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 23 May 2026.

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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 278 238 217
Rank change year-on-year -40 -21 +66
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 134 156 346
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.64% 1.31% 1.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 1.45% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 115 139 292
10th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £39,000
25th Percentile £46,875 £46,250 £47,589
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £80,625 £76,250 £87,500
90th Percentile £92,750 £90,000 £96,250
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £46,188
% change year-on-year -5.56% -2.57% -7.62%

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 19,239 10,730 22,055
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.22% 89.90% 94.26%
Number of salaries quoted 13,165 6,822 16,614
10th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £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 £100,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,457 £57,560 £53,250
% change year-on-year -3.65% +8.09% -12.42%

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 23 May 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 23 May 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 -9 45 £70,000 +7.69% 9
West London -16 2 £35,000 -50.00% 2
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 23 May 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 62 (46.27%) SQL
2 51 (38.06%) Azure
3 48 (35.82%) Microsoft
4 43 (32.09%) Windows
5 42 (31.34%) Problem-Solving
6 41 (30.60%) ITIL
7 34 (25.37%) SQL Server
8 31 (23.13%) Incident Management
9 28 (20.90%) DevOps
10 26 (19.40%) .NET
11 23 (17.16%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (16.42%) Mentoring
13 21 (15.67%) Service Management
14 20 (14.93%) Runbook
15 19 (14.18%) Change Management
15 19 (14.18%) Linux
15 19 (14.18%) VB.NET
16 18 (13.43%) C#
16 18 (13.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 16 (11.94%) CI/CD
17 16 (11.94%) PL/SQL
17 16 (11.94%) Windows Server
18 15 (11.19%) Entra ID
18 15 (11.19%) iManage
18 15 (11.19%) Root Cause Analysis
19 14 (10.45%) Agile
19 14 (10.45%) PowerShell
19 14 (10.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 14 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
20 13 (9.70%) Case 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 4 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.49%) IIS
3 1 (0.75%) Confluence
3 1 (0.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (6.72%) Endur
2 3 (2.24%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.75%) Misys Equation
3 1 (0.75%) Misys Midas
3 1 (0.75%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 51 (38.06%) Azure
2 15 (11.19%) Entra ID
3 11 (8.21%) AWS
4 9 (6.72%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.22%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (5.22%) Azure Event Grid
5 7 (5.22%) Azure Functions
5 7 (5.22%) Azure Monitor
5 7 (5.22%) Azure Storage
5 7 (5.22%) Serverless
6 5 (3.73%) SaaS
7 4 (2.99%) ClickUp
8 3 (2.24%) Datadog
8 3 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.24%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.75%) Oracle Service Cloud
10 1 (0.75%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.75%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (8.96%) WinSCP
2 1 (0.75%) DNS
2 1 (0.75%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.75%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (25.37%) SQL Server
2 18 (13.43%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 14 (10.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 11 (8.21%) DB2
4 11 (8.21%) Relational Database
5 9 (6.72%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (3.73%) MySQL
7 3 (2.24%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.75%) Power BI
8 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 11 (8.21%) Git
2 5 (3.73%) JIRA
3 2 (1.49%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.75%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 67 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 62 (46.27%) Finance
3 28 (20.90%) Banking
4 22 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (13.43%) Law
6 8 (5.97%) Legal
7 5 (3.73%) Financial Institution
8 4 (2.99%) Front Office
8 4 (2.99%) Japanese Language
9 2 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.75%) Back Office
10 1 (0.75%) General Ledger
10 1 (0.75%) Investment Banking
10 1 (0.75%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (19.40%) .NET
2 7 (5.22%) FIX Protocol
2 7 (5.22%) WPF
3 2 (1.49%) CSS
3 2 (1.49%) HTML
4 1 (0.75%) JMS
4 1 (0.75%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.21%) Legacy Applications
2 9 (6.72%) AS400
3 8 (5.97%) Management Information System
4 4 (2.99%) iSeries
5 3 (2.24%) Equities
5 3 (2.24%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.49%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.49%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.49%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.75%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.75%) Derivative
7 1 (0.75%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.75%) LPAR
7 1 (0.75%) NHS
7 1 (0.75%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 43 (32.09%) Windows
2 19 (14.18%) Linux
3 16 (11.94%) Windows Server
4 7 (5.22%) Unix
5 2 (1.49%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.49%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (31.34%) Problem-Solving
2 41 (30.60%) ITIL
3 31 (23.13%) Incident Management
4 28 (20.90%) DevOps
5 23 (17.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 22 (16.42%) Mentoring
7 21 (15.67%) Service Management
8 20 (14.93%) Runbook
9 19 (14.18%) Change Management
10 16 (11.94%) CI/CD
11 15 (11.19%) Root Cause Analysis
12 14 (10.45%) Agile
12 14 (10.45%) Stakeholder Management
13 13 (9.70%) Case Management
13 13 (9.70%) Disaster Recovery
13 13 (9.70%) Document Management
13 13 (9.70%) Problem Management
13 13 (9.70%) Release Management
14 12 (8.96%) Business Continuity
14 12 (8.96%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 62 (46.27%) SQL
2 19 (14.18%) VB.NET
3 18 (13.43%) C#
4 16 (11.94%) PL/SQL
5 14 (10.45%) PowerShell
6 7 (5.22%) RPG
7 6 (4.48%) COBOL
8 5 (3.73%) Python
9 3 (2.24%) Java
9 3 (2.24%) T-SQL
10 2 (1.49%) Tcl
10 2 (1.49%) VBA
10 2 (1.49%) VBScript
11 1 (0.75%) Bash
11 1 (0.75%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (9.70%) Degree
2 11 (8.21%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (4.48%) PMI Certification
3 6 (4.48%) PMP
4 1 (0.75%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.48%) PMO
1 6 (4.48%) QA
2 5 (3.73%) GRC
3 3 (2.24%) SLA
4 2 (1.49%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.49%) GDPR
4 2 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (2.99%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (5.22%) Grafana
1 7 (5.22%) Kibana
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 48 (35.82%) Microsoft
2 15 (11.19%) iManage
3 11 (8.21%) IBM
4 9 (6.72%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.24%) Oracle
6 2 (1.49%) Intapp
6 2 (1.49%) Sybase
6 2 (1.49%) TIBCO
7 1 (0.75%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.75%) InterSystems
7 1 (0.75%) Misys
7 1 (0.75%) NEC
7 1 (0.75%) Sitecore