Applications Support Jobs in London

Application Support
England > London

The median Application Support salary in London is £66,375 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 July 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 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 247 232 263
Rank change year-on-year -15 +31 +156
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 166 303 374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.25% 1.30% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 1.37% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 142 254 342
10th Percentile £42,046 £36,250 £38,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,375 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.12% - +23.81%
75th Percentile £82,500 £90,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £94,875 £97,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.22% -10.00% +17.65%

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 12,123 22,059 27,518
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.56% 94.39% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 7,433 16,017 21,601
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £53,750 £50,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £97,500 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.66% -12.42% -

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in London

Applications Support
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Applications Support in London

Applications Support
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for Applications Support in London

Applications Support
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 within the London region over the 6 months to 13 July 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 -5 40 £70,000 -6.67% 5
West London +14 5 £46,500 -15.45% 3
North London -19 1 £45,000 -18.18%
Applications Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 July 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 London region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 96 (57.83%) SQL
2 87 (52.41%) Social Skills
3 62 (37.35%) Problem-Solving
4 56 (33.73%) Finance
5 49 (29.52%) Azure
6 45 (27.11%) Microsoft
7 44 (26.51%) ITIL
8 42 (25.30%) Analytical Skills
9 38 (22.89%) SQL Server
10 34 (20.48%) Service Management
11 32 (19.28%) Windows
11 32 (19.28%) Python
12 28 (16.87%) ITSM
13 27 (16.27%) .NET
14 24 (14.46%) Linux
15 23 (13.86%) Unix
16 22 (13.25%) PowerShell
17 21 (12.65%) Banking
18 20 (12.05%) Change Management
18 20 (12.05%) Oracle
19 19 (11.45%) PL/SQL
20 17 (10.24%) Front Office
20 17 (10.24%) C#
21 16 (9.64%) Back Office
21 16 (9.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
21 16 (9.64%) .NET Framework
21 16 (9.64%) Degree
22 15 (9.04%) T-SQL
23 14 (8.43%) VB.NET
23 14 (8.43%) DB2

