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 18 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
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 321 361 424
Rank change year-on-year +40 +63 -129
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 925 912 1,422
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.93% 0.92% 0.88%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 1.01% 0.92%
Number of salaries quoted 686 717 1,172
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,640 £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 £40,341 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +7.57% - +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 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 18 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 18 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 +53 828 £46,188 -7.62% 176
UK excluding London +42 564 £40,341 +7.57% 124
London +80 346 £62,500 -3.85% 64
Work from Home +13 341 £48,000 +1.05% 73
South East +67 169 £42,500 +6.25% 37
North of England +7 124 £40,000 +2.56% 23
Midlands +41 107 £32,500 -7.14% 22
North West 0 78 £45,000 +7.78% 16
East Midlands +33 64 £33,147 -2.51% 11
East of England +14 46 £47,500 +6.66% 20
West Midlands +22 43 £32,121 -18.97% 11
Wales +21 43 £45,000 +42.86%
Yorkshire +45 37 £35,579 -5.12% 6
South West -32 35 £43,500 +33.85% 16
Scotland -42 35 £37,500 -16.67% 5
North East -15 9 £37,500 +36.36% 2
Northern Ireland +14 4 £43,250 +0.58% 2
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 18 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.

1 456 (49.30%) SQL
2 274 (29.62%) Finance
3 242 (26.16%) Problem-Solving
4 241 (26.05%) Social Skills
5 198 (21.41%) Microsoft
6 188 (20.32%) ITIL
7 177 (19.14%) Degree
8 176 (19.03%) Analytical Skills
9 166 (17.95%) Oracle
10 162 (17.51%) Unix
11 160 (17.30%) Linux
12 141 (15.24%) Windows
13 133 (14.38%) SLA
14 132 (14.27%) SQL Server
15 111 (12.00%) Incident Management
16 110 (11.89%) Azure
17 105 (11.35%) Security Cleared
18 94 (10.16%) Service Management
19 93 (10.05%) Customer Service
20 82 (8.86%) Solaris
21 81 (8.76%) ERP
21 81 (8.76%) Actionable Insight
22 80 (8.65%) Oracle Database
23 77 (8.32%) SC Cleared
23 77 (8.32%) Release Management
23 77 (8.32%) ITSM
24 76 (8.22%) CRM
25 72 (7.78%) JIRA
26 70 (7.57%) WebLogic
26 70 (7.57%) Remedy

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 (7.57%) WebLogic
2 49 (5.30%) SharePoint
3 48 (5.19%) IIS
4 44 (4.76%) Oracle Service Bus
5 39 (4.22%) Tomcat
6 27 (2.92%) Apache
7 26 (2.81%) Microsoft Exchange
8 13 (1.41%) Confluence
9 12 (1.30%) CMS
10 7 (0.76%) EPiServer
11 5 (0.54%) JBoss
11 5 (0.54%) WebSphere
Applications
1 59 (6.38%) Microsoft Office
2 56 (6.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 51 (5.51%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 53 (5.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 44 (4.76%) Remedy ITSM
3 35 (3.78%) NEC Housing
4 16 (1.73%) Fidessa
4 16 (1.73%) PlanetPress Connect
5 12 (1.30%) Dynamics NAV
6 11 (1.19%) Dynamics GP
6 11 (1.19%) thinkFolio
7 10 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
8 8 (0.86%) Endur
9 7 (0.76%) Dynamics AX
10 6 (0.65%) Infor SunSystems
10 6 (0.65%) ION Anvil
10 6 (0.65%) ION MarketView
10 6 (0.65%) NetSuite
10 6 (0.65%) Oracle Applications
10 6 (0.65%) Temenos T24
11 5 (0.54%) Aladdin
11 5 (0.54%) Magento
12 4 (0.43%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 110 (11.89%) Azure
2 58 (6.27%) Dynamics 365
3 55 (5.95%) Power Platform
4 48 (5.19%) AWS
5 37 (4.00%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (3.35%) SaaS
7 25 (2.70%) Power Automate
8 22 (2.38%) PowerApps
