Applications Support Job Trends in Edinburgh

Application Support
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Application Support salary in Edinburgh is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 December 2025.

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

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 74 100 93
Rank change year-on-year +26 -7 +57
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 23 4 17
As % of all permanent jobs in Edinburgh 2.46% 0.31% 1.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.78% 0.33% 1.72%
Number of salaries quoted 21 4 14
10th Percentile £25,750 £37,375 -
25th Percentile £26,250 £39,063 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -36.00% +47.06%
75th Percentile £48,750 - £63,750
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £41,750 £38,750 £62,500
% change year-on-year +7.74% -38.00% +45.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 828 1,225 987
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.46% 95.11% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 395 540 794
10th Percentile £25,600 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £29,625 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.82% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £73,775 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,000 £88,875 £91,934
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £54,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +6.93% -8.18%

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 1 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in Edinburgh

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

For the 6 months to 1 December 2025, 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 20 (86.96%) ITIL
3 12 (52.17%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (52.17%) ETL
4 11 (47.83%) Concur
4 11 (47.83%) ERP
4 11 (47.83%) Oracle
4 11 (47.83%) Oracle EBS
4 11 (47.83%) PL/SQL
4 11 (47.83%) Power BI
4 11 (47.83%) Power Platform
4 11 (47.83%) PowerApps
4 11 (47.83%) SAP
5 10 (43.48%) Active Directory
5 10 (43.48%) Azure
5 10 (43.48%) DevOps
6 9 (39.13%) Azure SQL Database
6 9 (39.13%) Change Management
6 9 (39.13%) Entra ID
6 9 (39.13%) SaaS
7 2 (8.70%) Data Protection
8 1 (4.35%) Ab Initio
8 1 (4.35%) Agile
8 1 (4.35%) Asset Management
8 1 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (4.35%) Batch Processing
8 1 (4.35%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (4.35%) CI/CD
8 1 (4.35%) Coaching
8 1 (4.35%) Crystal Reports

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 11 (47.83%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (4.35%) Markit EDM
Cloud Services
1 11 (47.83%) Power Platform
1 11 (47.83%) PowerApps
2 10 (43.48%) Azure
3 9 (39.13%) Entra ID
3 9 (39.13%) SaaS
4 1 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (4.35%) dbt
4 1 (4.35%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (47.83%) Power BI
2 9 (39.13%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (4.35%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (4.35%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (4.35%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.35%) MS Access
General
1 11 (47.83%) Manufacturing
2 2 (8.70%) Finance
3 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Client/Server
2 2 (8.70%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.35%) Cloud Native
3 1 (4.35%) Freedom of Information
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (86.96%) ITIL
2 12 (52.17%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (52.17%) ETL
3 11 (47.83%) ERP
4 10 (43.48%) DevOps
5 9 (39.13%) Change Management
6 2 (8.70%) Data Protection
7 1 (4.35%) Batch Processing
7 1 (4.35%) CI/CD
7 1 (4.35%) Coaching
7 1 (4.35%) Disaster Recovery
7 1 (4.35%) GAP Analysis
7 1 (4.35%) Incident Management
7 1 (4.35%) Information Security
7 1 (4.35%) Line Management
7 1 (4.35%) Performance Tuning
7 1 (4.35%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (4.35%) Root Cause Analysis
7 1 (4.35%) Validation
7 1 (4.35%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 23 (100.00%) SQL
2 11 (47.83%) PL/SQL
3 1 (4.35%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.35%) VB
System Software
1 10 (43.48%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) Concur
1 11 (47.83%) Oracle
1 11 (47.83%) SAP
2 1 (4.35%) Ab Initio
2 1 (4.35%) IBM
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft