%) Agile
3 5 (26.32%) Change Management
4 4 (21.05%) Clean Code
4 4 (21.05%) Data Privacy
4 4 (21.05%) MVC
4 4 (21.05%) Prototyping
4 4 (21.05%) User Experience
5 3 (15.79%) Document Management
5 3 (15.79%) Practice Management
6 2 (10.53%) Budget Management
6 2 (10.53%) Collaborative Culture
6 2 (10.53%) Computer Science
6 2 (10.53%) CRM
6 2 (10.53%) Problem Management
6 2 (10.53%) Supplier Management
6 2 (10.53%) Systems Analysis
6 2 (10.53%) Test Management
6 2 (10.53%) Threat Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (36.84%) SQL
2 5 (26.32%) C#
2 5 (26.32%) JavaScript
2 5 (26.32%) PowerShell
2 5 (26.32%) Python
3 4 (21.05%) TypeScript
4 1 (5.26%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) DICOM
1 1 (5.26%) HL7
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) Microsoft
2 4 (21.05%) Oracle
3 3 (15.79%) Aderant
3 3 (15.79%) iManage
4 2 (10.53%) Intapp
5 1 (5.26%) Citrix
5 1 (5.26%) ServiceNow
5 1 (5.26%) Siemens
5 1 (5.26%) Sophis