Applications Support Analyst Jobs

Application Support Analyst
UK

The median Application Support Analyst salary in the UK is £47,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 480 639
Rank change year-on-year -32 +159 +9
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Analyst 201 471 355
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.36% 0.47% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.50% 0.39%
Number of salaries quoted 184 314 261
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £36,625 £36,063 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.44% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £67,500 £60,000 £64,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,000 £42,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year - +16.67% +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 50,303 93,916 91,216
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.69% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 27,096 67,168 57,442
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,250 £80,559
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

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 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Support Analyst in the UK

Applications Support Analyst
Top 14 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 16 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 -34 187 £47,500 +5.56% 71
UK excluding London +22 105 £42,000 - 41
London +24 89 £65,000 +8.33% 40
Work from Home +27 68 £65,000 +30.00% 19
North of England +20 29 £42,000 +2.44% 7
East of England +60 28 £47,500 +33.28% 6
South East +23 28 £35,000 -17.65% 18
North West -19 15 £44,500 -1.11% 4
Yorkshire +64 14 £42,000 +40.00% 2
Scotland +101 9 £43,250 -30.80% 2
West Midlands +47 8 £34,562 +7.60% 2
Midlands +29 8 £34,562 -1.25% 2
South West +100 2 £34,750 -20.11% 8
Wales +4 1 £42,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 16 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.

1 114 (56.72%) SQL
2 111 (55.22%) Social Skills
3 82 (40.80%) Problem-Solving
4 79 (39.30%) Microsoft
5 63 (31.34%) SQL Server
6 61 (30.35%) Finance
7 60 (29.85%) Windows
8 54 (26.87%) Azure
9 53 (26.37%) ITIL
10 48 (23.88%) Analytical Skills
11 37 (18.41%) Oracle
12 35 (17.41%) Linux
13 31 (15.42%) ERP
14 29 (14.43%) PL/SQL
15 28 (13.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 27 (13.43%) Degree
16 27 (13.43%) .NET
16 27 (13.43%) Customer Service
17 25 (12.44%) C#
17 25 (12.44%) Banking
17 25 (12.44%) Service Management
18 23 (11.44%) Change Management
18 23 (11.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 23 (11.44%) Mentoring
19 22 (10.95%) Problem Management
19 22 (10.95%) VB.NET
19 22 (10.95%) DB2
20 21 (10.45%) Python
21 20 (9.95%) Continuous Improvement
21 20 (9.95%) Microsoft 365

