Applications Support Specialist Jobs in London

Application Support Specialist
England > London

The median Application Support Specialist salary in London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 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
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 388 475 570
Rank change year-on-year +87 +95 +280
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Specialist 8 33 43
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.063% 0.14% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.069% 0.15% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8 25 39
10th Percentile £39,375 £46,798 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,625 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +41.30% -23.33%
75th Percentile £85,313 £74,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £88,875 £90,000 £95,000
England median annual salary £44,000 £47,875 £46,000
% change year-on-year -8.09% +4.08% -20.00%

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 11,514 22,211 32,675
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.11% 94.13% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 7,380 16,662 24,070
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 Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support Specialist in London

Applications Support Specialist
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Applications Support Specialist in London

Applications Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support Specialist in London over the 6 months to 9 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Support Specialist in London

Applications Support 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 Support Specialist within the London region over the 6 months to 9 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 +25 1 £42,500 -32.00%
Applications Support Specialist
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 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 London region featuring Applications Support Specialist in the job title.

1 6 (75.00%) ITIL
2 5 (62.50%) SQL
3 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
4 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (37.50%) Windows
4 3 (37.50%) Change Management
4 3 (37.50%) Finance
5 2 (25.00%) Financial Institution
5 2 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (25.00%) Systems Analysis
5 2 (25.00%) Supplier Management
5 2 (25.00%) Linux
5 2 (25.00%) Python
5 2 (25.00%) Oracle
5 2 (25.00%) Unix
5 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
5 2 (25.00%) FIX Protocol
5 2 (25.00%) Problem Management
5 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
5 2 (25.00%) Onboarding
5 2 (25.00%) Budget Management
5 2 (25.00%) MongoDB
5 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
6 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (12.50%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Management

Applications Support 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 2 (25.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics AX
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (12.50%) Amazon S3
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (12.50%) Serverless
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Private Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) MongoDB
1 2 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (12.50%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (37.50%) Finance
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (12.50%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (12.50%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
2 2 (25.00%) Linux
2 2 (25.00%) Unix
3 1 (12.50%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) ITIL
2 4 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (37.50%) Change Management
4 2 (25.00%) Budget Management
4 2 (25.00%) Problem Management
4 2 (25.00%) Supplier Management
4 2 (25.00%) Systems Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Agile
5 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (12.50%) CRM
5 1 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 1 (12.50%) Image Processing
5 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 1 (12.50%) Service Desk Management
5 1 (12.50%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) SQL
2 2 (25.00%) PowerShell
2 2 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (12.50%) Java
3 1 (12.50%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) DICOM
1 1 (12.50%) HL7
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Citrix
2 1 (12.50%) ServiceNow