Applications Support Job Trends in London

Application Support
England > London

The median Application Support salary in London is £58,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 February 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 230 290 216
Rank change year-on-year +60 -74 +107
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 155 141 301
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.05% 0.92% 1.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 1.00% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 108 113 273
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - +13.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,000 £75,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £42,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 13,535 14,114 19,857
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.30% 91.85% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 8,952 8,073 16,048
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £53,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% -1.36%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £111,250 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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 London.

Applications Support job vacancy trend in London

Applications Support
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in London

Applications Support
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in London over the 6 months to 1 February 2026.

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 1 February 2026. 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 35 £76,250 +17.31% 2
East London - 7 £85,000 -
West London +3 6 £42,000 -16.00%
South London - 2 £37,500 -
Applications Support
England

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 1 February 2026, 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 London region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 87 (56.13%) SQL
2 59 (38.06%) ITIL
3 47 (30.32%) Problem-Solving
4 43 (27.74%) Windows
5 38 (24.52%) Azure
5 38 (24.52%) Linux
6 37 (23.87%) AWS
7 34 (21.94%) Microsoft
8 32 (20.65%) Change Management
9 30 (19.35%) SQL Server
10 26 (16.77%) Python
11 25 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
11 25 (16.13%) Release Management
12 24 (15.48%) Runbook
13 23 (14.84%) Power BI
13 23 (14.84%) Power Platform
14 22 (14.19%) Unix
15 21 (13.55%) DevOps
15 21 (13.55%) Service Management
16 20 (12.90%) Business Intelligence
16 20 (12.90%) CI/CD
16 20 (12.90%) IBM
16 20 (12.90%) ServiceNow
17 19 (12.26%) Degree
18 18 (11.61%) SLA
18 18 (11.61%) User Acceptance Testing
18 18 (11.61%) WebSphere
19 17 (10.97%) .NET
20 16 (10.32%) DB2
20 16 (10.32%) PostgreSQL

