Applications Support Specialist Jobs

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.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support Specialist in the UK

Applications Support Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Applications Support Specialist in the UK

Applications Support Specialist
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support Specialist over the 6 months to 12 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Support Specialist in the UK

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
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.

1 18 (43.90%) Microsoft
1 18 (43.90%) Azure
2 16 (39.02%) CRM
3 15 (36.59%) ITIL
4 14 (34.15%) Windows
4 14 (34.15%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (31.71%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (29.27%) SQL Server
7 11 (26.83%) Data Management
7 11 (26.83%) API Integration
8 10 (24.39%) Mobile Device Management
8 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
8 10 (24.39%) Dynamics CRM
8 10 (24.39%) SQL
9 9 (21.95%) Finance
9 9 (21.95%) SCCM
10 8 (19.51%) GIS
10 8 (19.51%) IIS
11 7 (17.07%) ERP
11 7 (17.07%) Project Delivery
11 7 (17.07%) Windows Server
12 6 (14.63%) Onboarding
12 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Excel
12 6 (14.63%) AWS
12 6 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
12 6 (14.63%) Project Planning
12 6 (14.63%) NetSuite
12 6 (14.63%) Advertising
12 6 (14.63%) Agile
12 6 (14.63%) Asset Management

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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (19.51%) IIS
2 3 (7.32%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (24.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (14.63%) NetSuite
3 1 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 18 (43.90%) Azure
2 13 (31.71%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (14.63%) AWS
4 5 (12.20%) Dynamics 365
4 5 (12.20%) Power Automate
4 5 (12.20%) Power Platform
4 5 (12.20%) PowerApps
5 2 (4.88%) IaaS
5 2 (4.88%) PaaS
6 1 (2.44%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (2.44%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.44%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (2.44%) Entra ID
6 1 (2.44%) OneDrive
6 1 (2.44%) Serverless
6 1 (2.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (9.76%) TCP/IP
1 4 (9.76%) VPN
2 1 (2.44%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (29.27%) SQL Server
2 8 (19.51%) GIS
3 5 (12.20%) Data Lake
4 2 (4.88%) MongoDB
4 2 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (2.44%) Amazon RDS
General
1 10 (24.39%) Social Skills
2 9 (21.95%) Finance
3 6 (14.63%) Advertising
4 5 (12.20%) Organisational Skills
4 5 (12.20%) Retail
5 3 (7.32%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.88%) Financial Institution
7 1 (2.44%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.88%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (2.44%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Onboarding
2 4 (9.76%) Driving Licence
2 4 (9.76%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (9.76%) NHS
3 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.44%) PACS
3 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (34.15%) Windows
2 7 (17.07%) Windows Server
3 5 (12.20%) Android
3 5 (12.20%) Windows 10
4 2 (4.88%) Linux
4 2 (4.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (39.02%) CRM
2 15 (36.59%) ITIL
3 14 (34.15%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (26.83%) API Integration
4 11 (26.83%) Data Management
5 10 (24.39%) Mobile Device Management
6 7 (17.07%) ERP
6 7 (17.07%) Project Delivery
7 6 (14.63%) Agile
7 6 (14.63%) Asset Management
7 6 (14.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (14.63%) Project Planning
8 5 (12.20%) API Management
8 5 (12.20%) Migration
8 5 (12.20%) Project Management
8 5 (12.20%) User Experience
8 5 (12.20%) Workflow
9 4 (9.76%) Speech Recognition
10 3 (7.32%) Service Delivery
11 2 (4.88%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (24.39%) SQL
2 2 (4.88%) PowerShell
2 2 (4.88%) Python
3 1 (2.44%) Java
3 1 (2.44%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (2.44%) Degree
1 1 (2.44%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) DICOM
1 1 (2.44%) HL7
System Software
1 5 (12.20%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.44%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (21.95%) SCCM
2 5 (12.20%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 18 (43.90%) Microsoft
2 5 (12.20%) Apple
2 5 (12.20%) Blue Prism
2 5 (12.20%) Databricks
2 5 (12.20%) Facebook
2 5 (12.20%) UiPath
2 5 (12.20%) Zoho
3 4 (9.76%) Oracle
4 1 (2.44%) SAP