Application Support
UK

The median Application Support salary in the UK is £46,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 305 366 391
Rank change year-on-year +61 +25 -98
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 915 940 1,448
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.93% 0.90% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% 0.98% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 691 735 1,194
10th Percentile £28,000 £29,350 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £33,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +11.76% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +9.33% - +7.14%

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 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in the UK

Applications Support
Top 18 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 27 April 2024. 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 +75 815 £47,500 -1.84% 128
UK excluding London +59 551 £41,000 +9.33% 78
London +85 350 £62,500 - 58
Work from Home +37 338 £50,000 +8.70% 50
South East +85 164 £42,500 +7.94% 10
North of England +14 119 £40,000 +6.67% 17
Midlands +45 96 £32,121 -10.78% 14
North West +12 73 £45,000 +16.02% 11
East Midlands +25 59 £32,500 -7.14% 8
East of England +22 48 £47,500 +15.80% 14
Wales +36 46 £45,000 +42.86%
Yorkshire +60 38 £35,579 -5.12% 4
West Midlands +25 37 £32,121 -19.70% 6
South West -13 36 £43,500 +33.85% 13
Scotland -44 36 £47,500 +5.56% 11
North East -13 8 £37,500 +15.38% 2
Northern Ireland +17 5 £57,500 +33.72%
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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.

1 448 (48.96%) SQL
2 269 (29.40%) Finance
3 236 (25.79%) Social Skills
4 234 (25.57%) Problem-Solving
5 203 (22.19%) Microsoft
6 191 (20.87%) ITIL
7 175 (19.13%) Analytical Skills
8 172 (18.80%) Degree
9 158 (17.27%) Oracle
10 152 (16.61%) Linux
11 151 (16.50%) Unix
12 146 (15.96%) SQL Server
13 130 (14.21%) Windows
13 130 (14.21%) SLA
14 114 (12.46%) Incident Management
15 110 (12.02%) Azure
16 102 (11.15%) Service Management
17 96 (10.49%) Security Cleared
18 95 (10.38%) Customer Service
19 89 (9.73%) CRM
20 88 (9.62%) Release Management
21 86 (9.40%) ITSM
22 85 (9.29%) Actionable Insight
23 83 (9.07%) ERP
24 81 (8.85%) SC Cleared
25 78 (8.52%) PL/SQL
26 75 (8.20%) JIRA
27 74 (8.09%) WebLogic
27 74 (8.09%) Remedy
28 70 (7.65%) Solaris