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 19 (9.45%) Microsoft Exchange
2 14 (6.97%) 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 17 (8.46%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (4.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (4.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (4.48%) Fidessa
3 8 (3.98%) Dynamics AX
3 8 (3.98%) Oracle Applications
3 8 (3.98%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (2.49%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (1.49%) Dynamics NAV
6 1 (0.50%) Dynamics GP
6 1 (0.50%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 54 (26.87%) Azure
2 20 (9.95%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (9.45%) Power Platform
4 13 (6.47%) AWS
5 10 (4.98%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (3.98%) SaaS
7 7 (3.48%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.99%) Azure Data Factory
8 6 (2.99%) Azure Logic Apps
8 6 (2.99%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (2.49%) Boomi
9 5 (2.49%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
9 5 (2.49%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 3 (1.49%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (1.49%) Datadog
10 3 (1.49%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.49%) PowerApps
11 2 (1.00%) Power Automate
12 1 (0.50%) Azure DevOps
12 1 (0.50%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 12 (5.97%) Firewall
2 10 (4.98%) DHCP
2 10 (4.98%) DNS
2 10 (4.98%) TCP/IP
3 9 (4.48%) FIX Connectivity
4 8 (3.98%) FTP
5 2 (1.00%) VPN
6 1 (0.50%) HTTP
6 1 (0.50%) SAN
6 1 (0.50%) SSL
6 1 (0.50%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (31.34%) SQL Server
2 28 (13.93%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 23 (11.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 22 (10.95%) DB2
5 12 (5.97%) Power BI
6 9 (4.48%) Relational Database
7 8 (3.98%) MySQL
8 2 (1.00%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.00%) Tableau
9 1 (0.50%) NoSQL
9 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
General
1 111 (55.22%) Social Skills
2 61 (30.35%) Finance
3 48 (23.88%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (12.44%) Banking
5 17 (8.46%) Retail
6 14 (6.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 12 (5.97%) Manufacturing
8 10 (4.98%) Law
9 5 (2.49%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (2.49%) German Language
9 5 (2.49%) Legal
10 4 (1.99%) Spanish Language
11 2 (1.00%) Automotive
11 2 (1.00%) Back 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 27 (13.43%) .NET
2 12 (5.97%) HTML
3 10 (4.98%) SOAP
3 10 (4.98%) Web Services
3 10 (4.98%) XML
4 9 (4.48%) ASP.NET
4 9 (4.48%) FIX Protocol
4 9 (4.48%) JSON
4 9 (4.48%) REST
5 8 (3.98%) .NET Framework
6 7 (3.48%) 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 14 (6.97%) Legacy Applications
2 9 (4.48%) Eurex
2 9 (4.48%) Manufacturing Execution System
3 7 (3.48%) Management Information System
3 7 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.99%) Data Protection Act
4 6 (2.99%) Derivative
5 5 (2.49%) Bitcoin
5 5 (2.49%) Equities
5 5 (2.49%) Fixed Income
6 4 (1.99%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.49%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 3 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
8 2 (1.00%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.00%) Video\Live Streaming
9 1 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.50%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.50%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 1 (0.50%) PMI
9 1 (0.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 60 (29.85%) Windows
2 35 (17.41%) Linux
3 10 (4.98%) Unix
4 9 (4.48%) CentOS
5 5 (2.49%) Rocky
6 4 (1.99%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.99%) Windows Server
7 2 (1.00%) Windows Server 2008
7 2 (1.00%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.50%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.50%) Solaris
8 1 (0.50%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.50%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (40.80%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (26.37%) ITIL
3 31 (15.42%) ERP
4 27 (13.43%) Customer Service
5 25 (12.44%) Service Management
6 23 (11.44%) Change Management
6 23 (11.44%) Mentoring
7 22 (10.95%) Problem Management
8 20 (9.95%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (8.96%) Computer Science
9 18 (8.96%) CRM
10 17 (8.46%) ITSM
11 16 (7.96%) Customer-Centric Approach
11 16 (7.96%) Customer-Centricity
11 16 (7.96%) Root Cause Analysis
12 15 (7.46%) Incident Management
13 13 (6.47%) Service Delivery
14 11 (5.47%) Business Intelligence
15 9 (4.48%) Client Onboarding
15 9 (4.48%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 114 (56.72%) SQL
2 29 (14.43%) PL/SQL
3 25 (12.44%) C#
4 22 (10.95%) VB.NET
5 21 (10.45%) Python
6 14 (6.97%) T-SQL
7 13 (6.47%) PowerShell
8 10 (4.98%) Java
9 9 (4.48%) C-shell
9 9 (4.48%) Korn
9 9 (4.48%) Shell Script
10 6 (2.99%) Bash
10 6 (2.99%) JavaScript
10 6 (2.99%) Perl
11 2 (1.00%) VB
12 1 (0.50%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 27 (13.43%) Degree
2 11 (5.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (4.48%) PhD
4 6 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (2.99%) SC Cleared
4 6 (2.99%) Security Cleared
5 4 (1.99%) A+ Certification
6 3 (1.49%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.49%) MOS
7 1 (0.50%) CISA
7 1 (0.50%) CISSP
7 1 (0.50%) CompTIA Security+
7 1 (0.50%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.99%) SLA
2 3 (1.49%) Data Quality
2 3 (1.49%) QA
3 1 (0.50%) Accessibility
3 1 (0.50%) PCI DSS
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 79 (39.30%) Microsoft
2 37 (18.41%) Oracle
3 17 (8.46%) ServiceNow
4 11 (5.47%) SAP
5 9 (4.48%) Bloomberg
5 9 (4.48%) CQG
5 9 (4.48%) ION Trading
5 9 (4.48%) Red Hat
5 9 (4.48%) Reuters
5 9 (4.48%) Trayport
6 8 (3.98%) Patsystems
6 8 (3.98%) SolarWinds
7 6 (2.99%) Guidewire
8 5 (2.49%) Atlassian
8 5 (2.49%) Dell
8 5 (2.49%) Splunk
9 4 (1.99%) Databricks
9 4 (1.99%) Intapp
10 2 (1.00%) Aderant
10 2 (1.00%) LogicMonitor