Applications Specialist Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Application Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Application Specialist salary for remote or hybrid work is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 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
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 432 549 591
Rank change year-on-year +117 +42 +155
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Specialist 31 29 72
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.17% 0.086% 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.089% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 26 26 67
10th Percentile £27,750 - £35,250
25th Percentile £43,000 £31,500 £41,293
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +1.06% -21.67%
75th Percentile £57,500 £53,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £63,750 £87,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -17.39%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 16,480 32,444 39,722
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.55% 95.98% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 9,871 24,899 28,264
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,010 £36,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £47,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,318 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.10% -9.89% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.62% -12.50% -

Applications Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Applications Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Applications Specialist trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Applications Specialist
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Applications Specialist.

Applications Specialist salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Specialist
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Applications Specialist over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Applications Specialist salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 13 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring Applications Specialist in the job title.

1 18 (58.06%) Microsoft
2 14 (45.16%) Problem-Solving
3 13 (41.94%) SQL Server
4 10 (32.26%) Azure
5 9 (29.03%) Data Management
5 9 (29.03%) Finance
5 9 (29.03%) Social Skills
6 8 (25.81%) Project Delivery
6 8 (25.81%) Windows
7 7 (22.58%) IIS
7 7 (22.58%) ERP
8 6 (19.35%) CRM
8 6 (19.35%) Advertising
8 6 (19.35%) Migration
8 6 (19.35%) GIS
8 6 (19.35%) Asset Management
8 6 (19.35%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (19.35%) Dynamics CRM
8 6 (19.35%) Project Planning
8 6 (19.35%) Windows Server
9 5 (16.13%) API Integration
9 5 (16.13%) NetSuite
9 5 (16.13%) Local Government
9 5 (16.13%) AWS
9 5 (16.13%) Agile
9 5 (16.13%) PostgreSQL
9 5 (16.13%) .NET
9 5 (16.13%) C#
9 5 (16.13%) JavaScript
9 5 (16.13%) Organisational Skills

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 7 (22.58%) IIS
2 1 (3.23%) Apache
2 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 6 (19.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (16.13%) NetSuite
3 2 (6.45%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (6.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 10 (32.26%) Azure
2 6 (19.35%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (16.13%) AWS
4 4 (12.90%) Power Automate
4 4 (12.90%) Power Platform
4 4 (12.90%) PowerApps
5 1 (3.23%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (3.23%) Amazon S3
5 1 (3.23%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (3.23%) Serverless
5 1 (3.23%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.23%) Intranet
1 1 (3.23%) TCP/IP
1 1 (3.23%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (41.94%) SQL Server
2 6 (19.35%) GIS
3 5 (16.13%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (12.90%) MySQL
5 1 (3.23%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (3.23%) MongoDB
5 1 (3.23%) Power BI
5 1 (3.23%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Visual Studio
2 2 (6.45%) ERwin
General
1 9 (29.03%) Finance
1 9 (29.03%) Social Skills
2 6 (19.35%) Advertising
3 5 (16.13%) Local Government
3 5 (16.13%) Organisational Skills
4 3 (9.68%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.45%) Back Office
6 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Front Office
6 1 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (3.23%) Law
6 1 (3.23%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (16.13%) .NET
2 4 (12.90%) .NET Framework
2 4 (12.90%) NHibernate
3 2 (6.45%) EDI
4 1 (3.23%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (3.23%) HTML
4 1 (3.23%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Mobile App
2 3 (9.68%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.45%) Data Structures
3 2 (6.45%) Low-Code
4 1 (3.23%) Data Centre
4 1 (3.23%) Derivative
4 1 (3.23%) Driving Licence
4 1 (3.23%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (3.23%) Equity Derivative
4 1 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (3.23%) Learning Management System
4 1 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.23%) NHS
4 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 8 (25.81%) Windows
2 6 (19.35%) Windows Server
3 1 (3.23%) Linux
3 1 (3.23%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (45.16%) Problem-Solving
2 9 (29.03%) Data Management
3 8 (25.81%) Project Delivery
4 7 (22.58%) ERP
5 6 (19.35%) Asset Management
5 6 (19.35%) CRM
5 6 (19.35%) Migration
5 6 (19.35%) Project Planning
6 5 (16.13%) Agile
6 5 (16.13%) API Integration
6 5 (16.13%) API Management
7 4 (12.90%) Clean Code
7 4 (12.90%) Customer Service
7 4 (12.90%) Data Privacy
7 4 (12.90%) MVC
7 4 (12.90%) Prototyping
7 4 (12.90%) User Experience
8 3 (9.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (9.68%) Workflow
9 2 (6.45%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (16.13%) C#
1 5 (16.13%) JavaScript
2 4 (12.90%) TypeScript
3 3 (9.68%) PowerShell
3 3 (9.68%) Python
4 2 (6.45%) SQL
5 1 (3.23%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (3.23%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (3.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) SCCM
Vendors
1 18 (58.06%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) BiZZdesign
2 2 (6.45%) Oracle
2 2 (6.45%) SAP
2 2 (6.45%) Sparx
3 1 (3.23%) Aderant
3 1 (3.23%) iManage
3 1 (3.23%) Sophis
3 1 (3.23%) VMware
3 1 (3.23%) Workday