Applications Support Job Trends in London

Application Support
England > London

The median Application Support salary in London is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 April 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 256 208
Rank change year-on-year -27 -48 +99
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 123 154 351
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.64% 1.19% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 1.32% 1.62%
Number of salaries quoted 98 138 307
10th Percentile £32,125 £41,250 £39,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £47,560
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -
75th Percentile £73,125 £79,063 £80,625
90th Percentile £87,500 £90,000 £96,000
England median annual salary £42,175 £47,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.27% -1.05% +0.53%

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 17,537 11,698 21,696
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.81% 90.65% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 11,755 7,546 16,654
10th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,322 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £93,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,296
% change year-on-year -8.33% +10.51% -9.51%

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 16 April 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 16 April 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 -15 36 £65,000 - 7
West London -18 1 £35,000 -30.00% 1
Applications Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 April 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 65 (52.85%) SQL
2 49 (39.84%) Azure
3 48 (39.02%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (34.15%) ITIL
5 39 (31.71%) Windows
6 36 (29.27%) Microsoft
7 30 (24.39%) DevOps
8 26 (21.14%) .NET
9 25 (20.33%) Runbook
10 24 (19.51%) Change Management
11 22 (17.89%) Continuous Improvement
11 22 (17.89%) Incident Management
12 21 (17.07%) CI/CD
12 21 (17.07%) SQL Server
13 19 (15.45%) Linux
13 19 (15.45%) Mentoring
13 19 (15.45%) VB.NET
14 18 (14.63%) AWS
14 18 (14.63%) C#
14 18 (14.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 16 (13.01%) Degree
15 16 (13.01%) ITSM
15 16 (13.01%) PL/SQL
15 16 (13.01%) Service Management
15 16 (13.01%) ServiceNow
16 14 (11.38%) Endur
16 14 (11.38%) Release Management
17 13 (10.57%) DB2
17 13 (10.57%) Entra ID
17 13 (10.57%) Problem Management

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 2 (1.63%) Tomcat
1 2 (1.63%) WebSphere
1 2 (1.63%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (0.81%) Confluence
2 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.81%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (6.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (3.25%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 14 (11.38%) Endur
2 2 (1.63%) Elite 3E
2 2 (1.63%) Fidessa
Cloud Services
1 49 (39.84%) Azure
2 18 (14.63%) AWS
3 13 (10.57%) Entra ID
4 7 (5.69%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (5.69%) Azure Event Grid
4 7 (5.69%) Azure Functions
4 7 (5.69%) Azure Monitor
4 7 (5.69%) Azure Storage
4 7 (5.69%) Power Platform
4 7 (5.69%) Serverless
5 6 (4.88%) Power Automate
6 5 (4.07%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (3.25%) ClickUp
7 4 (3.25%) PowerApps
7 4 (3.25%) SaaS
8 3 (2.44%) Datadog
9 2 (1.63%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.81%) Oracle Service Cloud
10 1 (0.81%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.76%) WinSCP
2 2 (1.63%) SSL
3 1 (0.81%) DNS
3 1 (0.81%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.81%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (17.07%) SQL Server
2 18 (14.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (10.57%) DB2
4 12 (9.76%) Relational Database
4 12 (9.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 9 (7.32%) Azure SQL Database
6 7 (5.69%) Power BI
7 5 (4.07%) MySQL
8 3 (2.44%) Oracle Database
9 2 (1.63%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (8.94%) Git
2 4 (3.25%) JIRA
3 1 (0.81%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 65 (52.85%) Social Skills
2 52 (42.28%) Finance
3 26 (21.14%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (20.33%) Banking
5 10 (8.13%) Legal
6 8 (6.50%) Law
7 4 (3.25%) Investment Banking
7 4 (3.25%) Japanese Language
8 3 (2.44%) Front Office
9 1 (0.81%) Back Office
9 1 (0.81%) Billing
9 1 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.81%) Marketing
9 1 (0.81%) Portuguese Language
9 1 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (21.14%) .NET
2 7 (5.69%) WPF
3 5 (4.07%) FIX Protocol
4 2 (1.63%) LAPP Stack
4 2 (1.63%) LDAP
4 2 (1.63%) WebSphere MQ
5 1 (0.81%) JMS
5 1 (0.81%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.94%) Legacy Applications
2 7 (5.69%) Management Information System
3 6 (4.88%) Reference Data
4 3 (2.44%) AS400
4 3 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 3 (2.44%) iSeries
4 3 (2.44%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.63%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.63%) Derivative
5 2 (1.63%) Equities
5 2 (1.63%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.81%) FMCG
6 1 (0.81%) NHS
6 1 (0.81%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 39 (31.71%) Windows
2 19 (15.45%) Linux
3 12 (9.76%) Windows Server
4 8 (6.50%) Unix
5 2 (1.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.81%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (39.02%) Problem-Solving
2 42 (34.15%) ITIL
3 30 (24.39%) DevOps
4 25 (20.33%) Runbook
5 24 (19.51%) Change Management
6 22 (17.89%) Continuous Improvement
6 22 (17.89%) Incident Management
7 21 (17.07%) CI/CD
8 19 (15.45%) Mentoring
9 16 (13.01%) ITSM
9 16 (13.01%) Service Management
10 14 (11.38%) Release Management
11 13 (10.57%) Problem Management
12 12 (9.76%) Disaster Recovery
12 12 (9.76%) Migration
13 11 (8.94%) Agile
13 11 (8.94%) Business Continuity
13 11 (8.94%) Customer-Centric Approach
13 11 (8.94%) Customer-Centricity
13 11 (8.94%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 65 (52.85%) SQL
2 19 (15.45%) VB.NET
3 18 (14.63%) C#
4 16 (13.01%) PL/SQL
5 12 (9.76%) PowerShell
6 7 (5.69%) Python
7 2 (1.63%) Bash
7 2 (1.63%) Java
8 1 (0.81%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.81%) RPG
8 1 (0.81%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (13.01%) Degree
2 10 (8.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (4.07%) PMI Certification
3 5 (4.07%) PMP
4 2 (1.63%) AWS Certification
4 2 (1.63%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.81%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.07%) GRC
1 5 (4.07%) PMO
1 5 (4.07%) QA
1 5 (4.07%) SLA
2 4 (3.25%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.63%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 8 (6.50%) Grafana
2 7 (5.69%) Kibana
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.81%) SCCM
Vendors
1 36 (29.27%) Microsoft
2 16 (13.01%) ServiceNow
3 5 (4.07%) IBM
4 4 (3.25%) Intapp
5 3 (2.44%) iManage
5 3 (2.44%) Oracle
6 2 (1.63%) Aderant
6 2 (1.63%) Guidewire
6 2 (1.63%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.81%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.81%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.81%) InterSystems