Applications Support Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Application Support
UK > UK excluding London

The median Application Support salary in the UK excluding London is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 August 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 272 284
Rank change year-on-year -1 +12 -15
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 497 330 492
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.64% 0.95% 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 1.06% 0.87%
Number of salaries quoted 426 291 342
10th Percentile £28,750 £30,956 £25,688
25th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -11.76%
75th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £46,250
90th Percentile £53,212 £50,000 £55,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £43,000
% change year-on-year - -1.16% -14.00%

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 73,108 31,009 56,528
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.40% 89.45% 95.00%
Number of salaries quoted 50,512 17,790 37,230
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £39,191 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -4.00% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £56,076 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.96% - -8.33%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Applications Support job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Applications Support
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies 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 15 August 2026.

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 15 August 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 +38 153 £42,000 +5.00% 15
Midlands +15 102 £42,500 +19.72% 3
North of England -23 101 £42,500 +14.86% 12
East of England -35 63 £30,000 -25.00% 15
East Midlands +18 61 £43,750 +25.00% 1
Yorkshire +4 51 £45,000 +7.14%
North West -25 45 £30,000 -18.92% 9
South West -41 42 £35,000 +7.69% 5
West Midlands -22 41 £42,500 +6.25% 2
Scotland +14 26 £29,000 -32.95% 2
Northern Ireland - 10 £38,500 - 4
North East -57 5 £60,000 +80.74% 3
Applications Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 15 August 2026, Applications Support 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 in the job title.

1 170 (34.21%) SQL
2 146 (29.38%) Problem-Solving
3 110 (22.13%) Microsoft
4 92 (18.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 80 (16.10%) ERP
6 74 (14.89%) ITIL
7 65 (13.08%) Azure
8 61 (12.27%) Power Platform
9 57 (11.47%) Service Management
10 52 (10.46%) Power BI
11 50 (10.06%) SaaS
12 44 (8.85%) Change Management
12 44 (8.85%) Customer Service
13 43 (8.65%) Business Intelligence
14 42 (8.45%) Microsoft 365
14 42 (8.45%) Windows
15 41 (8.25%) Degree
15 41 (8.25%) Process Improvement
16 39 (7.85%) Dynamics 365
17 34 (6.84%) ITSM
18 33 (6.64%) CRM
19 32 (6.44%) Active Directory
19 32 (6.44%) Incident Management
19 32 (6.44%) SQL Server
20 31 (6.24%) Oracle
20 31 (6.24%) Power Automate
21 30 (6.04%) Project Management
22 29 (5.84%) C#
23 28 (5.63%) .NET
24 27 (5.43%) Stakeholder Engagement

