Applications Support Job Trends in Newport

Application Support
South Wales > Newport

The median Application Support salary in Newport is £48,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 November 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Newport 2.17% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.31% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £48,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 - -
75th Percentile £49,375 - -
90th Percentile £49,750 - -
South Wales median annual salary £48,500 £31,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +56.45% -31.11% -5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Newport

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Newport. 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 Newport with a recognized job title 130 77 79
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.20% 98.72% 89.77%
Number of salaries quoted 87 66 74
10th Percentile £28,400 £32,000 £32,045
25th Percentile £42,875 £42,000 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £49,277
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% -1.58% -1.45%
75th Percentile £64,875 £55,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £69,549
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -0.49%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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 Newport.

Applications Support job vacancy trend in Newport

Applications Support
Salary Trend in Newport

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in Newport.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in Newport

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport

For the 6 months to 4 November 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 Newport region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) C#
2 2 (66.67%) Change Control
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 2 (66.67%) Deployment Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Release Management
2 2 (66.67%) Software Deployment
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport 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 1 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Change Control
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Configuration Management
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
2 2 (66.67%) Deployment Automation
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Release Management
2 2 (66.67%) Software Deployment
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) Regression Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#