Applications Support Jobs

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 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 307 337 427
Rank change year-on-year +30 +90 -115
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 973 908 1,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.93% 0.96% 0.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 1.05% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 723 718 1,202
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £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 £61,750 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £89,500 £87,500 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £39,500 £36,943
% change year-on-year +1.27% +6.92% +5.55%

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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
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 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 +43 877 £45,000 -10.00% 151
UK excluding London +60 603 £40,000 +1.27% 104
Work from Home +2 356 £45,000 -10.00% 57
London +92 352 £62,500 -3.85% 62
South East +45 173 £42,500 +3.66% 19
North of England -9 134 £40,000 +1.27% 26
Midlands +50 123 £32,500 -7.14% 13
North West -12 83 £45,000 - 13
East Midlands +26 68 £33,793 -0.61% 10
West Midlands +5 55 £32,121 -19.34% 3
East of England +21 54 £47,500 +6.66% 18
Yorkshire +34 42 £35,579 -5.75% 13
Wales +18 42 £45,000 +91.49%
South West -22 40 £38,750 +19.23% 16
Scotland -51 33 £35,000 -22.22% 16
North East -20 9 £37,500 +11.11% 1
Northern Ireland +18 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 1 June 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.

1 454 (46.66%) SQL
2 268 (27.54%) Finance
3 247 (25.39%) Problem-Solving
4 239 (24.56%) Social Skills
5 197 (20.25%) Microsoft
6 179 (18.40%) ITIL
6 179 (18.40%) Analytical Skills
7 169 (17.37%) Oracle
8 164 (16.86%) Unix
9 163 (16.75%) Linux
9 163 (16.75%) Degree
10 148 (15.21%) Windows
11 141 (14.49%) SLA
12 117 (12.02%) Incident Management
12 117 (12.02%) SQL Server
13 108 (11.10%) Security Cleared
14 102 (10.48%) Azure
15 100 (10.28%) Customer Service
16 88 (9.04%) ERP
17 83 (8.53%) Solaris
18 80 (8.22%) Service Management
18 80 (8.22%) Oracle Database
19 79 (8.12%) SC Cleared
20 75 (7.71%) ITSM
21 74 (7.61%) Release Management
22 71 (7.30%) JIRA
22 71 (7.30%) CRM
23 70 (7.19%) WebLogic
23 70 (7.19%) Remedy
24 69 (7.09%) 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 (7.19%) WebLogic
2 48 (4.93%) IIS
3 46 (4.73%) SharePoint
4 44 (4.52%) Oracle Service Bus
5 38 (3.91%) Tomcat
6 27 (2.77%) Apache
7 26 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
8 13 (1.34%) Confluence
9 12 (1.23%) CMS
10 7 (0.72%) EPiServer
11 5 (0.51%) JBoss
11 5 (0.51%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.10%) WordPress
Applications
1 59 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
1 59 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
2 53 (5.45%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.10%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 47 (4.83%) Dynamics CRM
2 44 (4.52%) Remedy ITSM
3 34 (3.49%) NEC Housing
4 17 (1.75%) Fidessa
5 12 (1.23%) Dynamics NAV
5 12 (1.23%) PlanetPress Connect
6 11 (1.13%) Dynamics GP
7 10 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
7 10 (1.03%) thinkFolio
8 8 (0.82%) Endur
9 7 (0.72%) Dynamics AX
10 6 (0.62%) Infor SunSystems
10 6 (0.62%) ION Anvil
10 6 (0.62%) ION MarketView
10 6 (0.62%) NetSuite
10 6 (0.62%) Oracle Applications
10 6 (0.62%) Temenos T24
11 5 (0.51%) Aladdin
11 5 (0.51%) Magento
