Senior Applications Support Jobs

Senior Application Support
UK

The median Senior Application Support salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 May 2025.

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

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 661 833 857
Rank change year-on-year +172 +24 +283
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Applications Support 56 61 124
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.10% 0.061% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.065% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 54 21 90
10th Percentile £42,000 - £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £45,000 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -24.14% +11.54%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £44,500 £45,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.11% -18.18% +46.67%

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 49,922 93,907 92,301
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 94.63% 91.49%
Number of salaries quoted 27,447 67,290 58,243
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £80,627
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%

Senior Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Applications Support in the UK

Senior Applications Support
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Applications Support.

Salary trend for Senior Applications Support in the UK

Senior Applications Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Applications Support over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Applications Support in the UK

Senior Applications Support
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 within the UK over the 6 months to 12 May 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 +148 55 £65,000 +18.18% 13
London +130 40 £67,500 +5.88% 9
Work from Home +153 30 £65,000 +10.64% 7
UK excluding London +141 16 £44,500 -1.11% 11
East of England - 11 £42,000 - 1
South East +70 4 £47,000 +4.44% 5
Scotland - 1 £38,000 - 1

Senior Applications Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Senior Applications Support 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 in the job title.

1 56 (100.00%) SQL
2 34 (60.71%) Social Skills
3 31 (55.36%) SQL Server
4 29 (51.79%) Windows
5 28 (50.00%) Microsoft
6 27 (48.21%) Finance
7 24 (42.86%) Azure
8 21 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 21 (37.50%) PL/SQL
8 21 (37.50%) DB2
8 21 (37.50%) VB.NET
8 21 (37.50%) .NET
8 21 (37.50%) C#
9 20 (35.71%) Mentoring
10 18 (32.14%) ITIL
11 17 (30.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 14 (25.00%) T-SQL
12 14 (25.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
12 14 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
12 14 (25.00%) Legacy Applications
13 13 (23.21%) Problem-Solving
13 13 (23.21%) Power Platform
13 13 (23.21%) Degree
13 13 (23.21%) PowerShell
14 11 (19.64%) SolarWinds
14 11 (19.64%) Python
15 10 (17.86%) Service Delivery
16 9 (16.07%) Front Office
16 9 (16.07%) Analytical Skills
17 8 (14.29%) Power BI

Senior Applications Support 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:

Application Platforms
1 8 (14.29%) IIS
2 7 (12.50%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.79%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 24 (42.86%) Azure
2 13 (23.21%) Power Platform
3 7 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (8.93%) Azure Data Factory
4 5 (8.93%) Azure Logic Apps
4 5 (8.93%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (8.93%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.50%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (55.36%) SQL Server
2 21 (37.50%) DB2
2 21 (37.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 17 (30.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (14.29%) Power BI
5 7 (12.50%) Relational Database
6 5 (8.93%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (1.79%) MySQL
7 1 (1.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (12.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 7 (12.50%) Visual Studio
General
1 34 (60.71%) Social Skills
2 27 (48.21%) Finance
3 9 (16.07%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (16.07%) Front Office
4 7 (12.50%) Local Government
5 6 (10.71%) Banking
6 3 (5.36%) Back Office
7 1 (1.79%) Financial Institution
7 1 (1.79%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (37.50%) .NET
2 7 (12.50%) .NET Framework
2 7 (12.50%) ASP.NET
3 4 (7.14%) HTML
4 1 (1.79%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 14 (25.00%) Legacy Applications
2 3 (5.36%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.57%) Video\Live Streaming
4 1 (1.79%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.79%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 29 (51.79%) Windows
2 7 (12.50%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (35.71%) Mentoring
2 18 (32.14%) ITIL
3 14 (25.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
3 14 (25.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 13 (23.21%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (17.86%) Service Delivery
6 8 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
6 8 (14.29%) Problem Management
7 7 (12.50%) High Availability
7 7 (12.50%) ITSM
7 7 (12.50%) Proactive Maintenance
7 7 (12.50%) Service Management
8 6 (10.71%) Computer Science
8 6 (10.71%) Customer Service
9 5 (8.93%) Application Security
9 5 (8.93%) Change Management
9 5 (8.93%) Knowledge Management
9 5 (8.93%) Requirements Gathering
10 4 (7.14%) Creative Thinking
10 4 (7.14%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 56 (100.00%) SQL
2 21 (37.50%) C#
2 21 (37.50%) PL/SQL
2 21 (37.50%) VB.NET
3 14 (25.00%) T-SQL
4 13 (23.21%) PowerShell
5 11 (19.64%) Python
6 4 (7.14%) JavaScript
7 1 (1.79%) Bash
7 1 (1.79%) Perl
Qualifications
1 13 (23.21%) Degree
2 1 (1.79%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 7 (12.50%) ITRS Geneos
1 7 (12.50%) Nagios
2 4 (7.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 28 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (19.64%) SolarWinds
3 7 (12.50%) ServiceNow
4 4 (7.14%) Trayport
5 2 (3.57%) LogicMonitor
5 2 (3.57%) RedGate