Applications Support Jobs in the West Midlands

Application Support
England > West Midlands

The median Application Support salary in the West Midlands is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 205 225
Rank change year-on-year +47 +20 +6
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 35 52 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.85% 0.67% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% 0.71% 0.65%
Number of salaries quoted 28 36 34
10th Percentile £29,200 - £28,125
25th Percentile £31,750 £24,000 £31,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £32,310 £39,820
Median % change year-on-year +31.54% -18.86% -3.47%
75th Percentile £53,750 £40,625 £50,000
90th Percentile £63,750 £48,750 £57,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,723 7,339 5,520
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.58% 94.44% 90.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,633 5,465 3,256
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,344 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.69% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in the West Midlands

Applications Support
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Support in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Applications Support in the West Midlands

Applications Support
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in the West Midlands

Applications Support
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 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
Birmingham +35 20 £52,500 +27.27% 7
Worcestershire - 7 £26,000 - 2
Staffordshire +24 5 £37,500 -6.25% 4
Coventry -9 1 - - 1
Applications Support
England

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 16 (45.71%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (42.86%) SQL
2 15 (42.86%) Oracle
3 14 (40.00%) Microsoft
4 12 (34.29%) Oracle Fusion
4 12 (34.29%) Incident Management
5 11 (31.43%) Middleware
5 11 (31.43%) Oracle EBS
5 11 (31.43%) Oracle Applications
6 10 (28.57%) CRM
7 9 (25.71%) Dynamics CRM
8 8 (22.86%) ServiceNow
8 8 (22.86%) Social Skills
8 8 (22.86%) Cost Reduction
8 8 (22.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 7 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
9 7 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
9 7 (20.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
9 7 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (20.00%) ERP
9 7 (20.00%) Migration
10 6 (17.14%) Data Management
10 6 (17.14%) NetSuite
10 6 (17.14%) API Integration
11 5 (14.29%) API Management
11 5 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
11 5 (14.29%) Azure
11 5 (14.29%) .NET
11 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
12 4 (11.43%) Java

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (2.86%) IIS
1 1 (2.86%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (31.43%) Oracle Applications
1 11 (31.43%) Oracle EBS
2 9 (25.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (17.14%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
2 5 (14.29%) Azure
3 4 (11.43%) Amazon ECS
3 4 (11.43%) AWS
3 4 (11.43%) AWS Lambda
3 4 (11.43%) Serverless
4 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (2.86%) Power Automate
4 1 (2.86%) Power Platform
4 1 (2.86%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.86%) Power BI
General
1 8 (22.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 8 (22.86%) Social Skills
2 4 (11.43%) Retail
3 3 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (34.29%) Oracle Fusion
2 11 (31.43%) Middleware
3 5 (14.29%) .NET
4 1 (2.86%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (8.57%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.86%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (2.86%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.71%) Linux
2 1 (2.86%) Windows
2 1 (2.86%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (45.71%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (34.29%) Incident Management
3 10 (28.57%) CRM
4 8 (22.86%) Cost Reduction
5 7 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
5 7 (20.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
5 7 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
5 7 (20.00%) ERP
5 7 (20.00%) Migration
6 6 (17.14%) API Integration
6 6 (17.14%) Data Management
7 5 (14.29%) API Management
7 5 (14.29%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (11.43%) Mentoring
8 4 (11.43%) Roadmaps
8 4 (11.43%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (11.43%) Technology Roadmap
9 3 (8.57%) Data Protection
10 2 (5.71%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 15 (42.86%) SQL
2 4 (11.43%) Java
2 4 (11.43%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (2.86%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) PCI DSS
1 4 (11.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 15 (42.86%) Oracle
2 14 (40.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (22.86%) ServiceNow