11 5 (0.51%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 102 (10.48%) Azure
2 63 (6.47%) Dynamics 365
3 57 (5.86%) Power Platform
4 42 (4.32%) AWS
5 37 (3.80%) Microsoft 365
6 33 (3.39%) SaaS
7 25 (2.57%) Power Automate
8 22 (2.26%) PowerApps
9 12 (1.23%) Entra ID
10 11 (1.13%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (1.03%) WhatsApp
12 7 (0.72%) IaaS
13 6 (0.62%) PaaS
14 5 (0.51%) Azure Logic Apps
14 5 (0.51%) Google Sheets
15 4 (0.41%) Azure Monitor
15 4 (0.41%) Datadog
15 4 (0.41%) SuccessFactors
16 3 (0.31%) Azure Cosmos DB
17 2 (0.21%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.39%) Firewall
2 26 (2.67%) DNS
3 19 (1.95%) TCP/IP
4 17 (1.75%) DHCP
4 17 (1.75%) FIX Connectivity
5 13 (1.34%) VPN
6 7 (0.72%) SAN
7 6 (0.62%) Broadband
7 6 (0.62%) Internet
8 5 (0.51%) SSL
9 4 (0.41%) 5G
9 4 (0.41%) FTP
9 4 (0.41%) Intranet
9 4 (0.41%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.21%) HTTP
10 2 (0.21%) HTTPS
11 1 (0.10%) LAN
11 1 (0.10%) VLAN
11 1 (0.10%) WAN
11 1 (0.10%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 117 (12.02%) SQL Server
2 80 (8.22%) Oracle Database
3 44 (4.52%) Oracle Database 10g
3 44 (4.52%) Oracle Database 11g
3 44 (4.52%) VLDB
4 35 (3.60%) Power BI
5 27 (2.77%) Elasticsearch
6 20 (2.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 19 (1.95%) MySQL
8 17 (1.75%) Relational Database
9 16 (1.64%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (1.13%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 9 (0.92%) Geospatial Data
11 9 (0.92%) GIS
11 9 (0.92%) MS Access
12 7 (0.72%) BusinessObjects
13 5 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
13 5 (0.51%) Crystal Reports
13 5 (0.51%) Pentaho
14 4 (0.41%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 71 (7.30%) JIRA
2 25 (2.57%) Eclipse
3 12 (1.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (0.92%) Oracle Forms
4 9 (0.92%) Visual Studio
5 8 (0.82%) GitLab
6 7 (0.72%) 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
1 268 (27.54%) Finance
2 239 (24.56%) Social Skills
3 179 (18.40%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (6.47%) Front Office
5 62 (6.37%) Banking
6 51 (5.24%) Law
7 49 (5.04%) Police
8 33 (3.39%) Local Government
9 32 (3.29%) Public Sector
10 29 (2.98%) Manufacturing
10 29 (2.98%) Marketing
11 28 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 24 (2.47%) Back Office
12 24 (2.47%) Retail
13 23 (2.36%) Legal
14 13 (1.34%) Investment Banking
15 10 (1.03%) Automotive
16 5 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.51%) Private Banking
17 4 (0.41%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (5.14%) .NET
2 41 (4.21%) Web Services
3 30 (3.08%) FIX Protocol
4 28 (2.88%) Spring
5 27 (2.77%) J2EE
6 26 (2.67%) Java EE
7 19 (1.95%) HTML
8 16 (1.64%) CSS
9 13 (1.34%) REST
9 13 (1.34%) XML
10 12 (1.23%) JSON
11 9 (0.92%) ASP.NET
11 9 (0.92%) EDI
11 9 (0.92%) XSLT
12 8 (0.82%) SOAP
13 6 (0.62%) OLE
14 5 (0.51%) Kafka
14 5 (0.51%) Middleware
14 5 (0.51%) Node.js
15 4 (0.41%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 27 (2.77%) Public Cloud
2 24 (2.47%) Onboarding
3 23 (2.36%) Driving Licence
4 22 (2.26%) Enterprise Software
5 20 (2.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 20 (2.06%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (1.85%) Product Ownership
7 17 (1.75%) Eurex
8 15 (1.54%) Management Information System
9 14 (1.44%) Equities
9 14 (1.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 12 (1.23%) Mobile App
11 11 (1.13%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (1.13%) CMDB
