Application Support
UK

The median Application Support salary in the UK is £48,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 260 349 372
Rank change year-on-year +89 +23 -79
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 690 1,206 1,184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.30% 0.98% 0.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% 1.03% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 517 1,008 990
10th Percentile £30,300 £28,750 £27,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £45,000 £40,600
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +10.84% -7.73%
75th Percentile £65,000 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +6.25% +6.67% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 50,561 117,203 121,950
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.43% 95.41% 95.16%
Number of salaries quoted 36,942 73,752 84,378
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,798 £32,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £98,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in the UK

Applications Support
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Applications Support in the UK

Applications Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support over the 6 months to 7 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in the UK

Applications Support
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the UK over the 6 months to 7 December 2023. 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 +70 532 £47,500 +5.56% 185
UK excluding London +101 425 £42,500 +6.25% 120
Work from Home +69 305 £60,000 +39.53% 76
London +109 241 £63,000 +18.87% 70
South East +98 127 £42,500 +13.33% 27
Wales +75 72 £45,000 +12.50%
North of England +62 66 £45,000 +12.50% 35
Scotland +61 57 £62,500 +47.06% 11
North West +90 47 £47,500 +18.75% 17
East of England +104 37 £38,500 +2.67% 17
Midlands +64 34 £32,500 -27.78% 16
South West +16 23 £32,500 -6.59% 13
West Midlands +67 21 £35,000 -20.90% 11
Yorkshire +50 16 £42,500 - 13
East Midlands +46 13 £31,250 -34.21% 5
Northern Ireland +12 9 £57,500 +109.09% 3
North East +35 3 £42,500 +6.25% 5

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

For the 6 months to 7 December 2023, Applications Support 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 in the job title.

1 339 (49.13%) SQL
2 262 (37.97%) ITIL
3 235 (34.06%) Microsoft
4 233 (33.77%) Social Skills
5 225 (32.61%) Problem-Solving
6 220 (31.88%) SQL Server
7 191 (27.68%) Finance
8 173 (25.07%) Analytical Skills
9 163 (23.62%) Windows
10 158 (22.90%) Oracle
11 156 (22.61%) Service Management
12 141 (20.43%) Customer Service
13 138 (20.00%) Unix
14 130 (18.84%) Actionable Insight
15 123 (17.83%) Security Cleared
15 123 (17.83%) Java
16 122 (17.68%) SC Cleared
17 118 (17.10%) Incident Management
18 117 (16.96%) SLA
19 116 (16.81%) Azure
20 103 (14.93%) JIRA
21 102 (14.78%) PowerShell
22 96 (13.91%) .NET
23 93 (13.48%) Degree
24 89 (12.90%) C#
25 87 (12.61%) WebLogic
26 85 (12.32%) J2EE
26 85 (12.32%) Information Management
27 84 (12.17%) Impact Assessments
28 82 (11.88%) CRM

