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 17 July 2026.

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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 301 239 235
Rank change year-on-year -62 -4 +22
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 119 164 291
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.53% 1.32% 1.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.57% 1.44% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 111 140 242
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,418 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -1.82% +5.77%
75th Percentile £84,375 £82,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,875 £99,750
England median annual salary £43,000 £43,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - -4.44% -10.00%

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 20,699 11,394 21,274
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.87% 91.55% 94.40%
Number of salaries quoted 14,260 7,394 15,472
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +3.57% -3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £94,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% -10.00%

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 17 July 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 17 July 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 -5 38 £70,000 - 5
West London -19 2 £35,000 -24.73% 1
South London - 2 £100,000 -
Applications Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 17 July 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 48 (40.34%) ITIL
2 46 (38.66%) Microsoft
3 42 (35.29%) Azure
4 41 (34.45%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (31.93%) SQL
6 33 (27.73%) Incident Management
7 32 (26.89%) SQL Server
7 32 (26.89%) Windows
8 29 (24.37%) Service Management
9 28 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (20.17%) Stakeholder Management
11 22 (18.49%) DevOps
12 21 (17.65%) Change Management
12 21 (17.65%) Root Cause Analysis
13 19 (15.97%) Mentoring
14 17 (14.29%) iManage
15 15 (12.61%) Project Delivery
15 15 (12.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 14 (11.76%) Agile
16 14 (11.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 13 (10.92%) .NET
17 13 (10.92%) Case Management
17 13 (10.92%) Degree
17 13 (10.92%) Disaster Recovery
17 13 (10.92%) Document Management
17 13 (10.92%) SDLC
18 12 (10.08%) Business Continuity
18 12 (10.08%) C#
18 12 (10.08%) IBM
18 12 (10.08%) VB.NET

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 (5.04%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.68%) IIS
3 1 (0.84%) Confluence
3 1 (0.84%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (6.72%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.20%) Endur
2 2 (1.68%) Fidessa
2 2 (1.68%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.84%) Misys Equation
3 1 (0.84%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 42 (35.29%) Azure
2 11 (9.24%) AWS
2 11 (9.24%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (7.56%) Entra ID
4 7 (5.88%) SaaS
5 5 (4.20%) Microsoft Copilot
5 5 (4.20%) Power Platform
5 5 (4.20%) Serverless
6 4 (3.36%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (3.36%) Amazon S3
6 4 (3.36%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (3.36%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (3.36%) ClickUp
6 4 (3.36%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 3 (2.52%) Datadog
8 1 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.84%) Azure Functions
8 1 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.84%) GCP
8 1 (0.84%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.36%) WinSCP
2 1 (0.84%) DNS
2 1 (0.84%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.84%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (26.89%) SQL Server
2 15 (12.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 14 (11.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 11 (9.24%) Db2
5 5 (4.20%) Relational Database
6 4 (3.36%) Amazon RDS
7 3 (2.52%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (2.52%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.84%) Power BI
8 1 (0.84%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.36%) Eclipse
1 4 (3.36%) JIRA
2 3 (2.52%) Git
3 1 (0.84%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 63 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 55 (46.22%) Finance
3 29 (24.37%) Banking
4 24 (20.17%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (15.13%) Law
6 8 (6.72%) Financial Institution
6 8 (6.72%) Legal
7 4 (3.36%) Japanese Language
8 3 (2.52%) Back Office
8 3 (2.52%) Front Office
9 2 (1.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.68%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.84%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.84%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (10.92%) .NET
2 7 (5.88%) FIX Protocol
3 2 (1.68%) CSS
3 2 (1.68%) HTML
3 2 (1.68%) Middleware
4 1 (0.84%) JMS
4 1 (0.84%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.24%) Legacy Applications
2 10 (8.40%) AS400
3 8 (6.72%) Management Information System
4 7 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (3.36%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (3.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.68%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.68%) Equities
6 2 (1.68%) iSeries
6 2 (1.68%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.84%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.84%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.84%) LPAR
7 1 (0.84%) Market Risk
7 1 (0.84%) NHS
7 1 (0.84%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 32 (26.89%) Windows
2 10 (8.40%) Windows Server
3 9 (7.56%) Linux
4 8 (6.72%) Unix
5 2 (1.68%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.68%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (40.34%) ITIL
2 41 (34.45%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (27.73%) Incident Management
4 29 (24.37%) Service Management
5 28 (23.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 24 (20.17%) Stakeholder Management
7 22 (18.49%) DevOps
8 21 (17.65%) Change Management
8 21 (17.65%) Root Cause Analysis
9 19 (15.97%) Mentoring
10 15 (12.61%) Project Delivery
11 14 (11.76%) Agile
12 13 (10.92%) Case Management
12 13 (10.92%) Disaster Recovery
12 13 (10.92%) Document Management
12 13 (10.92%) SDLC
13 12 (10.08%) Business Continuity
14 11 (9.24%) Computer Science
14 11 (9.24%) ITSM
14 11 (9.24%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (31.93%) SQL
2 12 (10.08%) C#
2 12 (10.08%) VB.NET
3 11 (9.24%) PL/SQL
4 10 (8.40%) RPG
5 9 (7.56%) COBOL
6 6 (5.04%) PowerShell
7 5 (4.20%) Python
8 4 (3.36%) T-SQL
9 2 (1.68%) Java
9 2 (1.68%) Tcl
9 2 (1.68%) VBA
9 2 (1.68%) VBScript
10 1 (0.84%) Bash
10 1 (0.84%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (10.92%) Degree
2 11 (9.24%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (5.04%) PMI Certification
3 6 (5.04%) PMP
4 1 (0.84%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.72%) SLA
2 6 (5.04%) PMO
3 5 (4.20%) GRC
4 4 (3.36%) GDPR
5 2 (1.68%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.68%) QA
System Software
1 6 (5.04%) Active Directory
2 4 (3.36%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.20%) Grafana
2 4 (3.36%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.36%) Prometheus
2 4 (3.36%) Terraform
3 1 (0.84%) Kibana
3 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.84%) SCCM
Vendors
1 46 (38.66%) Microsoft
2 17 (14.29%) iManage
3 12 (10.08%) IBM
4 8 (6.72%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.52%) Oracle
6 2 (1.68%) Intapp
6 2 (1.68%) NEC
6 2 (1.68%) Sybase
6 2 (1.68%) TIBCO
7 1 (0.84%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.84%) Google
7 1 (0.84%) InterSystems
7 1 (0.84%) Misys
7 1 (0.84%) Sitecore