Applications Support Jobs in the South East

Application Support
England > South East

The median Application Support salary in the South East is £38,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

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

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 205 230 308
Rank change year-on-year +25 +78 -32
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 158 136 214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 1.05% 1.17% 0.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.11% 1.28% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 112 85 194
10th Percentile £24,000 £26,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £42,000 £36,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +15.86% +3.57%
75th Percentile £46,563 £48,750 £45,938
90th Percentile £56,475 £55,000 £52,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% +2.41%

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 14,224 10,599 21,077
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.24% 91.47% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 9,733 7,232 12,510
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,463
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +28 82 £42,500 -10.53% 15
Berkshire 0 40 £42,500 -17.07% 4
Surrey -5 26 £35,250 -6.00% 2
Hampshire -35 24 £30,000 -11.11% 6
Oxfordshire +1 23 £42,500 +22.92% 1
Kent +5 21 £45,000 - 5
Buckinghamshire +16 19 £45,000 -14.29% 10
West Sussex +24 4 £41,250 +50.00%
East Sussex +11 1 £48,500 +38.57% 1
Applications Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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 60 (37.97%) SQL
2 55 (34.81%) Social Skills
3 39 (24.68%) Problem-Solving
4 32 (20.25%) ERP
5 31 (19.62%) SLA
6 30 (18.99%) ITIL
6 30 (18.99%) Degree
6 30 (18.99%) Analytical Skills
7 29 (18.35%) Microsoft
8 26 (16.46%) Security Cleared
8 26 (16.46%) Finance
9 23 (14.56%) SC Cleared
10 20 (12.66%) Customer Service
10 20 (12.66%) Linux
11 19 (12.03%) C#
12 18 (11.39%) Java
13 17 (10.76%) Oracle
13 17 (10.76%) AWS
13 17 (10.76%) Incident Management
14 16 (10.13%) SQL Server
14 16 (10.13%) Unix
15 15 (9.49%) CRM
15 15 (9.49%) WebLogic
15 15 (9.49%) .NET
15 15 (9.49%) HTML
15 15 (9.49%) Remedy
15 15 (9.49%) Actionable Insight
16 14 (8.86%) Spring
17 12 (7.59%) Service Management
17 12 (7.59%) Agile

