Applications Support Job Trends in Edinburgh

Application Support
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Application Support salary in Edinburgh is £31,372 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
21 Jan 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 - 87
Rank change year-on-year - - +51
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 23 0 24
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 2.10% - 2.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.30% - 2.22%
Number of salaries quoted 19 0 21
10th Percentile £25,750 - -
25th Percentile £26,250 - £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,372 - £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +47.06%
75th Percentile £48,750 - £63,750
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £36,500 £37,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -2.67% -40.00% +45.35%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 998 1,033 1,082
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.22% 94.34% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 481 405 868
10th Percentile £26,000 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £29,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,443 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.31% -4.26% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,360 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,778 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -11.89%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Applications Support' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Applications Support job vacancy trend in Edinburgh

Applications Support
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in Edinburgh.

Salary distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in Edinburgh

Applications Support
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 21 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in Edinburgh

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 21 January 2026, Applications Support job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 23 (100.00%) SQL
2 18 (78.26%) ITIL
3 13 (56.52%) Active Directory
3 13 (56.52%) Azure
3 13 (56.52%) DevOps
3 13 (56.52%) ETL
4 9 (39.13%) Azure SQL Database
4 9 (39.13%) Business Intelligence
4 9 (39.13%) Change Management
4 9 (39.13%) Concur
4 9 (39.13%) Entra ID
4 9 (39.13%) ERP
4 9 (39.13%) Oracle
4 9 (39.13%) Oracle EBS
4 9 (39.13%) PL/SQL
4 9 (39.13%) Power BI
4 9 (39.13%) Power Platform
4 9 (39.13%) PowerApps
4 9 (39.13%) SaaS
4 9 (39.13%) SAP
5 4 (17.39%) Ab Initio
5 4 (17.39%) Agile
5 4 (17.39%) Asset Management
5 4 (17.39%) Azure Data Factory
5 4 (17.39%) Batch Processing
5 4 (17.39%) CI/CD
5 4 (17.39%) Coaching
5 4 (17.39%) Data Modelling
5 4 (17.39%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (17.39%) dbt

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 9 (39.13%) Oracle EBS
2 4 (17.39%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 13 (56.52%) Azure
2 9 (39.13%) Entra ID
2 9 (39.13%) Power Platform
2 9 (39.13%) PowerApps
2 9 (39.13%) SaaS
3 4 (17.39%) Azure Data Factory
3 4 (17.39%) dbt
3 4 (17.39%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (39.13%) Azure SQL Database
1 9 (39.13%) Power BI
2 4 (17.39%) Data Warehouse
General
1 9 (39.13%) Manufacturing
2 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (17.39%) Finance
3 1 (4.35%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Client/Server
1 4 (17.39%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.35%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (17.39%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (78.26%) ITIL
2 13 (56.52%) DevOps
2 13 (56.52%) ETL
3 9 (39.13%) Business Intelligence
3 9 (39.13%) Change Management
3 9 (39.13%) ERP
4 4 (17.39%) Agile
4 4 (17.39%) Asset Management
4 4 (17.39%) Batch Processing
4 4 (17.39%) CI/CD
4 4 (17.39%) Coaching
4 4 (17.39%) Data Modelling
4 4 (17.39%) Disaster Recovery
4 4 (17.39%) Incident Management
4 4 (17.39%) Performance Tuning
4 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (17.39%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (17.39%) Validation
5 1 (4.35%) Data Protection
5 1 (4.35%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 23 (100.00%) SQL
2 9 (39.13%) PL/SQL
3 4 (17.39%) PowerShell
System Software
1 13 (56.52%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (39.13%) Concur
1 9 (39.13%) Oracle
1 9 (39.13%) SAP
2 4 (17.39%) Ab Initio
2 4 (17.39%) IBM
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft
Applications Support jobs