9 12 (1.30%) Entra ID
10 11 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
10 11 (1.19%) WhatsApp
11 7 (0.76%) IaaS
12 6 (0.65%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (0.65%) PaaS
13 5 (0.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 5 (0.54%) Google Sheets
14 4 (0.43%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (0.43%) SuccessFactors
15 3 (0.32%) Datadog
16 2 (0.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.46%) Firewall
2 25 (2.70%) DNS
3 18 (1.95%) TCP/IP
4 16 (1.73%) DHCP
4 16 (1.73%) FIX Connectivity
5 13 (1.41%) VPN
6 7 (0.76%) SAN
7 6 (0.65%) Broadband
7 6 (0.65%) Internet
8 5 (0.54%) SSL
9 4 (0.43%) 5G
9 4 (0.43%) FTP
9 4 (0.43%) Intranet
9 4 (0.43%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.22%) HTTP
10 2 (0.22%) HTTPS
11 1 (0.11%) LAN
11 1 (0.11%) Software-Defined Networking
11 1 (0.11%) VLAN
11 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 132 (14.27%) SQL Server
2 80 (8.65%) Oracle Database
3 44 (4.76%) Oracle Database 10g
3 44 (4.76%) Oracle Database 11g
3 44 (4.76%) VLDB
4 33 (3.57%) Power BI
5 27 (2.92%) Elasticsearch
6 22 (2.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 20 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (1.84%) MySQL
8 17 (1.84%) Relational Database
9 12 (1.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (0.97%) Geospatial Data
10 9 (0.97%) GIS
10 9 (0.97%) MS Access
11 6 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (0.54%) Crystal Reports
12 5 (0.54%) Pentaho
13 4 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.43%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 72 (7.78%) JIRA
2 23 (2.49%) Eclipse
3 16 (1.73%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (0.97%) Oracle Forms
5 8 (0.86%) GitLab
5 8 (0.86%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.76%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.76%) Git
7 2 (0.22%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.22%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.11%) Gradle
8 1 (0.11%) JUnit
General
1 274 (29.62%) Finance
2 241 (26.05%) Social Skills
3 176 (19.03%) Analytical Skills
4 69 (7.46%) Front Office
5 63 (6.81%) Banking
6 49 (5.30%) Police
7 41 (4.43%) Law
8 33 (3.57%) Local Government
9 32 (3.46%) Public Sector
10 29 (3.14%) Marketing
11 28 (3.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 27 (2.92%) Manufacturing
13 24 (2.59%) Back Office
14 20 (2.16%) Retail
15 19 (2.05%) Legal
16 13 (1.41%) Investment Banking
17 10 (1.08%) Automotive
18 6 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
18 6 (0.65%) Private Banking
19 4 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (4.65%) .NET
2 42 (4.54%) Web Services
3 29 (3.14%) FIX Protocol
4 28 (3.03%) J2EE
4 28 (3.03%) Spring
5 26 (2.81%) Java EE
6 14 (1.51%) HTML
6 14 (1.51%) REST
7 12 (1.30%) JSON
7 12 (1.30%) XML
8 10 (1.08%) ASP.NET
8 10 (1.08%) CSS
9 9 (0.97%) EDI
9 9 (0.97%) SOAP
10 8 (0.86%) XSLT
11 6 (0.65%) Middleware
11 6 (0.65%) OLE
12 5 (0.54%) Kafka
13 4 (0.43%) .NET Framework
14 3 (0.32%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 27 (2.92%) Public Cloud
2 23 (2.49%) Driving Licence
3 22 (2.38%) Enterprise Software
4 21 (2.27%) Onboarding
5 19 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (1.95%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 16 (1.73%) Eurex
7 16 (1.73%) Management Information System
8 15 (1.62%) Product Ownership
9 14 (1.51%) Derivative
10 13 (1.41%) Equities
10 13 (1.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 12 (1.30%) CCTV
11 12 (1.30%) Mobile App
12 11 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (1.19%) CMDB
12 11 (1.19%) Hedge funds
