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 22 August 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 256 305
Rank change year-on-year +22 +49 -25
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Analyst 87 37 47
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.50% 0.41% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 0.46% 0.36%
Number of salaries quoted 57 36 25
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £31,466
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £43,750
90th Percentile - £40,000 £55,250
England median annual salary £36,000 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year -15.29% +3.66% -13.68%

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 16,495 7,989 13,156
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.24% 89.41% 95.17%
Number of salaries quoted 11,717 4,441 8,669
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £40,000
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 £90,000 £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 22 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 22 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 +30 44 £37,500 +7.14% 2
Buckinghamshire +7 26 £35,000 -
Berkshire - 18 £45,000 - 2
Surrey -11 16 £40,000 +6.67%
Hampshire -54 12 £35,000 - 1
Kent -8 11 £45,000 -4.26%
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 22 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 31 (35.63%) SQL
2 27 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (27.59%) ITSM
4 23 (26.44%) Microsoft
5 22 (25.29%) Change Management
6 18 (20.69%) ERP
7 17 (19.54%) Continuous Improvement
8 16 (18.39%) Incident Management
9 15 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
9 15 (17.24%) WFM
10 14 (16.09%) Process Improvement
11 13 (14.94%) ITIL
12 12 (13.79%) User Acceptance Testing
13 11 (12.64%) Project Management
13 11 (12.64%) Windows
14 10 (11.49%) Customer Service
14 10 (11.49%) IFS
14 10 (11.49%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (11.49%) Power Platform
15 9 (10.34%) Collaborative Working
15 9 (10.34%) Crystal Reports
15 9 (10.34%) Customer Requirements
15 9 (10.34%) Document Management
15 9 (10.34%) IIS
15 9 (10.34%) Oracle
16 8 (9.20%) Active Directory
16 8 (9.20%) Business Analysis
16 8 (9.20%) CRM
16 8 (9.20%) Degree
16 8 (9.20%) JIRA

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 (10.34%) IIS
2 1 (1.15%) CMS
2 1 (1.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 15 (17.24%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (8.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.15%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (9.20%) NetSuite
2 4 (4.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (4.60%) Infor M3
2 4 (4.60%) JDE OneWorld
2 4 (4.60%) JDE World
3 3 (3.45%) Magento
3 3 (3.45%) Sage X3
3 3 (3.45%) Shopify
4 1 (1.15%) Elite 3E
4 1 (1.15%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (1.15%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 10 (11.49%) Microsoft 365
1 10 (11.49%) Power Platform
2 7 (8.05%) SaaS
3 6 (6.90%) PowerApps
4 5 (5.75%) AWS
4 5 (5.75%) Azure
5 4 (4.60%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (3.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 3 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.30%) ClickUp
7 2 (2.30%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.34%) Crystal Reports
2 4 (4.60%) Power BI
2 4 (4.60%) Relational Database
3 3 (3.45%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (9.20%) JIRA
General
1 33 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 21 (24.14%) Finance
3 18 (20.69%) Legal
4 15 (17.24%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (16.09%) Advertising
6 9 (10.34%) Documentation Skills
6 9 (10.34%) Legal Technology
7 4 (4.60%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (3.45%) Retail
9 2 (2.30%) Games
10 1 (1.15%) Law
10 1 (1.15%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.45%) Elastic Stack
1 3 (3.45%) Kafka
1 3 (3.45%) Middleware
1 3 (3.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.20%) Driving Licence
2 5 (5.75%) Blog
2 5 (5.75%) Onboarding
3 4 (4.60%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.30%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.15%) Life Science
5 1 (1.15%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (12.64%) Windows
2 6 (6.90%) Linux
3 2 (2.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (31.03%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (27.59%) ITSM
3 22 (25.29%) Change Management
4 18 (20.69%) ERP
5 17 (19.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (18.39%) Incident Management
7 15 (17.24%) WFM
8 14 (16.09%) Process Improvement
9 13 (14.94%) ITIL
10 12 (13.79%) User Acceptance Testing
11 11 (12.64%) Project Management
12 10 (11.49%) Customer Service
13 9 (10.34%) Collaborative Working
13 9 (10.34%) Customer Requirements
13 9 (10.34%) Document Management
14 8 (9.20%) Business Analysis
14 8 (9.20%) CRM
15 7 (8.05%) Service Management
16 6 (6.90%) Knowledge Management
16 6 (6.90%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (35.63%) SQL
2 4 (4.60%) PL/SQL
2 4 (4.60%) PowerShell
2 4 (4.60%) T-SQL
3 2 (2.30%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (9.20%) Degree
2 2 (2.30%) DV Cleared
2 2 (2.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (2.30%) SC Cleared
2 2 (2.30%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.05%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (9.20%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.30%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (6.90%) Microsoft Intune
1 6 (6.90%) SCCM
2 3 (3.45%) Kibana
Vendors
1 23 (26.44%) Microsoft
2 10 (11.49%) IFS
3 9 (10.34%) Oracle
4 8 (9.20%) SAP
4 8 (9.20%) ServiceNow
5 7 (8.05%) Sage
6 6 (6.90%) Palo Alto
6 6 (6.90%) Qualys
7 4 (4.60%) Epicor
7 4 (4.60%) Infor
7 4 (4.60%) JD Edwards
8 3 (3.45%) MuleSoft
9 2 (2.30%) Google
10 1 (1.15%) Aderant
10 1 (1.15%) iManage