Applications Support Jobs in the North East

Application Support
England > North East

The median Application Support salary in the North East is £33,198 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 108 95
Rank change year-on-year +37 -13 +4
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 2 9 18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 0.27% 0.48% 1.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.51% 1.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 13
10th Percentile - £34,625 -
25th Percentile £31,599 £36,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,198 £37,500 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.47% +36.36% -31.25%
75th Percentile £34,796 £40,000 £47,500
90th Percentile - £43,750 £59,500
England median annual salary £45,142 £46,344 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.59% -7.31% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 North East with a recognized job title 686 1,776 1,019
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.98% 95.59% 80.11%
Number of salaries quoted 381 1,428 603
10th Percentile £25,000 £27,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £27,750 £35,920 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £47,672
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -0.36% +19.18%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,624 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in the North East

Applications Support
Salary Trend in the North East

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

Salary trend for Applications Support in the North East

Applications Support
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the North East region over the 6 months to 14 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
Tyne and Wear +35 2 £33,198 -11.47%
Applications Support
England

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 14 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 North East region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SQL
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) Progress 4GL
1 2 (100.00%) Progress
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Sun
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) EDMS
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Capita
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 2 (100.00%) Trend Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Change Control
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Housing Association

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North East 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 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) Firewall
1 2 (100.00%) Internet
1 2 (100.00%) Unified Communications
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
1 2 (100.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) EDMS
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Change Control
1 2 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 2 (100.00%) IT Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 2 (100.00%) Progress 4GL
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Capita
1 2 (100.00%) Progress
1 2 (100.00%) Sun