Senior Applications Support Analyst Job Trends

Senior Application Support Analyst
UK

The median Senior Application Support Analyst salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 29 October 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 657 741 695
Rank change year-on-year +84 -46 +428
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Applications Support Analyst 14 18 38
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.028% 0.026% 0.070%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.028% 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 14 16 16
10th Percentile - £35,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,813 £68,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,250 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% -26.79% +27.27%
75th Percentile £48,750 £84,063 £75,000
90th Percentile £58,375 £100,000 £79,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £35,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +21.43% -6.67% -23.90%

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 44,720 64,937 52,025
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.10% 95.28% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 26,871 36,919 40,244
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £42,798
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,750 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.50% -4.76% -

Senior Applications Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Senior Applications Support Analyst' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Senior Applications Support Analyst job vacancy trend in the UK

Senior Applications Support Analyst
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Senior Applications Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Applications Support Analyst job vacancies in the UK

Senior Applications Support Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Applications Support Analyst over the 6 months to 29 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Applications Support Analyst in the UK

Senior Applications Support Analyst
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Applications Support Analyst within the UK over the 6 months to 29 October 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
England +81 13 £47,500 -7.32% 2
UK excluding London +81 7 £42,500 +21.43% 2
London +56 7 £47,500 -33.33%
Midlands +51 6 £42,500 +21.43% 2
West Midlands - 6 £42,500 - 1
Work from Home +57 2 £68,250 +24.09% 1
Scotland - 1 £38,500 -

Senior Applications Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 October 2025, Senior Applications Support Analyst job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Senior Applications Support Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) SQL
2 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (42.86%) B2B
3 6 (42.86%) Product Roadmap
3 6 (42.86%) Roadmaps
3 6 (42.86%) SaaS
3 6 (42.86%) Software Testing
3 6 (42.86%) T-SQL
3 6 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
4 5 (35.71%) ITIL
4 5 (35.71%) ITSM
4 5 (35.71%) Service Management
5 2 (14.29%) Azure
5 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
5 2 (14.29%) Windows
6 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (7.14%) Data Analysis
6 1 (7.14%) Mentoring
6 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
6 1 (7.14%) Power BI
6 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
6 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
6 1 (7.14%) Tableau

Senior Applications Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) SaaS
2 2 (14.29%) Azure
3 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) Power BI
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.14%) Tableau
General
1 5 (35.71%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (42.86%) B2B
2 6 (42.86%) Product Roadmap
2 6 (42.86%) Roadmaps
2 6 (42.86%) Software Testing
2 6 (42.86%) User Acceptance Testing
3 5 (35.71%) ITIL
3 5 (35.71%) ITSM
3 5 (35.71%) Service Management
4 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
5 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (7.14%) Data Analysis
5 1 (7.14%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 9 (64.29%) SQL
2 6 (42.86%) T-SQL