13 10 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
14 9 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
15 8 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 162 (17.51%) Unix
2 160 (17.30%) Linux
3 141 (15.24%) Windows
4 82 (8.86%) Solaris
5 26 (2.81%) Windows Server
6 16 (1.73%) CentOS
7 11 (1.19%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.65%) AIX
9 4 (0.43%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.43%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.22%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.22%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.11%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 242 (26.16%) Problem-Solving
2 188 (20.32%) ITIL
3 111 (12.00%) Incident Management
4 94 (10.16%) Service Management
5 93 (10.05%) Customer Service
6 81 (8.76%) Actionable Insight
6 81 (8.76%) ERP
7 77 (8.32%) ITSM
7 77 (8.32%) Release Management
8 76 (8.22%) CRM
9 57 (6.16%) Agile
10 55 (5.95%) Performance Tuning
11 52 (5.62%) Artificial Intelligence
12 50 (5.41%) Performance Monitoring
13 45 (4.86%) Capacity Planning
14 44 (4.76%) Capacity Management
14 44 (4.76%) Project Management
15 43 (4.65%) Business Intelligence
15 43 (4.65%) User Acceptance Testing
16 40 (4.32%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 456 (49.30%) SQL
2 69 (7.46%) PL/SQL
3 59 (6.38%) Shell Script
3 59 (6.38%) T-SQL
4 58 (6.27%) Java
5 52 (5.62%) C#
6 48 (5.19%) Python
7 45 (4.86%) PowerShell
8 32 (3.46%) JavaScript
9 21 (2.27%) Bash
10 16 (1.73%) Perl
10 16 (1.73%) Ruby
11 11 (1.19%) VBA
12 9 (0.97%) C
13 7 (0.76%) C++
13 7 (0.76%) XPath
14 5 (0.54%) COBOL
14 5 (0.54%) VB
15 1 (0.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 177 (19.14%) Degree
2 105 (11.35%) Security Cleared
3 77 (8.32%) SC Cleared
4 14 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.08%) Master's Degree
6 9 (0.97%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 5 (0.54%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.43%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.43%) CIPD
11 3 (0.32%) A+ Certification
11 3 (0.32%) MCDST
12 2 (0.22%) ECDL
12 2 (0.22%) MCP
13 1 (0.11%) CTC Cleared
13 1 (0.11%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (14.38%) SLA
2 27 (2.92%) Accessibility
3 8 (0.86%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.76%) GDPR
5 5 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.43%) SOC 1
7 2 (0.22%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.22%) QA
8 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 44 (4.76%) Oracle RAC
2 39 (4.22%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.54%) Docker
4 2 (0.22%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 44 (4.76%) Data Guard
1 44 (4.76%) Oracle RMAN
2 26 (2.81%) OpenSSO
2 26 (2.81%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (0.97%) Grafana
4 7 (0.76%) Control-M
4 7 (0.76%) ITRS Geneos
4 7 (0.76%) Microsoft Clustering
4 7 (0.76%) Terraform
5 6 (0.65%) Kubernetes
6 5 (0.54%) Pingdom
7 4 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.43%) SCOM
7 4 (0.43%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.11%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) logstash
8 1 (0.11%) Packer
Vendors
1 198 (21.41%) Microsoft
2 166 (17.95%) Oracle
3 70 (7.57%) Remedy
4 49 (5.30%) Sun
5 35 (3.78%) NEC
6 32 (3.46%) ION Trading
7 30 (3.24%) SAP
8 29 (3.14%) ServiceNow
9 24 (2.59%) Trayport
10 23 (2.49%) Bloomberg
10 23 (2.49%) Murex
11 21 (2.27%) Guidewire
12 17 (1.84%) Civica
12 17 (1.84%) Red Hat
13 16 (1.73%) CQG
13 16 (1.73%) FNZ
13 16 (1.73%) Patsystems
13 16 (1.73%) Reuters
14 15 (1.62%) Salesforce
15 10 (1.08%) Sage