Applications Specialist Jobs in Watford

Application Specialist
Hertfordshire > Watford

The median Application Specialist salary in Watford is £44,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 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
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Specialist 8 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 5.52% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 5.93% - -
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile £41,500 - -
25th Percentile £42,625 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 - -
75th Percentile £45,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hertfordshire median annual salary £44,000 £52,500 -
% change year-on-year -16.19% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Watford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Watford. 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 Watford with a recognized job title 135 257 349
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.10% 91.79% 89.03%
Number of salaries quoted 77 208 212
10th Percentile £27,500 £25,438 £34,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £30,000 £50,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -25.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,188 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £86,250
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.91% +11.00%

Applications Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Specialist in Watford

Applications Specialist
Salary Trend in Watford

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Specialist in Watford.

Salary trend for Applications Specialist in Watford

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford

For the 6 months to 15 May 2025, Applications Specialist 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 across the Watford region featuring Applications Specialist in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 8 (100.00%) IIS
1 8 (100.00%) GIS
1 8 (100.00%) Azure
2 7 (87.50%) Windows Server
2 7 (87.50%) Project Delivery
2 7 (87.50%) Windows
3 6 (75.00%) Asset Management
3 6 (75.00%) Project Planning
3 6 (75.00%) Finance
3 6 (75.00%) Advertising
4 2 (25.00%) Service Management
4 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
4 2 (25.00%) ITSM
4 2 (25.00%) IT Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) Oracle
4 2 (25.00%) PaaS
4 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (25.00%) IaaS
5 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
5 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
5 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
5 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
5 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
5 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
5 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
5 1 (12.50%) Internet

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Watford 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 (100.00%) IIS
2 1 (12.50%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 8 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) IaaS
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (25.00%) PaaS
3 1 (12.50%) Entra ID
3 1 (12.50%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (100.00%) GIS
1 8 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (75.00%) Advertising
1 6 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
1 1 (12.50%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
1 7 (87.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (87.50%) Project Delivery
2 6 (75.00%) Asset Management
2 6 (75.00%) Project Planning
3 2 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) ITSM
3 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Service Management
4 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
4 1 (12.50%) Knowledge Transfer
4 1 (12.50%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft