Applications Support Analyst Jobs

Application Support Analyst
UK

The median Application Support Analyst salary in the UK is £47,500 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 493 473 646
Rank change year-on-year -20 +173 -18
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Analyst 201 482 356
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.39% 0.49% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.52% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 184 326 271
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% +4.65% +7.50%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,875 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,750 £42,500 £36,000
% change year-on-year +0.59% +18.06% +2.86%

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 Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support Analyst in the UK

Applications Support Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Applications Support Analyst in the UK

Applications Support Analyst
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Applications Support Analyst in the UK

Applications Support Analyst
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support 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 -5 187 £47,500 +5.56% 48
UK excluding London +23 100 £42,750 +0.59% 21
London +31 94 £65,000 +8.33% 34
Work from Home +97 78 £65,000 +27.45% 14
East of England +73 28 £47,500 +33.28% 2
North of England +51 28 £42,000 +3.24% 7
South East +26 24 £41,000 -3.53% 10
Yorkshire +74 16 £42,000 +40.00%
North West +2 12 £44,500 -1.11% 7
Scotland +120 9 £43,250 -30.80%
Midlands +47 8 £34,562 -1.25%
West Midlands +40 7 £34,624 +7.79%
South West +99 2 £34,750 -20.11% 2
East Midlands +25 1 £32,500 -17.72%
Wales +9 1 £42,500 -

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

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

1 123 (61.19%) SQL
2 106 (52.74%) Social Skills
3 76 (37.81%) Microsoft
4 75 (37.31%) SQL Server
5 72 (35.82%) Finance
6 71 (35.32%) Windows
7 70 (34.83%) Problem-Solving
8 61 (30.35%) Azure
9 48 (23.88%) ITIL
10 41 (20.40%) Analytical Skills
11 39 (19.40%) Oracle
12 37 (18.41%) PL/SQL
12 37 (18.41%) Linux
13 36 (17.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 36 (17.91%) .NET
14 33 (16.42%) C#
15 31 (15.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 30 (14.93%) VB.NET
16 30 (14.93%) DB2
17 27 (13.43%) Mentoring
18 26 (12.94%) Banking
19 25 (12.44%) Degree
20 24 (11.94%) ServiceNow
20 24 (11.94%) ERP
20 24 (11.94%) Customer Service
20 24 (11.94%) Customer-Centric Approach
20 24 (11.94%) Customer-Centricity
21 23 (11.44%) ITSM
22 22 (10.95%) Legacy Applications
23 21 (10.45%) Microsoft Exchange

