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 £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 669 697 750
Rank change year-on-year +28 +53 -134
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Specialist 73 67 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.11% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.12% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 62 53 62
10th Percentile £31,500 £35,850 £31,375
25th Percentile £35,579 £39,750 £37,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% +43.84%
75th Percentile £53,438 £55,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £55,500
% change year-on-year - -14.41% +20.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 65,737 55,972 67,654
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.35% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 46,859 31,643 43,312
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,738 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

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 19 April 2024.

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 19 April 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
North of England +65 22 £35,579 -13.22% 4
South East +9 20 £53,750 +13.16% 9
Yorkshire +106 14 £35,579 -12.15% 2
East of England +33 11 £47,500 +6.66% 2
Midlands +8 10 £47,500 -5.00% 5
West Midlands +34 8 £47,500 -5.00% 2
North West +15 6 £32,250 -41.36% 1
South West -5 4 £39,745 -68.20% 3
Wales - 4 £46,604 -
East Midlands -19 2 £45,750 +11.59% 3
North East - 2 £39,250 - 2
Scotland -65 1 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
Applications Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, 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 (30.14%) Problem-Solving
2 18 (24.66%) Microsoft
3 16 (21.92%) SQL Server
4 15 (20.55%) Power Platform
5 14 (19.18%) SQL
5 14 (19.18%) Project Management
6 13 (17.81%) Social Skills
7 12 (16.44%) ERP
8 11 (15.07%) Manufacturing
8 11 (15.07%) Degree
8 11 (15.07%) Microsoft 365
9 10 (13.70%) Driving Licence
9 10 (13.70%) Business Intelligence
10 8 (10.96%) Performance Tuning
10 8 (10.96%) C#
11 7 (9.59%) Asset Management
11 7 (9.59%) CRM
11 7 (9.59%) SharePoint
11 7 (9.59%) Relational Database
11 7 (9.59%) SaaS
11 7 (9.59%) GDPR
11 7 (9.59%) Power BI
11 7 (9.59%) Software Asset Management
11 7 (9.59%) Analytical Skills
12 6 (8.22%) Process Improvement
12 6 (8.22%) Windows
12 6 (8.22%) Data Management
12 6 (8.22%) Local Government
12 6 (8.22%) Service Management
12 6 (8.22%) Management Information System

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 7 (9.59%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.37%) Apache
2 1 (1.37%) IIS
2 1 (1.37%) nginx
Business Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Magento
2 1 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (20.55%) Power Platform
2 11 (15.07%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (9.59%) SaaS
4 1 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.48%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (21.92%) SQL Server
2 7 (9.59%) Power BI
2 7 (9.59%) Relational Database
3 4 (5.48%) Crystal Reports
3 4 (5.48%) RDBMS
4 3 (4.11%) BusinessObjects
4 3 (4.11%) QlikView
5 1 (1.37%) Redis
General
1 13 (17.81%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.07%) Manufacturing
3 7 (9.59%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (8.22%) Local Government
5 5 (6.85%) Games
6 4 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (5.48%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (5.48%) Marketing
6 4 (5.48%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (5.48%) Police
6 4 (5.48%) Retail
7 3 (4.11%) Automotive
8 2 (2.74%) Legal
9 1 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.37%) Finance
9 1 (1.37%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.48%) EDI
2 1 (1.37%) .NET
2 1 (1.37%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (13.70%) Driving Licence
2 6 (8.22%) Management Information System
3 4 (5.48%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.74%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.74%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.74%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.74%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.74%) SystemC
5 1 (1.37%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.22%) Windows
2 4 (5.48%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (30.14%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (19.18%) Project Management
3 12 (16.44%) ERP
4 10 (13.70%) Business Intelligence
5 8 (10.96%) Performance Tuning
6 7 (9.59%) Asset Management
6 7 (9.59%) CRM
6 7 (9.59%) Software Asset Management
7 6 (8.22%) Data Management
7 6 (8.22%) Process Improvement
7 6 (8.22%) Service Management
8 5 (6.85%) Agile
8 5 (6.85%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (6.85%) User Experience
9 4 (5.48%) Capacity Planning
9 4 (5.48%) Customer Service
9 4 (5.48%) Marketing Automation
9 4 (5.48%) Mentoring
9 4 (5.48%) Requirements Analysis
9 4 (5.48%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 14 (19.18%) SQL
2 8 (10.96%) C#
3 3 (4.11%) Python
4 2 (2.74%) C
5 1 (1.37%) ABAP
5 1 (1.37%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (15.07%) Degree
2 2 (2.74%) Master's Degree
2 2 (2.74%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.59%) GDPR
2 1 (1.37%) GLP
2 1 (1.37%) GMP
2 1 (1.37%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.37%) Shibboleth
1 1 (1.37%) Varnish
Vendors
1 18 (24.66%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.48%) Epicor
3 3 (4.11%) Cognos
4 1 (1.37%) SAP