Applications Support Jobs in South Wales

Application Support
Wales > South Wales

The median Application Support salary in South Wales is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 May 2025.

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

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 69 84
Rank change year-on-year +7 +15 -4
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 1 37 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.13% 2.53% 1.67%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 2.78% 1.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37,500 £46,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
75th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median annual salary £43,750 £45,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year -2.78% +42.86% +3.28%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 660 1,331 1,016
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.16% 90.85% 89.36%
Number of salaries quoted 417 885 574
10th Percentile £23,504 £27,157 £30,000
25th Percentile £25,087 £35,000 £36,303
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,221 £46,138 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.85% +2.53% -8.16%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £62,988
90th Percentile £71,873 £70,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £49,104 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +9.12% - -5.26%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in South Wales

Applications Support
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Applications Support in South Wales

Applications Support
Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Cardiff +34 1 £45,000 -5.26% 1
Applications Support
Wales

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 15 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 10 May 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 Wales region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Confluence
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Docker
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Fintech
1 1 (100.00%) High Availability
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Docker