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 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 332 310 368
Rank change year-on-year -22 +58 -20
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 276 597 477
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.70% 0.80% 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.77% 0.84% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 239 413 331
10th Percentile £27,750 £25,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,000 £39,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +1.27% +6.76%
75th Percentile £48,250 £47,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £53,750 £55,000 £64,500
UK median annual salary £44,500 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.11% -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 35,806 71,101 51,023
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.94% 89.01%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 50,103 29,550
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%
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
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 31 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 31 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 +73 79 £36,250 -23.68% 11
North of England -27 67 £37,500 -6.25% 30
South East -22 63 £35,750 -15.88% 26
Midlands -8 49 £37,500 +15.38% 14
North West -37 43 £37,500 -16.67% 17
West Midlands +36 35 £42,500 +32.31% 10
Yorkshire +36 21 £37,750 +6.10% 12
East Midlands -10 14 £32,250 -4.57% 4
Scotland +98 9 £43,250 +23.57% 9
South West +81 7 £32,500 -22.16% 10
North East +44 3 £33,198 -11.47% 1
Wales +1 2 £43,750 -2.78%
Applications Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 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 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 129 (46.74%) Problem-Solving
3 119 (43.12%) SQL
4 111 (40.22%) Microsoft
5 88 (31.88%) ERP
6 73 (26.45%) ITIL
7 70 (25.36%) Finance
8 68 (24.64%) Azure
9 58 (21.01%) CRM
10 54 (19.57%) Analytical Skills
11 52 (18.84%) Microsoft 365
12 51 (18.48%) Continuous Improvement
13 42 (15.22%) Windows
14 40 (14.49%) SQL Server
15 37 (13.41%) Degree
16 36 (13.04%) Oracle
16 36 (13.04%) Manufacturing
17 35 (12.68%) Linux
18 29 (10.51%) Retail
19 28 (10.14%) Change Management
19 28 (10.14%) Business Intelligence
19 28 (10.14%) Customer Service
20 27 (9.78%) SharePoint
20 27 (9.78%) Python
21 26 (9.42%) AWS
21 26 (9.42%) Incident Management
21 26 (9.42%) SAP
22 25 (9.06%) PowerShell
22 25 (9.06%) Power Platform
22 25 (9.06%) Collaborative Working

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 (9.78%) SharePoint
2 16 (5.80%) IIS
3 4 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.72%) Confluence
5 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (7.25%) Microsoft Excel
1 20 (7.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 22 (7.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (5.80%) Oracle Applications
2 16 (5.80%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (2.90%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (2.54%) Dynamics AX
5 6 (2.17%) NetSuite
6 5 (1.81%) Dynamics GP
7 2 (0.72%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.36%) Exchequer
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 68 (24.64%) Azure
2 52 (18.84%) Microsoft 365
3 26 (9.42%) AWS
4 25 (9.06%) Power Platform
5 8 (2.90%) Amazon ECS
5 8 (2.90%) AWS Lambda
5 8 (2.90%) Serverless
6 7 (2.54%) PowerApps
7 6 (2.17%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.17%) IaaS
7 6 (2.17%) PaaS
7 6 (2.17%) Power Automate
7 6 (2.17%) SaaS
8 5 (1.81%) Boomi
8 5 (1.81%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 5 (1.81%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 4 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.45%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (1.09%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 15 (5.43%) FTP
2 4 (1.45%) Firewall
3 3 (1.09%) Internet
4 2 (0.72%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.72%) WAN
4 2 (0.72%) Wireless
5 1 (0.36%) HTTP
5 1 (0.36%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (14.49%) SQL Server
2 22 (7.97%) Power BI
3 20 (7.25%) MySQL
4 9 (3.26%) GIS
5 8 (2.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 5 (1.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
7 3 (1.09%) Data Lake
7 3 (1.09%) Tableau
8 2 (0.72%) EDMS
9 1 (0.36%) Big Data
9 1 (0.36%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.36%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.36%) EDRMS
