Applications Support Analyst Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Application Support Analyst
UK > UK excluding London

The median Application Support Analyst salary in the UK excluding London is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 332 439 374
Rank change year-on-year +107 -65 +137
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Analyst 179 133 206
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.42% 0.37% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.40% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 150 86 149
10th Percentile £27,675 £28,625 £28,700
25th Percentile £30,202 £31,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £38,250 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.50% -4.38% -5.88%
75th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £50,000 £53,125 £63,750
UK median annual salary £42,000 £41,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +2.44% -13.68% +5.56%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 38,179 33,328 33,027
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.48% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,318 16,178 25,075
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Applications Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Applications Support Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Applications Support Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Applications Support Analyst
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Applications Support Analyst
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support Analyst in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Applications Support Analyst in the UK excluding London

Applications Support Analyst
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 Support Analyst within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
South East +30 54 £34,500 -4.83% 8
North of England +31 35 £35,000 -14.63% 4
Scotland +17 27 £47,500 +26.67% 3
Midlands +24 21 £35,000 -
East of England +32 19 £40,000 -3.03%
West Midlands +32 18 £42,500 +13.90%
North West +30 18 £40,000 -13.04% 4
South West +22 16 £31,000 -22.50%
Yorkshire -13 10 £25,000 -39.02%
Wales +7 7 £48,500 +46.97%
North East - 7 £51,500 -
East Midlands -15 3 £35,000 -12.50%
Applications Support Analyst
UK

Applications Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Applications Support Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Applications Support Analyst in the job title.

1 93 (51.96%) SQL
2 51 (28.49%) ITIL
3 49 (27.37%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (23.46%) Customer Service
5 40 (22.35%) Degree
6 33 (18.44%) Microsoft
6 33 (18.44%) Power Platform
7 32 (17.88%) ERP
8 30 (16.76%) Business Intelligence
8 30 (16.76%) SQL Server
9 29 (16.20%) Power BI
9 29 (16.20%) Windows
10 25 (13.97%) JIRA
11 24 (13.41%) Azure
12 22 (12.29%) T-SQL
13 18 (10.06%) Oracle
14 17 (9.50%) Housing Management
15 16 (8.94%) ETL
15 16 (8.94%) SAP
15 16 (8.94%) Service Management
16 15 (8.38%) Agile
16 15 (8.38%) Linux
17 14 (7.82%) Microsoft 365
18 13 (7.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
19 11 (6.15%) Change Management
19 11 (6.15%) Continuous Improvement
20 10 (5.59%) Computer Science
20 10 (5.59%) Concur
20 10 (5.59%) NEC Housing
20 10 (5.59%) Northgate

Applications Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.12%) WebSphere
2 2 (1.12%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 7 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.35%) MS Visio
3 5 (2.79%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 10 (5.59%) NEC Housing
1 10 (5.59%) Oracle EBS
2 5 (2.79%) NetSuite
3 3 (1.68%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 33 (18.44%) Power Platform
2 24 (13.41%) Azure
3 14 (7.82%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (5.59%) PowerApps
5 9 (5.03%) SaaS
6 7 (3.91%) AWS
7 6 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
7 6 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.68%) BigCommerce
9 2 (1.12%) Oracle Service Cloud
10 1 (0.56%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.47%) FTP
2 7 (3.91%) Remote Desktop
3 3 (1.68%) DHCP
3 3 (1.68%) DNS
3 3 (1.68%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (16.76%) SQL Server
2 29 (16.20%) Power BI
3 8 (4.47%) MySQL
4 6 (3.35%) Crystal Reports
5 5 (2.79%) Oracle Database
5 5 (2.79%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.56%) MS Access
6 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 25 (13.97%) JIRA
2 9 (5.03%) Git
3 7 (3.91%) Bitbucket
General
1 46 (25.70%) Social Skills
2 37 (20.67%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (6.70%) Finance
4 10 (5.59%) Manufacturing
4 10 (5.59%) Retail
5 9 (5.03%) Advertising
6 6 (3.35%) Billing
7 4 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.68%) Local Government
9 2 (1.12%) Health Technology
9 2 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (4.47%) HTML
1 8 (4.47%) JSON
1 8 (4.47%) REST
1 8 (4.47%) SOAP
1 8 (4.47%) Web Services
1 8 (4.47%) XML
2 4 (2.23%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 19 (10.61%) Management Information System
2 10 (5.59%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (3.35%) Product Ownership
4 5 (2.79%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.68%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (1.12%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.56%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 29 (16.20%) Windows
2 15 (8.38%) Linux
3 3 (1.68%) Mac OS
3 3 (1.68%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.12%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (28.49%) ITIL
2 49 (27.37%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (23.46%) Customer Service
4 32 (17.88%) ERP
5 30 (16.76%) Business Intelligence
6 17 (9.50%) Housing Management
7 16 (8.94%) ETL
7 16 (8.94%) Service Management
8 15 (8.38%) Agile
9 13 (7.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 11 (6.15%) Change Management
10 11 (6.15%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (5.59%) Computer Science
12 9 (5.03%) Change Control
12 9 (5.03%) ITSM
12 9 (5.03%) Process Improvement
12 9 (5.03%) Roadmaps
13 8 (4.47%) Requirements Gathering
13 8 (4.47%) Root Cause Analysis
13 8 (4.47%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 93 (51.96%) SQL
2 22 (12.29%) T-SQL
3 10 (5.59%) PL/SQL
4 8 (4.47%) C#
5 2 (1.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.12%) Java
5 2 (1.12%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (1.12%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.12%) Python
6 1 (0.56%) VB
Qualifications
1 40 (22.35%) Degree
2 7 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (3.35%) HND
3 6 (3.35%) ITIL Certification
4 3 (1.68%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.68%) MCP
4 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.12%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.12%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.03%) SLA
2 6 (3.35%) Accessibility
3 5 (2.79%) QA
4 3 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
4 3 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 5 (2.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (3.91%) Control-M
1 7 (3.91%) Grafana
1 7 (3.91%) Kubernetes
1 7 (3.91%) Prometheus
2 2 (1.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 33 (18.44%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.06%) Oracle
3 16 (8.94%) SAP
4 10 (5.59%) Concur
4 10 (5.59%) Northgate
5 6 (3.35%) Adobe
5 6 (3.35%) Freshdesk
5 6 (3.35%) Nintex
5 6 (3.35%) Sage
6 5 (2.79%) Epicor
7 4 (2.23%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.12%) Liquidlogic
9 1 (0.56%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.56%) Workday