Applications Support Jobs in the Midlands

Application Support
England > Midlands

The median Application Support salary in the Midlands is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.

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

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 203 217 261
Rank change year-on-year +14 +44 -13
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 53 103 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.75% 0.86% 0.60%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.81% 0.92% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 43 79 51
10th Percentile £29,550 £25,000 £23,250
25th Percentile £31,875 £26,750 £29,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -7.14% -7.89%
75th Percentile £53,750 £42,875 £43,750
90th Percentile £63,500 £47,750 £50,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £47,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.26% -6.00% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 6,520 11,242 8,195
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 94.38% 89.60%
Number of salaries quoted 2,801 8,341 4,592
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in the Midlands

Applications Support
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Support in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Applications Support in the Midlands

Applications Support
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in the Midlands

Applications Support
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
West Midlands +51 35 £42,500 +32.31% 8
East Midlands -11 18 £32,500 -1.95% 2
Applications Support
England

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Applications Support 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 Midlands region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 23 (43.40%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (33.96%) SQL
2 18 (33.96%) CRM
3 17 (32.08%) Microsoft
4 16 (30.19%) Oracle
5 13 (24.53%) Incident Management
5 13 (24.53%) Oracle Fusion
5 13 (24.53%) Social Skills
6 12 (22.64%) Azure
6 12 (22.64%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (20.75%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (20.75%) Oracle EBS
7 11 (20.75%) Oracle Applications
7 11 (20.75%) Middleware
8 9 (16.98%) Dynamics CRM
8 9 (16.98%) User Experience
8 9 (16.98%) ServiceNow
9 8 (15.09%) Law
9 8 (15.09%) ITIL
9 8 (15.09%) Cost Reduction
9 8 (15.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (13.21%) Python
10 7 (13.21%) ERP
10 7 (13.21%) Customer-Centricity
10 7 (13.21%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (13.21%) Customer-Centric Approach
11 6 (11.32%) API Integration
11 6 (11.32%) NetSuite
11 6 (11.32%) Data Management
11 6 (11.32%) Migration

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (3.77%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.89%) IIS
2 1 (1.89%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (9.43%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (7.55%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (20.75%) Oracle Applications
1 11 (20.75%) Oracle EBS
2 9 (16.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (11.32%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 12 (22.64%) Azure
1 12 (22.64%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (5.66%) Amazon ECS
2 3 (5.66%) AWS
2 3 (5.66%) AWS Lambda
2 3 (5.66%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (5.66%) IaaS
2 3 (5.66%) PaaS
2 3 (5.66%) Serverless
3 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.89%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.89%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.89%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.89%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.66%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.89%) Power BI
General
1 13 (24.53%) Social Skills
2 11 (20.75%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (15.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (15.09%) Law
4 3 (5.66%) Retail
5 1 (1.89%) Finance
5 1 (1.89%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.89%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (24.53%) Oracle Fusion
2 11 (20.75%) Middleware
3 4 (7.55%) .NET
4 3 (5.66%) REST
4 3 (5.66%) SOAP
4 3 (5.66%) YAML
5 1 (1.89%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.55%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (5.66%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.89%) e-Learning
3 1 (1.89%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.32%) Windows
2 5 (9.43%) Android
2 5 (9.43%) Windows 10
3 2 (3.77%) Linux
4 1 (1.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (43.40%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (33.96%) CRM
3 13 (24.53%) Incident Management
4 9 (16.98%) User Experience
5 8 (15.09%) Cost Reduction
5 8 (15.09%) ITIL
6 7 (13.21%) Collaborative Working
6 7 (13.21%) Customer-Centric Approach
6 7 (13.21%) Customer-Centricity
6 7 (13.21%) ERP
7 6 (11.32%) API Integration
7 6 (11.32%) Data Management
7 6 (11.32%) Migration
8 5 (9.43%) API Management
8 5 (9.43%) Business Intelligence
8 5 (9.43%) Mobile Device Management
8 5 (9.43%) Roadmaps
8 5 (9.43%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (9.43%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (9.43%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 18 (33.96%) SQL
2 7 (13.21%) Python
3 4 (7.55%) PowerShell
4 3 (5.66%) Java
5 1 (1.89%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (3.77%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.55%) SLA
2 3 (5.66%) PCI DSS
2 3 (5.66%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (9.43%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (7.55%) Grafana
1 4 (7.55%) Prometheus
2 3 (5.66%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (32.08%) Microsoft
2 16 (30.19%) Oracle
3 9 (16.98%) ServiceNow
4 5 (9.43%) Apple
4 5 (9.43%) Zoho
5 3 (5.66%) Databricks
5 3 (5.66%) Salesforce