Applications Support Engineer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Application Support Engineer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Application Support Engineer salary in the UK excluding London is £34,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 June 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 539 484 650
Rank change year-on-year -55 +166 -28
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Engineer 57 62 100
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.085% 0.21% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.23% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 55 61 88
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £29,125 £35,349 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,500 £42,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.82% +6.25% +6.67%
75th Percentile £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
90th Percentile £64,500 £53,750 £47,875
UK median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% +6.25% -15.79%

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 62,975 26,396 71,609
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.40% 89.08% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 42,900 14,137 51,523
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Applications Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Applications Support Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Applications Support Engineer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Applications Support Engineer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support Engineer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Applications Support Engineer in the UK excluding London

Applications Support Engineer
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 Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
North of England -27 15 £36,500 +4.29% 3
Scotland - 14 £28,000 -
Midlands -42 12 £43,750 -16.67% 1
East Midlands -17 11 £45,000 +17.65%
South East -33 10 £35,375 -29.25% 3
Yorkshire -43 8 £63,750 +82.14% 1
North West -11 7 £35,000 -1.95% 1
East of England -29 3 £34,500 -17.86% 1
South West - 3 £31,500 -
West Midlands -38 1 £34,400 -34.48% 1
Applications Support Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 June 2026, Applications Support Engineer 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 Engineer in the job title.

1 35 (61.40%) SQL
2 26 (45.61%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (38.60%) Azure
3 22 (38.60%) ITIL
4 17 (29.82%) SaaS
5 15 (26.32%) Azure SQL Database
6 14 (24.56%) Active Directory
6 14 (24.56%) Microsoft
7 13 (22.81%) DevOps
8 12 (21.05%) Change Management
8 12 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
8 12 (21.05%) Entra ID
9 11 (19.30%) JavaScript
9 11 (19.30%) SQL Server
9 11 (19.30%) Windows
10 9 (15.79%) .NET
10 9 (15.79%) Degree
10 9 (15.79%) Root Cause Analysis
11 8 (14.04%) CSS
11 8 (14.04%) HTML
11 8 (14.04%) Incident Management
11 8 (14.04%) SLA
12 7 (12.28%) High Availability
12 7 (12.28%) PowerShell
13 6 (10.53%) C#
13 6 (10.53%) E-Commerce
13 6 (10.53%) Python
14 5 (8.77%) Computer Science
14 5 (8.77%) CRM
14 5 (8.77%) Customer Service

Applications Support Engineer 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 (5.26%) IIS
2 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Markit EDM
2 1 (1.75%) iTrent
2 1 (1.75%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.75%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 22 (38.60%) Azure
2 17 (29.82%) SaaS
3 12 (21.05%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.51%) AWS
4 2 (3.51%) Azure Data Factory
4 2 (3.51%) BigCommerce
4 2 (3.51%) dbt
4 2 (3.51%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (3.51%) Snowflake
5 1 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.75%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.02%) DNS
1 4 (7.02%) Firewall
1 4 (7.02%) MQTT
1 4 (7.02%) VPN
2 1 (1.75%) Intranet
2 1 (1.75%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (26.32%) Azure SQL Database
2 11 (19.30%) SQL Server
3 5 (8.77%) MySQL
4 4 (7.02%) MongoDB
5 2 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (1.75%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (1.75%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (8.77%) JIRA
General
1 20 (35.09%) Social Skills
2 19 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (8.77%) Finance
4 3 (5.26%) Local Government
5 2 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.75%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.75%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (15.79%) .NET
2 8 (14.04%) CSS
2 8 (14.04%) HTML
3 5 (8.77%) JSON
4 3 (5.26%) AngularJS
4 3 (5.26%) HTML5
4 3 (5.26%) jQuery
4 3 (5.26%) XML
5 1 (1.75%) Classic ASP
5 1 (1.75%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 11 (19.30%) Client/Server
2 4 (7.02%) IoT
2 4 (7.02%) Mobile App
2 4 (7.02%) Onboarding
3 3 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (5.26%) Driving Licence
3 3 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
3 3 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.51%) Cloud Native
4 2 (3.51%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.75%) FMCG
5 1 (1.75%) NHS
5 1 (1.75%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 11 (19.30%) Windows
2 5 (8.77%) Windows Server
3 4 (7.02%) Linux
3 4 (7.02%) VMS
4 2 (3.51%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (45.61%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (38.60%) ITIL
3 13 (22.81%) DevOps
4 12 (21.05%) Change Management
4 12 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 9 (15.79%) Root Cause Analysis
6 8 (14.04%) Incident Management
7 7 (12.28%) High Availability
8 6 (10.53%) E-Commerce
9 5 (8.77%) Computer Science
9 5 (8.77%) CRM
9 5 (8.77%) Customer Service
9 5 (8.77%) Full-Stack Development
9 5 (8.77%) Validation
10 4 (7.02%) AI
10 4 (7.02%) B2C
10 4 (7.02%) ERP
10 4 (7.02%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 4 (7.02%) Systems Engineering
10 4 (7.02%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (61.40%) SQL
2 11 (19.30%) JavaScript
3 7 (12.28%) PowerShell
4 6 (10.53%) C#
4 6 (10.53%) Python
5 2 (3.51%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (15.79%) Degree
2 5 (8.77%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (3.51%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (14.04%) SLA
2 3 (5.26%) Data Quality
2 3 (5.26%) GDPR
2 3 (5.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (24.56%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 14 (24.56%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.51%) Ab Initio
2 2 (3.51%) IBM
2 2 (3.51%) Zoho
3 1 (1.75%) Sage