Application Support
UK

The median Application Support salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 305 356 425
Rank change year-on-year +51 +69 -122
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 961 919 1,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.93% 0.95% 0.87%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 1.03% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 717 724 1,189
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £39,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +1.27% +5.33% +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 97,915 88,821 160,028
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.81% 91.42% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 69,754 56,171 84,699
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,173
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.63% +5.63%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in the UK

Applications Support
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Applications Support in the UK

Applications Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in the UK

Applications Support
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the UK over the 6 months to 29 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
England +53 865 £45,000 -10.00% 156
UK excluding London +58 592 £40,000 +1.27% 118
Work from Home +12 355 £47,500 -2.56% 62
London +62 352 £62,500 -3.85% 50
South East +51 172 £42,500 +6.25% 29
North of England -22 128 £40,000 +1.27% 26
Midlands +48 123 £32,500 -7.14% 20
North West -8 82 £45,000 +4.05% 12
East Midlands +19 68 £33,793 -0.61% 12
West Midlands +19 55 £32,121 -19.34% 8
East of England +17 51 £47,500 +6.66% 24
Wales +17 42 £45,000 +63.64%
South West -17 38 £41,750 +28.46% 13
Yorkshire +40 37 £35,579 -6.37% 14
Scotland -43 34 £36,250 -19.44% 11
North East -12 9 £37,500 +11.11% 1
Northern Ireland +20 3 £43,250 +0.58% 1
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 451 (46.93%) SQL
2 270 (28.10%) Finance
3 242 (25.18%) Problem-Solving
4 236 (24.56%) Social Skills
5 195 (20.29%) Microsoft
6 179 (18.63%) ITIL
7 177 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
8 168 (17.48%) Oracle
9 163 (16.96%) Degree
10 162 (16.86%) Unix
11 160 (16.65%) Linux
12 148 (15.40%) Windows
13 140 (14.57%) SLA
14 118 (12.28%) SQL Server
15 114 (11.86%) Incident Management
16 108 (11.24%) Security Cleared
17 100 (10.41%) Azure
18 99 (10.30%) Customer Service
19 83 (8.64%) Solaris
19 83 (8.64%) ERP
20 81 (8.43%) Service Management
21 80 (8.32%) Oracle Database
22 79 (8.22%) SC Cleared
23 77 (8.01%) ITSM
24 74 (7.70%) Release Management
25 73 (7.60%) JIRA
25 73 (7.60%) CRM
26 70 (7.28%) WebLogic
26 70 (7.28%) Remedy
27 69 (7.18%) Actionable Insight

