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 £38,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 331 327 383
Rank change year-on-year -4 +56 -39
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 274 560 462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.70% 0.79% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 0.83% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 236 387 324
10th Percentile £28,125 £25,475 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +6.67% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £48,750 £48,750
90th Percentile £53,750 £56,250 £57,500
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 35,324 67,152 53,648
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.60% 94.79% 89.25%
Number of salaries quoted 18,511 47,504 30,595
10th Percentile £27,000 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,574 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -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 14 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 14 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 +75 80 £36,250 -23.68% 16
South East +6 66 £36,500 -14.12% 69
North of England -8 61 £38,000 -5.00% 49
Midlands +8 51 £37,500 +16.06% 16
North West -34 36 £44,500 -1.11% 34
West Midlands +46 33 £42,500 +32.31% 12
Yorkshire +61 23 £37,750 +6.10% 15
East Midlands -12 18 £32,500 - 4
Scotland +93 10 £43,250 +15.33% 11
South West +76 4 £41,750 -4.02% 28
North East +37 2 £33,198 -11.47%
Wales +1 2 £43,750 -2.78% 2
Applications Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 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.

1 140 (51.09%) Social Skills
2 124 (45.26%) Problem-Solving
3 113 (41.24%) SQL
4 101 (36.86%) Microsoft
5 83 (30.29%) ERP
6 67 (24.45%) Finance
7 63 (22.99%) ITIL
7 63 (22.99%) Azure
8 52 (18.98%) Microsoft 365
9 51 (18.61%) CRM
10 47 (17.15%) Analytical Skills
11 43 (15.69%) Windows
11 43 (15.69%) Continuous Improvement
12 40 (14.60%) Degree
12 40 (14.60%) Oracle
12 40 (14.60%) SQL Server
13 35 (12.77%) Manufacturing
14 32 (11.68%) Linux
15 31 (11.31%) Business Intelligence
16 29 (10.58%) Incident Management
17 28 (10.22%) SharePoint
18 26 (9.49%) PowerShell
19 25 (9.12%) Collaborative Working
19 25 (9.12%) Power Platform
20 24 (8.76%) Customer Service
20 24 (8.76%) Power BI
20 24 (8.76%) Python
21 23 (8.39%) Retail
22 22 (8.03%) Change Management
23 20 (7.30%) Agile

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 28 (10.22%) SharePoint
2 17 (6.20%) IIS
3 4 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.73%) Confluence
5 1 (0.36%) Alfresco
5 1 (0.36%) Apache
5 1 (0.36%) Documentum
5 1 (0.36%) Tomcat
5 1 (0.36%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (6.20%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (5.84%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 18 (6.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (6.20%) Oracle Applications
2 17 (6.20%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (3.28%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (2.92%) Dynamics AX
5 6 (2.19%) NetSuite
6 5 (1.82%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (1.09%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 63 (22.99%) Azure
2 52 (18.98%) Microsoft 365
3 25 (9.12%) Power Platform
4 19 (6.93%) AWS
5 9 (3.28%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (2.19%) PowerApps
7 5 (1.82%) Boomi
7 5 (1.82%) Entra ID
7 5 (1.82%) IaaS
7 5 (1.82%) PaaS
7 5 (1.82%) Power Automate
7 5 (1.82%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
7 5 (1.82%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 4 (1.46%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
8 4 (1.46%) SaaS
8 4 (1.46%) Serverless
9 3 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
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 40 (14.60%) SQL Server
2 24 (8.76%) Power BI
3 19 (6.93%) 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%) EDMS
9 1 (0.36%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.36%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (5.84%) JIRA
