Applications Support Job Trends in the North of England

Application Support
England > North of England

The median Application Support salary in the North of England is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 February 2026.

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

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 177 193 250
Rank change year-on-year +16 +57 +22
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 93 76 86
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.75% 0.95% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.84% 1.03% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 84 43 72
10th Percentile £24,500 £35,050 £33,775
25th Percentile £32,875 £36,980 £36,082
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +5.88% +9.68%
75th Percentile £52,625 £50,000 £47,813
90th Percentile £62,500 £54,500 £50,000
England median annual salary £42,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 11,107 7,401 11,798
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.36% 92.94% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 6,756 3,677 9,680
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,620 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £66,250 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,900 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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 the North of England.

Applications Support job vacancy trend in the North of England

Applications Support
Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in the North of England.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in the North of England

Applications Support
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in the North of England over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in the North of England

Applications Support
Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 13 February 2026. 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
North West +21 45 £40,000 -13.98% 6
Yorkshire -30 37 £35,000 -12.50% 4
North East +1 11 £51,500 +3.00% 2
Applications Support
England

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 13 February 2026, 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 North of England region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 28 (30.11%) SQL
2 26 (27.96%) Customer Service
2 26 (27.96%) ITIL
3 24 (25.81%) SQL Server
4 21 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
5 17 (18.28%) Azure
5 17 (18.28%) Microsoft
6 16 (17.20%) AWS
7 14 (15.05%) Windows
8 12 (12.90%) Computer Science
8 12 (12.90%) CRM
8 12 (12.90%) Degree
8 12 (12.90%) T-SQL
9 11 (11.83%) Entra ID
9 11 (11.83%) Housing Management
9 11 (11.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 11 (11.83%) JIRA
9 11 (11.83%) NEC Housing
9 11 (11.83%) Northgate
9 11 (11.83%) SaaS
10 10 (10.75%) Python
11 9 (9.68%) .NET
11 9 (9.68%) Power BI
11 9 (9.68%) Power Platform
12 8 (8.60%) CSS
12 8 (8.60%) HTML
12 8 (8.60%) JavaScript
13 7 (7.53%) Bitbucket
13 7 (7.53%) Business Continuity
13 7 (7.53%) Business Intelligence

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (2.15%) Confluence
1 2 (2.15%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.08%) IIS
2 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.08%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (11.83%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 17 (18.28%) Azure
2 16 (17.20%) AWS
3 11 (11.83%) Entra ID
3 11 (11.83%) SaaS
4 9 (9.68%) Power Platform
5 6 (6.45%) Power Automate
6 3 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.15%) Intacct
7 2 (2.15%) Workato
8 1 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.08%) Oracle Service Cloud
8 1 (1.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.08%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (25.81%) SQL Server
2 9 (9.68%) Power BI
3 5 (5.38%) Electronic Patient Records
4 1 (1.08%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (11.83%) JIRA
2 7 (7.53%) Bitbucket
2 7 (7.53%) Git
General
1 31 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 18 (19.35%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (13.98%) Finance
4 10 (10.75%) Organisational Skills
5 6 (6.45%) Advertising
6 1 (1.08%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (9.68%) .NET
2 8 (8.60%) CSS
2 8 (8.60%) HTML
3 5 (5.38%) Microsoft Graph
4 3 (3.23%) AngularJS
4 3 (3.23%) HTML5
4 3 (3.23%) jQuery
5 2 (2.15%) Middleware
6 1 (1.08%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.05%) Management Information System
2 5 (5.38%) Mobile App
2 5 (5.38%) PACS
2 5 (5.38%) Product Ownership
2 5 (5.38%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (3.23%) Housing Association
3 3 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (3.23%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.23%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.08%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 14 (15.05%) Windows
2 7 (7.53%) Linux
3 5 (5.38%) Android
4 1 (1.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (27.96%) Customer Service
1 26 (27.96%) ITIL
2 21 (22.58%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (12.90%) Computer Science
3 12 (12.90%) CRM
4 11 (11.83%) Housing Management
4 11 (11.83%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (7.53%) Business Continuity
5 7 (7.53%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (7.53%) Change Management
5 7 (7.53%) Containerisation
6 6 (6.45%) ETL
7 5 (5.38%) AI
7 5 (5.38%) Data Analysis
7 5 (5.38%) Data Privacy
7 5 (5.38%) Mathematics
7 5 (5.38%) Migration
7 5 (5.38%) Project Management
7 5 (5.38%) Software Testing
7 5 (5.38%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 28 (30.11%) SQL
2 12 (12.90%) T-SQL
3 10 (10.75%) Python
4 8 (8.60%) JavaScript
5 7 (7.53%) PowerShell
6 6 (6.45%) Java
7 5 (5.38%) C#
7 5 (5.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 12 (12.90%) Degree
2 7 (7.53%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (6.45%) ITIL Certification
4 5 (5.38%) AWS Certification
4 5 (5.38%) Azure Certification
5 3 (3.23%) HNC
6 2 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (1.08%) MCITP
7 1 (1.08%) MCSE
7 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.38%) DICOM
2 3 (3.23%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.23%) GDPR
2 3 (3.23%) PCI DSS
3 1 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 7 (7.53%) Control-M
1 7 (7.53%) Grafana
1 7 (7.53%) Kubernetes
1 7 (7.53%) Prometheus
2 5 (5.38%) Terraform
3 1 (1.08%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 17 (18.28%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.83%) Northgate
3 5 (5.38%) Zoho
4 3 (3.23%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.15%) Concur
5 2 (2.15%) Sage
6 1 (1.08%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.08%) Splunk
6 1 (1.08%) Workday