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 £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 October 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 247 243 288
Rank change year-on-year -4 +45 -33
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Analyst 90 46 55
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.47% 0.51% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.57% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 64 45 28
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,700 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,250 £31,655
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £34,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.94% -8.00% -
75th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £42,813
90th Percentile £73,500 - £51,125
England median annual salary £35,000 £37,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% -6.25% -11.11%

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 17,778 8,067 12,056
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.73% 89.65% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 12,614 4,446 6,810
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -6.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £68,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -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 4 October 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 4 October 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 +18 43 £40,000 +14.29% 5
Berkshire - 25 £45,000 - 5
Hampshire -57 20 £51,250 +57.69% 6
Buckinghamshire -7 18 £32,500 -7.14%
Surrey -20 12 £33,500 -29.47% 1
Kent - 11 £45,000 - 2
East Sussex - 4 £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 4 October 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 32 (35.56%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (32.22%) SQL
3 25 (27.78%) ERP
4 23 (25.56%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (22.22%) Microsoft
6 18 (20.00%) Process Improvement
7 15 (16.67%) CRM
7 15 (16.67%) WFM
8 12 (13.33%) Customer Service
9 11 (12.22%) Azure
9 11 (12.22%) ITSM
10 10 (11.11%) Change Management
10 10 (11.11%) IFS
10 10 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
10 10 (11.11%) Time Management
11 9 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
11 9 (10.00%) Crystal Reports
11 9 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
11 9 (10.00%) IIS
11 9 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
12 8 (8.89%) Business Analysis
12 8 (8.89%) NetSuite
12 8 (8.89%) SAP
13 7 (7.78%) API Development
13 7 (7.78%) BigCommerce
13 7 (7.78%) Business Intelligence
13 7 (7.78%) Change Control
13 7 (7.78%) Document Management
13 7 (7.78%) Fintech
13 7 (7.78%) Microsoft Excel

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 (10.00%) IIS
Applications
1 10 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (7.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.11%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (8.89%) NetSuite
2 4 (4.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (4.44%) Infor M3
2 4 (4.44%) JDE OneWorld
2 4 (4.44%) JDE World
3 3 (3.33%) Magento
3 3 (3.33%) Sage X3
3 3 (3.33%) Shopify
4 1 (1.11%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (1.11%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (12.22%) Azure
2 7 (7.78%) BigCommerce
2 7 (7.78%) Power Platform
3 5 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (3.33%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 3 (3.33%) AWS
5 3 (3.33%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (2.22%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.11%) ClickUp
7 1 (1.11%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.11%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.00%) Crystal Reports
2 6 (6.67%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (3.33%) JIRA
General
1 24 (26.67%) Social Skills
2 23 (25.56%) Finance
3 18 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (17.78%) Legal
5 14 (15.56%) Advertising
6 10 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (8.89%) Law
8 7 (7.78%) Legal Technology
9 3 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (3.33%) Retail
10 1 (1.11%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.33%) Elastic Stack
1 3 (3.33%) Kafka
1 3 (3.33%) Middleware
1 3 (3.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.89%) Driving Licence
2 7 (7.78%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (7.78%) Mobile App
3 5 (5.56%) Blog
3 5 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 4 (4.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (3.33%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.22%) Educational Technology
7 1 (1.11%) Life Science
7 1 (1.11%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.44%) Linux
2 2 (2.22%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (35.56%) Problem-Solving
2 25 (27.78%) ERP
3 23 (25.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (20.00%) Process Improvement
5 15 (16.67%) CRM
5 15 (16.67%) WFM
6 12 (13.33%) Customer Service
7 11 (12.22%) ITSM
8 10 (11.11%) Change Management
8 10 (11.11%) Time Management
9 9 (10.00%) Collaborative Working
9 9 (10.00%) Customer Requirements
9 9 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
10 8 (8.89%) Business Analysis
11 7 (7.78%) API Development
11 7 (7.78%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (7.78%) Change Control
11 7 (7.78%) Document Management
11 7 (7.78%) Fintech
11 7 (7.78%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (32.22%) SQL
2 4 (4.44%) PL/SQL
2 4 (4.44%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.44%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (1.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.67%) GDPR
2 4 (4.44%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.22%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.33%) Kibana
2 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 10 (11.11%) IFS
3 8 (8.89%) SAP
4 7 (7.78%) Oracle
4 7 (7.78%) Sage
5 4 (4.44%) Epicor
5 4 (4.44%) Infor
5 4 (4.44%) JD Edwards
6 3 (3.33%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.11%) Palo Alto
7 1 (1.11%) Qualys
7 1 (1.11%) ServiceNow