Senior Applications Support Analyst Job Trends

Senior Application Support Analyst
UK

The median Senior Application Support Analyst salary in the UK is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 July 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 745 644 860
Rank change year-on-year -101 +216 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Applications Support Analyst 11 31 36
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.011% 0.065% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.072% 0.036%
Number of salaries quoted 10 30 17
10th Percentile £53,511 £46,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £46,250 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% -10.34% -9.38%
75th Percentile £61,250 £69,219 £85,000
90th Percentile - £72,500 £124,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £51,000 £36,250
% change year-on-year +12.75% +40.69% -27.50%

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 91,485 43,049 99,006
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.14% 89.92% 94.75%
Number of salaries quoted 62,795 25,127 71,233
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £28,550
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,125 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,130 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.26% - -5.66%

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
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 5 July 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 -61 10 £57,500 +12.75% 1
Work from Home -17 7 £57,500 -12.38%
Scotland +19 6 £57,500 +51.32%
England -84 4 £60,000 -7.69% 1
South East -35 3 £60,000 +27.66%
South West - 1 £51,356 -

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

For the 6 months to 5 July 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 9 (81.82%) .NET
2 8 (72.73%) Mentoring
3 7 (63.64%) Oracle
3 7 (63.64%) SQL
4 6 (54.55%) Collateral Management
4 6 (54.55%) Java
5 3 (27.27%) ServiceNow
6 2 (18.18%) Translating Business Requirements
7 1 (9.09%) Business Analysis
7 1 (9.09%) Change Management
7 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (9.09%) Customer Engagement
7 1 (9.09%) ITIL
7 1 (9.09%) Liquidlogic
7 1 (9.09%) Oracle Database
7 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (9.09%) Project Management
7 1 (9.09%) QA
7 1 (9.09%) Release Management
7 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
7 1 (9.09%) Risk Register
7 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
7 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
7 1 (9.09%) SLA
7 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
7 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (9.09%) Systems Analysis
7 1 (9.09%) Test Scripting

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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle Database
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (54.55%) Finance
1 6 (54.55%) Financial Institution
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Local Government
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (81.82%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Mentoring
2 6 (54.55%) Collateral Management
3 2 (18.18%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (9.09%) Business Analysis
4 1 (9.09%) Change Management
4 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (9.09%) Customer Engagement
4 1 (9.09%) ITIL
4 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (9.09%) Project Management
4 1 (9.09%) Release Management
4 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
4 1 (9.09%) Risk Register
4 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
4 1 (9.09%) Service Delivery
4 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Analysis
4 1 (9.09%) Test Scripting
4 1 (9.09%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (63.64%) SQL
2 6 (54.55%) Java
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) QA
1 1 (9.09%) SLA
Vendors
1 7 (63.64%) Oracle
2 3 (27.27%) ServiceNow
3 1 (9.09%) Liquidlogic