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 5 April 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 668 588 829
Rank change year-on-year -80 +241 +122
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Applications Support Analyst 27 39 35
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.033% 0.095% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.11% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 26 36 8
10th Percentile - £47,375 £36,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £60,000 £47,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £65,000 £54,250
Median % change year-on-year -34.62% +19.82% -36.18%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,813 £58,313
90th Percentile £61,250 £71,250 £65,400
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -9.57% +25.33% -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 74,800 36,762 86,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.28% 89.83% 94.57%
Number of salaries quoted 48,216 23,292 64,576
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £54,650
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.79% -8.92%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £72,375
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,600 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.94% +5.20% -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 5 April 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 5 April 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 -52 26 £42,500 -9.57%
England -62 20 £42,500 -34.62%
Work from Home -14 15 £42,000 -35.38%
North West - 8 £42,000 -
North of England - 8 £42,000 -
Scotland -26 6 £57,500 +51.32%
West Midlands - 6 £42,500 -
Midlands - 6 £42,500 -
South East -28 4 £60,000 +27.66%
South West - 2 £51,356 -

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

For the 6 months to 5 April 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 19 (70.37%) SQL
2 10 (37.04%) .NET
3 9 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 8 (29.63%) ITIL
4 8 (29.63%) Roadmaps
5 7 (25.93%) Oracle
5 7 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (25.93%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (22.22%) B2B
6 6 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
6 6 (22.22%) Collateral Management
6 6 (22.22%) Customer Service
6 6 (22.22%) ETL
6 6 (22.22%) Housing Management
6 6 (22.22%) Java
6 6 (22.22%) NEC Housing
6 6 (22.22%) Northgate
6 6 (22.22%) Power BI
6 6 (22.22%) Power Platform
6 6 (22.22%) Product Roadmap
6 6 (22.22%) SaaS
6 6 (22.22%) Software Testing
6 6 (22.22%) T-SQL
7 4 (14.81%) ServiceNow
8 3 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
9 2 (7.41%) Change Management
9 2 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (7.41%) Customer Engagement
9 2 (7.41%) Liquidlogic
9 2 (7.41%) Project 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 (22.22%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 6 (22.22%) Power Platform
1 6 (22.22%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (22.22%) Power BI
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle Database
2 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (22.22%) Finance
1 6 (22.22%) Financial Institution
2 2 (7.41%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (7.41%) Local Government
3 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (3.70%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (37.04%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.41%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 8 (29.63%) ITIL
2 8 (29.63%) Roadmaps
3 7 (25.93%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (25.93%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (22.22%) B2B
4 6 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
4 6 (22.22%) Collateral Management
4 6 (22.22%) Customer Service
4 6 (22.22%) ETL
4 6 (22.22%) Housing Management
4 6 (22.22%) Product Roadmap
4 6 (22.22%) Software Testing
5 3 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
6 2 (7.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (7.41%) Customer Engagement
6 2 (7.41%) Project Management
6 2 (7.41%) Risk Register
6 2 (7.41%) Service Delivery
6 2 (7.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 19 (70.37%) SQL
2 6 (22.22%) Java
2 6 (22.22%) T-SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.70%) QA
1 1 (3.70%) SLA
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Oracle
2 6 (22.22%) Northgate
3 4 (14.81%) ServiceNow
4 2 (7.41%) Liquidlogic