2 7 (2.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (0.73%) Git
3 2 (0.73%) JUnit
4 1 (0.36%) Log4j
4 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio
General
1 140 (51.09%) Social Skills
2 67 (24.45%) Finance
3 47 (17.15%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (12.77%) Manufacturing
5 23 (8.39%) Retail
6 17 (6.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (3.65%) Law
8 9 (3.28%) Banking
8 9 (3.28%) Local Government
9 6 (2.19%) Advertising
10 5 (1.82%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.73%) Automotive
12 2 (0.73%) Marketing
12 2 (0.73%) Public Sector
13 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.36%) Legal
13 1 (0.36%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.36%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.74%) Oracle Fusion
2 12 (4.38%) HTML
2 12 (4.38%) REST
2 12 (4.38%) SOAP
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 3 (1.09%) Spring
8 3 (1.09%) YAML
9 1 (0.36%) Apache Camel
9 1 (0.36%) ASP.NET
9 1 (0.36%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (0.36%) Django
9 1 (0.36%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (0.36%) OAuth
9 1 (0.36%) ODBC
9 1 (0.36%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.28%) Manufacturing Execution System
2 6 (2.19%) Management Information System
3 5 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (1.46%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.09%) Client/Server
5 3 (1.09%) Housing Association
6 2 (0.73%) Driving Licence
6 2 (0.73%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.36%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.36%) Educational Technology
7 1 (0.36%) PMI
7 1 (0.36%) Private Cloud
7 1 (0.36%) Product Ownership
7 1 (0.36%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 43 (15.69%) Windows
2 32 (11.68%) 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
1 124 (45.26%) Problem-Solving
2 83 (30.29%) ERP
3 63 (22.99%) ITIL
4 51 (18.61%) CRM
5 43 (15.69%) Continuous Improvement
6 31 (11.31%) Business Intelligence
7 29 (10.58%) Incident Management
8 25 (9.12%) Collaborative Working
9 24 (8.76%) Customer Service
10 22 (8.03%) Change Management
11 20 (7.30%) Agile
11 20 (7.30%) Root Cause Analysis
11 20 (7.30%) User Experience
12 18 (6.57%) E-Commerce
13 17 (6.20%) Problem Management
13 17 (6.20%) Stakeholder Management
14 16 (5.84%) Computer Science
14 16 (5.84%) Project Management
14 16 (5.84%) Service Management
15 15 (5.47%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 113 (41.24%) SQL
2 26 (9.49%) PowerShell
3 24 (8.76%) Python
4 18 (6.57%) PL/SQL
5 15 (5.47%) Java
6 9 (3.28%) C-shell
6 9 (3.28%) Korn
6 9 (3.28%) Shell Script
6 9 (3.28%) T-SQL
7 5 (1.82%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.09%) Progress 4GL
9 2 (0.73%) C#
Qualifications
1 40 (14.60%) Degree
2 11 (4.01%) Microsoft Certification
3 10 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
4 9 (3.28%) 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%) 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%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.36%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (2.92%) SLA
2 4 (1.46%) PCI DSS
2 4 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (1.09%) QA
4 2 (0.73%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.36%) GDPR
System Software
1 12 (4.38%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (0.73%) Docker
4 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (2.92%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.46%) Grafana
2 4 (1.46%) Prometheus
2 4 (1.46%) Terraform
3 2 (0.73%) SCCM
4 1 (0.36%) Ansible
4 1 (0.36%) Graylog
Vendors
1 101 (36.86%) Microsoft
2 40 (14.60%) Oracle
3 20 (7.30%) SAP
4 17 (6.20%) ServiceNow
5 10 (3.65%) Facebook
6 5 (1.82%) Apple
6 5 (1.82%) Dell
6 5 (1.82%) Liquidlogic
6 5 (1.82%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.82%) Zoho
7 4 (1.46%) Databricks
7 4 (1.46%) Veeam
7 4 (1.46%) VMware
8 3 (1.09%) Capita
8 3 (1.09%) Progress
9 2 (0.73%) Sun
10 1 (0.36%) Cisco
10 1 (0.36%) Google
10 1 (0.36%) JDA
10 1 (0.36%) RedPrairie