Applications Support Jobs with Work from Home Options

Application Support
UK > Work from Home

The median Application Support salary in Work from Home is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 303 328 346
Rank change year-on-year +25 +18 -25
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 333 405 665
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.99% 0.96% 0.98%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 0.99% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 292 359 560
10th Percentile £33,000 £28,700 £26,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £33,375 £32,328
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +8.24% +6.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £83,000 £71,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 32,422 40,723 66,198
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.99% 96.03% 97.39%
Number of salaries quoted 24,878 28,925 42,092
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Applications Support
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Applications Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Applications Support trend for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Support
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Applications Support.

Applications Support salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Support
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Applications Support over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Applications Support salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 176 (52.85%) SQL
2 138 (41.44%) Finance
3 101 (30.33%) Social Skills
4 98 (29.43%) Microsoft
5 75 (22.52%) SQL Server
5 75 (22.52%) Windows
6 73 (21.92%) ITIL
7 71 (21.32%) Problem-Solving
8 61 (18.32%) Degree
9 51 (15.32%) Azure
10 49 (14.71%) CRM
11 48 (14.41%) JIRA
12 47 (14.11%) Analytical Skills
13 46 (13.81%) Linux
14 41 (12.31%) Oracle
14 41 (12.31%) Front Office
14 41 (12.31%) Dynamics CRM
15 36 (10.81%) ITSM
16 34 (10.21%) ERP
17 33 (9.91%) T-SQL
18 32 (9.61%) Unix
18 32 (9.61%) Release Management
19 31 (9.31%) Service Management
20 28 (8.41%) Incident Management
21 27 (8.11%) Active Directory
22 26 (7.81%) Oracle Database
22 26 (7.81%) Customer Service
23 25 (7.51%) C#
23 25 (7.51%) Agile
23 25 (7.51%) Security Cleared

