Application Support Specialist
UK
The median Application Support Specialist salary in the UK is £43,500 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 | |
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| Rank | 672 | 831 | 900 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +159 | +69 | +262 |
| Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Specialist | 39 | 64 | 79 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.070% | 0.065% | 0.079% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.078% | 0.068% | 0.087% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 32 | 54 | 74 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,175 | £32,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £32,000 | £35,579 | £34,375 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £43,500 | £47,875 | £46,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.14% | +4.08% | -18.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £48,750 | £66,250 | £57,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £57,500 | £75,050 | £69,375 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £43,000 | £35,579 | £44,535 |
| % change year-on-year | +20.86% | -20.11% | -19.03% |
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 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 16 May 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 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 |
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| England | +125 | 37 | £44,000 | -8.09% | 21 |
| UK excluding London | +186 | 29 | £43,000 | +20.86% | 18 |
| Work from Home | +135 | 21 | £44,000 | -7.37% | 7 |
| East of England | +52 | 15 | £44,000 | -16.19% | 1 |
| Midlands | +71 | 11 | £32,000 | -32.63% | 5 |
| London | +81 | 8 | £55,000 | -15.38% | 5 |
| West Midlands | +59 | 6 | - | - | 5 |
| East Midlands | - | 5 | £32,000 | - | |
| South East | - | 2 | £55,000 | - | 6 |
| North of England | +33 | 1 | £37,500 | +5.40% | 4 |
| North West | +2 | 1 | £37,500 | +19.05% | 3 |
Applications Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 16 May 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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