Senior Applications Support Analyst Job Trends

Senior Application Support Analyst
UK

The median Senior Application Support Analyst salary in the UK is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 February 2026.

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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 645 670 774
Rank change year-on-year +25 +104 +229
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Applications Support Analyst 25 25 30
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.038% 0.050% 0.040%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.054% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 25 22 7
10th Percentile - £50,125 £35,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £62,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £65,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +21.50% +1.90%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £65,625
90th Percentile £61,250 - £74,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year - +13.33% -16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 59,861 45,885 70,536
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.11% 91.77% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 37,368 23,689 55,248
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -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 10 February 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Applications Support Analyst in the UK

Senior Applications Support Analyst
Top 10 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 10 February 2026. 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
UK excluding London +41 25 £42,500 - 5
England +45 21 £42,500 -34.62% 2
Work from Home +38 12 £42,000 -35.38% 3
North of England - 8 £42,000 -
North West - 8 £42,000 -
Midlands +17 7 £42,500 +21.43% 2
West Midlands - 7 £42,500 - 2
South East +16 4 £60,000 +20.00%
Scotland - 4 £57,500 - 3
South West - 2 £51,356 -

Senior Applications Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 10 February 2026, 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 17 (68.00%) SQL
2 9 (36.00%) Roadmaps
3 8 (32.00%) .NET
3 8 (32.00%) ITIL
4 7 (28.00%) B2B
4 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (28.00%) Product Roadmap
4 7 (28.00%) SaaS
4 7 (28.00%) Software Testing
4 7 (28.00%) T-SQL
4 7 (28.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 6 (24.00%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (24.00%) Customer Service
5 6 (24.00%) ETL
5 6 (24.00%) Housing Management
5 6 (24.00%) Mentoring
5 6 (24.00%) NEC Housing
5 6 (24.00%) Northgate
5 6 (24.00%) Power BI
5 6 (24.00%) Power Platform
6 4 (16.00%) Collateral Management
6 4 (16.00%) Java
6 4 (16.00%) Oracle
6 4 (16.00%) ServiceNow
7 2 (8.00%) Change Management
7 2 (8.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (8.00%) Customer Engagement
7 2 (8.00%) Liquidlogic
7 2 (8.00%) Project Management
7 2 (8.00%) Risk Management

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:

Business Applications
1 6 (24.00%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 7 (28.00%) SaaS
2 6 (24.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (24.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (16.00%) Finance
1 4 (16.00%) Financial Institution
2 2 (8.00%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (32.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (36.00%) Roadmaps
2 8 (32.00%) ITIL
3 7 (28.00%) B2B
3 7 (28.00%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (28.00%) Product Roadmap
3 7 (28.00%) Software Testing
3 7 (28.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (24.00%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (24.00%) Customer Service
4 6 (24.00%) ETL
4 6 (24.00%) Housing Management
4 6 (24.00%) Mentoring
5 4 (16.00%) Collateral Management
6 2 (8.00%) Change Management
6 2 (8.00%) Project Management
6 2 (8.00%) Risk Management
6 2 (8.00%) Risk Register
6 2 (8.00%) Service Delivery
6 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 2 (8.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 17 (68.00%) SQL
2 7 (28.00%) T-SQL
3 4 (16.00%) Java
Vendors
1 6 (24.00%) Northgate
2 4 (16.00%) Oracle
2 4 (16.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (8.00%) Liquidlogic