Applications Support Jobs in London

Application Support
England > London

The median Application Support salary in London is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 244 216 289
Rank change year-on-year -28 +73 +123
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 156 346 393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.24% 1.46% 1.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.37% 1.55% 1.24%
Number of salaries quoted 139 292 349
10th Percentile £41,250 £39,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,589 £47,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +26.12%
75th Percentile £76,250 £87,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £96,250 £100,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £46,188 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.57% -7.62% +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 11,351 22,273 31,745
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 94.27% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6,836 16,614 23,412
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,250
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 £56,785 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.14% -12.83% +1.33%

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 23 May 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 23 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 +4 44 £65,000 -11.26% 6
West London +21 1 £70,000 +27.27% 12
North London -11 1 £45,000 +5.88%
Applications Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 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 (61.54%) SQL
2 84 (53.85%) Social Skills
3 57 (36.54%) Problem-Solving
3 57 (36.54%) Finance
4 49 (31.41%) Azure
5 47 (30.13%) Microsoft
6 45 (28.85%) Windows
7 43 (27.56%) SQL Server
7 43 (27.56%) ITIL
8 40 (25.64%) Analytical Skills
9 30 (19.23%) Service Management
10 29 (18.59%) .NET
11 26 (16.67%) Python
12 25 (16.03%) ITSM
13 24 (15.38%) Change Management
14 23 (14.74%) Banking
14 23 (14.74%) Linux
14 23 (14.74%) C#
14 23 (14.74%) PL/SQL
15 22 (14.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 21 (13.46%) Oracle
17 20 (12.82%) DB2
17 20 (12.82%) VB.NET
18 19 (12.18%) Unix
19 18 (11.54%) PowerShell
20 17 (10.90%) Customer-Centricity
21 16 (10.26%) Dynamics 365
21 16 (10.26%) T-SQL
21 16 (10.26%) CRM
22 15 (9.62%) Microsoft Office

