Applications Support Jobs in the North West

Application Support
England > North West

The median Application Support salary in the North West is £44,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 230 216 227
Rank change year-on-year -14 +11 -10
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 27 73 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.36% 0.75% 0.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.39% 0.79% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 18 48 61
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,100 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,512 £36,250 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,500 £45,000 £38,787
Median % change year-on-year -1.11% +16.02% -3.03%
75th Percentile £48,250 £47,813 £57,500
90th Percentile £49,000 £50,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £46,000 £47,500 £49,750
% change year-on-year -3.16% -4.52% +17.06%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 6,852 9,205 7,037
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.47% 94.71% 89.10%
Number of salaries quoted 4,054 7,083 4,090
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,620 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £68,938
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,700 £81,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in the North West

Applications Support
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Applications Support in the North West

Applications Support
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in the North West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in the North West

Applications Support
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 within the North West region over the 6 months to 1 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
Manchester +46 21 £44,500 -1.11% 8
Merseyside +38 4 £35,000 -27.84% 3
Lancashire -49 1 £35,000 -30.00% 3
Cumbria -73 1 £35,698 -20.67% 1
Applications Support
England

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 1 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 West region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 24 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 18 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (48.15%) Microsoft
4 12 (44.44%) SQL
4 12 (44.44%) Oracle
4 12 (44.44%) Degree
4 12 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (40.74%) ITIL
6 9 (33.33%) PhD
6 9 (33.33%) Shell Script
6 9 (33.33%) Computer Science
6 9 (33.33%) Korn
6 9 (33.33%) Retail
6 9 (33.33%) Manufacturing
6 9 (33.33%) Validation
6 9 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
6 9 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (33.33%) C-shell
6 9 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (33.33%) Manufacturing Execution System
6 9 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (25.93%) Change Management
7 7 (25.93%) PL/SQL
7 7 (25.93%) Linux
8 6 (22.22%) PRINCE2
8 6 (22.22%) ERP
8 6 (22.22%) Agile
8 6 (22.22%) Finance

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (3.70%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (22.22%) Azure
3 1 (3.70%) AWS
3 1 (3.70%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
General
1 24 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 12 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (33.33%) Manufacturing
3 9 (33.33%) Retail
4 6 (22.22%) Finance
5 3 (11.11%) Banking
6 1 (3.70%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 9 (33.33%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 3 (11.11%) Client/Server
3 1 (3.70%) e-Learning
3 1 (3.70%) Housing Association
3 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.93%) Linux
2 5 (18.52%) Windows
3 3 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (40.74%) ITIL
4 9 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 9 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
4 9 (33.33%) Validation
5 7 (25.93%) Change Management
5 7 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (22.22%) Agile
6 6 (22.22%) ERP
6 6 (22.22%) PRINCE2
6 6 (22.22%) Process Improvement
7 5 (18.52%) ITSM
8 4 (14.81%) Incident Management
8 4 (14.81%) Patch Management
8 4 (14.81%) Proactive Management
8 4 (14.81%) Project Management
8 4 (14.81%) Service Delivery
8 4 (14.81%) Service Management
8 4 (14.81%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 12 (44.44%) SQL
2 9 (33.33%) C-shell
2 9 (33.33%) Korn
2 9 (33.33%) Shell Script
3 7 (25.93%) PL/SQL
4 1 (3.70%) Progress 4GL
Qualifications
1 12 (44.44%) Degree
2 9 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
2 9 (33.33%) PhD
3 1 (3.70%) A+ Certification
3 1 (3.70%) DBS Check
3 1 (3.70%) HND
3 1 (3.70%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (3.70%) MOS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
1 1 (3.70%) GDPR
1 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (7.41%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (3.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (48.15%) Microsoft
2 12 (44.44%) Oracle
3 6 (22.22%) Facebook
4 3 (11.11%) Liquidlogic
5 2 (7.41%) Veeam
5 2 (7.41%) VMware
6 1 (3.70%) Capita
6 1 (3.70%) Cisco
6 1 (3.70%) HubSpot
6 1 (3.70%) Meraki
6 1 (3.70%) Progress