Applications Support Job Trends in London

Application Support
England > London

The median Application Support salary in London is £68,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 November 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 236 269 243
Rank change year-on-year +33 -26 +111
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 159 171 242
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.24% 0.99% 1.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% 1.05% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 116 134 224
10th Percentile £42,232 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,188 £40,313 £49,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £53,750 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.91% -17.31% +23.81%
75th Percentile £85,313 £78,438 £76,563
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £89,250
England median annual salary £42,000 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -15.79% +5.56%

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 11,666 16,315 18,128
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.82% 94.81% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 7,489 9,913 14,788
10th Percentile £36,000 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £118,750 £115,000
England median annual salary £53,750 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.52% -4.17% -

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 18 November 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 18 November 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 +29 33 £72,500 +20.83% 29
West London +5 11 £42,000 -16.00% 2
East London - 8 £85,000 - 1
South London - 2 £37,500 - 2
Applications Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 November 2025, 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 81 (50.94%) SQL
2 59 (37.11%) ITIL
3 48 (30.19%) Problem-Solving
4 37 (23.27%) SQL Server
5 36 (22.64%) AWS
5 36 (22.64%) Python
6 35 (22.01%) Microsoft
7 33 (20.75%) Service Management
8 32 (20.13%) Linux
9 31 (19.50%) Azure
9 31 (19.50%) Unix
10 27 (16.98%) Change Management
11 26 (16.35%) Degree
12 25 (15.72%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (15.72%) Release Management
12 25 (15.72%) Windows
13 23 (14.47%) Power BI
13 23 (14.47%) Power Platform
14 21 (13.21%) IBM
14 21 (13.21%) User Acceptance Testing
14 21 (13.21%) WebSphere
15 20 (12.58%) Business Intelligence
15 20 (12.58%) PostgreSQL
16 19 (11.95%) Red Hat
16 19 (11.95%) ServiceNow
16 19 (11.95%) SSL
17 18 (11.32%) ITIL Certification
17 18 (11.32%) ITSM
17 18 (11.32%) SLA
17 18 (11.32%) WebSphere MQ

