Applications Support Jobs in England

Application Support
UK > England

The median Application Support salary in England is £46,188 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 295 345 383
Rank change year-on-year +50 +38 -93
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 829 822 1,291
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.96% 0.93% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% 1.01% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 642 675 1,089
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,350 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,813 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,188 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% +17.65% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,789 81,044 130,352
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.55% 91.54% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 60,868 51,693 74,746
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,525 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Applications Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in England

Applications Support
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Support in England.

Salary trend for Applications Support in England

Applications Support
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in England over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in England

Applications Support
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the England region over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +66 346 £62,500 -3.85% 72
South East +61 169 £42,500 +6.25% 39
North of England -6 125 £40,000 +1.27% 24
Midlands +52 107 £32,500 -7.14% 25
North West -4 79 £45,000 +3.45% 17
East Midlands +30 64 £33,147 -2.51% 12
East of England +11 46 £47,500 +6.66% 21
West Midlands +24 43 £32,121 -18.97% 13
Yorkshire +44 37 £35,579 -5.12% 6
South West -15 35 £43,500 +33.85% 14
North East -11 9 £37,500 +36.36% 2
Applications Support
UK

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 19 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 job ads across the England region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 398 (48.01%) SQL
2 255 (30.76%) Finance
3 226 (27.26%) Problem-Solving
4 222 (26.78%) Social Skills
5 182 (21.95%) Microsoft
6 164 (19.78%) ITIL
7 141 (17.01%) Analytical Skills
8 137 (16.53%) Windows
9 135 (16.28%) Degree
10 121 (14.60%) Linux
11 120 (14.48%) Unix
11 120 (14.48%) Oracle
12 117 (14.11%) SQL Server
13 97 (11.70%) SLA
14 95 (11.46%) Azure
15 84 (10.13%) Customer Service
16 80 (9.65%) ERP
17 72 (8.69%) Service Management
18 69 (8.32%) Front Office
18 69 (8.32%) Incident Management
19 68 (8.20%) Security Cleared
20 63 (7.60%) Banking
21 62 (7.48%) CRM
22 55 (6.63%) Power Platform
23 54 (6.51%) Dynamics 365
24 53 (6.39%) T-SQL
25 52 (6.27%) C#
25 52 (6.27%) Agile
26 49 (5.91%) Solaris
27 48 (5.79%) Java