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 74 (8.09%) WebLogic
2 56 (6.12%) SharePoint
3 45 (4.92%) Oracle Service Bus
4 34 (3.72%) IIS
5 28 (3.06%) Microsoft Exchange
5 28 (3.06%) Tomcat
6 14 (1.53%) Apache
7 13 (1.42%) Confluence
8 12 (1.31%) CMS
9 7 (0.77%) EPiServer
10 5 (0.55%) JBoss
10 5 (0.55%) WebSphere
Applications
1 64 (6.99%) Microsoft Office
2 56 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 51 (5.57%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 65 (7.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 45 (4.92%) Remedy ITSM
3 24 (2.62%) NEC Housing
3 24 (2.62%) PlanetPress Connect
4 16 (1.75%) Fidessa
5 12 (1.31%) Dynamics NAV
6 11 (1.20%) Dynamics GP
7 10 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
8 7 (0.77%) Dynamics AX
8 7 (0.77%) Endur
8 7 (0.77%) ION Anvil
8 7 (0.77%) thinkFolio
9 6 (0.66%) Infor SunSystems
9 6 (0.66%) ION MarketView
9 6 (0.66%) Oracle Applications
9 6 (0.66%) Temenos T24
10 5 (0.55%) Magento
10 5 (0.55%) NetSuite
11 4 (0.44%) BusinessWorks
11 4 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 110 (12.02%) Azure
2 57 (6.23%) Dynamics 365
3 55 (6.01%) Power Platform
4 46 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
5 42 (4.59%) AWS
6 30 (3.28%) SaaS
7 26 (2.84%) Power Automate
8 22 (2.40%) PowerApps
9 14 (1.53%) Entra ID
10 12 (1.31%) WhatsApp
11 10 (1.09%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (0.98%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (0.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 7 (0.77%) IaaS
15 5 (0.55%) Google Sheets
15 5 (0.55%) PaaS
16 4 (0.44%) Azure Logic Apps
16 4 (0.44%) SuccessFactors
17 2 (0.22%) Azure Data Factory
17 2 (0.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 30 (3.28%) Firewall
2 24 (2.62%) DNS
3 18 (1.97%) TCP/IP
4 16 (1.75%) DHCP
4 16 (1.75%) FIX Connectivity
5 11 (1.20%) VPN
6 6 (0.66%) Broadband
6 6 (0.66%) Internet
6 6 (0.66%) Remote Desktop
7 5 (0.55%) SAN
7 5 (0.55%) SSL
8 4 (0.44%) 5G
8 4 (0.44%) FTP
8 4 (0.44%) Intranet
9 2 (0.22%) HTTP
9 2 (0.22%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.22%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (0.11%) LAN
10 1 (0.11%) VLAN
10 1 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (15.96%) SQL Server
2 69 (7.54%) Oracle Database
3 45 (4.92%) Oracle Database 10g
3 45 (4.92%) Oracle Database 11g
3 45 (4.92%) VLDB
4 33 (3.61%) Power BI
5 30 (3.28%) Elasticsearch
6 27 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
7 25 (2.73%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 18 (1.97%) MySQL
9 17 (1.86%) Relational Database
10 12 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (0.98%) Geospatial Data
11 9 (0.98%) GIS
11 9 (0.98%) MS Access
12 7 (0.77%) BusinessObjects
13 5 (0.55%) Crystal Reports
13 5 (0.55%) Pentaho
14 4 (0.44%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (0.44%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 75 (8.20%) JIRA
2 24 (2.62%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 20 (2.19%) Eclipse
4 10 (1.09%) Oracle Forms
5 8 (0.87%) GitLab
5 8 (0.87%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.77%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.77%) Git
7 2 (0.22%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.22%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.11%) Gradle
8 1 (0.11%) JUnit
General
1 269 (29.40%) Finance
2 236 (25.79%) Social Skills
3 175 (19.13%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (7.21%) Front Office
5 65 (7.10%) Banking
6 37 (4.04%) Law
7 36 (3.93%) Police
8 29 (3.17%) Marketing
9 26 (2.84%) Manufacturing
10 25 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 22 (2.40%) Back Office
11 22 (2.40%) Legal
11 22 (2.40%) Retail
12 20 (2.19%) Local Government
13 19 (2.08%) Public Sector
14 14 (1.53%) Investment Banking
15 10 (1.09%) Automotive
16 7 (0.77%) Private Banking
17 6 (0.66%) Organisational Skills
18 5 (0.55%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (4.04%) .NET
2 33 (3.61%) J2EE
3 32 (3.50%) FIX Protocol
4 31 (3.39%) Spring
4 31 (3.39%) Web Services
5 29 (3.17%) Java EE
6 16 (1.75%) REST
7 12 (1.31%) ASP.NET
8 11 (1.20%) SOAP
9 10 (1.09%) JSON
9 10 (1.09%) XML
10 9 (0.98%) EDI
10 9 (0.98%) HTML
11 8 (0.87%) XSLT
12 7 (0.77%) Kafka
