Applications Support Analyst Jobs

Application Support Analyst
UK

The median Application Support Analyst salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 480 640 646
Rank change year-on-year +160 +6 -105
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Analyst 479 354 712
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.48% 0.35% 0.45%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.51% 0.38% 0.47%
Number of salaries quoted 321 270 544
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,000 £30,076
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +12.50% +0.63%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,000 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +20.00% - +6.46%

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 93,776 92,678 150,788
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.45% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,209 58,362 84,200
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Applications Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support Analyst in the UK

Applications Support Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Applications Support Analyst in the UK

Applications Support Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support Analyst over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Support Analyst in the UK

Applications Support Analyst
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 Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 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 +179 412 £45,000 - 53
UK excluding London +90 293 £42,000 +20.00% 29
London +136 179 £58,750 -2.08% 25
Work from Home +97 174 £50,000 +17.65% 18
South East +60 105 £42,500 +30.77% 5
North of England +54 61 £40,841 +8.91% 6
Midlands +14 44 £35,000 - 5
North West +19 41 £45,000 +9.85% 5
Wales +17 36 - -
East Midlands +7 26 £39,500 +17.04% 4
Scotland -52 20 £62,500 +45.35% 3
Yorkshire +84 18 £30,000 -18.92% 1
West Midlands +13 18 £32,121 -8.23% 1
East of England +26 12 £35,640 +8.00% 6
South West -35 11 £43,500 +46.22% 4
Northern Ireland +28 3 £61,250 +22.50%
North East -3 2 £42,500 +6.25%
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Applications Support Analyst 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 Analyst in the job title.

1 244 (50.94%) SQL
2 170 (35.49%) Social Skills
3 142 (29.65%) Finance
4 130 (27.14%) ITIL
5 117 (24.43%) Problem-Solving
6 108 (22.55%) Degree
7 106 (22.13%) Unix
7 106 (22.13%) Analytical Skills
8 96 (20.04%) Oracle
9 92 (19.21%) SLA
10 89 (18.58%) Incident Management
11 87 (18.16%) Microsoft
12 84 (17.54%) SQL Server
13 82 (17.12%) Actionable Insight
14 77 (16.08%) Linux
15 73 (15.24%) ITSM
16 72 (15.03%) Service Management
17 71 (14.82%) Remedy
17 71 (14.82%) WebLogic
17 71 (14.82%) SC Cleared
17 71 (14.82%) Security Cleared
18 70 (14.61%) Release Management
19 58 (12.11%) ERP
20 56 (11.69%) PL/SQL
21 55 (11.48%) Solaris
21 55 (11.48%) CRM
22 54 (11.27%) Customer Service
23 53 (11.06%) Oracle Database
24 51 (10.65%) MS Visio
24 51 (10.65%) Microsoft Excel

