Applications Support Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Application Support
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median Application Support salary in Newcastle upon Tyne is £51,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 December 2025.

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

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 60 41
Rank change year-on-year +7 -19 +23
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 7 5 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.21% 0.86% 0.63%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 0.88% 0.64%
Number of salaries quoted 6 5 2
10th Percentile - £45,500 -
25th Percentile £42,250 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.00% +17.65% +30.77%
75th Percentile £60,750 - £43,750
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £51,500 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +3.00% +17.65% +30.77%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 559 566 311
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 97.25% 97.49%
Number of salaries quoted 413 252 274
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £30,900
25th Percentile £31,750 £41,250 £38,344
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,028
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +9.94% -9.04%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £77,500
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -4.76%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Applications Support job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Applications Support
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 26 December 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Azure
1 7 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 7 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 7 (100.00%) Change Management
1 7 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 7 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 7 (100.00%) Control-M
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
1 7 (100.00%) Git
1 7 (100.00%) Grafana
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
1 7 (100.00%) JIRA
1 7 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
1 7 (100.00%) Prometheus
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
2 6 (85.71%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Issue Tracking
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Relational Database

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (100.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Bitbucket
1 7 (100.00%) Git
1 7 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (100.00%) Finance
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (85.71%) Advertising
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 7 (100.00%) Change Management
1 7 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 7 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 7 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (14.29%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 1 (14.29%) Issue Tracking
2 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 7 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (100.00%) Degree
2 6 (85.71%) ITIL Certification
Systems Management
1 7 (100.00%) Control-M
1 7 (100.00%) Grafana
1 7 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 7 (100.00%) Prometheus