Applications Support Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Application Support Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Application Support Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 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
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 552 738 723
Rank change year-on-year +186 -15 +119
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Specialist 28 37 32
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.072% 0.050% 0.055%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.080% 0.053% 0.062%
Number of salaries quoted 22 33 31
10th Percentile £27,750 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £39,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,579 £44,535
Median % change year-on-year +5.40% -20.11% -8.65%
75th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £50,000
90th Percentile - £52,500 £57,500
UK median annual salary £40,250 £47,500 £46,000
% change year-on-year -15.26% +3.26% -16.36%

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 35,218 70,245 51,745
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.32% 94.92% 89.08%
Number of salaries quoted 17,732 49,603 29,711
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%
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 Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support Specialist in the UK excluding London

Applications Support Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Applications Support Specialist in the UK excluding London

Applications Support Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Support Specialist in the UK excluding London

Applications Support 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 Support Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 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
East of England +48 14 £43,500 -13.00%
Midlands +64 11 £32,000 -32.63% 4
West Midlands +55 6 - - 4
East Midlands - 5 £32,000 -
North of England +25 2 £37,500 +5.40% 3
North West +4 2 £37,500 +19.05% 1
South East - 1 £55,000 - 7
Applications Support Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 May 2025, Applications Support 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 Support Specialist in the job title.

1 16 (57.14%) Azure
2 15 (53.57%) Microsoft
3 14 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (46.43%) CRM
5 12 (42.86%) Windows
6 11 (39.29%) Data Management
7 8 (28.57%) GIS
7 8 (28.57%) ERP
7 8 (28.57%) SQL Server
7 8 (28.57%) IIS
7 8 (28.57%) API Integration
7 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
8 7 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
8 7 (25.00%) Project Delivery
8 7 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
8 7 (25.00%) Windows Server
8 7 (25.00%) ITIL
8 7 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
8 7 (25.00%) Finance
9 6 (21.43%) Advertising
9 6 (21.43%) Project Planning
9 6 (21.43%) NetSuite
9 6 (21.43%) Asset Management
10 5 (17.86%) Android
10 5 (17.86%) Zoho
10 5 (17.86%) User Experience
10 5 (17.86%) Windows 10
10 5 (17.86%) Migration
10 5 (17.86%) Workflow
10 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Excel

Applications Support 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 (28.57%) IIS
2 2 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (17.86%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 7 (25.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (21.43%) NetSuite
3 1 (3.57%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (3.57%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (3.57%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (57.14%) Azure
2 14 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.14%) AWS
3 2 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (7.14%) IaaS
3 2 (7.14%) PaaS
3 2 (7.14%) Power Automate
3 2 (7.14%) Power Platform
3 2 (7.14%) PowerApps
4 1 (3.57%) Entra ID
4 1 (3.57%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (28.57%) GIS
1 8 (28.57%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.14%) Data Lake
General
1 8 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.00%) Finance
3 6 (21.43%) Advertising
4 5 (17.86%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (7.14%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.57%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.57%) Management Information System
1 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (42.86%) Windows
2 7 (25.00%) Windows Server
3 5 (17.86%) Android
3 5 (17.86%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (46.43%) CRM
2 11 (39.29%) Data Management
3 8 (28.57%) API Integration
3 8 (28.57%) ERP
4 7 (25.00%) ITIL
4 7 (25.00%) Mobile Device Management
4 7 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (25.00%) Project Delivery
5 6 (21.43%) Asset Management
5 6 (21.43%) Project Planning
6 5 (17.86%) API Management
6 5 (17.86%) Migration
6 5 (17.86%) User Experience
6 5 (17.86%) Workflow
7 3 (10.71%) Continuous Improvement
8 2 (7.14%) Agile
8 2 (7.14%) IT Strategy
8 2 (7.14%) Project Management
8 2 (7.14%) Service Delivery
8 2 (7.14%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (3.57%) Degree
System Software
1 5 (17.86%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (7.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (53.57%) Microsoft
2 5 (17.86%) Apple
2 5 (17.86%) Zoho
3 2 (7.14%) Blue Prism
3 2 (7.14%) Databricks
3 2 (7.14%) Facebook
3 2 (7.14%) Oracle
3 2 (7.14%) UiPath
4 1 (3.57%) SAP