12 7 (0.77%) Middleware
13 6 (0.66%) OLE
14 4 (0.44%) .NET Framework
14 4 (0.44%) ASP.NET MVC
14 4 (0.44%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 21 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
2 19 (2.08%) Driving Licence
3 18 (1.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 18 (1.97%) Onboarding
3 18 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
4 17 (1.86%) Management Information System
4 17 (1.86%) Product Ownership
5 16 (1.75%) Eurex
6 15 (1.64%) Derivative
7 14 (1.53%) Public Cloud
8 12 (1.31%) CCTV
8 12 (1.31%) Equities
8 12 (1.31%) Mobile App
8 12 (1.31%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 11 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
9 11 (1.20%) CMDB
9 11 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.09%) Hedge funds
11 9 (0.98%) Fixed Income
11 9 (0.98%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 152 (16.61%) Linux
2 151 (16.50%) Unix
3 130 (14.21%) Windows
4 70 (7.65%) Solaris
5 24 (2.62%) Windows Server
6 16 (1.75%) CentOS
7 11 (1.20%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.87%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.66%) AIX
10 4 (0.44%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.22%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.22%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
12 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.11%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (25.57%) Problem-Solving
2 191 (20.87%) ITIL
3 114 (12.46%) Incident Management
4 102 (11.15%) Service Management
5 95 (10.38%) Customer Service
6 89 (9.73%) CRM
7 88 (9.62%) Release Management
8 86 (9.40%) ITSM
9 85 (9.29%) Actionable Insight
10 83 (9.07%) ERP
11 57 (6.23%) Performance Tuning
12 55 (6.01%) Agile
13 53 (5.79%) Artificial Intelligence
14 51 (5.57%) Performance Monitoring
15 46 (5.03%) Capacity Planning
16 45 (4.92%) Capacity Management
17 43 (4.70%) Service Delivery
18 40 (4.37%) Project Management
19 39 (4.26%) User Acceptance Testing
20 38 (4.15%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 448 (48.96%) SQL
2 78 (8.52%) PL/SQL
3 65 (7.10%) Java
4 61 (6.67%) T-SQL
5 56 (6.12%) C#
6 50 (5.46%) Python
7 49 (5.36%) Shell Script
8 46 (5.03%) PowerShell
9 33 (3.61%) JavaScript
10 20 (2.19%) Bash
11 16 (1.75%) Perl
11 16 (1.75%) Ruby
12 9 (0.98%) C
12 9 (0.98%) VBA
13 7 (0.77%) C++
13 7 (0.77%) XPath
14 5 (0.55%) COBOL
15 2 (0.22%) PHP
15 2 (0.22%) VB
Qualifications
1 172 (18.80%) Degree
2 96 (10.49%) Security Cleared
3 81 (8.85%) SC Cleared
4 14 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (1.09%) Master's Degree
7 9 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 8 (0.87%) Azure Certification
9 7 (0.77%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 5 (0.55%) A+ Certification
10 5 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.55%) MCDST
11 4 (0.44%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.44%) CIPD
12 2 (0.22%) ECDL
12 2 (0.22%) MCP
13 1 (0.11%) CTC Cleared
13 1 (0.11%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (14.21%) SLA
2 16 (1.75%) Accessibility
3 8 (0.87%) Data Quality
3 8 (0.87%) GDPR
4 4 (0.44%) SOC 1
5 3 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.11%) QA
System Software
1 47 (5.14%) Active Directory
2 45 (4.92%) Oracle RAC
3 6 (0.66%) Docker
4 2 (0.22%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 45 (4.92%) Data Guard
1 45 (4.92%) Oracle RMAN
2 29 (3.17%) OpenSSO
2 29 (3.17%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (1.09%) Grafana
4 9 (0.98%) Terraform
5 7 (0.77%) ITRS Geneos
5 7 (0.77%) Kubernetes
6 6 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Clustering
7 5 (0.55%) Pingdom
8 4 (0.44%) Control-M
8 4 (0.44%) SCOM
8 4 (0.44%) WhatsUp Gold
9 2 (0.22%) Kibana
10 1 (0.11%) logstash
10 1 (0.11%) Packer
10 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 203 (22.19%) Microsoft
2 158 (17.27%) Oracle
3 74 (8.09%) Remedy
4 50 (5.46%) Sun
5 33 (3.61%) ION Trading
6 29 (3.17%) SAP
6 29 (3.17%) ServiceNow
7 24 (2.62%) FNZ
7 24 (2.62%) NEC
8 23 (2.51%) Bloomberg
8 23 (2.51%) Trayport
9 22 (2.40%) Murex
10 19 (2.08%) Guidewire
11 18 (1.97%) Civica
12 17 (1.86%) Red Hat
13 16 (1.75%) CQG
13 16 (1.75%) Patsystems
13 16 (1.75%) Reuters
14 14 (1.53%) Salesforce
15 10 (1.09%) Sage