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 21 (13.21%) WebSphere
2 17 (10.69%) Tomcat
3 16 (10.06%) WebSphere Application Server
4 8 (5.03%) Confluence
5 4 (2.52%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (1.89%) SharePoint
7 2 (1.26%) IIS
8 1 (0.63%) Apache
Applications
1 16 (10.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.52%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.89%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.63%) Notion
Business Applications
1 8 (5.03%) Elite 3E
2 7 (4.40%) Endur
3 5 (3.14%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (1.26%) Fidessa
5 1 (0.63%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.63%) SAP Business One
5 1 (0.63%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.63%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.63%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.63%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 36 (22.64%) AWS
2 31 (19.50%) Azure
3 23 (14.47%) Power Platform
4 13 (8.18%) SaaS
5 11 (6.92%) Amazon EC2
6 10 (6.29%) AWS Lambda
6 10 (6.29%) Serverless
7 9 (5.66%) Amazon EKS
8 8 (5.03%) Amazon S3
9 7 (4.40%) Route 53
10 6 (3.77%) Amazon ECR
10 6 (3.77%) AWS CloudFormation
10 6 (3.77%) Power Automate
10 6 (3.77%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 5 (3.14%) Dynamics 365
11 5 (3.14%) PowerApps
12 4 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (2.52%) Azure Monitor
12 4 (2.52%) Intacct
12 4 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 19 (11.95%) SSL
2 2 (1.26%) Extranet
2 2 (1.26%) Intranet
3 1 (0.63%) FTP
3 1 (0.63%) Internet
3 1 (0.63%) Multicast
3 1 (0.63%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (23.27%) SQL Server
2 23 (14.47%) Power BI
3 20 (12.58%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (10.69%) DB2
5 10 (6.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 9 (5.66%) MySQL
6 9 (5.66%) Relational Database
7 8 (5.03%) Amazon RDS
8 3 (1.89%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.89%) Oracle Database
8 3 (1.89%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.26%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
10 1 (0.63%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 14 (8.81%) JIRA
2 4 (2.52%) Git
3 3 (1.89%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.26%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.63%) Visual Studio
General
1 71 (44.65%) Social Skills
2 48 (30.19%) Finance
3 23 (14.47%) Banking
4 22 (13.84%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (8.81%) Investment Banking
6 13 (8.18%) Front Office
7 12 (7.55%) Back Office
8 9 (5.66%) Law
9 7 (4.40%) Legal
10 6 (3.77%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.26%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.63%) Billing
12 1 (0.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.63%) Marketing
12 1 (0.63%) Portuguese Language
12 1 (0.63%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (11.32%) WebSphere MQ
2 16 (10.06%) LAPP Stack
2 16 (10.06%) LDAP
3 8 (5.03%) FIX Protocol
4 7 (4.40%) .NET
5 5 (3.14%) .NET Framework
5 5 (3.14%) Middleware
6 2 (1.26%) .NET Core
6 2 (1.26%) CSS
6 2 (1.26%) HTML
6 2 (1.26%) React
7 1 (0.63%) EDI
7 1 (0.63%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.63%) Kafka
7 1 (0.63%) LAMP
7 1 (0.63%) Node.js
7 1 (0.63%) REST
7 1 (0.63%) RESTful
7 1 (0.63%) SOAP
7 1 (0.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 17 (10.69%) Linux Command Line
1 17 (10.69%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.14%) Data Protection Act
2 5 (3.14%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (3.14%) Reference Data
3 4 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (1.89%) Derivative
4 3 (1.89%) Equities
4 3 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.63%) Equity Derivative
5 1 (0.63%) Fixed Income
5 1 (0.63%) FMCG
5 1 (0.63%) FPGA
5 1 (0.63%) Hedge funds
5 1 (0.63%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.63%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 32 (20.13%) Linux
2 31 (19.50%) Unix
3 25 (15.72%) Windows
4 17 (10.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (2.52%) Windows Server
6 2 (1.26%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (37.11%) ITIL
2 48 (30.19%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (20.75%) Service Management
4 27 (16.98%) Change Management
5 25 (15.72%) Continuous Improvement
5 25 (15.72%) Release Management
6 21 (13.21%) User Acceptance Testing
7 20 (12.58%) Business Intelligence
8 18 (11.32%) ITSM
9 15 (9.43%) Agile
10 14 (8.81%) Roadmaps
11 13 (8.18%) Batch Processing
11 13 (8.18%) Data Analysis
12 12 (7.55%) CI/CD
12 12 (7.55%) DevOps
12 12 (7.55%) Problem Management
13 11 (6.92%) High Availability
13 11 (6.92%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 11 (6.92%) Root Cause Analysis
14 10 (6.29%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 81 (50.94%) SQL
2 36 (22.64%) Python
3 7 (4.40%) PowerShell
4 6 (3.77%) Bash
4 6 (3.77%) C#
5 4 (2.52%) Java
5 4 (2.52%) Shell Script
5 4 (2.52%) T-SQL
6 3 (1.89%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (1.26%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.26%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.63%) Go
8 1 (0.63%) JavaScript
8 1 (0.63%) Perl
8 1 (0.63%) PHP
8 1 (0.63%) Scala
8 1 (0.63%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.63%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (16.35%) Degree
2 18 (11.32%) ITIL Certification
3 17 (10.69%) AWS Certification
4 3 (1.89%) CISSP
4 3 (1.89%) PMI Certification
4 3 (1.89%) PMP
5 1 (0.63%) ACCA
5 1 (0.63%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.63%) CIMA
5 1 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.63%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.63%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.63%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (11.32%) SLA
2 10 (6.29%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.14%) QA
System Software
1 4 (2.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (5.03%) Grafana
2 3 (1.89%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.26%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.63%) Ansible
4 1 (0.63%) Docker Swarm
4 1 (0.63%) Kibana
4 1 (0.63%) Opsgenie
4 1 (0.63%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 35 (22.01%) Microsoft
2 21 (13.21%) IBM
3 19 (11.95%) Red Hat
3 19 (11.95%) ServiceNow
4 13 (8.18%) Guidewire
5 12 (7.55%) Intapp
6 6 (3.77%) Databricks
6 6 (3.77%) Oracle
7 4 (2.52%) Atlassian
7 4 (2.52%) Concur
7 4 (2.52%) Sage
7 4 (2.52%) Siebel
8 3 (1.89%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.26%) Aderant
9 2 (1.26%) Bloomberg
9 2 (1.26%) SAP
9 2 (1.26%) Splunk
9 2 (1.26%) Trayport
10 1 (0.63%) Ariba
10 1 (0.63%) Reuters