Applications Support 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 21 (10.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 11 (5.47%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.49%) Alfresco
3 3 (1.49%) Documentum
3 3 (1.49%) IIS
3 3 (1.49%) Tomcat
4 1 (0.50%) Confluence
4 1 (0.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 15 (7.46%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (4.98%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (4.98%) Fidessa
2 9 (4.48%) Dynamics AX
3 8 (3.98%) Oracle Applications
3 8 (3.98%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (2.49%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (1.00%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.50%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.50%) ION MarketView
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.50%) PlanetPress Connect
Cloud Services
1 61 (30.35%) Azure
2 20 (9.95%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (8.96%) Power Platform
4 13 (6.47%) AWS
5 11 (5.47%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (3.48%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.99%) Azure Data Factory
7 6 (2.99%) Azure Logic Apps
7 6 (2.99%) Azure Monitor
7 6 (2.99%) SaaS
8 5 (2.49%) Boomi
8 5 (2.49%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
8 5 (2.49%) SAP Commerce Cloud
9 3 (1.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 3 (1.49%) Datadog
9 3 (1.49%) OneDrive
10 2 (1.00%) PowerApps
10 2 (1.00%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.50%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.97%) Firewall
2 11 (5.47%) DHCP
2 11 (5.47%) DNS
2 11 (5.47%) TCP/IP
3 10 (4.98%) FIX Connectivity
4 8 (3.98%) FTP
5 2 (1.00%) VPN
6 1 (0.50%) HTTP
6 1 (0.50%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (37.31%) SQL Server
2 36 (17.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 31 (15.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 30 (14.93%) DB2
5 11 (5.47%) Power BI
6 9 (4.48%) Relational Database
7 8 (3.98%) MySQL
8 3 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (1.00%) Tableau
10 1 (0.50%) NoSQL
10 1 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 14 (6.97%) JIRA
2 8 (3.98%) Visual Studio
3 5 (2.49%) Git
4 3 (1.49%) Log4j
5 1 (0.50%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 106 (52.74%) Social Skills
2 72 (35.82%) Finance
3 41 (20.40%) Analytical Skills
4 26 (12.94%) Banking
5 15 (7.46%) Retail
6 12 (5.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 12 (5.97%) Law
7 10 (4.98%) Manufacturing
8 7 (3.48%) German Language
9 5 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.49%) Legal
10 4 (1.99%) Spanish Language
11 2 (1.00%) Back Office
12 1 (0.50%) Front Office
12 1 (0.50%) Investment Banking
12 1 (0.50%) Marketing
12 1 (0.50%) Public Sector
12 1 (0.50%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (17.91%) .NET
2 12 (5.97%) HTML
3 10 (4.98%) FIX Protocol
3 10 (4.98%) SOAP
3 10 (4.98%) XML
4 9 (4.48%) ASP.NET
4 9 (4.48%) JSON
4 9 (4.48%) REST
4 9 (4.48%) Web Services
5 8 (3.98%) .NET Framework
6 6 (2.99%) EDI
7 3 (1.49%) Apache Camel
7 3 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
7 3 (1.49%) Spring
8 2 (1.00%) Middleware
9 1 (0.50%) ASP.NET MVC
9 1 (0.50%) Elastic Stack
9 1 (0.50%) Kafka
9 1 (0.50%) OAuth
9 1 (0.50%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.95%) Legacy Applications
2 10 (4.98%) Eurex
3 9 (4.48%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 8 (3.98%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.98%) Self-Motivation
5 7 (3.48%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.99%) Derivative
6 6 (2.99%) Fixed Income
7 5 (2.49%) Bitcoin
7 5 (2.49%) Equities
8 4 (1.99%) Mobile App
8 4 (1.99%) Video Conferencing
9 3 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.49%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 2 (1.00%) Video\Live Streaming
11 1 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
11 1 (0.50%) Educational Technology
11 1 (0.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 1 (0.50%) PMI
11 1 (0.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 71 (35.32%) Windows
2 37 (18.41%) Linux
3 12 (5.97%) Unix
4 10 (4.98%) CentOS
5 5 (2.49%) Rocky
5 5 (2.49%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.99%) Windows Server
7 2 (1.00%) Solaris
7 2 (1.00%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.50%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (34.83%) Problem-Solving
2 48 (23.88%) ITIL
3 27 (13.43%) Mentoring
4 24 (11.94%) Customer Service
4 24 (11.94%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 24 (11.94%) Customer-Centricity
4 24 (11.94%) ERP
5 23 (11.44%) ITSM
6 21 (10.45%) CRM
6 21 (10.45%) Problem Management
7 20 (9.95%) Change Management
8 19 (9.45%) Service Management
9 17 (8.46%) Computer Science
10 16 (7.96%) Continuous Improvement
10 16 (7.96%) Root Cause Analysis
11 15 (7.46%) Incident Management
12 13 (6.47%) Service Delivery
13 10 (4.98%) Business Intelligence
13 10 (4.98%) Client Onboarding
13 10 (4.98%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 123 (61.19%) SQL
2 37 (18.41%) PL/SQL
3 33 (16.42%) C#
4 30 (14.93%) VB.NET
5 20 (9.95%) Python
6 15 (7.46%) T-SQL
7 12 (5.97%) PowerShell
8 9 (4.48%) C-shell
8 9 (4.48%) Java
8 9 (4.48%) Korn
8 9 (4.48%) Shell Script
9 7 (3.48%) Bash
9 7 (3.48%) JavaScript
9 7 (3.48%) Perl
10 2 (1.00%) Ruby
10 2 (1.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 25 (12.44%) Degree
2 10 (4.98%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (4.48%) PhD
4 6 (2.99%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.99%) Security Cleared
5 5 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (1.49%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.00%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.00%) MOS
8 1 (0.50%) CISA
8 1 (0.50%) CISSP
8 1 (0.50%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.50%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.49%) Data Quality
1 3 (1.49%) QA
1 3 (1.49%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (3.48%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (3.98%) Grafana
2 5 (2.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.49%) SCCM
3 3 (1.49%) Ansible
3 3 (1.49%) Prometheus
3 3 (1.49%) Puppet
4 2 (1.00%) ITRS Geneos
4 2 (1.00%) Nagios
5 1 (0.50%) Graylog
Vendors
1 76 (37.81%) Microsoft
2 39 (19.40%) Oracle
3 24 (11.94%) ServiceNow
4 11 (5.47%) ION Trading
5 10 (4.98%) Bloomberg
5 10 (4.98%) CQG
5 10 (4.98%) Red Hat
5 10 (4.98%) Reuters
5 10 (4.98%) Trayport
6 9 (4.48%) Patsystems
7 8 (3.98%) SolarWinds
8 7 (3.48%) SAP
9 6 (2.99%) Atlassian
10 5 (2.49%) Dell
10 5 (2.49%) Guidewire
10 5 (2.49%) Splunk
11 4 (1.99%) Intapp
12 2 (1.00%) Aderant
12 2 (1.00%) LogicMonitor
12 2 (1.00%) RedGate