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 45 (5.43%) IIS
2 42 (5.07%) SharePoint
3 36 (4.34%) WebLogic
4 31 (3.74%) Tomcat
5 24 (2.90%) Apache
6 23 (2.77%) Microsoft Exchange
7 14 (1.69%) Oracle Service Bus
8 13 (1.57%) Confluence
9 12 (1.45%) CMS
10 7 (0.84%) EPiServer
11 5 (0.60%) JBoss
Applications
1 26 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 26 (3.14%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (2.53%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 41 (4.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (3.86%) NEC Housing
3 16 (1.93%) Fidessa
4 14 (1.69%) Remedy ITSM
5 11 (1.33%) Dynamics GP
5 11 (1.33%) thinkFolio
6 10 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
7 8 (0.97%) Dynamics NAV
7 8 (0.97%) Endur
7 8 (0.97%) PlanetPress Connect
8 7 (0.84%) Dynamics AX
9 6 (0.72%) Infor SunSystems
9 6 (0.72%) ION Anvil
9 6 (0.72%) ION MarketView
9 6 (0.72%) NetSuite
9 6 (0.72%) Oracle Applications
9 6 (0.72%) Temenos T24
10 5 (0.60%) Aladdin
10 5 (0.60%) Magento
11 4 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 95 (11.46%) Azure
2 55 (6.63%) Power Platform
3 54 (6.51%) Dynamics 365
4 42 (5.07%) AWS
5 34 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (3.74%) SaaS
7 25 (3.02%) Power Automate
8 22 (2.65%) PowerApps
9 11 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (1.33%) WhatsApp
10 9 (1.09%) Entra ID
11 6 (0.72%) Azure Monitor
11 6 (0.72%) IaaS
11 6 (0.72%) PaaS
12 5 (0.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 5 (0.60%) Google Sheets
13 4 (0.48%) Azure Logic Apps
13 4 (0.48%) SuccessFactors
14 3 (0.36%) Datadog
15 2 (0.24%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.86%) Firewall
2 25 (3.02%) DNS
3 18 (2.17%) TCP/IP
4 16 (1.93%) DHCP
4 16 (1.93%) FIX Connectivity
5 13 (1.57%) VPN
6 7 (0.84%) SAN
7 6 (0.72%) Broadband
7 6 (0.72%) Internet
8 5 (0.60%) SSL
9 4 (0.48%) 5G
9 4 (0.48%) FTP
9 4 (0.48%) Intranet
10 2 (0.24%) HTTP
10 2 (0.24%) HTTPS
11 1 (0.12%) LAN
11 1 (0.12%) WAN
11 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (14.11%) SQL Server
2 47 (5.67%) Oracle Database
3 33 (3.98%) Power BI
4 23 (2.77%) Elasticsearch
5 21 (2.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 17 (2.05%) MySQL
6 17 (2.05%) Relational Database
7 14 (1.69%) Oracle Database 10g
7 14 (1.69%) Oracle Database 11g
7 14 (1.69%) VLDB
8 12 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (1.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (1.09%) Geospatial Data
9 9 (1.09%) GIS
9 9 (1.09%) MS Access
10 6 (0.72%) BusinessObjects
11 5 (0.60%) Crystal Reports
12 4 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
12 4 (0.48%) NoSQL
13 3 (0.36%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 47 (5.67%) JIRA
2 23 (2.77%) Eclipse
3 9 (1.09%) Oracle Forms
4 8 (0.97%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 8 (0.97%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.84%) Git
6 2 (0.24%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.24%) Browser DevTools
6 2 (0.24%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.12%) GitLab
7 1 (0.12%) Gradle
7 1 (0.12%) JUnit
General
1 255 (30.76%) Finance
2 222 (26.78%) Social Skills
3 141 (17.01%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (8.32%) Front Office
5 63 (7.60%) Banking
6 46 (5.55%) Police
7 36 (4.34%) Law
8 30 (3.62%) Local Government
9 29 (3.50%) Marketing
9 29 (3.50%) Public Sector
10 27 (3.26%) Manufacturing
11 24 (2.90%) Back Office
12 23 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 20 (2.41%) Retail
14 14 (1.69%) Legal
15 13 (1.57%) Investment Banking
16 10 (1.21%) Automotive
17 6 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
17 6 (0.72%) Private Banking
18 4 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (5.19%) .NET
2 39 (4.70%) Web Services
3 29 (3.50%) FIX Protocol
4 24 (2.90%) J2EE
4 24 (2.90%) Spring
5 22 (2.65%) Java EE
6 14 (1.69%) HTML
6 14 (1.69%) REST
7 10 (1.21%) ASP.NET
7 10 (1.21%) CSS
7 10 (1.21%) JSON
7 10 (1.21%) XML
8 9 (1.09%) EDI
8 9 (1.09%) SOAP
9 8 (0.97%) XSLT
10 6 (0.72%) Middleware
10 6 (0.72%) OLE
11 4 (0.48%) .NET Framework
12 3 (0.36%) Node.js