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 70 (7.28%) WebLogic
2 48 (4.99%) IIS
3 46 (4.79%) SharePoint
4 44 (4.58%) Oracle Service Bus
5 38 (3.95%) Tomcat
6 27 (2.81%) Apache
7 26 (2.71%) Microsoft Exchange
8 13 (1.35%) Confluence
9 12 (1.25%) CMS
10 7 (0.73%) EPiServer
11 5 (0.52%) JBoss
11 5 (0.52%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 59 (6.14%) Microsoft Excel
1 59 (6.14%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (5.52%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 50 (5.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 44 (4.58%) Remedy ITSM
3 35 (3.64%) NEC Housing
4 17 (1.77%) Fidessa
5 14 (1.46%) PlanetPress Connect
6 12 (1.25%) Dynamics NAV
7 11 (1.14%) Dynamics GP
7 11 (1.14%) thinkFolio
8 10 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
9 8 (0.83%) Endur
10 7 (0.73%) Dynamics AX
11 6 (0.62%) Infor SunSystems
11 6 (0.62%) ION Anvil
11 6 (0.62%) ION MarketView
11 6 (0.62%) NetSuite
11 6 (0.62%) Oracle Applications
11 6 (0.62%) Temenos T24
12 5 (0.52%) Aladdin
12 5 (0.52%) Magento
12 5 (0.52%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 100 (10.41%) Azure
2 60 (6.24%) Dynamics 365
3 56 (5.83%) Power Platform
4 43 (4.47%) AWS
5 35 (3.64%) Microsoft 365
6 33 (3.43%) SaaS
7 24 (2.50%) Power Automate
8 21 (2.19%) PowerApps
9 11 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
9 11 (1.14%) Entra ID
10 10 (1.04%) WhatsApp
11 7 (0.73%) IaaS
12 6 (0.62%) PaaS
13 5 (0.52%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (0.52%) Google Sheets
14 4 (0.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 4 (0.42%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (0.42%) Datadog
14 4 (0.42%) SuccessFactors
15 2 (0.21%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.43%) Firewall
2 26 (2.71%) DNS
3 19 (1.98%) TCP/IP
4 17 (1.77%) DHCP
4 17 (1.77%) FIX Connectivity
5 13 (1.35%) VPN
6 7 (0.73%) SAN
7 6 (0.62%) Broadband
7 6 (0.62%) Internet
8 5 (0.52%) SSL
9 4 (0.42%) 5G
9 4 (0.42%) FTP
9 4 (0.42%) Intranet
9 4 (0.42%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.21%) HTTP
10 2 (0.21%) HTTPS
11 1 (0.10%) LAN
11 1 (0.10%) Software-Defined Networking
11 1 (0.10%) VLAN
11 1 (0.10%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 118 (12.28%) SQL Server
2 80 (8.32%) Oracle Database
3 44 (4.58%) Oracle Database 10g
3 44 (4.58%) Oracle Database 11g
3 44 (4.58%) VLDB
4 34 (3.54%) Power BI
5 27 (2.81%) Elasticsearch
6 21 (2.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 18 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (1.77%) MySQL
8 17 (1.77%) Relational Database
9 11 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (0.94%) Geospatial Data
10 9 (0.94%) GIS
10 9 (0.94%) MS Access
11 7 (0.73%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (0.52%) Crystal Reports
12 5 (0.52%) Pentaho
13 4 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.42%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 73 (7.60%) JIRA
2 25 (2.60%) Eclipse
3 14 (1.46%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (0.94%) Oracle Forms
4 9 (0.94%) Visual Studio
5 8 (0.83%) GitLab
6 7 (0.73%) Git
7 6 (0.62%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.21%) Browser DevTools
8 2 (0.21%) IntelliJ
9 1 (0.10%) Gradle
9 1 (0.10%) JUnit
General
1 270 (28.10%) Finance
2 236 (24.56%) Social Skills
3 177 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
4 66 (6.87%) Front Office
5 63 (6.56%) Banking
6 50 (5.20%) Law
7 49 (5.10%) Police
8 33 (3.43%) Local Government
9 32 (3.33%) Public Sector
10 29 (3.02%) Manufacturing
10 29 (3.02%) Marketing
11 28 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 23 (2.39%) Back Office
12 23 (2.39%) Legal
13 22 (2.29%) Retail
14 14 (1.46%) Investment Banking
15 10 (1.04%) Automotive
16 6 (0.62%) Private Banking
17 5 (0.52%) Organisational Skills
18 4 (0.42%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (4.99%) .NET
2 41 (4.27%) Web Services
3 30 (3.12%) FIX Protocol
4 28 (2.91%) Spring
5 27 (2.81%) J2EE
6 26 (2.71%) Java EE
7 18 (1.87%) HTML
8 15 (1.56%) CSS
9 13 (1.35%) REST
10 12 (1.25%) JSON
10 12 (1.25%) XML
11 9 (0.94%) ASP.NET
11 9 (0.94%) EDI
12 8 (0.83%) SOAP
12 8 (0.83%) XSLT
13 6 (0.62%) Middleware
13 6 (0.62%) OLE
14 5 (0.52%) Kafka
14 5 (0.52%) Node.js
15 4 (0.42%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 27 (2.81%) Public Cloud
