Applications Support Job Trends in London

Application Support
England > London

The median Application Support salary in London is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 February 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 297 214
Rank change year-on-year +50 -83 +110
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 146 137 309
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.96% 0.91% 1.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 0.99% 1.53%
Number of salaries quoted 103 113 281
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +4.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £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 13,822 13,830 20,137
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.29% 91.66% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 9,194 7,930 16,243
10th Percentile £36,250 £42,500 £39,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% -0.97%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,350 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

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 9 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 9 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 +16 34 £72,500 +11.54% 2
West London 0 6 £42,000 -16.00%
East London - 5 £85,000 -
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 9 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 85 (58.22%) SQL
2 56 (38.36%) ITIL
3 42 (28.77%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (28.08%) Windows
5 38 (26.03%) Azure
6 34 (23.29%) AWS
6 34 (23.29%) Linux
7 32 (21.92%) Microsoft
8 31 (21.23%) Change Management
9 28 (19.18%) SQL Server
10 25 (17.12%) Runbook
11 24 (16.44%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (15.07%) Python
12 22 (15.07%) Release Management
13 21 (14.38%) CI/CD
13 21 (14.38%) DevOps
13 21 (14.38%) Power BI
13 21 (14.38%) Power Platform
14 20 (13.70%) Service Management
15 19 (13.01%) Business Intelligence
15 19 (13.01%) ServiceNow
16 18 (12.33%) .NET
16 18 (12.33%) Unix
17 16 (10.96%) Degree
17 16 (10.96%) IBM
17 16 (10.96%) SLA
17 16 (10.96%) User Acceptance Testing
18 15 (10.27%) DB2
18 15 (10.27%) Windows Server
19 14 (9.59%) Endur

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 14 (9.59%) WebSphere
2 13 (8.90%) Tomcat
3 12 (8.22%) WebSphere Application Server
4 4 (2.74%) SharePoint
5 3 (2.05%) Confluence
6 1 (0.68%) Apache
6 1 (0.68%) IIS
6 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (9.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.74%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.05%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 14 (9.59%) Endur
2 6 (4.11%) Elite 3E
3 3 (2.05%) Fidessa
4 1 (0.68%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 38 (26.03%) Azure
2 34 (23.29%) AWS
3 21 (14.38%) Power Platform
4 13 (8.90%) Entra ID
4 13 (8.90%) Serverless
5 12 (8.22%) SaaS
6 10 (6.85%) Azure Monitor
7 7 (4.79%) Amazon EC2
7 7 (4.79%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (4.79%) Azure Event Grid
7 7 (4.79%) Azure Functions
7 7 (4.79%) Azure Storage
7 7 (4.79%) Power Automate
8 6 (4.11%) Amazon EKS
8 6 (4.11%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (3.42%) Amazon S3
9 5 (3.42%) PowerApps
9 5 (3.42%) Route 53
10 4 (2.74%) AWS CloudFormation
10 4 (2.74%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.90%) SSL
2 12 (8.22%) WinSCP
3 2 (1.37%) Extranet
3 2 (1.37%) Intranet
4 1 (0.68%) DNS
4 1 (0.68%) FTP
4 1 (0.68%) Internet
4 1 (0.68%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.68%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (19.18%) SQL Server
2 21 (14.38%) Power BI
3 15 (10.27%) DB2
4 14 (9.59%) Relational Database
5 13 (8.90%) PostgreSQL
6 12 (8.22%) Azure SQL Database
7 11 (7.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 10 (6.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (5.48%) MySQL
10 5 (3.42%) Amazon RDS
11 3 (2.05%) Oracle Database
12 2 (1.37%) BusinessObjects
13 1 (0.68%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 11 (7.53%) Git
2 5 (3.42%) JIRA
3 1 (0.68%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 66 (45.21%) Social Skills
2 48 (32.88%) Finance
3 23 (15.75%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (15.75%) Banking
4 12 (8.22%) Investment Banking
5 8 (5.48%) Legal
6 6 (4.11%) Front Office
6 6 (4.11%) Law
7 5 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.74%) Back Office
9 1 (0.68%) Billing
9 1 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.68%) Portuguese Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (12.33%) .NET
2 13 (8.90%) WebSphere MQ
3 12 (8.22%) LAPP Stack
3 12 (8.22%) LDAP
4 7 (4.79%) WPF
5 5 (3.42%) Middleware
6 4 (2.74%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (1.37%) CSS
7 2 (1.37%) HTML
8 1 (0.68%) .NET Core
8 1 (0.68%) Kafka
8 1 (0.68%) LAMP
8 1 (0.68%) React
8 1 (0.68%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 12 (8.22%) Linux Command Line
2 10 (6.85%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.11%) Reference Data
4 4 (2.74%) Derivative
4 4 (2.74%) Equities
5 3 (2.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (2.05%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.37%) AS400
6 2 (1.37%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.37%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.37%) iSeries
6 2 (1.37%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.68%) Equity Derivative
7 1 (0.68%) FMCG
7 1 (0.68%) NHS
7 1 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.68%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 41 (28.08%) Windows
2 34 (23.29%) Linux
3 18 (12.33%) Unix
4 15 (10.27%) Windows Server
5 13 (8.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.37%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (38.36%) ITIL
2 42 (28.77%) Problem-Solving
3 31 (21.23%) Change Management
4 25 (17.12%) Runbook
5 24 (16.44%) Continuous Improvement
6 22 (15.07%) Release Management
7 21 (14.38%) CI/CD
7 21 (14.38%) DevOps
8 20 (13.70%) Service Management
9 19 (13.01%) Business Intelligence
10 16 (10.96%) User Acceptance Testing
11 14 (9.59%) Task Automation
12 13 (8.90%) Incident Management
12 13 (8.90%) Problem Management
13 12 (8.22%) Migration
14 11 (7.53%) ITSM
15 10 (6.85%) Analytics
15 10 (6.85%) Log Analytics
15 10 (6.85%) Mentoring
15 10 (6.85%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 85 (58.22%) SQL
2 22 (15.07%) Python
3 13 (8.90%) PowerShell
4 12 (8.22%) C#
5 11 (7.53%) VB.NET
6 7 (4.79%) PL/SQL
7 4 (2.74%) T-SQL
8 3 (2.05%) Java
8 3 (2.05%) Kusto Query Language
9 2 (1.37%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.68%) Bash
10 1 (0.68%) JavaScript
10 1 (0.68%) Perl
10 1 (0.68%) PHP
10 1 (0.68%) Scala
10 1 (0.68%) VBA
Qualifications
1 16 (10.96%) Degree
2 13 (8.90%) AWS Certification
3 12 (8.22%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (1.37%) CISSP
4 2 (1.37%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.37%) PMP
5 1 (0.68%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.96%) SLA
2 8 (5.48%) QA
3 5 (3.42%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (0.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (6.85%) Grafana
2 8 (5.48%) Kibana
3 1 (0.68%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.68%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 32 (21.92%) Microsoft
2 19 (13.01%) ServiceNow
3 16 (10.96%) IBM
4 12 (8.22%) Red Hat
5 9 (6.16%) Guidewire
5 9 (6.16%) Intapp
6 3 (2.05%) Concur
6 3 (2.05%) Oracle
6 3 (2.05%) Sage
7 2 (1.37%) Aderant
8 1 (0.68%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.68%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.68%) iManage
8 1 (0.68%) InterSystems
8 1 (0.68%) NEC
8 1 (0.68%) Reuters
8 1 (0.68%) SAP
8 1 (0.68%) Sitecore