13 2 (0.24%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 24 (2.90%) Public Cloud
2 21 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
2 21 (2.53%) Onboarding
3 20 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (2.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 16 (1.93%) Eurex
5 16 (1.93%) Management Information System
6 15 (1.81%) Driving Licence
6 15 (1.81%) Product Ownership
7 14 (1.69%) Derivative
8 13 (1.57%) Equities
8 13 (1.57%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 11 (1.33%) CMDB
9 11 (1.33%) Hedge funds
10 10 (1.21%) Analytical Mindset
10 10 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
10 10 (1.21%) Mobile App
11 9 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
12 8 (0.97%) Fixed Income
13 7 (0.84%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 137 (16.53%) Windows
2 121 (14.60%) Linux
3 120 (14.48%) Unix
4 49 (5.91%) Solaris
5 26 (3.14%) Windows Server
6 16 (1.93%) CentOS
7 11 (1.33%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.72%) AIX
9 4 (0.48%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.48%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.24%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.12%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (27.26%) Problem-Solving
2 164 (19.78%) ITIL
3 84 (10.13%) Customer Service
4 80 (9.65%) ERP
5 72 (8.69%) Service Management
6 69 (8.32%) Incident Management
7 62 (7.48%) CRM
8 52 (6.27%) Agile
9 43 (5.19%) Actionable Insight
10 42 (5.07%) User Acceptance Testing
11 39 (4.70%) Business Intelligence
11 39 (4.70%) ITSM
11 39 (4.70%) Project Management
11 39 (4.70%) Release Management
12 36 (4.34%) Change Management
13 35 (4.22%) Asset Management
13 35 (4.22%) Service Delivery
14 32 (3.86%) DevOps
14 32 (3.86%) Root Cause Analysis
15 30 (3.62%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 398 (48.01%) SQL
2 53 (6.39%) T-SQL
3 52 (6.27%) C#
4 48 (5.79%) Java
5 47 (5.67%) Shell Script
6 45 (5.43%) PowerShell
7 43 (5.19%) Python
8 38 (4.58%) PL/SQL
9 32 (3.86%) JavaScript
10 21 (2.53%) Bash
11 16 (1.93%) Perl
11 16 (1.93%) Ruby
12 11 (1.33%) VBA
13 9 (1.09%) C
14 7 (0.84%) C++
14 7 (0.84%) XPath
15 5 (0.60%) COBOL
15 5 (0.60%) VB
16 1 (0.12%) PHP
Qualifications
1 135 (16.28%) Degree
2 68 (8.20%) Security Cleared
3 43 (5.19%) SC Cleared
4 14 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.21%) Master's Degree
6 8 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 6 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 5 (0.60%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.48%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.48%) CIPD
10 2 (0.24%) ECDL
10 2 (0.24%) MCP
11 1 (0.12%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.12%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (11.70%) SLA
2 24 (2.90%) Accessibility
3 8 (0.97%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.84%) GDPR
5 5 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.48%) SOC 1
7 2 (0.24%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.24%) QA
8 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 35 (4.22%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.69%) Oracle RAC
3 5 (0.60%) Docker
4 2 (0.24%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (2.65%) OpenSSO
1 22 (2.65%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (1.69%) Data Guard
2 14 (1.69%) Oracle RMAN
3 7 (0.84%) Control-M
3 7 (0.84%) Microsoft Clustering
3 7 (0.84%) Terraform
4 5 (0.60%) Kubernetes
4 5 (0.60%) Pingdom
5 4 (0.48%) Grafana
5 4 (0.48%) SCOM
5 4 (0.48%) WhatsUp Gold
6 2 (0.24%) ITRS Geneos
7 1 (0.12%) Kibana
7 1 (0.12%) logstash
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.12%) Packer
Vendors
1 182 (21.95%) Microsoft
2 120 (14.48%) Oracle
3 36 (4.34%) Remedy
4 32 (3.86%) ION Trading
4 32 (3.86%) NEC
5 30 (3.62%) SAP
6 29 (3.50%) ServiceNow
7 24 (2.90%) Trayport
8 23 (2.77%) Bloomberg
8 23 (2.77%) Murex
9 21 (2.53%) Guidewire
10 19 (2.29%) Sun
11 17 (2.05%) Civica
11 17 (2.05%) Red Hat
12 16 (1.93%) CQG
12 16 (1.93%) Patsystems
12 16 (1.93%) Reuters
13 15 (1.81%) Salesforce
14 10 (1.21%) Epicor
14 10 (1.21%) Sage