Applications Support 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 87 (12.61%) WebLogic
2 58 (8.41%) SharePoint
3 41 (5.94%) IIS
4 14 (2.03%) WebSphere
4 14 (2.03%) WebSphere Application Server
5 8 (1.16%) Oracle Service Bus
6 7 (1.01%) Tomcat
7 4 (0.58%) Confluence
8 1 (0.14%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.14%) Jupyter
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 55 (7.97%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (3.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (2.03%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.14%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.14%) ProjectWise
4 1 (0.14%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 56 (8.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 35 (5.07%) PlanetPress Connect
3 13 (1.88%) Fidessa
4 10 (1.45%) iTrent
5 8 (1.16%) Remedy ITSM
6 7 (1.01%) NetSuite
7 6 (0.87%) BusinessWorks
7 6 (0.87%) Dynamics NAV
7 6 (0.87%) Oracle EBS
7 6 (0.87%) Oracle EBS R12
8 5 (0.72%) Infor SunSystems
9 4 (0.58%) ION Anvil
10 3 (0.43%) Dynamics AX
10 3 (0.43%) Epicor Tropos
10 3 (0.43%) SAP Business One
10 3 (0.43%) SAP ERP
11 2 (0.29%) Endur
11 2 (0.29%) EuroRunner
11 2 (0.29%) Misys Equation
11 2 (0.29%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 116 (16.81%) Azure
2 54 (7.83%) Microsoft 365
3 42 (6.09%) Power Platform
4 41 (5.94%) Dynamics 365
4 41 (5.94%) SaaS
5 29 (4.20%) AWS
6 25 (3.62%) Azure DevOps
6 25 (3.62%) Entra ID
7 20 (2.90%) IaaS
8 17 (2.46%) PaaS
9 16 (2.32%) PowerApps
10 15 (2.17%) Azure Monitor
11 13 (1.88%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 12 (1.74%) Power Automate
13 8 (1.16%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (1.01%) Azure API Management
14 7 (1.01%) Azure ExpressRoute
14 7 (1.01%) Azure Service Bus
14 7 (1.01%) WhatsApp
15 5 (0.72%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.33%) Firewall
2 19 (2.75%) DNS
3 17 (2.46%) DHCP
4 12 (1.74%) TCP/IP
5 10 (1.45%) FIX Connectivity
6 8 (1.16%) Internet
7 5 (0.72%) HTTP
7 5 (0.72%) Network Security
8 3 (0.43%) SAN
8 3 (0.43%) Software-Defined Networking
8 3 (0.43%) VPN
9 2 (0.29%) Intranet
9 2 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
9 2 (0.29%) VSAN
10 1 (0.14%) CHAP
10 1 (0.14%) FTP
10 1 (0.14%) NAS
10 1 (0.14%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 220 (31.88%) SQL Server
2 79 (11.45%) Elasticsearch
3 37 (5.36%) MySQL
4 34 (4.93%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (4.49%) Power BI
6 16 (2.32%) Relational Database
7 15 (2.17%) BusinessObjects
7 15 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 14 (2.03%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 14 (2.03%) Oracle Database
8 14 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
9 10 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (1.30%) RDBMS
11 8 (1.16%) Oracle Database 10g
11 8 (1.16%) Oracle Database 11g
11 8 (1.16%) VLDB
12 7 (1.01%) Redis
13 5 (0.72%) NoSQL
13 5 (0.72%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 3 (0.43%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 103 (14.93%) JIRA
2 29 (4.20%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 24 (3.48%) Git
3 24 (3.48%) GitLab
3 24 (3.48%) Sonatype Nexus
4 14 (2.03%) Oracle APEX
4 14 (2.03%) Visual Studio Code
5 9 (1.30%) Visual Studio
6 7 (1.01%) MSBuild
6 7 (1.01%) Postman
7 4 (0.58%) SoapUI
8 3 (0.43%) JMeter
9 2 (0.29%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.29%) MSI
9 2 (0.29%) Oracle Forms
9 2 (0.29%) Selenium
10 1 (0.14%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.14%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
10 1 (0.14%) Subversion
General
1 233 (33.77%) Social Skills
2 191 (27.68%) Finance
3 173 (25.07%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (7.68%) Banking
5 40 (5.80%) Front Office
6 26 (3.77%) Back Office
6 26 (3.77%) Law
7 24 (3.48%) Marketing
8 21 (3.04%) Legal
9 18 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 16 (2.32%) Financial Institution
11 13 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
11 13 (1.88%) Retail
12 10 (1.45%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.01%) Investment Banking
14 6 (0.87%) Presentation Skills
15 5 (0.72%) Private Banking
15 5 (0.72%) Public Sector
16 4 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
16 4 (0.58%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (13.91%) .NET
2 85 (12.32%) J2EE
3 79 (11.45%) Java EE
3 79 (11.45%) Spring
4 26 (3.77%) REST
5 25 (3.62%) FIX Protocol
6 21 (3.04%) XML
7 20 (2.90%) ASP.NET
8 18 (2.61%) .NET Framework
8 18 (2.61%) Web Services
9 17 (2.46%) SOAP
10 14 (2.03%) RESTful
11 13 (1.88%) ASP.NET MVC
12 12 (1.74%) JSON
13 11 (1.59%) EDI
14 9 (1.30%) HTML
15 8 (1.16%) Middleware
16 7 (1.01%) .NET Core
16 7 (1.01%) CSS