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 18 (11.61%) WebSphere
2 15 (9.68%) Tomcat
3 14 (9.03%) WebSphere Application Server
4 4 (2.58%) Confluence
4 4 (2.58%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.65%) Apache
5 1 (0.65%) IIS
5 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 15 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.58%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (1.94%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.94%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 13 (8.39%) Endur
2 7 (4.52%) Elite 3E
3 3 (1.94%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.65%) SAP Business One
4 1 (0.65%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.65%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.65%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 38 (24.52%) Azure
2 37 (23.87%) AWS
3 23 (14.84%) Power Platform
4 15 (9.68%) Serverless
5 13 (8.39%) Entra ID
6 12 (7.74%) SaaS
7 10 (6.45%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (5.81%) Amazon EC2
9 8 (5.16%) Amazon EKS
9 8 (5.16%) AWS Lambda
10 7 (4.52%) Azure DevOps
10 7 (4.52%) Azure Event Grid
10 7 (4.52%) Azure Functions
10 7 (4.52%) Azure Storage
10 7 (4.52%) Power Automate
11 6 (3.87%) Amazon S3
11 6 (3.87%) Route 53
12 5 (3.23%) AWS CloudFormation
12 5 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (3.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.32%) SSL
2 12 (7.74%) WinSCP
3 2 (1.29%) Extranet
3 2 (1.29%) Intranet
4 1 (0.65%) DNS
4 1 (0.65%) FTP
4 1 (0.65%) Internet
4 1 (0.65%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.65%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (19.35%) SQL Server
2 23 (14.84%) Power BI
3 16 (10.32%) DB2
3 16 (10.32%) PostgreSQL
3 16 (10.32%) Relational Database
4 12 (7.74%) Azure SQL Database
5 10 (6.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (6.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (5.81%) MySQL
7 6 (3.87%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.94%) Oracle Database
9 2 (1.29%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.65%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 11 (7.10%) Git
2 6 (3.87%) JIRA
3 1 (0.65%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.65%) Visual Studio
General
1 69 (44.52%) Social Skills
2 53 (34.19%) Finance
3 27 (17.42%) Banking
4 23 (14.84%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (9.03%) Investment Banking
6 8 (5.16%) Legal
7 7 (4.52%) Front Office
7 7 (4.52%) Law
8 6 (3.87%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (2.58%) Back Office
10 1 (0.65%) Billing
10 1 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.65%) Portuguese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (10.97%) .NET
2 16 (10.32%) WebSphere MQ
3 14 (9.03%) LAPP Stack
3 14 (9.03%) LDAP
4 7 (4.52%) WPF
5 6 (3.87%) Middleware
6 4 (2.58%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (1.29%) CSS
7 2 (1.29%) HTML
7 2 (1.29%) React
8 1 (0.65%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.65%) Elastic Stack
8 1 (0.65%) Kafka
8 1 (0.65%) LAMP
8 1 (0.65%) Node.js
8 1 (0.65%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 15 (9.68%) Linux Command Line
2 12 (7.74%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.87%) Reference Data
4 5 (3.23%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 4 (2.58%) Derivative
5 4 (2.58%) Equities
6 3 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.94%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.29%) AS400
7 2 (1.29%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.29%) iSeries
8 1 (0.65%) Equity Derivative
8 1 (0.65%) FMCG
8 1 (0.65%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.65%) NHS
8 1 (0.65%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.65%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 43 (27.74%) Windows
2 38 (24.52%) Linux
3 22 (14.19%) Unix
4 16 (10.32%) Windows Server
5 15 (9.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.29%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (38.06%) ITIL
2 47 (30.32%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (20.65%) Change Management
4 25 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
4 25 (16.13%) Release Management
5 24 (15.48%) Runbook
6 21 (13.55%) DevOps
6 21 (13.55%) Service Management
7 20 (12.90%) Business Intelligence
7 20 (12.90%) CI/CD
8 18 (11.61%) User Acceptance Testing
9 15 (9.68%) Task Automation
10 14 (9.03%) Incident Management
10 14 (9.03%) Problem Management
11 12 (7.74%) ITSM
11 12 (7.74%) Migration
12 10 (6.45%) Analytics
12 10 (6.45%) Log Analytics
12 10 (6.45%) Observability
12 10 (6.45%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 87 (56.13%) SQL
2 26 (16.77%) Python
3 14 (9.03%) PowerShell
4 12 (7.74%) C#
5 10 (6.45%) VB.NET
6 6 (3.87%) PL/SQL
7 4 (2.58%) T-SQL
8 3 (1.94%) Java
8 3 (1.94%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.29%) Bash
9 2 (1.29%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.65%) Go
10 1 (0.65%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.65%) Perl
10 1 (0.65%) PHP
10 1 (0.65%) Scala
10 1 (0.65%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.65%) VBA
Qualifications
1 19 (12.26%) Degree
2 15 (9.68%) AWS Certification
2 15 (9.68%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (1.29%) CISSP
3 2 (1.29%) PMI Certification
3 2 (1.29%) PMP
4 1 (0.65%) ACCA
4 1 (0.65%) Azure Certification
4 1 (0.65%) CIMA
4 1 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.65%) DV Cleared
4 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.65%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.65%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.61%) SLA
2 8 (5.16%) QA
3 6 (3.87%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (1.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (6.45%) Grafana
2 8 (5.16%) Kibana
3 1 (0.65%) Docker Swarm
3 1 (0.65%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.65%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 34 (21.94%) Microsoft
2 20 (12.90%) IBM
2 20 (12.90%) ServiceNow
3 16 (10.32%) Red Hat
4 10 (6.45%) Intapp
5 9 (5.81%) Guidewire
6 4 (2.58%) Concur
6 4 (2.58%) Sage
7 3 (1.94%) Oracle
8 2 (1.29%) Aderant
8 2 (1.29%) SAP
9 1 (0.65%) Ariba
9 1 (0.65%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.65%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.65%) Databricks
9 1 (0.65%) iManage
9 1 (0.65%) InterSystems
9 1 (0.65%) NEC
9 1 (0.65%) Reuters
9 1 (0.65%) Sitecore