Applications Support Specialist Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Application Support Specialist
UK > Work from Home

The median Application Support Specialist salary for remote or hybrid work is £44,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 398 574 632
Rank change year-on-year +176 +58 +162
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Specialist 19 10 45
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.13% 0.030% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.031% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 14 9 44
10th Percentile £27,750 £40,000 £34,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £46,250 £42,595
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £47,500 £46,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.37% +3.26% -23.33%
75th Percentile £55,313 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £74,125 £73,200 £82,500
UK median annual salary £44,000 £48,250 £46,000
% change year-on-year -8.81% +4.89% -18.58%

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 13,761 32,474 40,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.71% 96.00% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 9,932 24,947 29,049
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,008 £36,711
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £47,447
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -10.40% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £92,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,550 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.42% -12.42% -

Applications Support Specialist
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

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

Applications Support Specialist
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Applications Support Specialist salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Support Specialist
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Applications Support Specialist over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Applications Support Specialist salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 3 May 2025, Applications Support 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 Support Specialist in the job title.

1 8 (42.11%) Finance
1 8 (42.11%) Data Management
1 8 (42.11%) Microsoft
2 7 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
2 7 (36.84%) ERP
2 7 (36.84%) Windows
2 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
3 6 (31.58%) Advertising
3 6 (31.58%) GIS
3 6 (31.58%) SQL Server
3 6 (31.58%) IIS
3 6 (31.58%) Project Delivery
3 6 (31.58%) Windows Server
3 6 (31.58%) Asset Management
3 6 (31.58%) Project Planning
3 6 (31.58%) Azure
4 5 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (26.32%) NetSuite
4 5 (26.32%) API Integration
4 5 (26.32%) Migration
4 5 (26.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (26.32%) CRM
4 5 (26.32%) API Management
5 3 (15.79%) Customer Service
5 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (10.53%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (10.53%) Time Management
6 2 (10.53%) EDI

Applications Support 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 6 (31.58%) IIS
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (26.32%) NetSuite
2 2 (10.53%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (31.58%) Azure
2 5 (26.32%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.26%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (5.26%) Amazon S3
3 1 (5.26%) AWS
3 1 (5.26%) AWS Lambda
3 1 (5.26%) Serverless
3 1 (5.26%) Virtual Private Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (31.58%) GIS
1 6 (31.58%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.26%) Amazon RDS
2 1 (5.26%) MongoDB
2 1 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
General
1 8 (42.11%) Finance
2 7 (36.84%) Social Skills
3 6 (31.58%) Advertising
4 3 (15.79%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.26%) Back Office
5 1 (5.26%) Front Office
5 1 (5.26%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) EDI
2 1 (5.26%) FIX Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Derivative
1 1 (5.26%) Equity Derivative
1 1 (5.26%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 7 (36.84%) Windows
2 6 (31.58%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.26%) Linux
3 1 (5.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Data Management
2 7 (36.84%) ERP
2 7 (36.84%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (31.58%) Asset Management
3 6 (31.58%) Project Delivery
3 6 (31.58%) Project Planning
4 5 (26.32%) API Integration
4 5 (26.32%) API Management
4 5 (26.32%) CRM
4 5 (26.32%) Migration
5 3 (15.79%) Customer Service
6 2 (10.53%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (10.53%) Time Management
7 1 (5.26%) Agile
7 1 (5.26%) Client Onboarding
7 1 (5.26%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (5.26%) Compliance Audit
7 1 (5.26%) Portfolio Management
7 1 (5.26%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (5.26%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.26%) Java
1 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.26%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.26%) Python
1 1 (5.26%) SQL
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.53%) SAP
3 1 (5.26%) Oracle
3 1 (5.26%) Sophis