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 May 2026.

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

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 282 244 213
Rank change year-on-year -38 -31 +71
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 127 158 346
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.62% 1.28% 1.48%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.67% 1.42% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 107 142 291
10th Percentile £32,000 £41,250 £39,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £51,563 £47,500
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 £80,000 £86,250
90th Percentile £92,250 £90,000 £96,250
England median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £47,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% -4.26% -6.00%

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 18,888 11,123 22,052
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 90.06% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 12,900 7,207 16,628
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 £55,000 £57,560 £53,500
% change year-on-year -4.45% +7.59% -12.01%

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 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 16 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 -10 43 £67,500 +3.85% 7
West London -18 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 16 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 58 (45.67%) SQL
2 50 (39.37%) Azure
3 43 (33.86%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (33.07%) Microsoft
5 40 (31.50%) ITIL
5 40 (31.50%) Windows
6 30 (23.62%) Incident Management
6 30 (23.62%) SQL Server
7 29 (22.83%) DevOps
8 26 (20.47%) .NET
9 21 (16.54%) Continuous Improvement
9 21 (16.54%) Mentoring
9 21 (16.54%) Runbook
10 20 (15.75%) Change Management
11 19 (14.96%) Service Management
11 19 (14.96%) VB.NET
12 18 (14.17%) C#
12 18 (14.17%) Linux
13 17 (13.39%) CI/CD
13 17 (13.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 16 (12.60%) PL/SQL
15 14 (11.02%) Agile
15 14 (11.02%) Entra ID
15 14 (11.02%) Root Cause Analysis
16 13 (10.24%) Degree
16 13 (10.24%) Disaster Recovery
16 13 (10.24%) Problem Management
16 13 (10.24%) Release Management
16 13 (10.24%) Windows Server
17 12 (9.45%) AWS

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 1 (0.79%) Confluence
1 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (7.87%) Endur
2 3 (2.36%) Fidessa
3 1 (0.79%) Misys Equation
3 1 (0.79%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 50 (39.37%) Azure
2 14 (11.02%) Entra ID
3 12 (9.45%) AWS
4 7 (5.51%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (5.51%) Azure Event Grid
4 7 (5.51%) Azure Functions
4 7 (5.51%) Azure Monitor
4 7 (5.51%) Azure Storage
4 7 (5.51%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (5.51%) Serverless
5 5 (3.94%) SaaS
6 4 (3.15%) ClickUp
7 3 (2.36%) Datadog
7 3 (2.36%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.57%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.79%) Oracle Service Cloud
9 1 (0.79%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.79%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 12 (9.45%) WinSCP
2 1 (0.79%) DNS
2 1 (0.79%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.79%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (23.62%) SQL Server
2 17 (13.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 11 (8.66%) DB2
3 11 (8.66%) Relational Database
3 11 (8.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 9 (7.09%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (3.94%) MySQL
6 3 (2.36%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.79%) Power BI
7 1 (0.79%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 11 (8.66%) Git
2 5 (3.94%) JIRA
3 2 (1.57%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.79%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 64 (50.39%) Social Skills
2 57 (44.88%) Finance
3 27 (21.26%) Banking
4 23 (18.11%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (11.02%) Law
6 6 (4.72%) Legal
7 4 (3.15%) Financial Institution
7 4 (3.15%) Front Office
7 4 (3.15%) Japanese Language
8 2 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.79%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.79%) Investment Banking
9 1 (0.79%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (20.47%) .NET
2 7 (5.51%) WPF
3 6 (4.72%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (0.79%) JMS
4 1 (0.79%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.66%) Legacy Applications
2 8 (6.30%) AS400
3 6 (4.72%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.15%) iSeries
5 3 (2.36%) Equities
5 3 (2.36%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (1.57%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.57%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.57%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.79%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.79%) Derivative
7 1 (0.79%) LPAR
7 1 (0.79%) NHS
7 1 (0.79%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 40 (31.50%) Windows
2 18 (14.17%) Linux
3 13 (10.24%) Windows Server
4 6 (4.72%) Unix
5 2 (1.57%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (33.86%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (31.50%) ITIL
3 30 (23.62%) Incident Management
4 29 (22.83%) DevOps
5 21 (16.54%) Continuous Improvement
5 21 (16.54%) Mentoring
5 21 (16.54%) Runbook
6 20 (15.75%) Change Management
7 19 (14.96%) Service Management
8 17 (13.39%) CI/CD
9 14 (11.02%) Agile
9 14 (11.02%) Root Cause Analysis
10 13 (10.24%) Disaster Recovery
10 13 (10.24%) Problem Management
10 13 (10.24%) Release Management
11 12 (9.45%) Business Continuity
11 12 (9.45%) Stakeholder Management
12 11 (8.66%) Computer Science
12 11 (8.66%) Migration
12 11 (8.66%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 58 (45.67%) SQL
2 19 (14.96%) VB.NET
3 18 (14.17%) C#
4 16 (12.60%) PL/SQL
5 12 (9.45%) PowerShell
6 6 (4.72%) RPG
7 5 (3.94%) COBOL
7 5 (3.94%) Python
8 3 (2.36%) Java
9 2 (1.57%) Tcl
10 1 (0.79%) Bash
10 1 (0.79%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 13 (10.24%) Degree
2 11 (8.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (4.72%) PMI Certification
3 6 (4.72%) PMP
4 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.72%) PMO
1 6 (4.72%) QA
2 5 (3.94%) GRC
3 3 (2.36%) SLA
4 2 (1.57%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.57%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (0.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (5.51%) Grafana
1 7 (5.51%) Kibana
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.79%) SCCM
Vendors
1 42 (33.07%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.66%) iManage
3 10 (7.87%) IBM
4 9 (7.09%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.36%) Oracle
6 2 (1.57%) Intapp
6 2 (1.57%) Sybase
6 2 (1.57%) TIBCO
7 1 (0.79%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.79%) InterSystems
7 1 (0.79%) Misys