Application Specialist
UK
The median Application Specialist salary in the UK is £44,000 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 | 645 | 770 | 839 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +125 | +69 | +269 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Specialist | 57 | 137 | 129 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.10% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.11% | 0.14% | 0.15% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 48 | 113 | 113 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,725 | £31,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £36,250 | £35,579 | £39,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £44,000 | £46,604 | £47,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.59% | -1.89% | -13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £57,813 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £85,000 | £74,000 | £91,250 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £43,000 | £45,000 | £45,392 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.44% | -0.86% | -13.54% |
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 | 50,444 | 98,297 | 87,491 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.33% | 94.81% | 91.34% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,384 | 69,991 | 55,965 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,750 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,748 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.00% | -6.54% | +6.49% |
Applications Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Applications Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Applications Specialist
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Specialist.
Applications Specialist
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Specialist over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.
Applications Specialist
Top 13 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Specialist within the UK 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 |
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| England | +94 | 54 | £47,500 | - | 74 |
| UK excluding London | +124 | 37 | £43,000 | -4.44% | 57 |
| Work from Home | +123 | 31 | £44,000 | -7.37% | 46 |
| London | +81 | 17 | £70,000 | +8.11% | 27 |
| Midlands | +64 | 15 | £32,000 | -3.03% | 6 |
| East of England | +44 | 14 | £43,500 | -3.33% | 4 |
| East Midlands | +49 | 9 | £32,000 | -3.03% | 1 |
| West Midlands | +49 | 6 | - | - | 5 |
| North of England | +15 | 5 | £37,500 | +5.40% | 16 |
| North West | -5 | 3 | £37,500 | +13.64% | 12 |
| South East | +59 | 2 | £56,250 | +7.14% | 15 |
| Yorkshire | +41 | 2 | £77,250 | +117.12% | 4 |
| South West | +106 | 1 | £55,000 | +57.14% | 5 |
Applications Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, Applications Specialist 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 Specialist in the job title.
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Applications Specialist 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:
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