Applications Support Analyst Jobs

Application Support Analyst
UK

The median Application Support Analyst salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 472 637 648
Rank change year-on-year +165 +11 -124
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Analyst 484 359 709
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.49% 0.34% 0.46%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 0.37% 0.48%
Number of salaries quoted 327 275 549
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £43,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% +8.75% +3.90%
75th Percentile £60,375 £62,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £68,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,500 £36,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +15.28% +2.86% +4.48%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Support Analyst in the UK

Applications Support Analyst
Top 18 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 27 April 2024. 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 +186 414 £45,000 +5.88% 52
UK excluding London +100 299 £41,500 +15.28% 32
Work from Home +123 181 £51,000 +21.43% 17
London +167 178 £60,000 - 24
South East +84 106 £42,500 +21.43% 4
North of England +57 63 £40,681 +8.48% 7
Midlands +28 43 £35,000 - 4
North West +21 42 £45,000 +16.02% 5
Wales +28 38 - -
East Midlands +9 26 £39,500 +17.04% 3
Scotland -48 21 £62,500 +45.35% 4
Yorkshire +90 19 £30,000 -16.67% 1
West Midlands +23 17 £32,121 -10.78% 1
East of England +21 14 £35,640 +8.00% 8
South West -19 10 £43,500 +45.00% 5
Northern Ireland +32 3 £61,250 +22.50%
North East -2 2 £42,500 +9.68% 1
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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.

1 245 (50.62%) SQL
2 170 (35.12%) Social Skills
3 147 (30.37%) Finance
4 132 (27.27%) ITIL
5 117 (24.17%) Problem-Solving
6 110 (22.73%) Unix
6 110 (22.73%) Degree
7 109 (22.52%) Analytical Skills
8 99 (20.45%) Oracle
9 96 (19.83%) SLA
10 93 (19.21%) Microsoft
11 92 (19.01%) Incident Management
12 89 (18.39%) SQL Server
13 85 (17.56%) Actionable Insight
14 79 (16.32%) Linux
15 78 (16.12%) ITSM
15 78 (16.12%) Service Management
16 77 (15.91%) Release Management
17 74 (15.29%) SC Cleared
17 74 (15.29%) Security Cleared
17 74 (15.29%) Remedy
17 74 (15.29%) WebLogic
18 60 (12.40%) ERP
19 59 (12.19%) CRM
20 58 (11.98%) Customer Service
21 57 (11.78%) PL/SQL
22 56 (11.57%) Solaris
23 54 (11.16%) Oracle Database
24 52 (10.74%) Performance Tuning
25 51 (10.54%) Microsoft Excel

