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 £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 April 2026.

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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 235 295
Rank change year-on-year +41 +60 +65
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Analyst 101 23 89
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.70% 0.32% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 0.39% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 65 23 59
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £44,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.73% +4.71% +21.43%
75th Percentile £42,500 £60,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £60,000 - £57,500
England median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% +5.56% +5.88%

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 13,697 5,942 15,224
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 83.82% 93.77%
Number of salaries quoted 9,038 3,661 11,229
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +11.11% -10.84%

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 29 April 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 29 April 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 +41 47 £35,000 - 1
Buckinghamshire +16 35 £35,000 - 1
Hampshire -18 20 £60,000 +84.62%
Surrey -14 19 - - 1
Kent -40 15 £34,828 -41.95% 3
Berkshire - 11 £37,500 -
Oxfordshire -6 1 - -
Applications Support Analyst
England

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

For the 6 months to 29 April 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 38 (37.62%) ITSM
2 31 (30.69%) SQL
3 30 (29.70%) Change Management
4 21 (20.79%) Microsoft
5 19 (18.81%) Incident Management
5 19 (18.81%) Windows
6 16 (15.84%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (14.85%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (14.85%) Service Management
7 15 (14.85%) ServiceNow
8 14 (13.86%) Azure
8 14 (13.86%) JIRA
8 14 (13.86%) Power Platform
9 13 (12.87%) Data Analysis
9 13 (12.87%) Degree
9 13 (12.87%) ITIL
10 11 (10.89%) Active Directory
11 9 (8.91%) Customer Service
11 9 (8.91%) Problem-Solving
11 9 (8.91%) SaaS
12 8 (7.92%) Application Packaging
12 8 (7.92%) Asset Management
12 8 (7.92%) ERP
12 8 (7.92%) Housing Management
12 8 (7.92%) Knowledge Management
12 8 (7.92%) Microsoft Intune
12 8 (7.92%) Microsoft Office
12 8 (7.92%) Palo Alto
12 8 (7.92%) PowerApps
12 8 (7.92%) Problem Management

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 3 (2.97%) IIS
2 1 (0.99%) CMS
2 1 (0.99%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (7.92%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (6.93%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (2.97%) Infor M3
1 3 (2.97%) JDE OneWorld
1 3 (2.97%) JDE World
1 3 (2.97%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.99%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 16 (15.84%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (13.86%) Azure
2 14 (13.86%) Power Platform
3 9 (8.91%) SaaS
4 8 (7.92%) PowerApps
5 7 (6.93%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (5.94%) AWS
7 4 (3.96%) BigCommerce
7 4 (3.96%) ClickUp
7 4 (3.96%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (2.97%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (2.97%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.93%) Relational Database
2 4 (3.96%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.97%) Crystal Reports
3 3 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.99%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (13.86%) JIRA
General
1 26 (25.74%) Social Skills
2 18 (17.82%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (14.85%) Finance
4 13 (12.87%) Retail
5 11 (10.89%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (9.90%) Legal
7 3 (2.97%) Advertising
7 3 (2.97%) Games
8 2 (1.98%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.99%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (6.93%) Middleware
2 4 (3.96%) .NET
3 3 (2.97%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (2.97%) Kafka
3 3 (2.97%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.93%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.96%) Mobile App
3 3 (2.97%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (2.97%) Driving Licence
3 3 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.97%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 19 (18.81%) Windows
2 3 (2.97%) Linux
2 3 (2.97%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (37.62%) ITSM
2 30 (29.70%) Change Management
3 19 (18.81%) Incident Management
4 15 (14.85%) Continuous Improvement
4 15 (14.85%) Service Management
5 13 (12.87%) Data Analysis
5 13 (12.87%) ITIL
6 9 (8.91%) Customer Service
6 9 (8.91%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (7.92%) Application Packaging
7 8 (7.92%) Asset Management
7 8 (7.92%) ERP
7 8 (7.92%) Housing Management
7 8 (7.92%) Knowledge Management
7 8 (7.92%) Problem Management
7 8 (7.92%) Project Management
7 8 (7.92%) Vulnerability Management
8 7 (6.93%) Cybersecurity
8 7 (6.93%) Document Management
8 7 (6.93%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 31 (30.69%) SQL
2 4 (3.96%) Python
3 3 (2.97%) PL/SQL
3 3 (2.97%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.99%) C#
4 1 (0.99%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.99%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 13 (12.87%) Degree
2 3 (2.97%) DV Cleared
2 3 (2.97%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 3 (2.97%) SC Cleared
2 3 (2.97%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.92%) SLA
2 3 (2.97%) QA
System Software
1 11 (10.89%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.97%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (7.92%) Microsoft Intune
1 8 (7.92%) SCCM
2 3 (2.97%) Kibana
Vendors
1 21 (20.79%) Microsoft
2 15 (14.85%) ServiceNow
3 8 (7.92%) Palo Alto
3 8 (7.92%) Qualys
4 7 (6.93%) IFS
4 7 (6.93%) MuleSoft
5 6 (5.94%) Oracle
6 4 (3.96%) SAP
7 3 (2.97%) Epicor
7 3 (2.97%) Google
7 3 (2.97%) Infor
7 3 (2.97%) JD Edwards
8 1 (0.99%) Aderant
8 1 (0.99%) iManage
8 1 (0.99%) SolarWinds
8 1 (0.99%) Workday