2 24 (2.50%) Onboarding
3 23 (2.39%) Driving Licence
4 22 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (2.08%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 20 (2.08%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (1.87%) Product Ownership
7 17 (1.77%) Eurex
8 15 (1.56%) Equities
8 15 (1.56%) Management Information System
9 14 (1.46%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 12 (1.25%) Derivative
10 12 (1.25%) Mobile App
11 11 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (1.14%) CMDB
12 9 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (0.94%) Hedge funds
12 9 (0.94%) Linux Command Line
13 8 (0.83%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (0.83%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 162 (16.86%) Unix
2 160 (16.65%) Linux
3 148 (15.40%) Windows
4 83 (8.64%) Solaris
5 25 (2.60%) Windows Server
6 17 (1.77%) CentOS
7 12 (1.25%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.62%) AIX
9 4 (0.42%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.42%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.21%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.21%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.10%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.10%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (25.18%) Problem-Solving
2 179 (18.63%) ITIL
3 114 (11.86%) Incident Management
4 99 (10.30%) Customer Service
5 83 (8.64%) ERP
6 81 (8.43%) Service Management
7 77 (8.01%) ITSM
8 74 (7.70%) Release Management
9 73 (7.60%) CRM
10 69 (7.18%) Actionable Insight
11 61 (6.35%) Agile
12 55 (5.72%) Performance Tuning
13 52 (5.41%) Artificial Intelligence
14 50 (5.20%) Performance Monitoring
15 46 (4.79%) Business Intelligence
15 46 (4.79%) User Acceptance Testing
16 45 (4.68%) Capacity Planning
17 44 (4.58%) Capacity Management
18 40 (4.16%) DevOps
19 38 (3.95%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 451 (46.93%) SQL
2 67 (6.97%) PL/SQL
3 60 (6.24%) Java
4 59 (6.14%) Shell Script
5 50 (5.20%) C#
5 50 (5.20%) T-SQL
6 48 (4.99%) Python
7 45 (4.68%) PowerShell
8 35 (3.64%) JavaScript
9 23 (2.39%) Bash
10 18 (1.87%) Perl
11 17 (1.77%) Ruby
12 14 (1.46%) VBA
13 8 (0.83%) C
13 8 (0.83%) C++
14 7 (0.73%) VB
14 7 (0.73%) XPath
15 4 (0.42%) COBOL
16 1 (0.10%) PHP
Qualifications
1 163 (16.96%) Degree
2 108 (11.24%) Security Cleared
3 79 (8.22%) SC Cleared
4 14 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.04%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (1.04%) Master's Degree
6 9 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.42%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.42%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.42%) CIPD
10 3 (0.31%) A+ Certification
10 3 (0.31%) MCDST
11 2 (0.21%) ECDL
11 2 (0.21%) MCP
12 1 (0.10%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.10%) HNC
12 1 (0.10%) HND
12 1 (0.10%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 140 (14.57%) SLA
2 27 (2.81%) Accessibility
3 8 (0.83%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.73%) GDPR
5 5 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.42%) SOC 1
7 3 (0.31%) QA
8 2 (0.21%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 44 (4.58%) Oracle RAC
2 38 (3.95%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.62%) Docker
4 2 (0.21%) vSphere
5 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 44 (4.58%) Data Guard
1 44 (4.58%) Oracle RMAN
2 26 (2.71%) OpenSSO
2 26 (2.71%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (0.94%) Control-M
3 9 (0.94%) Grafana
3 9 (0.94%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.73%) ITRS Geneos
4 7 (0.73%) Microsoft Clustering
5 6 (0.62%) Terraform
6 5 (0.52%) Pingdom
7 4 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.42%) SCOM
7 4 (0.42%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.10%) Kibana
8 1 (0.10%) logstash
8 1 (0.10%) Packer
Vendors
1 195 (20.29%) Microsoft
2 168 (17.48%) Oracle
3 70 (7.28%) Remedy
4 50 (5.20%) Sun
5 35 (3.64%) NEC
6 33 (3.43%) ION Trading
7 31 (3.23%) SAP
8 30 (3.12%) ServiceNow
9 25 (2.60%) Murex
9 25 (2.60%) Trayport
10 24 (2.50%) Bloomberg
11 22 (2.29%) Guidewire
12 18 (1.87%) Civica
12 18 (1.87%) Red Hat
13 17 (1.77%) CQG
13 17 (1.77%) Patsystems
13 17 (1.77%) Reuters
14 14 (1.46%) FNZ
14 14 (1.46%) Salesforce
15 11 (1.14%) Sage