9 1 (0.36%) Geospatial Data
9 1 (0.36%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 15 (5.43%) JIRA
2 7 (2.54%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 3 (1.09%) Git
4 2 (0.72%) JUnit
5 1 (0.36%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 138 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 70 (25.36%) Finance
3 54 (19.57%) Analytical Skills
4 36 (13.04%) Manufacturing
5 29 (10.51%) Retail
6 15 (5.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (3.26%) Banking
7 9 (3.26%) Local Government
8 7 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (2.17%) Advertising
10 5 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.45%) Automotive
11 4 (1.45%) Law
12 3 (1.09%) Legal
12 3 (1.09%) Marketing
12 3 (1.09%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.36%) Electronics
13 1 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.36%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.71%) REST
1 13 (4.71%) SOAP
2 12 (4.35%) HTML
2 12 (4.35%) Oracle Fusion
3 11 (3.99%) Middleware
3 11 (3.99%) XML
4 9 (3.26%) .NET
4 9 (3.26%) EDI
4 9 (3.26%) JSON
5 8 (2.90%) Web Services
6 4 (1.45%) YAML
7 2 (0.72%) Elastic Stack
7 2 (0.72%) Spring
8 1 (0.36%) OAuth
8 1 (0.36%) ODBC
8 1 (0.36%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 8 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (2.54%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 6 (2.17%) Mobile App
4 5 (1.81%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.45%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.09%) Client/Server
6 3 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.09%) Housing Association
7 1 (0.36%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.36%) Distributed Applications
7 1 (0.36%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.36%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.36%) IoT
7 1 (0.36%) PMI
7 1 (0.36%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.36%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 42 (15.22%) Windows
2 35 (12.68%) Linux
3 17 (6.16%) Windows Server
4 13 (4.71%) Windows 10
5 7 (2.54%) Android
6 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.36%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (46.74%) Problem-Solving
2 88 (31.88%) ERP
3 73 (26.45%) ITIL
4 58 (21.01%) CRM
5 51 (18.48%) Continuous Improvement
6 28 (10.14%) Business Intelligence
6 28 (10.14%) Change Management
6 28 (10.14%) Customer Service
7 26 (9.42%) Incident Management
8 25 (9.06%) Collaborative Working
9 24 (8.70%) Root Cause Analysis
10 23 (8.33%) User Experience
11 21 (7.61%) Agile
12 20 (7.25%) Problem Management
13 19 (6.88%) E-Commerce
13 19 (6.88%) Project Management
14 18 (6.52%) Stakeholder Management
15 17 (6.16%) Logistics
15 17 (6.16%) Roadmaps
16 16 (5.80%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 119 (43.12%) SQL
2 27 (9.78%) Python
3 25 (9.06%) PowerShell
4 21 (7.61%) Java
5 18 (6.52%) PL/SQL
6 9 (3.26%) T-SQL
7 7 (2.54%) C-shell
7 7 (2.54%) Korn
7 7 (2.54%) Shell Script
8 4 (1.45%) JavaScript
9 3 (1.09%) Progress 4GL
10 1 (0.36%) Bash
10 1 (0.36%) C
10 1 (0.36%) C++
10 1 (0.36%) PHP
Qualifications
1 37 (13.41%) Degree
2 11 (3.99%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (2.54%) PhD
5 3 (1.09%) A+ Certification
5 3 (1.09%) Security Cleared
6 2 (0.72%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.72%) MCITP
6 2 (0.72%) MCSE
6 2 (0.72%) MOS
6 2 (0.72%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.36%) CISA
7 1 (0.36%) CISSP
7 1 (0.36%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.36%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.36%) HND
7 1 (0.36%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.90%) PCI DSS
1 8 (2.90%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 6 (2.17%) SLA
3 2 (0.72%) GDPR
3 2 (0.72%) QA
4 1 (0.36%) Data Quality
System Software
1 11 (3.99%) Active Directory
2 6 (2.17%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.72%) Docker
4 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.81%) Terraform
3 4 (1.45%) SCCM
4 2 (0.72%) Grafana
5 1 (0.36%) Ansible
5 1 (0.36%) Graylog
5 1 (0.36%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 111 (40.22%) Microsoft
2 36 (13.04%) Oracle
3 26 (9.42%) SAP
4 15 (5.43%) Facebook
4 15 (5.43%) ServiceNow
5 8 (2.90%) Salesforce
6 7 (2.54%) Databricks
6 7 (2.54%) Zoho
7 6 (2.17%) Veeam
7 6 (2.17%) VMware
8 5 (1.81%) Apple
8 5 (1.81%) Dell
8 5 (1.81%) Liquidlogic
9 4 (1.45%) Capita
10 3 (1.09%) Blue Prism
10 3 (1.09%) Progress
10 3 (1.09%) UiPath
11 2 (0.72%) Google
11 2 (0.72%) Intapp
11 2 (0.72%) Sun