Applications Support Analyst Job Trends in the North West

Application Support Analyst
England > North West

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

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

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 191 168
Rank change year-on-year +30 -23 +108
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Analyst 18 16 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.28% 0.32% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.34% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 17 5 27
10th Percentile £32,875 - £32,650
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £46,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +2.22% +7.14%
75th Percentile £43,000 £49,000 £48,750
90th Percentile £44,800 - £53,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £41,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -2.44% -8.89% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 5,451 4,645 4,292
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.92% 92.18% 95.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3,020 2,440 3,380
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £38,734
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,369 £50,146
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +2.44% -6.27%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,848 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
% change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%

Applications Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Applications Support Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Applications Support Analyst job vacancy trend in the North West

Applications Support Analyst
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support Analyst job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support Analyst job vacancies in the North West

Applications Support Analyst
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support Analyst in the North West over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Applications Support Analyst in the North West

Applications Support Analyst
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support Analyst within the North West region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
Manchester +31 17 £40,000 -13.04% 2
Merseyside -3 1 £47,500 +15.85%
Applications Support Analyst
England

Applications Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Applications Support Analyst 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 West region featuring Applications Support Analyst in the job title.

1 11 (61.11%) ITIL
2 10 (55.56%) Customer Service
2 10 (55.56%) Housing Management
2 10 (55.56%) NEC Housing
2 10 (55.56%) Northgate
3 8 (44.44%) SQL
4 6 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (33.33%) ETL
4 6 (33.33%) Power BI
4 6 (33.33%) Power Platform
5 1 (5.56%) Azure
5 1 (5.56%) FTP
5 1 (5.56%) HTML
5 1 (5.56%) JIRA
5 1 (5.56%) JSON
5 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
5 1 (5.56%) MySQL
5 1 (5.56%) Oracle Service Cloud
5 1 (5.56%) PaaS
5 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (5.56%) REST
5 1 (5.56%) SaaS
5 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow
5 1 (5.56%) SOAP
5 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
5 1 (5.56%) Web Services
5 1 (5.56%) XML

Applications Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Business Applications
1 10 (55.56%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.56%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Oracle Service Cloud
2 1 (5.56%) PaaS
2 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (33.33%) Power BI
2 1 (5.56%) MySQL
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) HTML
1 1 (5.56%) JSON
1 1 (5.56%) REST
1 1 (5.56%) SOAP
1 1 (5.56%) Web Services
1 1 (5.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) ITIL
2 10 (55.56%) Customer Service
2 10 (55.56%) Housing Management
3 6 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (33.33%) ETL
4 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (44.44%) SQL
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Northgate
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) ServiceNow