Applications Support 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 21 (4.23%) SharePoint
2 16 (3.22%) IIS
3 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.60%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.20%) CMS
5 1 (0.20%) WebSphere
Applications
1 25 (5.03%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (2.01%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.01%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.60%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.40%) Siemens NX
6 2 (0.40%) Windchill
7 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 15 (3.02%) Visualfiles
2 14 (2.82%) iTrent
3 9 (1.81%) Elite 3E
3 9 (1.81%) NetSuite
4 7 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (1.41%) Infor M3
4 7 (1.41%) Sage X3
5 6 (1.21%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.80%) Exchequer
6 4 (0.80%) JDE OneWorld
6 4 (0.80%) JDE World
6 4 (0.80%) Primavera
6 4 (0.80%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.60%) Infor CloudSuite
7 3 (0.60%) Infor LN
7 3 (0.60%) Magento
7 3 (0.60%) NEC Housing
7 3 (0.60%) Shopify
8 2 (0.40%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.40%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 65 (13.08%) Azure
2 61 (12.27%) Power Platform
3 50 (10.06%) SaaS
4 42 (8.45%) Microsoft 365
5 39 (7.85%) Dynamics 365
6 31 (6.24%) Power Automate
7 23 (4.63%) Entra ID
7 23 (4.63%) PowerApps
8 18 (3.62%) OneDrive
9 13 (2.62%) AWS
10 8 (1.61%) PaaS
11 7 (1.41%) IaaS
12 5 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 3 (0.60%) ClickUp
13 3 (0.60%) GCP
13 3 (0.60%) Mimecast
14 2 (0.40%) SuccessFactors
15 1 (0.20%) Azure Logic Apps
15 1 (0.20%) Azure Storage
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.41%) Firewall
2 5 (1.01%) DNS
2 5 (1.01%) VPN
3 4 (0.80%) MQTT
4 3 (0.60%) NAS
4 3 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.40%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.20%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (10.46%) Power BI
2 32 (6.44%) SQL Server
3 15 (3.02%) Azure SQL Database
3 15 (3.02%) Relational Database
4 10 (2.01%) Crystal Reports
5 7 (1.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 7 (1.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 6 (1.21%) MySQL
7 4 (0.80%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
9 2 (0.40%) SAP BW
10 1 (0.20%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.20%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 23 (4.63%) JIRA
2 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.20%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (0.20%) Postman
3 1 (0.20%) SoapUI
General
1 135 (27.16%) Social Skills
2 83 (16.70%) Finance
3 67 (13.48%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (9.05%) Legal
5 35 (7.04%) Manufacturing
6 26 (5.23%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (3.82%) Public Sector
8 18 (3.62%) Advertising
9 15 (3.02%) Law
9 15 (3.02%) Retail
10 10 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.81%) Legal Technology
12 8 (1.61%) Local Government
13 6 (1.21%) Marketing
14 5 (1.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 4 (0.80%) Billing
16 3 (0.60%) Back Office
16 3 (0.60%) Games
17 2 (0.40%) Financial Institution
18 1 (0.20%) Aerospace
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (5.63%) .NET
2 13 (2.62%) HTML
3 7 (1.41%) Classic ASP
3 7 (1.41%) CSS
3 7 (1.41%) XML
4 5 (1.01%) .NET Framework
4 5 (1.01%) Middleware
5 4 (0.80%) EDI
5 4 (0.80%) JSON
5 4 (0.80%) REST
6 3 (0.60%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.60%) FIX Protocol
6 3 (0.60%) Kafka
6 3 (0.60%) Playwright
6 3 (0.60%) Web Services
7 2 (0.40%) SAP Basis
7 2 (0.40%) SAP Fiori
8 1 (0.20%) ASP.NET Web Forms
8 1 (0.20%) Vue
8 1 (0.20%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.02%) Enterprise Software
2 18 (3.62%) Management Information System
3 11 (2.21%) Client/Server
3 11 (2.21%) Driving Licence
3 11 (2.21%) Onboarding
4 8 (1.61%) Linux Command Line
5 6 (1.21%) Legacy Code
5 6 (1.21%) Product Ownership
6 5 (1.01%) Blog
6 5 (1.01%) FMCG
6 5 (1.01%) Housing Association
6 5 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (0.80%) IoT
8 2 (0.40%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.40%) Life Science
8 2 (0.40%) NHS
8 2 (0.40%) PACS
8 2 (0.40%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.40%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 42 (8.45%) Windows
2 26 (5.23%) Windows Server
3 23 (4.63%) Linux
4 4 (0.80%) Mac OS
4 4 (0.80%) Unix
4 4 (0.80%) VMS
5 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (29.38%) Problem-Solving
2 92 (18.51%) Continuous Improvement
3 80 (16.10%) ERP
4 74 (14.89%) ITIL
5 57 (11.47%) Service Management
6 44 (8.85%) Change Management
6 44 (8.85%) Customer Service
7 43 (8.65%) Business Intelligence
8 41 (8.25%) Process Improvement
9 34 (6.84%) ITSM
10 33 (6.64%) CRM
11 32 (6.44%) Incident Management
12 30 (6.04%) Project Management
13 27 (5.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 25 (5.03%) Computer Science
15 22 (4.43%) Service Delivery
15 22 (4.43%) User Acceptance Testing
16 21 (4.23%) DevOps
16 21 (4.23%) E-Commerce
17 18 (3.62%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 170 (34.21%) SQL
2 29 (5.84%) C#
3 22 (4.43%) Java
4 15 (3.02%) JavaScript
5 13 (2.62%) PowerShell
6 11 (2.21%) T-SQL
7 9 (1.81%) Python
8 5 (1.01%) Shell Script
9 4 (0.80%) COBOL
9 4 (0.80%) PL/SQL
10 3 (0.60%) VB
10 3 (0.60%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.40%) RPG
12 1 (0.20%) RPG III
12 1 (0.20%) RPG IV
12 1 (0.20%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 41 (8.25%) Degree
2 7 (1.41%) HNC
3 6 (1.21%) HND
3 6 (1.21%) Security Cleared
4 5 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
5 4 (0.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (0.60%) DV Cleared
6 3 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 3 (0.60%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.20%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.20%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (3.62%) SLA
2 9 (1.81%) QA
3 3 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (0.60%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.20%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.20%) DICOM
4 1 (0.20%) GDPR
4 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 32 (6.44%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.60%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (1.41%) Single Sign-On
2 6 (1.21%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.21%) SCCM
3 3 (0.60%) Grafana
3 3 (0.60%) Kibana
4 1 (0.20%) Terraform
Vendors
1 110 (22.13%) Microsoft
2 31 (6.24%) Oracle
3 26 (5.23%) SAP
4 15 (3.02%) IFS
4 15 (3.02%) Sage
4 15 (3.02%) ServiceNow
5 9 (1.81%) Aderant
5 9 (1.81%) Epicor
5 9 (1.81%) iManage
6 8 (1.61%) Intapp
7 7 (1.41%) Infor
8 6 (1.21%) Palo Alto
8 6 (1.21%) Qualys
9 5 (1.01%) Datix
10 4 (0.80%) Adobe
10 4 (0.80%) JD Edwards
10 4 (0.80%) MuleSoft
11 3 (0.60%) Meraki
11 3 (0.60%) Synology
11 3 (0.60%) SYSPRO