17 5 (0.72%) FpML
Miscellaneous
1 31 (4.49%) Management Information System
2 18 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
3 16 (2.32%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (2.32%) iSeries
4 12 (1.74%) CCTV
5 11 (1.59%) Eurex
6 10 (1.45%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 9 (1.30%) Hedge funds
8 8 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.16%) Derivative
8 8 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
8 8 (1.16%) Product Ownership
9 7 (1.01%) Equities
10 6 (0.87%) Fixed Income
11 5 (0.72%) Onboarding
12 4 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
12 4 (0.58%) Distributed Systems
12 4 (0.58%) Legacy Applications
12 4 (0.58%) PKI
12 4 (0.58%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 163 (23.62%) Windows
2 138 (20.00%) Unix
3 78 (11.30%) Windows Server
4 69 (10.00%) Linux
5 28 (4.06%) Windows 10
6 24 (3.48%) Android
7 21 (3.04%) Solaris
8 13 (1.88%) CentOS
8 13 (1.88%) Windows Server 2016
9 10 (1.45%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.72%) Windows Server 2012
11 3 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 3 (0.43%) Windows 7
12 2 (0.29%) Data ONTAP
12 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.29%) Windows Server 2019
13 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.14%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.14%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 262 (37.97%) ITIL
2 225 (32.61%) Problem-Solving
3 156 (22.61%) Service Management
4 141 (20.43%) Customer Service
5 130 (18.84%) Actionable Insight
6 118 (17.10%) Incident Management
7 85 (12.32%) Information Management
8 84 (12.17%) Impact Assessments
9 82 (11.88%) CRM
10 81 (11.74%) Containerisation
11 79 (11.45%) Enterprise Architecture
12 77 (11.16%) ITSM
13 64 (9.28%) Release Management
14 58 (8.41%) Problem Management
15 57 (8.26%) DevOps
16 55 (7.97%) Enterprise Search
17 53 (7.68%) ERP
18 52 (7.54%) Service Delivery
19 51 (7.39%) Document Management
20 48 (6.96%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 339 (49.13%) SQL
2 123 (17.83%) Java
3 102 (14.78%) PowerShell
4 89 (12.90%) C#
5 66 (9.57%) Shell Script
6 54 (7.83%) PL/SQL
7 50 (7.25%) T-SQL
8 41 (5.94%) Python
9 32 (4.64%) JavaScript
10 17 (2.46%) Bash
11 13 (1.88%) Perl
12 12 (1.74%) Ruby
13 6 (0.87%) PHP
14 5 (0.72%) C++
14 5 (0.72%) VB
14 5 (0.72%) VBA
15 4 (0.58%) C
16 3 (0.43%) RPG
17 2 (0.29%) Bicep
17 2 (0.29%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 123 (17.83%) Security Cleared
2 122 (17.68%) SC Cleared
3 93 (13.48%) Degree
4 32 (4.64%) ITIL Certification
5 16 (2.32%) Azure Certification
6 8 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 7 (1.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (1.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 6 (0.87%) DV Cleared
8 6 (0.87%) Master's Degree
9 3 (0.43%) ACCA
9 3 (0.43%) MCSE
10 2 (0.29%) A+ Certification
10 2 (0.29%) MCDST
10 2 (0.29%) MCP
10 2 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.14%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.14%) EnCE
11 1 (0.14%) IBM Certification
11 1 (0.14%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (16.96%) SLA
2 23 (3.33%) QA
3 9 (1.30%) Accessibility
4 4 (0.58%) GxP
5 3 (0.43%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.29%) GDPR
7 1 (0.14%) IFRS
7 1 (0.14%) IFRS 17
7 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.14%) MiFID
System Software
1 70 (10.14%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.45%) Docker
3 9 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (1.16%) Oracle RAC
5 7 (1.01%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.29%) KVM
7 2 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.14%) VMware NSX
8 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 79 (11.45%) OpenSSO
1 79 (11.45%) Single Sign-On
2 24 (3.48%) AirWatch
3 13 (1.88%) Kubernetes
3 13 (1.88%) Terraform
4 8 (1.16%) Data Guard
4 8 (1.16%) Oracle RMAN
5 7 (1.01%) Grafana
6 6 (0.87%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.72%) Control-M
7 5 (0.72%) SCCM
8 4 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
9 3 (0.43%) Kibana
10 2 (0.29%) Ansible
10 2 (0.29%) Jamf Pro
10 2 (0.29%) McAfee ePO
10 2 (0.29%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.29%) vRealize
11 1 (0.14%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 235 (34.06%) Microsoft
2 158 (22.90%) Oracle
3 64 (9.28%) Remedy
4 39 (5.65%) ServiceNow
5 29 (4.20%) FNZ
6 18 (2.61%) iManage
6 18 (2.61%) Red Hat
7 16 (2.32%) Bloomberg
7 16 (2.32%) VMware
8 15 (2.17%) ION Trading
8 15 (2.17%) Sun
9 13 (1.88%) Trayport
10 11 (1.59%) Reuters
10 11 (1.59%) SAP
11 10 (1.45%) CQG
11 10 (1.45%) Patsystems
11 10 (1.45%) Salesforce
12 8 (1.16%) Autodesk
12 8 (1.16%) IBM
13 6 (0.87%) TIBCO