Application Discovery Job Trends

Application Discovery
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Application Discovery skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 667 - 803
Rank change year-on-year - - +225
Permanent jobs citing Application Discovery 3 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.005% - 0.001%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.006% - 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £56,750 - -
25th Percentile £59,375 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - -
75th Percentile £75,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £67,500 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Application Discovery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,411 45,996 65,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 79.77% 91.99% 88.32%
Number of salaries quoted 31,090 22,202 50,938
10th Percentile £28,809 £35,000 £29,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,375 £101,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

Application Discovery
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Application Discovery relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Application Discovery job vacancy trend in the UK

Application Discovery
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Application Discovery.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Application Discovery

Application Discovery
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Discovery within the UK over the 6 months to 10 February 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
England - 2 £66,250 - 3
Work from Home - 1 £67,500 -
UK excluding London - 1 £67,500 - 1
North of England - 1 £67,500 -
London - 1 £65,000 - 2
North West - 1 £67,500 -

Application Discovery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) ITSM Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior ITSM Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Technical Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) REST
1 2 (66.67%) SOAP
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Epics
2 2 (66.67%) User Stories
3 1 (33.33%) Backlog Refinement
3 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (33.33%) Presales
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
3 1 (33.33%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) ServiceNow