Application Support
UK

The median Application Support salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 313 363 397
Rank change year-on-year +50 +34 -107
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 915 931 1,465
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.93% 0.90% 0.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 0.98% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 691 732 1,205
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,695 £33,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £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 93,479 94,643 151,222
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,031 59,595 85,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.49% - +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
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 6 May 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 6 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 +79 815 £47,500 -5.00% 157
UK excluding London +52 553 £41,000 +9.33% 96
London +83 348 £62,500 - 61
Work from Home +21 337 £50,000 +8.70% 65
South East +80 167 £42,500 +6.25% 21
North of England +10 118 £40,000 +5.26% 23
Midlands +57 98 £32,121 -10.78% 16
North West +14 72 £45,000 +8.43% 16
East Midlands +26 61 £32,500 -7.14% 10
Wales +36 46 £45,000 +42.86%
East of England +25 46 £47,500 +6.66% 19
Yorkshire +57 37 £35,579 -5.12% 4
West Midlands +29 37 £32,121 -19.70% 6
South West -42 36 £43,500 +33.85% 13
Scotland -45 36 £40,750 -9.44% 6
North East -16 9 £37,500 +36.36% 3
Northern Ireland +12 5 £57,500 +33.72%
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 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.

1 450 (49.18%) SQL
2 267 (29.18%) Finance
3 239 (26.12%) Social Skills
4 238 (26.01%) Problem-Solving
5 198 (21.64%) Microsoft
6 193 (21.09%) ITIL
7 176 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
8 171 (18.69%) Degree
9 156 (17.05%) Oracle
10 150 (16.39%) Linux
11 148 (16.17%) Unix
12 143 (15.63%) SQL Server
13 131 (14.32%) SLA
14 128 (13.99%) Windows
15 114 (12.46%) Incident Management
16 108 (11.80%) Azure
17 101 (11.04%) Service Management
18 96 (10.49%) Security Cleared
19 93 (10.16%) Customer Service
20 86 (9.40%) CRM
21 85 (9.29%) Actionable Insight
22 84 (9.18%) ITSM
22 84 (9.18%) Release Management
23 82 (8.96%) ERP
24 81 (8.85%) SC Cleared
25 76 (8.31%) JIRA
26 75 (8.20%) PL/SQL
27 74 (8.09%) WebLogic
27 74 (8.09%) Remedy
28 69 (7.54%) 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 52 (5.68%) SharePoint
3 45 (4.92%) Oracle Service Bus
4 34 (3.72%) IIS
5 27 (2.95%) Tomcat
6 26 (2.84%) Microsoft Exchange
7 14 (1.53%) Apache
8 13 (1.42%) Confluence
9 12 (1.31%) CMS
10 7 (0.77%) EPiServer
11 5 (0.55%) JBoss
11 5 (0.55%) WebSphere
Applications
1 64 (6.99%) Microsoft Office
2 56 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 52 (5.68%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 62 (6.78%) Dynamics CRM
2 45 (4.92%) Remedy ITSM
3 23 (2.51%) NEC Housing
4 22 (2.40%) PlanetPress Connect
5 15 (1.64%) Fidessa
6 12 (1.31%) Dynamics NAV
7 11 (1.20%) Dynamics GP
8 10 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
9 9 (0.98%) thinkFolio
10 8 (0.87%) Endur
11 7 (0.77%) Dynamics AX
12 6 (0.66%) Infor SunSystems
12 6 (0.66%) ION Anvil
12 6 (0.66%) ION MarketView
12 6 (0.66%) NetSuite
12 6 (0.66%) Oracle Applications
12 6 (0.66%) Temenos T24
13 5 (0.55%) Aladdin
13 5 (0.55%) Magento
14 4 (0.44%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 108 (11.80%) Azure
2 57 (6.23%) Dynamics 365
3 56 (6.12%) Power Platform
4 47 (5.14%) AWS
5 43 (4.70%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (3.39%) SaaS
7 25 (2.73%) Power Automate
8 22 (2.40%) PowerApps
9 13 (1.42%) Entra ID
10 12 (1.31%) WhatsApp
11 11 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
12 9 (0.98%) Azure Monitor
13 8 (0.87%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 8 (0.87%) IaaS
14 6 (0.66%) PaaS
15 5 (0.55%) Google Sheets
16 4 (0.44%) Azure Logic Apps
16 4 (0.44%) SuccessFactors
17 2 (0.22%) GCP
17 2 (0.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 29 (3.17%) Firewall
2 24 (2.62%) DNS
3 17 (1.86%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.64%) DHCP
4 15 (1.64%) FIX Connectivity
5 11 (1.20%) VPN
6 6 (0.66%) Broadband
6 6 (0.66%) Internet
7 5 (0.55%) 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
1 143 (15.63%) SQL Server
2 68 (7.43%) Oracle Database
3 45 (4.92%) Oracle Database 10g
3 45 (4.92%) Oracle Database 11g
3 45 (4.92%) VLDB
4 34 (3.72%) Power BI
5 30 (3.28%) Elasticsearch
