Application Support Specialist
UK
The median Application Support Specialist salary in the UK is £37,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 12 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 673 | 826 | 861 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +153 | +35 | +334 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Specialist | 41 | 82 | 75 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.073% | 0.075% | 0.081% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.082% | 0.079% | 0.089% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 35 | 67 | 71 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,750 | £24,000 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,000 | £34,040 | £36,375 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £37,500 | £47,500 | £46,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.05% | +3.26% | -12.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £45,000 | £55,000 | £58,750 |
| 90th Percentile | £57,500 | £74,000 | £65,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £37,500 | £35,579 | £44,535 |
| % change year-on-year | +5.40% | -20.11% | -8.65% |
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 | 50,220 | 103,726 | 84,723 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.02% | 94.76% | 91.22% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,439 | 73,309 | 55,187 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £38,605 | £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 | £50,055 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.11% | -6.54% | +6.37% |
Applications Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Applications Support Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Applications Support Specialist
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Support Specialist.
Applications Support Specialist
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support Specialist over the 6 months to 12 June 2025.
Applications Support Specialist
Top 11 Job Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 12 June 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 | +112 | 37 | £37,500 | -21.05% | 29 |
| UK excluding London | +170 | 30 | £37,500 | +5.40% | 25 |
| Work from Home | +151 | 23 | £40,750 | -14.21% | 15 |
| East of England | +49 | 13 | £43,000 | -18.10% | |
| Midlands | +88 | 11 | £32,000 | +6.67% | 3 |
| London | +78 | 7 | £55,000 | -12.00% | 12 |
| West Midlands | +70 | 6 | - | - | 2 |
| North of England | +45 | 5 | £37,500 | +5.40% | 2 |
| North West | +22 | 5 | £37,500 | +19.05% | |
| East Midlands | - | 5 | £32,000 | - | 1 |
| South East | +95 | 1 | £55,000 | +129.17% | 12 |
Applications Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 12 June 2025, Applications Support 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 Support Specialist in the job title.
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Applications Support 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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