Applications Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Application Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Application Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £40,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 547 668 667
Rank change year-on-year +121 -1 +117
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Specialist 39 113 63
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.098% 0.14% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.15% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 30 86 53
10th Percentile £27,750 £24,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,750 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,250 £44,000 £44,535
Median % change year-on-year -8.52% -1.20% -15.17%
75th Percentile £45,000 £51,875 £55,000
90th Percentile £57,625 £55,000 £57,500
UK median annual salary £44,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% -5.26% -13.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 35,501 75,992 49,075
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.59% 94.87% 88.82%
Number of salaries quoted 18,237 53,060 29,232
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +6.37%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Applications Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Applications Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Specialist in the UK excluding London

Applications Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Applications Specialist in the UK excluding London

Applications Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Specialist in the UK excluding London

Applications Specialist
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 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
Midlands +75 15 £32,000 -3.03% 6
East of England +32 14 £43,500 -3.33% 4
East Midlands +57 9 £32,000 -3.03% 3
North of England +51 7 £37,500 +5.40% 6
West Midlands +50 6 - - 3
North West +20 5 £37,500 +13.64% 2
South East +70 2 £56,250 +7.14% 20
Yorkshire +46 2 £77,250 +117.12% 3
South West +112 1 £55,000 +57.14% 6
Applications Specialist
UK

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 June 2025, Applications Specialist 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 UK excluding London region featuring Applications Specialist in the job title.

1 22 (56.41%) Microsoft
2 20 (51.28%) Azure
3 19 (48.72%) CRM
4 16 (41.03%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (38.46%) Windows
6 13 (33.33%) ITIL
7 12 (30.77%) Mobile Device Management
8 11 (28.21%) Data Management
8 11 (28.21%) Dynamics CRM
8 11 (28.21%) API Integration
9 9 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (23.08%) ERP
9 9 (23.08%) Workflow
9 9 (23.08%) Finance
10 8 (20.51%) Project Management
10 8 (20.51%) GIS
10 8 (20.51%) SQL Server
10 8 (20.51%) IIS
10 8 (20.51%) Zoho
10 8 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (20.51%) Social Skills
11 7 (17.95%) Project Delivery
11 7 (17.95%) Power Platform
11 7 (17.95%) PowerApps
11 7 (17.95%) Power Automate
11 7 (17.95%) Windows 10
11 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Intune
11 7 (17.95%) Windows Server
11 7 (17.95%) Asset Management
11 7 (17.95%) Active Directory

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 8 (20.51%) IIS
2 3 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (12.82%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (28.21%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (15.38%) NetSuite
3 2 (5.13%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (5.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 1 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 20 (51.28%) Azure
2 16 (41.03%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (17.95%) Power Automate
3 7 (17.95%) Power Platform
3 7 (17.95%) PowerApps
4 5 (12.82%) AWS
4 5 (12.82%) Dynamics 365
5 3 (7.69%) Google Workspace
6 2 (5.13%) IaaS
6 2 (5.13%) PaaS
7 1 (2.56%) Entra ID
7 1 (2.56%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.56%) Internet
1 1 (2.56%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (20.51%) GIS
1 8 (20.51%) SQL Server
2 5 (12.82%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 2 (5.13%) ERwin
General
1 9 (23.08%) Finance
2 8 (20.51%) Social Skills
3 6 (15.38%) Advertising
4 5 (12.82%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (12.82%) Retail
5 2 (5.13%) Law
5 2 (5.13%) Manufacturing
5 2 (5.13%) Marketing
5 2 (5.13%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.56%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.13%) Data Structures
1 2 (5.13%) Low-Code
2 1 (2.56%) Learning Management System
2 1 (2.56%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (38.46%) Windows
2 7 (17.95%) Windows 10
2 7 (17.95%) Windows Server
3 5 (12.82%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (48.72%) CRM
2 13 (33.33%) ITIL
3 12 (30.77%) Mobile Device Management
4 11 (28.21%) API Integration
4 11 (28.21%) Data Management
5 9 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (23.08%) ERP
5 9 (23.08%) Workflow
6 8 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (20.51%) Project Management
7 7 (17.95%) Asset Management
7 7 (17.95%) Project Delivery
8 6 (15.38%) Project Planning
8 6 (15.38%) User Experience
9 5 (12.82%) Agile
9 5 (12.82%) API Management
9 5 (12.82%) ITSM
9 5 (12.82%) Migration
9 5 (12.82%) Service Management
10 3 (7.69%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.82%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (7.69%) DBS Check
1 3 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (5.13%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 2 (5.13%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (2.56%) Degree
System Software
1 7 (17.95%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.56%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 7 (17.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (12.82%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (56.41%) Microsoft
2 8 (20.51%) Zoho
3 5 (12.82%) Apple
3 5 (12.82%) Blue Prism
3 5 (12.82%) Databricks
3 5 (12.82%) Facebook
3 5 (12.82%) UiPath
4 3 (7.69%) Google
4 3 (7.69%) MobileIron
5 2 (5.13%) BiZZdesign
5 2 (5.13%) Oracle
5 2 (5.13%) Sparx
6 1 (2.56%) SAP
6 1 (2.56%) Workday