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 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
2 5 (3.21%) SharePoint
3 4 (2.56%) Confluence
4 2 (1.28%) IIS
5 1 (0.64%) GemFire
Applications
1 15 (9.62%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.64%) Notion
Business Applications
1 11 (7.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (3.21%) Fidessa
3 2 (1.28%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (1.28%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (1.28%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (1.28%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.64%) Magento
4 1 (0.64%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 49 (31.41%) Azure
2 16 (10.26%) Dynamics 365
3 11 (7.05%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (7.05%) SaaS
4 9 (5.77%) Power Platform
5 7 (4.49%) Azure Monitor
6 6 (3.85%) AWS
6 6 (3.85%) Azure Data Factory
6 6 (3.85%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (3.85%) Azure Logic Apps
6 6 (3.85%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (1.92%) Amazon S3
7 3 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
7 3 (1.92%) BlazeMeter
7 3 (1.92%) Serverless
8 2 (1.28%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 1 (0.64%) OneDrive
9 1 (0.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.85%) DHCP
1 6 (3.85%) DNS
1 6 (3.85%) Firewall
1 6 (3.85%) TCP/IP
2 5 (3.21%) FIX Connectivity
3 1 (0.64%) SAN
3 1 (0.64%) SSH
3 1 (0.64%) VoIP
3 1 (0.64%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (27.56%) SQL Server
2 22 (14.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 20 (12.82%) DB2
4 15 (9.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (7.69%) Relational Database
6 6 (3.85%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.56%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (1.28%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (1.28%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.64%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.64%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (6.41%) Git
2 8 (5.13%) Visual Studio
3 7 (4.49%) JIRA
4 3 (1.92%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.64%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.64%) Eclipse
General
1 84 (53.85%) Social Skills
2 57 (36.54%) Finance
3 40 (25.64%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (14.74%) Banking
5 12 (7.69%) Back Office
5 12 (7.69%) Front Office
6 9 (5.77%) Law
7 7 (4.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (3.85%) Legal
9 5 (3.21%) German Language
10 3 (1.92%) Spanish Language
11 2 (1.28%) Advertising
11 2 (1.28%) Financial Institution
11 2 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.64%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.64%) Local Government
12 1 (0.64%) Marketing
12 1 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.64%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (18.59%) .NET
2 12 (7.69%) .NET Framework
3 8 (5.13%) ASP.NET
4 7 (4.49%) FIX Protocol
5 3 (1.92%) Elastic Stack
5 3 (1.92%) Middleware
6 2 (1.28%) Kafka
6 2 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.64%) EDI
7 1 (0.64%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.69%) Legacy Applications
2 5 (3.21%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (3.21%) Derivative
2 5 (3.21%) Equities
2 5 (3.21%) Eurex
3 4 (2.56%) Bitcoin
3 4 (2.56%) Fixed Income
4 3 (1.92%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (1.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 3 (1.92%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.28%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.28%) Video\Live Streaming
6 1 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.64%) IoT
6 1 (0.64%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 45 (28.85%) Windows
2 23 (14.74%) Linux
3 19 (12.18%) Unix
4 5 (3.21%) CentOS
5 4 (2.56%) Rocky
5 4 (2.56%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.64%) Debian
6 1 (0.64%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.64%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.64%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (36.54%) Problem-Solving
2 43 (27.56%) ITIL
3 30 (19.23%) Service Management
4 25 (16.03%) ITSM
5 24 (15.38%) Change Management
6 17 (10.90%) Customer-Centricity
7 16 (10.26%) CRM
8 14 (8.97%) Customer-Centric Approach
8 14 (8.97%) Mentoring
9 13 (8.33%) Customer Service
10 12 (7.69%) Computer Science
11 11 (7.05%) Service Delivery
12 10 (6.41%) Cybersecurity
12 10 (6.41%) DevOps
13 9 (5.77%) CI/CD
13 9 (5.77%) Problem Management
14 8 (5.13%) Agile
14 8 (5.13%) Proactive Maintenance
15 7 (4.49%) Application Security
15 7 (4.49%) Data Pipeline
Programming Languages
1 96 (61.54%) SQL
2 26 (16.67%) Python
3 23 (14.74%) C#
3 23 (14.74%) PL/SQL
4 20 (12.82%) VB.NET
5 18 (11.54%) PowerShell
6 16 (10.26%) T-SQL
7 7 (4.49%) Java
8 5 (3.21%) Bash
8 5 (3.21%) Perl
9 3 (1.92%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.28%) VB
11 1 (0.64%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (8.97%) Degree
2 9 (5.77%) CISSP
2 9 (5.77%) PMI Certification
2 9 (5.77%) PMP
3 2 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.28%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.64%) A+ Certification
4 1 (0.64%) DBS Check
4 1 (0.64%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.77%) QA
2 4 (2.56%) SLA
3 1 (0.64%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.64%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.64%) DICOM
3 1 (0.64%) FINRA
3 1 (0.64%) HL7
3 1 (0.64%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.28%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (5.77%) Grafana
2 7 (4.49%) ITRS Geneos
2 7 (4.49%) Kubernetes
2 7 (4.49%) Nagios
3 4 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.56%) SCCM
4 3 (1.92%) Progress Chef
5 2 (1.28%) Kibana
5 2 (1.28%) logstash
5 2 (1.28%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.64%) Ansible
6 1 (0.64%) Puppet
Vendors
1 47 (30.13%) Microsoft
2 21 (13.46%) Oracle
3 12 (7.69%) ServiceNow
3 12 (7.69%) SolarWinds
3 12 (7.69%) Trayport
4 6 (3.85%) Guidewire
4 6 (3.85%) Splunk
5 5 (3.21%) Bloomberg
5 5 (3.21%) CQG
5 5 (3.21%) Databricks
5 5 (3.21%) ION Trading
5 5 (3.21%) Red Hat
5 5 (3.21%) Reuters
5 5 (3.21%) Siebel
6 4 (2.56%) Atlassian
6 4 (2.56%) Patsystems
7 3 (1.92%) Dynatrace
7 3 (1.92%) Intapp
8 2 (1.28%) Aderant
8 2 (1.28%) LogicMonitor