Applications Support Manager Jobs

Application Support Manager
UK

The median Application Support Manager salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 678 858 924
Rank change year-on-year +180 +66 +252
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Manager 33 52 40
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.060% 0.051% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% 0.054% 0.045%
Number of salaries quoted 22 46 31
10th Percentile £46,250 £47,750 £53,750
25th Percentile £55,625 £55,000 £60,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £73,750 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.86% +1.72% +23.40%
75th Percentile £90,313 £92,500 £80,625
90th Percentile £97,500 £96,875 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £68,125
% change year-on-year -13.64% -19.27% +40.90%

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 49,435 96,820 89,564
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.41% 94.78% 91.46%
Number of salaries quoted 25,727 69,155 56,824
10th Percentile £28,822 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,000 £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 £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,399 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% -6.54% +6.63%

Applications Support Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support Manager in the UK

Applications Support Manager
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Applications Support Manager in the UK

Applications Support Manager
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support Manager over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Support Manager in the UK

Applications Support Manager
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 +143 33 £65,000 -10.34% 11
London +106 18 £65,000 -27.78% 7
UK excluding London +192 15 £47,500 -13.64% 6
North of England +49 12 £47,500 -2.06% 2
North West +9 12 £47,500 -2.06% 2
Work from Home +104 11 £65,000 -27.78% 4
South East +88 2 £42,500 -20.56% 2
East Midlands - 1 £60,000 - 1
Midlands - 1 £60,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, Applications Support Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 25 (75.76%) Social Skills
2 21 (63.64%) Change Management
3 18 (54.55%) Agile
3 18 (54.55%) ITIL
3 18 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (36.36%) Facebook
4 12 (36.36%) PRINCE2
4 12 (36.36%) CRM
5 11 (33.33%) Finance
5 11 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
6 10 (30.30%) Case Management
6 10 (30.30%) Microsoft
7 9 (27.27%) CISSP
7 9 (27.27%) PMP
7 9 (27.27%) PMI Certification
7 9 (27.27%) ITSM
7 9 (27.27%) Service Management
7 9 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (27.27%) QA
7 9 (27.27%) Roadmaps
8 8 (24.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 8 (24.24%) Azure
9 7 (21.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 7 (21.21%) DevOps
9 7 (21.21%) Product Roadmap
9 7 (21.21%) Six Sigma
9 7 (21.21%) Project Management
9 7 (21.21%) Budgeting
9 7 (21.21%) User Experience
10 6 (18.18%) CI/CD

Applications Support Manager 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 1 (3.03%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (18.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.03%) Siebel CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (24.24%) Azure
2 6 (18.18%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (15.15%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.03%) Google Sheets
4 1 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (3.03%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 25 (75.76%) Social Skills
2 11 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 11 (33.33%) Finance
3 5 (15.15%) Back Office
4 1 (3.03%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (18.18%) .NET
2 5 (15.15%) .NET Framework
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (63.64%) Change Management
2 18 (54.55%) Agile
2 18 (54.55%) ITIL
2 18 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (36.36%) CRM
3 12 (36.36%) PRINCE2
4 10 (30.30%) Case Management
5 9 (27.27%) Cybersecurity
5 9 (27.27%) ITSM
5 9 (27.27%) Roadmaps
5 9 (27.27%) Service Management
6 8 (24.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 7 (21.21%) Budgeting
7 7 (21.21%) DevOps
7 7 (21.21%) Product Roadmap
7 7 (21.21%) Project Management
7 7 (21.21%) Six Sigma
7 7 (21.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 7 (21.21%) User Experience
8 6 (18.18%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) SQL
Qualifications
1 9 (27.27%) CISSP
1 9 (27.27%) PMI Certification
1 9 (27.27%) PMP
2 1 (3.03%) Degree
2 1 (3.03%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (27.27%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (36.36%) Facebook
2 10 (30.30%) Microsoft
3 6 (18.18%) Siebel
4 5 (15.15%) Liquidlogic
5 1 (3.03%) Google
5 1 (3.03%) Salesforce