Applications Support Engineer Jobs in Manchester

Application Support Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median Application Support Engineer salary in Manchester is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
2 Aug 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 - 206
Rank change year-on-year - - +44
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Engineer 8 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.31% - 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% - 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 2
10th Percentile - - £46,001
25th Percentile £32,500 - £46,152
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £48,370
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.58%
75th Percentile £38,500 - £50,652
90th Percentile - - £50,843
North West median annual salary £35,000 £47,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year -26.32% +46.15% -29.73%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,334 4,441 3,467
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.92% 95.18% 92.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1,401 3,004 2,358
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,000 £33,268
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year - -7.60% +8.23%
75th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,500 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Applications Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured Applications Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support Engineer in Manchester

Applications Support Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Support Engineer in Manchester.

Salary trend for Applications Support Engineer in Manchester

Applications Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 2 August 2025, Applications Support Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region featuring Applications Support Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 5 (62.50%) Client Onboarding
2 5 (62.50%) Task Automation
2 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Entra ID
2 5 (62.50%) Identity Access Management
2 5 (62.50%) Onboarding
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Purview
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Copilot
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (62.50%) Knowledge Management
2 5 (62.50%) PowerShell
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) SharePoint
2 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (37.50%) VoIP
3 3 (37.50%) ISO 9001
3 3 (37.50%) VPN
3 3 (37.50%) SQL
3 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
3 3 (37.50%) Windows
3 3 (37.50%) Linux
3 3 (37.50%) DMZ
3 3 (37.50%) Salesforce
3 3 (37.50%) Debian
3 3 (37.50%) Azure
3 3 (37.50%) STUN
3 3 (37.50%) VLAN
3 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001

Applications Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (62.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (62.50%) Entra ID
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft 365
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Copilot
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft Purview
2 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 3 (37.50%) IaaS
2 3 (37.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) DMZ
1 3 (37.50%) STUN
1 3 (37.50%) VLAN
1 3 (37.50%) VoIP
1 3 (37.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) SQL Server
General
1 8 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (62.50%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (37.50%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (37.50%) FreeSWITCH
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) Onboarding
2 3 (37.50%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Debian
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
1 3 (37.50%) Windows
1 3 (37.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Client Onboarding
1 5 (62.50%) Identity Access Management
1 5 (62.50%) Knowledge Management
1 5 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (62.50%) Task Automation
2 3 (37.50%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (37.50%) DevOps
2 3 (37.50%) High Availability
2 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Software Licensing
2 3 (37.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) PowerShell
2 3 (37.50%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 3 (37.50%) ISO 9001
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Kamailio
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
2 3 (37.50%) Salesforce