Applications Support Jobs in the South East

Application Support
England > South East

The median Application Support salary in the South East is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 24 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 251 235 251
Rank change year-on-year -16 +16 +63
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 60 181 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.62% 0.97% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.70% 1.02% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 56 124 81
10th Percentile - £24,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £41,250 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.15% +0.61% +13.89%
75th Percentile £49,063 £50,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £55,582
England median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.22% -10.00% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 8,572 17,686 11,681
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.62% 94.34% 89.56%
Number of salaries quoted 4,613 12,478 7,700
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in the South East

Applications Support
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Support in the South East.

Salary trend for Applications Support in the South East

Applications Support
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in the South East over the 6 months to 24 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in the South East

Applications Support
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 within the South East region over the 6 months to 24 June 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
Hampshire +84 23 £32,500 +7.44% 12
Thames Valley -33 21 £35,000 -17.65% 19
Buckinghamshire +10 12 £35,000 +0.48% 10
Berkshire -3 9 £50,000 +17.65% 4
Kent +29 7 £47,000 +4.44% 5
Surrey +31 5 £47,500 +31.94% 3
East Sussex +29 2 £35,000 -27.84% 1
West Sussex +27 1 £55,000 +22.22% 2
Home Counties - 1 - -
Applications Support
England

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 24 June 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 South East region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 36 (60.00%) SQL
2 35 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (56.67%) Social Skills
4 27 (45.00%) ITIL
5 24 (40.00%) ERP
6 20 (33.33%) Linux
7 16 (26.67%) Microsoft
8 14 (23.33%) SAP
8 14 (23.33%) Logistics
8 14 (23.33%) PowerShell
9 13 (21.67%) Python
10 12 (20.00%) Java
11 11 (18.33%) JIRA
11 11 (18.33%) Customer Service
12 10 (16.67%) Degree
12 10 (16.67%) Windows
13 9 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (15.00%) Change Management
14 8 (13.33%) PL/SQL
14 8 (13.33%) MySQL
14 8 (13.33%) Retail
14 8 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
14 8 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
15 7 (11.67%) Problem Management
15 7 (11.67%) CRM
16 6 (10.00%) SharePoint
16 6 (10.00%) Automotive
16 6 (10.00%) Service Management
16 6 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
17 5 (8.33%) Service Delivery

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 6 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.67%) Confluence
2 1 (1.67%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 6 (10.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (3.33%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (3.33%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (1.67%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 4 (6.67%) AWS
1 4 (6.67%) Azure
2 2 (3.33%) SaaS
3 1 (1.67%) Google Sheets
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (13.33%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (18.33%) JIRA
2 1 (1.67%) Git
2 1 (1.67%) JUnit
2 1 (1.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 34 (56.67%) Social Skills
2 8 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
2 8 (13.33%) Retail
3 6 (10.00%) Automotive
4 5 (8.33%) Finance
5 4 (6.67%) Banking
6 1 (1.67%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.67%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.00%) EDI
2 2 (3.33%) XML
3 1 (1.67%) SAP Basis
3 1 (1.67%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.67%) Management Information System
1 1 (1.67%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 20 (33.33%) Linux
2 10 (16.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (58.33%) Problem-Solving
2 27 (45.00%) ITIL
3 24 (40.00%) ERP
4 14 (23.33%) Logistics
5 11 (18.33%) Customer Service
6 9 (15.00%) Change Management
7 8 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (11.67%) CRM
8 7 (11.67%) Problem Management
9 6 (10.00%) Service Management
10 5 (8.33%) Service Delivery
11 4 (6.67%) Incident Management
12 3 (5.00%) Project Management
13 2 (3.33%) Business Transformation
13 2 (3.33%) Data Integration
13 2 (3.33%) E-Commerce
13 2 (3.33%) OO
13 2 (3.33%) Technical Debt
13 2 (3.33%) User Acceptance Testing
13 2 (3.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 36 (60.00%) SQL
2 14 (23.33%) PowerShell
3 13 (21.67%) Python
4 12 (20.00%) Java
5 8 (13.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (16.67%) Degree
2 9 (15.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.67%) CISA
3 1 (1.67%) CISSP
3 1 (1.67%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.67%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 16 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 14 (23.33%) SAP
3 3 (5.00%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.33%) Oracle
5 1 (1.67%) Freshdesk
5 1 (1.67%) Google