Senior Applications Support Analyst Job Trends

Senior Application Support Analyst
UK

The median Senior Application Support Analyst salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 662 774 740
Rank change year-on-year +112 -34 +438
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Applications Support Analyst 14 22 37
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.028% 0.028% 0.061%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.030% 0.065%
Number of salaries quoted 14 18 17
10th Percentile - £35,000 £62,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £44,563 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,750 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.08% -18.93% -6.67%
75th Percentile £61,250 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £70,125 £123,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £35,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +57.14% -26.32% +19.39%

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 44,338 74,395 56,728
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.65% 95.25% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 26,053 44,780 43,966
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

Senior Applications Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Applications Support Analyst 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 18 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Applications Support Analyst in the UK

Senior Applications Support Analyst
Top 6 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 18 September 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 +100 13 £55,000 -3.08% 1
London +58 9 £47,500 -43.28%
UK excluding London +114 5 £55,000 +57.14% 1
Work from Home +69 4 £66,250 -5.36% 1
East of England -10 4 £55,000 +57.14%
Scotland - 1 £38,500 -

Senior Applications Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Senior 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 Senior Applications Support Analyst in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) SQL
2 7 (50.00%) ITIL
2 7 (50.00%) Service Management
2 7 (50.00%) Finance
3 5 (35.71%) Mentoring
3 5 (35.71%) ITSM
3 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (28.57%) HTML
4 4 (28.57%) JavaScript
4 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (28.57%) Creative Thinking
5 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
6 2 (14.29%) Windows
6 2 (14.29%) LogicMonitor
6 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
6 2 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
6 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
6 2 (14.29%) Azure
6 2 (14.29%) RedGate
7 1 (7.14%) Tableau
7 1 (7.14%) Power BI
7 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (7.14%) Data Analysis
7 1 (7.14%) Power Platform

Senior 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:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (21.43%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.14%) Power BI
2 1 (7.14%) Tableau
General
1 7 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) ITIL
1 7 (50.00%) Service Management
2 5 (35.71%) ITSM
2 5 (35.71%) Mentoring
2 5 (35.71%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (28.57%) Creative Thinking
3 4 (28.57%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (14.29%) Data Protection
5 1 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (7.14%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (64.29%) SQL
2 4 (28.57%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) LogicMonitor
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 2 (14.29%) RedGate