Applications Support Analyst Job Trends in the South East

Application Support Analyst
England > South East

The median Application Support Analyst salary in the South East is £38,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 August 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 259 295
Rank change year-on-year +33 +36 +1
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Analyst 95 36 48
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.56% 0.41% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.46% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 64 35 26
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £50,875
90th Percentile - £44,800 £56,250
England median annual salary £37,500 £44,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year -15.73% +4.71% -10.53%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South 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 South East with a recognized job title 16,049 7,814 13,115
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.41% 89.70% 94.50%
Number of salaries quoted 11,360 4,383 8,868
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,200 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

Applications Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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 South East.

Applications Support Analyst job vacancy trend in the South East

Applications Support Analyst
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support Analyst job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support Analyst job vacancies in the South East

Applications Support Analyst
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support Analyst in the South East over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Applications Support Analyst in the South East

Applications Support Analyst
Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 7 August 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
Thames Valley +44 51 £37,500 +7.14% 2
Buckinghamshire +5 31 £35,000 -
Berkshire - 20 £45,000 - 1
Surrey -3 19 £40,000 +6.67%
Hampshire -49 12 £35,000 - 1
Kent -15 10 £45,000 -4.26%
East Sussex - 3 £35,000 -
Applications Support Analyst
England

Applications Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 7 August 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 South East region featuring Applications Support Analyst in the job title.

1 36 (37.89%) SQL
2 30 (31.58%) ITSM
3 28 (29.47%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (28.42%) Change Management
5 25 (26.32%) Microsoft
6 19 (20.00%) Incident Management
7 18 (18.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 17 (17.89%) ERP
9 16 (16.84%) Microsoft Office
10 15 (15.79%) ITIL
10 15 (15.79%) Process Improvement
10 15 (15.79%) WFM
10 15 (15.79%) Windows
11 13 (13.68%) Microsoft 365
11 13 (13.68%) User Acceptance Testing
12 12 (12.63%) Project Management
13 11 (11.58%) JIRA
13 11 (11.58%) Power Platform
14 10 (10.53%) Active Directory
14 10 (10.53%) Customer Service
14 10 (10.53%) Data Analysis
14 10 (10.53%) Degree
14 10 (10.53%) IFS
14 10 (10.53%) Oracle
14 10 (10.53%) ServiceNow
15 9 (9.47%) Collaborative Working
15 9 (9.47%) Crystal Reports
15 9 (9.47%) Customer Requirements
15 9 (9.47%) Document Management
15 9 (9.47%) IIS

Applications Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 9 (9.47%) IIS
2 1 (1.05%) CMS
2 1 (1.05%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (16.84%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (9.47%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (8.42%) NetSuite
2 4 (4.21%) Infor M3
2 4 (4.21%) JDE OneWorld
2 4 (4.21%) JDE World
3 3 (3.16%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (3.16%) Magento
3 3 (3.16%) Sage X3
3 3 (3.16%) Shopify
4 1 (1.05%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 13 (13.68%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (11.58%) Power Platform
3 9 (9.47%) SaaS
4 8 (8.42%) Azure
5 7 (7.37%) PowerApps
6 6 (6.32%) AWS
7 5 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (4.21%) ClickUp
9 3 (3.16%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (3.16%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (3.16%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.47%) Crystal Reports
2 6 (6.32%) Relational Database
3 4 (4.21%) Power BI
3 4 (4.21%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 11 (11.58%) JIRA
General
1 37 (38.95%) Social Skills
2 24 (25.26%) Finance
3 18 (18.95%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (18.95%) Legal
4 14 (14.74%) Advertising
5 11 (11.58%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (9.47%) Legal Technology
7 5 (5.26%) Retail
8 4 (4.21%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (3.16%) Games
10 1 (1.05%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.26%) Middleware
2 3 (3.16%) Elastic Stack
2 3 (3.16%) Kafka
2 3 (3.16%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.42%) Driving Licence
2 6 (6.32%) Onboarding
3 5 (5.26%) Blog
4 4 (4.21%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (3.16%) Linux Command Line
6 1 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (15.79%) Windows
2 7 (7.37%) Linux
3 3 (3.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (31.58%) ITSM
2 28 (29.47%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (28.42%) Change Management
4 19 (20.00%) Incident Management
5 18 (18.95%) Continuous Improvement
6 17 (17.89%) ERP
7 15 (15.79%) ITIL
7 15 (15.79%) Process Improvement
7 15 (15.79%) WFM
8 13 (13.68%) User Acceptance Testing
9 12 (12.63%) Project Management
10 10 (10.53%) Customer Service
10 10 (10.53%) Data Analysis
11 9 (9.47%) Collaborative Working
11 9 (9.47%) Customer Requirements
11 9 (9.47%) Document Management
11 9 (9.47%) Service Management
12 8 (8.42%) Business Analysis
13 7 (7.37%) Application Packaging
13 7 (7.37%) Knowledge Management
Programming Languages
1 36 (37.89%) SQL
2 4 (4.21%) PL/SQL
2 4 (4.21%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.21%) T-SQL
3 3 (3.16%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (10.53%) Degree
2 3 (3.16%) DV Cleared
2 3 (3.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 3 (3.16%) SC Cleared
2 3 (3.16%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.42%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (7.37%) Microsoft Intune
1 7 (7.37%) SCCM
2 3 (3.16%) Kibana
Vendors
1 25 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 10 (10.53%) IFS
2 10 (10.53%) Oracle
2 10 (10.53%) ServiceNow
3 7 (7.37%) Palo Alto
3 7 (7.37%) Qualys
3 7 (7.37%) Sage
3 7 (7.37%) SAP
4 5 (5.26%) MuleSoft
5 4 (4.21%) Epicor
5 4 (4.21%) Infor
5 4 (4.21%) JD Edwards
6 3 (3.16%) Google
7 1 (1.05%) Aderant
7 1 (1.05%) iManage