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 74 (15.29%) WebLogic
2 45 (9.30%) Oracle Service Bus
3 29 (5.99%) SharePoint
4 12 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.65%) CMS
6 4 (0.83%) IIS
7 3 (0.62%) EPiServer
8 2 (0.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 51 (10.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 51 (10.54%) MS Visio
2 50 (10.33%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 46 (9.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 45 (9.30%) Remedy ITSM
3 24 (4.96%) PlanetPress Connect
4 11 (2.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 11 (2.27%) Fidessa
5 10 (2.07%) NEC Housing
5 10 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA
6 8 (1.65%) Dynamics GP
7 7 (1.45%) Endur
8 6 (1.24%) Infor SunSystems
8 6 (1.24%) ION MarketView
9 5 (1.03%) ION Anvil
10 4 (0.83%) NetSuite
11 3 (0.62%) Dynamics AX
11 3 (0.62%) iTrent
11 3 (0.62%) JDE EnterpriseOne
11 3 (0.62%) Oracle Cash Management
11 3 (0.62%) thinkFolio
12 2 (0.41%) Epicor Tropos
12 2 (0.41%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 47 (9.71%) Dynamics 365
2 46 (9.50%) Azure
3 25 (5.17%) AWS
4 18 (3.72%) Power Platform
5 9 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (1.86%) PowerApps
6 6 (1.24%) SaaS
7 5 (1.03%) Google Sheets
8 4 (0.83%) WhatsApp
9 3 (0.62%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.41%) IaaS
11 1 (0.21%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.27%) DHCP
1 11 (2.27%) DNS
1 11 (2.27%) Firewall
1 11 (2.27%) FIX Connectivity
1 11 (2.27%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.24%) Broadband
3 3 (0.62%) Internet
4 2 (0.41%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (18.39%) SQL Server
2 54 (11.16%) Oracle Database
3 45 (9.30%) Oracle Database 10g
3 45 (9.30%) Oracle Database 11g
3 45 (9.30%) VLDB
4 29 (5.99%) Elasticsearch
5 26 (5.37%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (3.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (1.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (1.65%) Power BI
9 4 (0.83%) BusinessObjects
10 3 (0.62%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.62%) Tableau
11 2 (0.41%) MySQL
12 1 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
12 1 (0.21%) DB2
12 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
12 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 31 (6.40%) JIRA
2 24 (4.96%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 12 (2.48%) Eclipse
4 3 (0.62%) Visual Studio
General
1 170 (35.12%) Social Skills
2 147 (30.37%) Finance
3 109 (22.52%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (8.26%) Banking
4 40 (8.26%) Front Office
5 22 (4.55%) Police
6 20 (4.13%) Marketing
7 17 (3.51%) Back Office
7 17 (3.51%) Manufacturing
8 12 (2.48%) Retail
9 9 (1.86%) Investment Banking
9 9 (1.86%) Legal
10 7 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.45%) Private Banking
11 5 (1.03%) Automotive
11 5 (1.03%) Documentation Skills
11 5 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.03%) Public Sector
12 4 (0.83%) Law
13 3 (0.62%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (5.99%) J2EE
1 29 (5.99%) Java EE
1 29 (5.99%) Spring
2 20 (4.13%) FIX Protocol
3 19 (3.93%) .NET
4 7 (1.45%) Middleware
5 6 (1.24%) OLE
6 4 (0.83%) ASP.NET
6 4 (0.83%) JSON
7 3 (0.62%) REST
7 3 (0.62%) SOAP
7 3 (0.62%) Web Services
7 3 (0.62%) XML
7 3 (0.62%) XSLT
8 2 (0.41%) EDI
8 2 (0.41%) HTML
9 1 (0.21%) CSS
9 1 (0.21%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 17 (3.51%) Enterprise Software
2 13 (2.69%) Onboarding
3 12 (2.48%) CCTV
3 12 (2.48%) Product Ownership
4 11 (2.27%) Eurex
5 10 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.24%) Fixed Income
8 6 (1.24%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.24%) Social Media
9 5 (1.03%) Equities
9 5 (1.03%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.03%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 4 (0.83%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.62%) Derivative
11 3 (0.62%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.41%) Cloud Native
12 2 (0.41%) IoT
12 2 (0.41%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 110 (22.73%) Unix
2 79 (16.32%) Linux
3 56 (11.57%) Solaris
4 39 (8.06%) Windows
5 11 (2.27%) CentOS
5 11 (2.27%) Ubuntu
6 4 (0.83%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 132 (27.27%) ITIL
2 117 (24.17%) Problem-Solving
3 92 (19.01%) Incident Management
4 85 (17.56%) Actionable Insight
5 78 (16.12%) ITSM
5 78 (16.12%) Service Management
6 77 (15.91%) Release Management
7 60 (12.40%) ERP
8 59 (12.19%) CRM
9 58 (11.98%) Customer Service
10 52 (10.74%) Performance Tuning
11 50 (10.33%) Performance Monitoring
12 45 (9.30%) Artificial Intelligence
12 45 (9.30%) Capacity Planning
13 44 (9.09%) Capacity Management
14 34 (7.02%) Service Delivery
15 31 (6.40%) Agile
16 29 (5.99%) Change Management
16 29 (5.99%) Enterprise Architecture
16 29 (5.99%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 245 (50.62%) SQL
2 57 (11.78%) PL/SQL
3 47 (9.71%) T-SQL
4 30 (6.20%) Java
4 30 (6.20%) Shell Script
5 23 (4.75%) PowerShell
6 19 (3.93%) JavaScript
6 19 (3.93%) Python
7 17 (3.51%) C#
8 12 (2.48%) Bash
9 11 (2.27%) Perl
9 11 (2.27%) Ruby
10 8 (1.65%) C
11 4 (0.83%) VBA
12 3 (0.62%) COBOL
12 3 (0.62%) XPath
13 1 (0.21%) PHP
Qualifications
1 110 (22.73%) Degree
2 74 (15.29%) SC Cleared
2 74 (15.29%) Security Cleared
3 9 (1.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 6 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (0.41%) ECDL
6 2 (0.41%) MCP
6 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.21%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (19.83%) SLA
2 6 (1.24%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.41%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.21%) GDPR
4 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.21%) QA
System Software
1 45 (9.30%) Oracle RAC
2 17 (3.51%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 45 (9.30%) Data Guard
1 45 (9.30%) Oracle RMAN
2 29 (5.99%) OpenSSO
2 29 (5.99%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.83%) WhatsUp Gold
4 3 (0.62%) Control-M
5 1 (0.21%) Grafana
5 1 (0.21%) Kibana
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 99 (20.45%) Oracle
2 93 (19.21%) Microsoft
3 74 (15.29%) Remedy
4 48 (9.92%) Sun
5 26 (5.37%) ION Trading
6 24 (4.96%) FNZ
7 20 (4.13%) SAP
8 13 (2.69%) Bloomberg
8 13 (2.69%) Trayport
9 12 (2.48%) Guidewire
9 12 (2.48%) Red Hat
9 12 (2.48%) ServiceNow
10 11 (2.27%) CQG
10 11 (2.27%) Patsystems
10 11 (2.27%) Reuters
11 10 (2.07%) NEC
12 9 (1.86%) IBM
12 9 (1.86%) Sage
13 8 (1.65%) Algorithmics
14 7 (1.45%) OpenLink