6 25 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
7 24 (2.62%) 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 76 (8.31%) JIRA
2 22 (2.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 21 (2.30%) Eclipse
4 9 (0.98%) 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
1 267 (29.18%) Finance
2 239 (26.12%) Social Skills
3 176 (19.23%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (7.21%) Front Office
5 64 (6.99%) Banking
6 37 (4.04%) Law
7 36 (3.93%) Police
8 29 (3.17%) Marketing
9 27 (2.95%) Manufacturing
10 26 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 22 (2.40%) Back Office
11 22 (2.40%) Retail
12 20 (2.19%) Legal
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 4 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (4.37%) .NET
2 32 (3.50%) J2EE
3 31 (3.39%) Spring
4 30 (3.28%) Web Services
5 29 (3.17%) FIX Protocol
5 29 (3.17%) Java EE
6 15 (1.64%) REST
7 12 (1.31%) HTML
8 11 (1.20%) ASP.NET
8 11 (1.20%) JSON
8 11 (1.20%) XML
9 10 (1.09%) SOAP
10 9 (0.98%) EDI
11 8 (0.87%) XSLT
12 7 (0.77%) CSS
12 7 (0.77%) Middleware
13 6 (0.66%) Kafka
13 6 (0.66%) OLE
14 4 (0.44%) .NET Framework
15 3 (0.33%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 22 (2.40%) Enterprise Software
2 21 (2.30%) Driving Licence
3 19 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (1.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 18 (1.97%) Onboarding
5 16 (1.75%) Management Information System
5 16 (1.75%) Product Ownership
6 15 (1.64%) Eurex
7 14 (1.53%) 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%) Linux Command Line
12 8 (0.87%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 150 (16.39%) Linux
2 148 (16.17%) Unix
3 128 (13.99%) Windows
4 69 (7.54%) Solaris
5 24 (2.62%) Windows Server
6 15 (1.64%) CentOS
7 10 (1.09%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.77%) 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
1 238 (26.01%) Problem-Solving
2 193 (21.09%) ITIL
3 114 (12.46%) Incident Management
4 101 (11.04%) Service Management
5 93 (10.16%) Customer Service
6 86 (9.40%) CRM
7 85 (9.29%) Actionable Insight
8 84 (9.18%) ITSM
8 84 (9.18%) Release Management
9 82 (8.96%) ERP
10 57 (6.23%) Performance Tuning
11 56 (6.12%) Agile
12 53 (5.79%) Artificial Intelligence
13 51 (5.57%) Performance Monitoring
14 46 (5.03%) Capacity Planning
15 45 (4.92%) Capacity Management
16 41 (4.48%) Business Intelligence
16 41 (4.48%) Project Management
16 41 (4.48%) Service Delivery
17 40 (4.37%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 450 (49.18%) SQL
2 75 (8.20%) PL/SQL
3 63 (6.89%) Java
4 62 (6.78%) T-SQL
5 57 (6.23%) C#
6 49 (5.36%) Shell Script
7 47 (5.14%) Python
8 43 (4.70%) PowerShell
9 32 (3.50%) JavaScript
10 19 (2.08%) Bash
11 15 (1.64%) Perl
11 15 (1.64%) 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 3 (0.33%) VB
16 1 (0.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 171 (18.69%) Degree
2 96 (10.49%) Security Cleared
3 81 (8.85%) SC Cleared
4 14 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.09%) Master's Degree
5 10 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 9 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 7 (0.77%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (0.66%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.44%) A+ Certification
9 4 (0.44%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.44%) CIPD
9 4 (0.44%) MCDST
10 2 (0.22%) ECDL
10 2 (0.22%) MCP
11 1 (0.11%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.11%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (14.32%) SLA
2 14 (1.53%) Accessibility
3 8 (0.87%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.77%) GDPR
5 5 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.44%) SOC 1
7 2 (0.22%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.22%) QA
8 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 45 (4.92%) Oracle RAC
2 44 (4.81%) Active Directory
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
6 6 (0.66%) Kubernetes
7 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Clustering
7 5 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
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
1 198 (21.64%) Microsoft
2 156 (17.05%) Oracle
3 74 (8.09%) Remedy
4 50 (5.46%) Sun
5 31 (3.39%) ION Trading
6 30 (3.28%) SAP
7 29 (3.17%) ServiceNow
8 23 (2.51%) NEC
8 23 (2.51%) Trayport
9 22 (2.40%) Bloomberg
9 22 (2.40%) FNZ
9 22 (2.40%) Murex
10 20 (2.19%) Guidewire
11 17 (1.86%) Civica
12 16 (1.75%) Red Hat
13 15 (1.64%) CQG
13 15 (1.64%) Patsystems
13 15 (1.64%) Reuters
14 14 (1.53%) Salesforce
15 11 (1.20%) Sage