Applications Analyst Jobs

Applications Analyst
UK

The median Applications Analyst salary in the UK is £43,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 678 875 903
Rank change year-on-year +197 +28 +238
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Analyst 14 21 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.021% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.023% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 8 16 80
10th Percentile - £29,125 £38,966
25th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £45,254
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £43,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.57% -20.91% +30.95%
75th Percentile £53,250 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £55,425 £72,000 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,750 £32,000 £40,188
% change year-on-year +36.72% -20.37% +0.74%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 46,902 93,183 95,132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,275 66,883 59,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Applications Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Applications Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Analyst in the UK

Applications Analyst
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Analyst.

Salary trend for Applications Analyst in the UK

Applications Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Analyst over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Analyst in the UK

Applications Analyst
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +167 13 £43,750 +9.38% 9
UK excluding London +206 11 £43,750 +36.72% 6
Midlands +85 9 £42,500 +32.81%
East Midlands +54 5 £30,000 -25.00%
West Midlands +49 4 £51,500 +60.94%
London +106 3 - - 3
Work from Home +194 2 - - 5
Scotland +132 1 - -
North of England +82 1 £45,000 +63.64% 1
Yorkshire +76 1 £45,000 - 1

Applications Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Applications Analyst 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 featuring Applications Analyst in the job title.

1 6 (42.86%) SQL
2 5 (35.71%) Systems Analysis
3 4 (28.57%) Finance
3 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (21.43%) QA
4 3 (21.43%) Azure
4 3 (21.43%) TortoiseSVN
4 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (21.43%) Regulatory Compliance
4 3 (21.43%) Salesforce Service Cloud
4 3 (21.43%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 3 (21.43%) API Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Salesforce CRM
4 3 (21.43%) Postman
4 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2019
4 3 (21.43%) Product Requirements
4 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
4 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
4 3 (21.43%) Salesforce
4 3 (21.43%) Subversion
4 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
4 3 (21.43%) Marketing
4 3 (21.43%) IIS
4 3 (21.43%) CRM
4 3 (21.43%) SharePoint
4 3 (21.43%) ERP
4 3 (21.43%) Pardot
4 3 (21.43%) DevOps

Applications Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (21.43%) IIS
1 3 (21.43%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Azure
1 3 (21.43%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (21.43%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
1 3 (21.43%) Salesforce Service Cloud
2 2 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 1 (7.14%) PowerApps
3 1 (7.14%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle Database
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (7.14%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Postman
1 3 (21.43%) Subversion
1 3 (21.43%) TortoiseSVN
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle Forms
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
2 3 (21.43%) Marketing
2 3 (21.43%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Systems Analysis
2 4 (28.57%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (21.43%) API Testing
3 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Culture
3 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (21.43%) CRM
3 3 (21.43%) DevOps
3 3 (21.43%) ERP
3 3 (21.43%) Product Requirements
3 3 (21.43%) Regulatory Compliance
3 3 (21.43%) Software Testing
4 2 (14.29%) Agile
4 2 (14.29%) Business Analysis
4 2 (14.29%) Computer Science
4 2 (14.29%) Data Analysis
4 2 (14.29%) Logistics
4 2 (14.29%) Project Management
4 2 (14.29%) Waterfall
5 1 (7.14%) Analytics
5 1 (7.14%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 6 (42.86%) SQL
2 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 2 (14.29%) PL/SQL
2 2 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (21.43%) QA
2 1 (7.14%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Microsoft
1 3 (21.43%) Pardot
1 3 (21.43%) Salesforce
2 2 (14.29%) Oracle