Applications Support 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 12 (7.23%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (3.61%) Confluence
3 3 (1.81%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.60%) GemFire
4 1 (0.60%) IIS
Applications
1 13 (7.83%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (6.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.60%) Notion
Business Applications
1 9 (5.42%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.41%) Fidessa
3 2 (1.20%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.60%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (0.60%) ION MarketView
4 1 (0.60%) Magento
4 1 (0.60%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 49 (29.52%) Azure
2 14 (8.43%) Dynamics 365
3 13 (7.83%) SaaS
4 9 (5.42%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (5.42%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (5.42%) Power Platform
5 7 (4.22%) AWS
6 6 (3.61%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (3.61%) Azure Logic Apps
6 6 (3.61%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (3.01%) BlazeMeter
7 5 (3.01%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.41%) Amazon EC2
8 4 (2.41%) Amazon S3
8 4 (2.41%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (2.41%) Serverless
9 2 (1.20%) AWS CloudFormation
10 1 (0.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 1 (0.60%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.01%) DHCP
1 5 (3.01%) DNS
1 5 (3.01%) Firewall
1 5 (3.01%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.41%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.60%) Multicast
3 1 (0.60%) SAN
3 1 (0.60%) SSH
3 1 (0.60%) VoIP
3 1 (0.60%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (22.89%) SQL Server
2 16 (9.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 14 (8.43%) DB2
3 14 (8.43%) Relational Database
4 9 (5.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 6 (3.61%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.81%) MySQL
6 3 (1.81%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.20%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (1.20%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (1.20%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.60%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (7.83%) Git
2 12 (7.23%) JIRA
3 8 (4.82%) Visual Studio
4 6 (3.61%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.20%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.60%) Eclipse
General
1 87 (52.41%) Social Skills
2 56 (33.73%) Finance
3 42 (25.30%) Analytical Skills
4 21 (12.65%) Banking
5 17 (10.24%) Front Office
6 16 (9.64%) Back Office
7 7 (4.22%) Law
8 5 (3.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (3.01%) Legal
9 3 (1.81%) Spanish Language
10 2 (1.20%) Advertising
10 2 (1.20%) Financial Institution
10 2 (1.20%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.60%) German Language
11 1 (0.60%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.60%) Local Government
11 1 (0.60%) Marketing
11 1 (0.60%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (16.27%) .NET
2 16 (9.64%) .NET Framework
3 11 (6.63%) FIX Protocol
4 8 (4.82%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.81%) Elastic Stack
6 2 (1.20%) EDI
6 2 (1.20%) Kafka
7 1 (0.60%) Middleware
7 1 (0.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.22%) Data Protection Act
2 6 (3.61%) Legacy Applications
3 5 (3.01%) Derivative
3 5 (3.01%) Equities
3 5 (3.01%) Fixed Income
4 4 (2.41%) Bitcoin
4 4 (2.41%) Eurex
5 3 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (1.81%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 3 (1.81%) Video Conferencing
6 2 (1.20%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.20%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.20%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.20%) Video\Live Streaming
7 1 (0.60%) FPGA
7 1 (0.60%) Hedge funds
7 1 (0.60%) IoT
7 1 (0.60%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 32 (19.28%) Windows
2 24 (14.46%) Linux
3 23 (13.86%) Unix
4 4 (2.41%) CentOS
4 4 (2.41%) Rocky
5 2 (1.20%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.60%) Debian
6 1 (0.60%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.60%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.60%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (37.35%) Problem-Solving
2 44 (26.51%) ITIL
3 34 (20.48%) Service Management
4 28 (16.87%) ITSM
5 20 (12.05%) Change Management
6 14 (8.43%) CRM
7 13 (7.83%) Agile
7 13 (7.83%) CI/CD
8 12 (7.23%) DevOps
8 12 (7.23%) Service Delivery
9 11 (6.63%) Customer Service
9 11 (6.63%) Customer-Centricity
9 11 (6.63%) Data Pipeline
10 10 (6.02%) Computer Science
10 10 (6.02%) High Availability
10 10 (6.02%) Problem Management
10 10 (6.02%) Scrum
11 9 (5.42%) Cybersecurity
11 9 (5.42%) Data Integration
12 8 (4.82%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 96 (57.83%) SQL
2 32 (19.28%) Python
3 22 (13.25%) PowerShell
4 19 (11.45%) PL/SQL
5 17 (10.24%) C#
6 15 (9.04%) T-SQL
7 14 (8.43%) VB.NET
8 9 (5.42%) Bash
8 9 (5.42%) Java
9 5 (3.01%) Perl
9 5 (3.01%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.60%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.60%) VB
Qualifications
1 16 (9.64%) Degree
2 8 (4.82%) CISSP
2 8 (4.82%) PMI Certification
2 8 (4.82%) PMP
3 1 (0.60%) A+ Certification
3 1 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.60%) DBS Check
3 1 (0.60%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (0.60%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.82%) QA
2 5 (3.01%) SLA
3 3 (1.81%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.60%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.60%) DICOM
4 1 (0.60%) HL7
4 1 (0.60%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 5 (3.01%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (7.83%) Grafana
2 9 (5.42%) Kubernetes
3 7 (4.22%) ITRS Geneos
3 7 (4.22%) Nagios
4 5 (3.01%) Progress Chef
5 4 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 4 (2.41%) SCCM
6 2 (1.20%) Kibana
6 2 (1.20%) logstash
7 1 (0.60%) Ansible
7 1 (0.60%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.60%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 45 (27.11%) Microsoft
2 20 (12.05%) Oracle
3 13 (7.83%) Trayport
4 12 (7.23%) SolarWinds
5 9 (5.42%) Databricks
5 9 (5.42%) ServiceNow
6 8 (4.82%) Siebel
7 7 (4.22%) Atlassian
7 7 (4.22%) Guidewire
7 7 (4.22%) Splunk
8 5 (3.01%) Bloomberg
8 5 (3.01%) Dynatrace
8 5 (3.01%) ION Trading
9 4 (2.41%) CQG
9 4 (2.41%) Patsystems
9 4 (2.41%) Red Hat
9 4 (2.41%) Reuters
10 2 (1.20%) Intapp
10 2 (1.20%) LogicMonitor
10 2 (1.20%) Yardi