Applications Support 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 24 (7.21%) IIS
2 22 (6.61%) Tomcat
3 14 (4.20%) Apache
4 10 (3.00%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.20%) Confluence
6 3 (0.90%) CMS
6 3 (0.90%) EPiServer
6 3 (0.90%) Oracle Service Bus
6 3 (0.90%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (2.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (1.50%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 41 (12.31%) Dynamics CRM
2 23 (6.91%) NEC Housing
3 22 (6.61%) PlanetPress Connect
4 9 (2.70%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (1.20%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.90%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.90%) BusinessWorks
6 3 (0.90%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.90%) thinkFolio
7 2 (0.60%) Academy Housing
7 2 (0.60%) ION Anvil
7 2 (0.60%) ION MarketView
7 2 (0.60%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.60%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.30%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.30%) Endur
8 1 (0.30%) Findur
8 1 (0.30%) JDE OneWorld
8 1 (0.30%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.30%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 51 (15.32%) Azure
2 24 (7.21%) Dynamics 365
3 20 (6.01%) AWS
3 20 (6.01%) SaaS
4 13 (3.90%) Power Platform
5 10 (3.00%) Power Automate
5 10 (3.00%) WhatsApp
6 9 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (2.40%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (2.10%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (1.20%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (1.20%) IaaS
9 4 (1.20%) PaaS
10 3 (0.90%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.30%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.30%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.70%) Firewall
2 7 (2.10%) DNS
3 6 (1.80%) Internet
4 5 (1.50%) SSL
5 4 (1.20%) VPN
6 2 (0.60%) HTTP
6 2 (0.60%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.60%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.30%) LAN
7 1 (0.30%) WAN
7 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 75 (22.52%) SQL Server
2 26 (7.81%) Oracle Database
3 22 (6.61%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (4.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 11 (3.30%) Power BI
6 6 (1.80%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.90%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (0.90%) GIS
8 3 (0.90%) MS Access
8 3 (0.90%) Oracle Database 10g
8 3 (0.90%) Oracle Database 11g
8 3 (0.90%) SAP HANA
8 3 (0.90%) VLDB
9 2 (0.60%) DataStage
9 2 (0.60%) MongoDB
10 1 (0.30%) BusinessObjects
10 1 (0.30%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.30%) MySQL
10 1 (0.30%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 48 (14.41%) JIRA
2 22 (6.61%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 8 (2.40%) GitLab
4 7 (2.10%) Eclipse
5 3 (0.90%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.90%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.60%) Browser DevTools
6 2 (0.60%) Git
7 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.30%) Gradle
7 1 (0.30%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.30%) JUnit
General
1 138 (41.44%) Finance
2 101 (30.33%) Social Skills
3 47 (14.11%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (12.31%) Front Office
5 24 (7.21%) Banking
6 19 (5.71%) Local Government
7 17 (5.11%) Public Sector
8 15 (4.50%) Back Office
9 14 (4.20%) Police
10 11 (3.30%) Marketing
11 9 (2.70%) Investment Banking
12 7 (2.10%) Private Banking
13 6 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.80%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.20%) Retail
15 3 (0.90%) Environmental Health
15 3 (0.90%) Law
15 3 (0.90%) Legal
15 3 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (7.21%) .NET
2 20 (6.01%) Web Services
3 11 (3.30%) FIX Protocol
4 8 (2.40%) HTML
5 7 (2.10%) JSON
5 7 (2.10%) Middleware
6 6 (1.80%) ASP.NET
6 6 (1.80%) REST
6 6 (1.80%) SOAP
6 6 (1.80%) XML
7 4 (1.20%) CSS
8 3 (0.90%) ASP.NET MVC
8 3 (0.90%) J2EE
8 3 (0.90%) XSLT
9 2 (0.60%) Node.js
9 2 (0.60%) React
10 1 (0.30%) Elastic Stack
10 1 (0.30%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 14 (4.20%) Public Cloud
2 13 (3.90%) Onboarding
3 11 (3.30%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 11 (3.30%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (2.70%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (2.70%) Hedge funds
6 7 (2.10%) CMDB
6 7 (2.10%) Derivative
7 6 (1.80%) Social Media
8 5 (1.50%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.50%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.50%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 4 (1.20%) Driving Licence
10 3 (0.90%) Equities
10 3 (0.90%) Fixed Income
10 3 (0.90%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.60%) iPhone
11 2 (0.60%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 75 (22.52%) Windows
2 46 (13.81%) Linux
3 32 (9.61%) Unix
4 17 (5.11%) Solaris
5 13 (3.90%) Windows Server
6 5 (1.50%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.60%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.30%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (21.92%) ITIL
2 71 (21.32%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (14.71%) CRM
4 36 (10.81%) ITSM
5 34 (10.21%) ERP
6 32 (9.61%) Release Management
7 31 (9.31%) Service Management
8 28 (8.41%) Incident Management
9 26 (7.81%) Customer Service
10 25 (7.51%) Agile
11 23 (6.91%) Change Management
12 22 (6.61%) Document Management
13 20 (6.01%) Fintech
13 20 (6.01%) PRINCE2
14 19 (5.71%) Migration
15 16 (4.80%) Asset Management
16 15 (4.50%) User Acceptance Testing
17 14 (4.20%) Data Security
17 14 (4.20%) Scrum
17 14 (4.20%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 176 (52.85%) SQL
2 33 (9.91%) T-SQL
3 25 (7.51%) C#
4 23 (6.91%) PowerShell
5 19 (5.71%) Python
6 18 (5.41%) Java
7 16 (4.80%) PL/SQL
8 15 (4.50%) Shell Script
9 9 (2.70%) JavaScript
10 5 (1.50%) VBA
11 4 (1.20%) C++
12 3 (0.90%) Bash
12 3 (0.90%) XPath
Qualifications
1 61 (18.32%) Degree
2 25 (7.51%) Security Cleared
3 10 (3.00%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 7 (2.10%) Azure Certification
5 7 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (1.20%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.20%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.60%) ECDL
9 2 (0.60%) MCP
9 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.30%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (6.01%) SLA
2 14 (4.20%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.20%) SOC 1
4 2 (0.60%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.30%) QA
System Software
1 27 (8.11%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.20%) Docker
3 3 (0.90%) Oracle RAC
4 2 (0.60%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 7 (2.10%) Terraform
2 5 (1.50%) Pingdom
3 4 (1.20%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.20%) SCOM
4 3 (0.90%) Data Guard
4 3 (0.90%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.30%) Kibana
5 1 (0.30%) logstash
Vendors
1 98 (29.43%) Microsoft
2 41 (12.31%) Oracle
3 23 (6.91%) NEC
4 22 (6.61%) FNZ
5 20 (6.01%) ServiceNow
6 16 (4.80%) Murex
6 16 (4.80%) SAP
7 10 (3.00%) ION Trading
8 8 (2.40%) Algorithmics
8 8 (2.40%) IBM
9 5 (1.50%) Capita
9 5 (1.50%) Guidewire
9 5 (1.50%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.50%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.20%) Trayport
11 3 (0.90%) Charles River
11 3 (0.90%) Civica
11 3 (0.90%) Remedy
11 3 (0.90%) Sun
11 3 (0.90%) TIBCO