Applications Support Jobs in the UK excluding London

Application Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median Application Support salary in the UK excluding London is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 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
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 323 318 382
Rank change year-on-year -5 +64 -37
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 274 561 463
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.71% 0.78% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 0.82% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 236 391 318
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,438 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £38,519
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +3.85% +2.72%
75th Percentile £48,250 £47,875 £49,463
90th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £61,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +17.65%

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 35,007 68,127 52,446
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 94.86% 89.18%
Number of salaries quoted 17,566 48,111 29,896
10th Percentile £26,875 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,438
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -6.43% +6.88%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in the UK excluding London

Applications Support
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Applications Support in the UK excluding London

Applications Support
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 23 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in the UK excluding London

Applications Support
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 23 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 +68 79 £36,250 -23.68% 87
South East -4 65 £37,000 -12.94% 191
North of England -18 61 £37,500 -6.25% 146
Midlands +14 50 £40,000 +23.08% 103
North West -39 39 £37,500 -16.67% 71
West Midlands +55 34 £42,500 +32.31% 56
Yorkshire +47 20 £38,000 +6.80% 58
East Midlands -11 16 £32,500 -1.95% 41
Scotland +98 10 £43,250 +15.33% 37
South West +78 7 £32,500 -25.29% 70
North East +40 2 £33,198 -11.47% 17
Wales -4 2 £43,750 -2.78% 13
Applications Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2025, Applications Support 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 in the job title.

1 138 (50.36%) Social Skills
2 125 (45.62%) Problem-Solving
3 116 (42.34%) SQL
4 105 (38.32%) Microsoft
5 86 (31.39%) ERP
6 70 (25.55%) ITIL
7 68 (24.82%) Finance
8 66 (24.09%) Azure
9 54 (19.71%) CRM
10 51 (18.61%) Microsoft 365
11 50 (18.25%) Analytical Skills
12 48 (17.52%) Continuous Improvement
13 41 (14.96%) Windows
14 37 (13.50%) Oracle
14 37 (13.50%) SQL Server
14 37 (13.50%) Degree
15 36 (13.14%) Linux
16 35 (12.77%) Manufacturing
17 31 (11.31%) Business Intelligence
18 28 (10.22%) Python
18 28 (10.22%) PowerShell
19 27 (9.85%) SharePoint
20 26 (9.49%) SAP
20 26 (9.49%) Change Management
20 26 (9.49%) Incident Management
21 25 (9.12%) Retail
21 25 (9.12%) Collaborative Working
21 25 (9.12%) Power Platform
22 24 (8.76%) Customer Service
23 23 (8.39%) Power BI

