Applications Support Job Trends in London

Application Support
England > London

The median Application Support salary in London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 September 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 328 227 293
Rank change year-on-year -101 +66 -29
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 111 171 187
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.43% 1.45% 0.99%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 1.59% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 105 133 140
10th Percentile £40,200 £41,250 £35,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £42,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year - +9.80% -1.92%
75th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £93,750 £97,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £42,000 £41,000
% change year-on-year +1.19% +2.44% -14.58%

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 23,741 10,742 18,098
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.45% 91.06% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,130 6,976 11,189
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% - -3.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £120,000
England median annual salary £59,522 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.22% - -8.33%

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 28 September 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 28 September 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 -14 25 £70,000 -3.45% 9
South London +8 7 £57,500 +53.33%
West London -17 1 £35,000 -16.67% 1
Applications Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 28 September 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 49 (44.14%) ITIL
2 38 (34.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 33 (29.73%) Microsoft
4 32 (28.83%) Continuous Improvement
4 32 (28.83%) Service Management
5 31 (27.93%) Incident Management
6 29 (26.13%) Problem-Solving
6 29 (26.13%) SQL
7 25 (22.52%) Change Management
7 25 (22.52%) Root Cause Analysis
8 21 (18.92%) SQL Server
9 20 (18.02%) Windows
10 19 (17.12%) Azure
11 17 (15.32%) Disaster Recovery
11 17 (15.32%) iManage
11 17 (15.32%) Service Delivery
12 16 (14.41%) Process Improvement
13 13 (11.71%) Case Management
13 13 (11.71%) DevOps
13 13 (11.71%) Document Management
14 12 (10.81%) IBM
14 12 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
14 12 (10.81%) Project Delivery
15 10 (9.01%) Problem Management
15 10 (9.01%) RPG
15 10 (9.01%) Windows Server
16 9 (8.11%) Agile
16 9 (8.11%) COBOL
16 9 (8.11%) FIX Protocol
16 9 (8.11%) ITIL Certification

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 6 (5.41%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.70%) IIS
3 1 (0.90%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (7.21%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (3.60%) NEC Housing
2 2 (1.80%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.90%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 1 (0.90%) Misys Equation
3 1 (0.90%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 19 (17.12%) Azure
2 12 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
3 8 (7.21%) AWS
4 7 (6.31%) Entra ID
5 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Copilot
5 5 (4.50%) SaaS
6 4 (3.60%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (3.60%) Amazon S3
6 4 (3.60%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (3.60%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (3.60%) Power Platform
6 4 (3.60%) Serverless
6 4 (3.60%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 2 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.80%) Datadog
7 2 (1.80%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.90%) GCP
8 1 (0.90%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.41%) DNS
1 6 (5.41%) VPN
2 5 (4.50%) DHCP
2 5 (4.50%) Firewall
2 5 (4.50%) SSH
2 5 (4.50%) VLAN
3 3 (2.70%) WinSCP
4 1 (0.90%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (18.92%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.60%) Amazon RDS
2 4 (3.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 4 (3.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (2.70%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.80%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.90%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 7 (6.31%) JIRA
2 4 (3.60%) Eclipse
3 2 (1.80%) Git
4 1 (0.90%) Selenium
General
1 41 (36.94%) Social Skills
2 38 (34.23%) Finance
3 25 (22.52%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (17.12%) Banking
5 16 (14.41%) Law
6 8 (7.21%) Financial Institution
7 6 (5.41%) Back Office
8 4 (3.60%) Front Office
9 3 (2.70%) Legal
10 2 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.80%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.90%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.90%) Japanese Language
11 1 (0.90%) Local Government
11 1 (0.90%) Private Banking
11 1 (0.90%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.11%) FIX Protocol
2 4 (3.60%) Terraform
3 2 (1.80%) .NET
3 2 (1.80%) CSS
3 2 (1.80%) HTML
4 1 (0.90%) JSON
4 1 (0.90%) Kafka
4 1 (0.90%) Middleware
4 1 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.90%) Web Services
4 1 (0.90%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (9.01%) AS400
1 10 (9.01%) Enterprise Software
1 10 (9.01%) Onboarding
2 5 (4.50%) IoT
3 4 (3.60%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (3.60%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.70%) Equities
4 3 (2.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (2.70%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.80%) Housing Association
5 2 (1.80%) iSeries
6 1 (0.90%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.90%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.90%) Derivative
6 1 (0.90%) Fixed Income
6 1 (0.90%) LPAR
6 1 (0.90%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 20 (18.02%) Windows
2 10 (9.01%) Windows Server
3 9 (8.11%) Linux
3 9 (8.11%) Unix
4 2 (1.80%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.80%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.90%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (44.14%) ITIL
2 38 (34.23%) Stakeholder Management
3 32 (28.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 32 (28.83%) Service Management
4 31 (27.93%) Incident Management
5 29 (26.13%) Problem-Solving
6 25 (22.52%) Change Management
6 25 (22.52%) Root Cause Analysis
7 17 (15.32%) Disaster Recovery
7 17 (15.32%) Service Delivery
8 16 (14.41%) Process Improvement
9 13 (11.71%) Case Management
9 13 (11.71%) DevOps
9 13 (11.71%) Document Management
10 12 (10.81%) Project Delivery
11 10 (9.01%) Problem Management
12 9 (8.11%) Agile
12 9 (8.11%) ITSM
12 9 (8.11%) SDLC
12 9 (8.11%) Tech Ops
Programming Languages
1 29 (26.13%) SQL
2 10 (9.01%) RPG
3 9 (8.11%) COBOL
4 5 (4.50%) PowerShell
5 4 (3.60%) Java
5 4 (3.60%) Python
5 4 (3.60%) T-SQL
6 2 (1.80%) Tcl
6 2 (1.80%) VBA
6 2 (1.80%) VBScript
7 1 (0.90%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.90%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (8.11%) ITIL Certification
2 7 (6.31%) Degree
3 4 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.80%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.80%) PMP
5 1 (0.90%) A+ Certification
5 1 (0.90%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.90%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (0.90%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.21%) SLA
2 4 (3.60%) GDPR
3 2 (1.80%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.80%) GRC
3 2 (1.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.80%) PMO
3 2 (1.80%) QA
4 1 (0.90%) Accessibility
System Software
1 6 (5.41%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.60%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.50%) Prometheus
2 4 (3.60%) Grafana
2 4 (3.60%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.90%) Ansible
3 1 (0.90%) Control-M
3 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.90%) SCCM
Vendors
1 33 (29.73%) Microsoft
2 17 (15.32%) iManage
3 12 (10.81%) IBM
4 9 (8.11%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.60%) NEC
6 3 (2.70%) Oracle
7 2 (1.80%) Google
7 2 (1.80%) Sybase
7 2 (1.80%) TIBCO
8 1 (0.90%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.90%) FXall
8 1 (0.90%) Intapp
8 1 (0.90%) MarketAxess
8 1 (0.90%) Misys
8 1 (0.90%) Moogsoft
8 1 (0.90%) OpenText
8 1 (0.90%) SGI
8 1 (0.90%) Sitecore
8 1 (0.90%) Splunk
8 1 (0.90%) Tradeweb