11 11 (1.13%) Derivative
12 9 (0.92%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (0.92%) Hedge funds
12 9 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
13 8 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
13 8 (0.82%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 164 (16.86%) Unix
2 163 (16.75%) Linux
3 148 (15.21%) Windows
4 83 (8.53%) Solaris
5 25 (2.57%) Windows Server
6 17 (1.75%) CentOS
7 12 (1.23%) Ubuntu
8 7 (0.72%) AIX
9 4 (0.41%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.41%) 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
1 247 (25.39%) Problem-Solving
2 179 (18.40%) ITIL
3 117 (12.02%) Incident Management
4 100 (10.28%) Customer Service
5 88 (9.04%) ERP
6 80 (8.22%) Service Management
7 75 (7.71%) ITSM
8 74 (7.61%) Release Management
9 71 (7.30%) CRM
10 69 (7.09%) Actionable Insight
11 61 (6.27%) Agile
12 54 (5.55%) Performance Tuning
13 53 (5.45%) Artificial Intelligence
14 50 (5.14%) Performance Monitoring
15 48 (4.93%) Business Intelligence
16 47 (4.83%) User Acceptance Testing
17 45 (4.62%) Capacity Management
17 45 (4.62%) Capacity Planning
18 40 (4.11%) DevOps
19 38 (3.91%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 454 (46.66%) SQL
2 66 (6.78%) PL/SQL
3 62 (6.37%) Java
4 59 (6.06%) Shell Script
5 52 (5.34%) C#
6 49 (5.04%) T-SQL
7 48 (4.93%) Python
8 46 (4.73%) PowerShell
9 36 (3.70%) JavaScript
10 25 (2.57%) Bash
11 18 (1.85%) Perl
12 17 (1.75%) Ruby
13 14 (1.44%) VBA
14 9 (0.92%) C++
15 8 (0.82%) C
16 7 (0.72%) VB
16 7 (0.72%) XPath
17 4 (0.41%) COBOL
18 1 (0.10%) PHP
Qualifications
1 163 (16.75%) Degree
2 108 (11.10%) Security Cleared
3 79 (8.12%) SC Cleared
4 14 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (1.13%) ITIL Certification
5 11 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
6 10 (1.03%) Master's Degree
7 7 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (0.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.41%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.41%) CIPD
10 3 (0.31%) A+ Certification
10 3 (0.31%) Azure Certification
10 3 (0.31%) MCDST
11 2 (0.21%) ECDL
11 2 (0.21%) MCP
12 1 (0.10%) HNC
12 1 (0.10%) HND
12 1 (0.10%) MCSE
12 1 (0.10%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (14.49%) SLA
2 27 (2.77%) Accessibility
3 8 (0.82%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.72%) GDPR
5 5 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.41%) SOC 1
7 3 (0.31%) QA
8 2 (0.21%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 44 (4.52%) Oracle RAC
2 38 (3.91%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.62%) Docker
4 2 (0.21%) vSphere
5 1 (0.10%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 44 (4.52%) Data Guard
1 44 (4.52%) Oracle RMAN
2 26 (2.67%) OpenSSO
2 26 (2.67%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (1.03%) Kubernetes
4 9 (0.92%) Control-M
4 9 (0.92%) Grafana
5 7 (0.72%) ITRS Geneos
5 7 (0.72%) Microsoft Clustering
6 5 (0.51%) Pingdom
6 5 (0.51%) Terraform
7 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
7 4 (0.41%) SCOM
7 4 (0.41%) WhatsUp Gold
8 1 (0.10%) Kibana
8 1 (0.10%) logstash
8 1 (0.10%) Packer
Vendors
1 197 (20.25%) Microsoft
2 169 (17.37%) Oracle
3 70 (7.19%) Remedy
4 51 (5.24%) Sun
5 34 (3.49%) NEC
6 33 (3.39%) ION Trading
7 32 (3.29%) SAP
8 30 (3.08%) ServiceNow
9 26 (2.67%) Murex
10 25 (2.57%) Trayport
11 24 (2.47%) Bloomberg
12 22 (2.26%) Guidewire
13 18 (1.85%) Civica
13 18 (1.85%) Red Hat
14 17 (1.75%) CQG
14 17 (1.75%) Patsystems
14 17 (1.75%) Reuters
15 14 (1.44%) Salesforce
16 12 (1.23%) FNZ
17 11 (1.13%) Sage