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 15 (9.49%) WebLogic
2 3 (1.90%) Oracle Service Bus
3 2 (1.27%) Confluence
3 2 (1.27%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.63%) Exchange Server 2013
4 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.63%) nginx
4 1 (0.63%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 11 (6.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.43%) MS Visio
3 6 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (5.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (3.16%) Dynamics NAV
3 4 (2.53%) Dynamics AX
4 3 (1.90%) Dynamics GP
4 3 (1.90%) NetSuite
4 3 (1.90%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (1.27%) Pegasus Opera
5 2 (1.27%) Sage 50
5 2 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.63%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.63%) JDE OneWorld
6 1 (0.63%) JDE World
6 1 (0.63%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 17 (10.76%) AWS
2 12 (7.59%) Azure
3 11 (6.96%) Dynamics 365
4 9 (5.70%) Power Platform
5 7 (4.43%) PowerApps
6 4 (2.53%) WhatsApp
7 3 (1.90%) SaaS
8 2 (1.27%) Intacct
8 2 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.27%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.63%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.16%) Firewall
2 1 (0.63%) Extranet
2 1 (0.63%) HTTP
2 1 (0.63%) Internet
2 1 (0.63%) Intranet
2 1 (0.63%) Modbus
2 1 (0.63%) Skype
2 1 (0.63%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.13%) SQL Server
2 12 (7.59%) Elasticsearch
3 9 (5.70%) MySQL
4 4 (2.53%) Power BI
5 3 (1.90%) Oracle Database
5 3 (1.90%) Oracle Database 10g
5 3 (1.90%) Oracle Database 11g
5 3 (1.90%) VLDB
6 2 (1.27%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (1.27%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.27%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.63%) DB2
7 1 (0.63%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 7 (4.43%) JIRA
2 2 (1.27%) Git
2 2 (1.27%) IntelliJ
3 1 (0.63%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.63%) Eclipse
3 1 (0.63%) Gradle
3 1 (0.63%) JUnit
General
1 55 (34.81%) Social Skills
2 30 (18.99%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (16.46%) Finance
4 12 (7.59%) Police
5 10 (6.33%) Manufacturing
6 6 (3.80%) Legal
7 4 (2.53%) Automotive
8 3 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.27%) Banking
9 2 (1.27%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.27%) Local Government
9 2 (1.27%) Private Banking
10 1 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.63%) Law
10 1 (0.63%) Military
10 1 (0.63%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.63%) Wearables
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.49%) .NET
1 15 (9.49%) HTML
2 14 (8.86%) Spring
3 12 (7.59%) CSS
3 12 (7.59%) J2EE
3 12 (7.59%) Java EE
4 2 (1.27%) EDI
4 2 (1.27%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.33%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (4.43%) CMDB
3 5 (3.16%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.90%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.90%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.27%) NHS
7 1 (0.63%) Data Centre
7 1 (0.63%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.63%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 20 (12.66%) Linux
2 16 (10.13%) Unix
3 12 (7.59%) Windows
4 4 (2.53%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.90%) Solaris
6 2 (1.27%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.63%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (24.68%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (20.25%) ERP
3 30 (18.99%) ITIL
4 20 (12.66%) Customer Service
5 17 (10.76%) Incident Management
6 15 (9.49%) Actionable Insight
6 15 (9.49%) CRM
7 12 (7.59%) Agile
7 12 (7.59%) Containerisation
7 12 (7.59%) Enterprise Architecture
7 12 (7.59%) Enterprise Search
7 12 (7.59%) Impact Assessments
7 12 (7.59%) Information Management
7 12 (7.59%) Project Management
7 12 (7.59%) Service Management
8 11 (6.96%) Service Delivery
9 10 (6.33%) Change Management
9 10 (6.33%) Collaborative Working
10 9 (5.70%) Network Monitoring
11 8 (5.06%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 60 (37.97%) SQL
2 19 (12.03%) C#
3 18 (11.39%) Java
4 12 (7.59%) Shell Script
5 10 (6.33%) T-SQL
6 9 (5.70%) PL/SQL
7 5 (3.16%) JavaScript
8 4 (2.53%) Python
8 4 (2.53%) VBA
9 3 (1.90%) Bash
10 2 (1.27%) C
10 2 (1.27%) Perl
10 2 (1.27%) VB
11 1 (0.63%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 30 (18.99%) Degree
2 26 (16.46%) Security Cleared
3 23 (14.56%) SC Cleared
4 9 (5.70%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.63%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.63%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (19.62%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (3.80%) Docker
2 5 (3.16%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.90%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (1.27%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.63%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.63%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 12 (7.59%) OpenSSO
1 12 (7.59%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (2.53%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.53%) SCOM
3 3 (1.90%) Data Guard
3 3 (1.90%) Oracle RMAN
4 2 (1.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (18.35%) Microsoft
2 17 (10.76%) Oracle
3 15 (9.49%) Remedy
4 8 (5.06%) ServiceNow
5 5 (3.16%) SAP
6 4 (2.53%) Sage
7 3 (1.90%) Sun
8 2 (1.27%) Civica
8 2 (1.27%) Epicor
8 2 (1.27%) Murex
8 2 (1.27%) Pegasus
8 2 (1.27%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.27%) VMware
8 2 (1.27%) Xero
9 1 (0.63%) Cisco
9 1 (0.63%) IBM
9 1 (0.63%) IFS
9 1 (0.63%) Infor
9 1 (0.63%) JD Edwards
9 1 (0.63%) SYSPRO