Applications Support Specialist Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Application Support Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Application Support Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £42,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 January 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 483 532 546
Rank change year-on-year +49 +14 +186
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Specialist 27 27 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.064% 0.075% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.071% 0.080% 0.042%
Number of salaries quoted 18 10 12
10th Percentile £37,975 £30,000 -
25th Percentile £38,500 £30,688 £35,579
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £41,750 £35,579
Median % change year-on-year +0.60% +17.34% -27.02%
75th Percentile £44,750 £48,750 £41,684
90th Percentile £57,375 £49,625 £64,375
UK median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% +12.50% -20.00%

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 37,951 33,588 32,956
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 92.94% 95.36%
Number of salaries quoted 23,133 16,400 24,992
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £36,743
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
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 Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Applications Support Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Applications Support Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support Specialist job vacancies 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 11 January 2026.

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 11 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
North of England +29 10 £42,000 -
West Midlands +39 8 £39,000 +8.33%
South East +37 8 £45,000 +1.69% 2
Midlands +26 8 £39,000 +8.33%
Yorkshire - 8 £42,000 -
North West +26 2 £82,500 -
East of England +2 1 - - 1
Applications Support Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 11 January 2026, Applications Support Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.

1 19 (70.37%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (51.85%) SQL
3 13 (48.15%) Microsoft
4 11 (40.74%) JavaScript
4 11 (40.74%) Oracle
4 11 (40.74%) PHP
5 8 (29.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (25.93%) CRM
6 7 (25.93%) Customer Experience
6 7 (25.93%) MySQL
6 7 (25.93%) SQL Server
7 6 (22.22%) Apache
7 6 (22.22%) IIS
7 6 (22.22%) LAMP
7 6 (22.22%) Linux
7 6 (22.22%) SaaS
7 6 (22.22%) Salesforce
8 5 (18.52%) .NET
8 5 (18.52%) AWS
8 5 (18.52%) C#
8 5 (18.52%) Change Management
8 5 (18.52%) CSS
8 5 (18.52%) Entra ID
8 5 (18.52%) HTML
8 5 (18.52%) Java
8 5 (18.52%) JD Edwards
8 5 (18.52%) JDE EnterpriseOne
8 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Graph
8 5 (18.52%) Power Automate
8 5 (18.52%) Project Delivery

Applications Support Specialist 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 6 (22.22%) Apache
1 6 (22.22%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (18.52%) JDE EnterpriseOne
2 3 (11.11%) Oracle Assets
2 3 (11.11%) Oracle Payables
2 3 (11.11%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 6 (22.22%) SaaS
2 5 (18.52%) AWS
2 5 (18.52%) Entra ID
2 5 (18.52%) Power Automate
3 2 (7.41%) Azure
3 2 (7.41%) Boomi
3 2 (7.41%) Intacct
3 2 (7.41%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.41%) Power Platform
3 2 (7.41%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) FTP
1 1 (3.70%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.93%) MySQL
1 7 (25.93%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.41%) Power BI
2 2 (7.41%) Qlik Sense
General
1 14 (51.85%) Social Skills
2 8 (29.63%) Finance
3 5 (18.52%) Manufacturing
4 4 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (22.22%) LAMP
2 5 (18.52%) .NET
2 5 (18.52%) CSS
2 5 (18.52%) HTML
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Graph
3 4 (14.81%) EDI
4 2 (7.41%) Middleware
5 1 (3.70%) REST
5 1 (3.70%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Linux Command Line
2 5 (18.52%) Product Ownership
3 3 (11.11%) FMCG
3 3 (11.11%) PropTech
3 3 (11.11%) Video\Live Streaming
4 2 (7.41%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 6 (22.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (70.37%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (29.63%) Continuous Improvement
3 7 (25.93%) CRM
3 7 (25.93%) Customer Experience
4 5 (18.52%) Change Management
4 5 (18.52%) Project Delivery
4 5 (18.52%) Robotic Process Automation
4 5 (18.52%) SDLC
4 5 (18.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (18.52%) Web Development
5 3 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (7.41%) Analytics
6 2 (7.41%) Data Analysis
6 2 (7.41%) Fintech
6 2 (7.41%) Project Management
6 2 (7.41%) Regulatory Compliance
6 2 (7.41%) Release Management
6 2 (7.41%) Software Engineering
6 2 (7.41%) Validation
7 1 (3.70%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 14 (51.85%) SQL
2 11 (40.74%) JavaScript
2 11 (40.74%) PHP
3 5 (18.52%) C#
3 5 (18.52%) Java
3 5 (18.52%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (3.70%) Degree
Vendors
1 13 (48.15%) Microsoft
2 11 (40.74%) Oracle
3 6 (22.22%) Salesforce
4 5 (18.52%) JD Edwards
5 2 (7.41%) Concur
5 2 (7.41%) Dell
5 2 (7.41%) IBM
5 2 (7.41%) Sage