Applications Support 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 27 (9.85%) SharePoint
2 16 (5.84%) IIS
3 4 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.73%) Confluence
5 1 (0.36%) Alfresco
5 1 (0.36%) Documentum
5 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (6.93%) Microsoft Excel
1 19 (6.93%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 20 (7.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (6.20%) Oracle Applications
2 17 (6.20%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (3.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (2.55%) Dynamics AX
5 6 (2.19%) NetSuite
6 5 (1.82%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.73%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 66 (24.09%) Azure
2 51 (18.61%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (9.12%) Power Platform
4 22 (8.03%) AWS
5 7 (2.55%) PowerApps
6 6 (2.19%) Amazon ECS
6 6 (2.19%) AWS Lambda
6 6 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (2.19%) IaaS
6 6 (2.19%) PaaS
6 6 (2.19%) Power Automate
6 6 (2.19%) Serverless
7 5 (1.82%) Boomi
7 5 (1.82%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.82%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 5 (1.82%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 4 (1.46%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.46%) SaaS
9 3 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (1.09%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.47%) FTP
2 4 (1.46%) Firewall
3 3 (1.09%) Internet
4 2 (0.73%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.73%) WAN
4 2 (0.73%) Wireless
5 1 (0.36%) HTTP
5 1 (0.36%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (13.50%) SQL Server
2 23 (8.39%) Power BI
3 20 (7.30%) MySQL
4 8 (2.92%) GIS
5 7 (2.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (1.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.09%) Tableau
8 2 (0.73%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.73%) EDMS
9 1 (0.36%) Big Data
9 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.36%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (5.47%) JIRA
2 7 (2.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (1.09%) Git
4 2 (0.73%) JUnit
5 1 (0.36%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.36%) Log4j
5 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 138 (50.36%) Social Skills
2 68 (24.82%) Finance
3 50 (18.25%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (12.77%) Manufacturing
5 25 (9.12%) Retail
6 15 (5.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.28%) Banking
7 9 (3.28%) Local Government
8 6 (2.19%) Advertising
8 6 (2.19%) Law
9 5 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.82%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (1.09%) Automotive
10 3 (1.09%) Marketing
11 2 (0.73%) Legal
11 2 (0.73%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.36%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.74%) REST
1 13 (4.74%) SOAP
2 12 (4.38%) HTML
2 12 (4.38%) Oracle Fusion
3 11 (4.01%) Middleware
3 11 (4.01%) XML
4 10 (3.65%) EDI
5 9 (3.28%) JSON
6 8 (2.92%) Web Services
7 7 (2.55%) .NET
8 4 (1.46%) YAML
9 3 (1.09%) Spring
10 2 (0.73%) Elastic Stack
11 1 (0.36%) Apache Camel
11 1 (0.36%) OAuth
11 1 (0.36%) ODBC
11 1 (0.36%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 7 (2.55%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 6 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (1.82%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.46%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.09%) Client/Server
5 3 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.09%) Housing Association
5 3 (1.09%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.36%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.36%) Distributed Applications
6 1 (0.36%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.36%) e-Learning
6 1 (0.36%) IoT
6 1 (0.36%) PMI
6 1 (0.36%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.36%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 41 (14.96%) Windows
2 36 (13.14%) Linux
3 17 (6.20%) Windows Server
4 13 (4.74%) Windows 10
5 5 (1.82%) Android
6 3 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.73%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.36%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (45.62%) Problem-Solving
2 86 (31.39%) ERP
3 70 (25.55%) ITIL
4 54 (19.71%) CRM
5 48 (17.52%) Continuous Improvement
6 31 (11.31%) Business Intelligence
7 26 (9.49%) Change Management
7 26 (9.49%) Incident Management
8 25 (9.12%) Collaborative Working
9 24 (8.76%) Customer Service
10 23 (8.39%) Root Cause Analysis
11 21 (7.66%) User Experience
12 19 (6.93%) Agile
12 19 (6.93%) E-Commerce
12 19 (6.93%) Problem Management
13 18 (6.57%) Project Management
14 17 (6.20%) Logistics
14 17 (6.20%) Stakeholder Management
15 16 (5.84%) Roadmaps
16 15 (5.47%) Data Management
Programming Languages
1 116 (42.34%) SQL
2 28 (10.22%) PowerShell
2 28 (10.22%) Python
3 20 (7.30%) Java
4 18 (6.57%) PL/SQL
5 9 (3.28%) T-SQL
6 7 (2.55%) C-shell
6 7 (2.55%) Korn
6 7 (2.55%) Shell Script
7 4 (1.46%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.09%) Progress 4GL
9 1 (0.36%) Bash
9 1 (0.36%) C
9 1 (0.36%) C++
9 1 (0.36%) PHP
Qualifications
1 37 (13.50%) Degree
2 11 (4.01%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (2.92%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (2.55%) PhD
5 4 (1.46%) Security Cleared
6 3 (1.09%) A+ Certification
6 3 (1.09%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.73%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.73%) MCITP
7 2 (0.73%) MCSE
7 2 (0.73%) MOS
8 1 (0.36%) CISA
8 1 (0.36%) CISSP
8 1 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.36%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.36%) HND
8 1 (0.36%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.19%) PCI DSS
1 6 (2.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 6 (2.19%) SLA
2 2 (0.73%) Data Quality
2 2 (0.73%) QA
3 1 (0.36%) GDPR
System Software
1 12 (4.38%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.82%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.73%) Docker
4 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (3.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.82%) Grafana
2 5 (1.82%) Terraform
3 4 (1.46%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.09%) SCCM
5 1 (0.36%) Ansible
5 1 (0.36%) Graylog
Vendors
1 105 (38.32%) Microsoft
2 37 (13.50%) Oracle
3 26 (9.49%) SAP
4 16 (5.84%) ServiceNow
5 13 (4.74%) Facebook
6 7 (2.55%) Salesforce
7 6 (2.19%) Databricks
8 5 (1.82%) Apple
8 5 (1.82%) Dell
8 5 (1.82%) Liquidlogic
8 5 (1.82%) Veeam
8 5 (1.82%) VMware
8 5 (1.82%) Zoho
9 3 (1.09%) Capita
9 3 (1.09%) Progress
10 2 (0.73%) Blue Prism
10 2 (0.73%) Google
10 2 (0.73%) Intapp
10 2 (0.73%) Sun
10 2 (0.73%) UiPath