Applications Support Analyst 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 71 (14.82%) WebLogic
2 44 (9.19%) Oracle Service Bus
3 27 (5.64%) SharePoint
4 12 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.67%) CMS
6 5 (1.04%) IIS
7 3 (0.63%) EPiServer
8 2 (0.42%) Confluence
Applications
1 51 (10.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 51 (10.65%) MS Visio
2 50 (10.44%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 44 (9.19%) Remedy ITSM
2 42 (8.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (4.18%) PlanetPress Connect
4 11 (2.30%) Dynamics NAV
4 11 (2.30%) Fidessa
5 10 (2.09%) SAP S/4HANA
6 9 (1.88%) NEC Housing
7 8 (1.67%) Dynamics GP
8 7 (1.46%) Endur
9 6 (1.25%) Infor SunSystems
9 6 (1.25%) ION MarketView
10 4 (0.84%) ION Anvil
10 4 (0.84%) NetSuite
10 4 (0.84%) Oracle Cash Management
10 4 (0.84%) thinkFolio
11 3 (0.63%) Dynamics AX
11 3 (0.63%) iTrent
11 3 (0.63%) JDE EnterpriseOne
11 3 (0.63%) Markit EDM
12 2 (0.42%) Epicor Tropos
Cloud Services
1 48 (10.02%) Azure
2 46 (9.60%) Dynamics 365
3 26 (5.43%) AWS
4 19 (3.97%) Power Platform
5 9 (1.88%) PowerApps
6 8 (1.67%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (1.25%) SaaS
8 5 (1.04%) Google Sheets
9 4 (0.84%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (0.84%) WhatsApp
10 3 (0.63%) IaaS
11 1 (0.21%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.21%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.21%) GCP
11 1 (0.21%) PaaS
11 1 (0.21%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.51%) DNS
2 11 (2.30%) DHCP
2 11 (2.30%) Firewall
2 11 (2.30%) FIX Connectivity
2 11 (2.30%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.25%) Broadband
4 3 (0.63%) Internet
5 2 (0.42%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (17.54%) SQL Server
2 53 (11.06%) Oracle Database
3 44 (9.19%) Oracle Database 10g
3 44 (9.19%) Oracle Database 11g
3 44 (9.19%) VLDB
4 27 (5.64%) Elasticsearch
5 22 (4.59%) Data Warehouse
6 17 (3.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (1.88%) Power BI
7 9 (1.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.63%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (0.63%) SAP HANA
8 3 (0.63%) Tableau
9 2 (0.42%) MySQL
10 1 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.21%) DB2
10 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
10 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 27 (5.64%) JIRA
2 20 (4.18%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 13 (2.71%) Eclipse
4 3 (0.63%) Visual Studio
General
1 170 (35.49%) Social Skills
2 142 (29.65%) Finance
3 106 (22.13%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (8.35%) Front Office
5 39 (8.14%) Banking
6 22 (4.59%) Police
7 20 (4.18%) Marketing
8 17 (3.55%) Manufacturing
9 16 (3.34%) Back Office
10 12 (2.51%) Retail
11 8 (1.67%) Investment Banking
11 8 (1.67%) Legal
12 7 (1.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.25%) Private Banking
14 5 (1.04%) Automotive
14 5 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.04%) Public Sector
15 4 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
16 3 (0.63%) Law
16 3 (0.63%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (5.64%) J2EE
1 27 (5.64%) Java EE
1 27 (5.64%) Spring
2 20 (4.18%) .NET
2 20 (4.18%) FIX Protocol
3 6 (1.25%) Middleware
3 6 (1.25%) OLE
4 4 (0.84%) ASP.NET
4 4 (0.84%) JSON
5 3 (0.63%) REST
5 3 (0.63%) SOAP
5 3 (0.63%) Web Services
5 3 (0.63%) XML
5 3 (0.63%) XSLT
6 2 (0.42%) EDI
6 2 (0.42%) HTML
7 1 (0.21%) CSS
7 1 (0.21%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 17 (3.55%) Enterprise Software
2 14 (2.92%) Onboarding
3 12 (2.51%) CCTV
4 11 (2.30%) Eurex
4 11 (2.30%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.09%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
7 7 (1.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.25%) Mobile App
8 6 (1.25%) Social Media
8 6 (1.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 5 (1.04%) Equities
9 5 (1.04%) Fixed Income
10 4 (0.84%) Driving Licence
10 4 (0.84%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.63%) Derivative
11 3 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.42%) Cloud Native
12 2 (0.42%) IoT
12 2 (0.42%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 106 (22.13%) Unix
2 77 (16.08%) Linux
3 55 (11.48%) Solaris
4 41 (8.56%) Windows
5 11 (2.30%) CentOS
5 11 (2.30%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.04%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 130 (27.14%) ITIL
2 117 (24.43%) Problem-Solving
3 89 (18.58%) Incident Management
4 82 (17.12%) Actionable Insight
5 73 (15.24%) ITSM
6 72 (15.03%) Service Management
7 70 (14.61%) Release Management
8 58 (12.11%) ERP
9 55 (11.48%) CRM
10 54 (11.27%) Customer Service
11 50 (10.44%) Performance Tuning
12 49 (10.23%) Performance Monitoring
13 44 (9.19%) Artificial Intelligence
13 44 (9.19%) Capacity Planning
14 43 (8.98%) Capacity Management
15 31 (6.47%) Agile
15 31 (6.47%) Service Delivery
16 29 (6.05%) Change Management
17 27 (5.64%) Enterprise Architecture
17 27 (5.64%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 244 (50.94%) SQL
2 56 (11.69%) PL/SQL
3 46 (9.60%) T-SQL
4 29 (6.05%) Java
5 28 (5.85%) Shell Script
6 23 (4.80%) PowerShell
7 19 (3.97%) JavaScript
8 18 (3.76%) Python
9 17 (3.55%) C#
10 12 (2.51%) Bash
11 11 (2.30%) Perl
11 11 (2.30%) Ruby
12 8 (1.67%) C
13 5 (1.04%) VBA
14 3 (0.63%) COBOL
14 3 (0.63%) XPath
15 1 (0.21%) PHP
Qualifications
1 108 (22.55%) Degree
2 71 (14.82%) SC Cleared
2 71 (14.82%) Security Cleared
3 9 (1.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 6 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 3 (0.63%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (0.42%) ECDL
6 2 (0.42%) MCP
6 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (19.21%) SLA
2 6 (1.25%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.21%) QA
System Software
1 44 (9.19%) Oracle RAC
2 17 (3.55%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 44 (9.19%) Data Guard
1 44 (9.19%) Oracle RMAN
2 27 (5.64%) OpenSSO
2 27 (5.64%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.84%) Control-M
3 4 (0.84%) WhatsUp Gold
4 1 (0.21%) Grafana
4 1 (0.21%) Kibana
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 96 (20.04%) Oracle
2 87 (18.16%) Microsoft
3 71 (14.82%) Remedy
4 47 (9.81%) Sun
5 25 (5.22%) ION Trading
6 20 (4.18%) FNZ
6 20 (4.18%) SAP
7 13 (2.71%) Bloomberg
7 13 (2.71%) Trayport
8 12 (2.51%) Guidewire
8 12 (2.51%) Red Hat
8 12 (2.51%) ServiceNow
9 11 (2.30%) CQG
9 11 (2.30%) Patsystems
9 11 (2.30%) Reuters
10 9 (1.88%) IBM
10 9 (1.88%) NEC
10 9 (1.88%) Sage
11 8 (1.67%) Algorithmics
11 8 (1.67%) Google