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 20 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
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 295 353 384
Rank change year-on-year +58 +31 -94
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 831 823 1,306
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.96% 0.93% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 1.02% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 644 677 1,102
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,400 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £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 81,786 81,001 131,568
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.57% 91.55% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 60,839 51,644 75,317
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £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 20 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 20 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 +78 346 £62,500 -3.85% 73
South East +73 169 £42,500 +6.25% 41
North of England -9 125 £40,000 +1.27% 24
Midlands +46 109 £32,500 -7.14% 25
North West -7 79 £45,000 +3.45% 17
East Midlands +24 64 £33,147 -2.51% 12
East of England +16 46 £47,500 +6.66% 22
West Midlands +25 45 £32,121 -18.97% 13
Yorkshire +44 37 £35,579 -5.12% 6
South West -28 35 £43,500 +33.85% 14
North East -10 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 20 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 (47.89%) SQL
2 257 (30.93%) Finance
3 226 (27.20%) Problem-Solving
4 222 (26.71%) Social Skills
5 182 (21.90%) Microsoft
6 165 (19.86%) ITIL
7 141 (16.97%) Analytical Skills
8 137 (16.49%) Windows
9 135 (16.25%) Degree
10 121 (14.56%) Unix
10 121 (14.56%) Linux
10 121 (14.56%) Oracle
11 117 (14.08%) SQL Server
12 97 (11.67%) SLA
13 95 (11.43%) Azure
14 85 (10.23%) Customer Service
15 80 (9.63%) ERP
16 72 (8.66%) Service Management
17 70 (8.42%) Front Office
17 70 (8.42%) Incident Management
18 68 (8.18%) Security Cleared
19 64 (7.70%) Banking
20 61 (7.34%) CRM
21 55 (6.62%) Power Platform
22 54 (6.50%) Dynamics 365
23 53 (6.38%) T-SQL
24 52 (6.26%) C#
24 52 (6.26%) Agile
25 49 (5.90%) Solaris
26 48 (5.78%) 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 (5.42%) IIS
2 43 (5.17%) SharePoint
3 36 (4.33%) WebLogic
4 31 (3.73%) Tomcat
5 24 (2.89%) Apache
6 23 (2.77%) Microsoft Exchange
7 14 (1.68%) Oracle Service Bus
8 13 (1.56%) Confluence
9 12 (1.44%) CMS
10 7 (0.84%) EPiServer
11 5 (0.60%) JBoss
12 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 26 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
1 26 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (2.53%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 41 (4.93%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (3.85%) NEC Housing
3 16 (1.93%) Fidessa
4 14 (1.68%) Remedy ITSM
5 11 (1.32%) Dynamics GP
5 11 (1.32%) thinkFolio
6 10 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
7 8 (0.96%) Dynamics NAV
7 8 (0.96%) Endur
7 8 (0.96%) 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 (11.43%) Azure
2 55 (6.62%) Power Platform
3 54 (6.50%) Dynamics 365
4 42 (5.05%) AWS
5 34 (4.09%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (3.73%) SaaS
7 25 (3.01%) Power Automate
8 22 (2.65%) PowerApps
9 11 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (1.20%) WhatsApp
11 9 (1.08%) Entra ID
12 6 (0.72%) Azure Monitor
12 6 (0.72%) IaaS
12 6 (0.72%) PaaS
13 5 (0.60%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 5 (0.60%) Google Sheets
14 4 (0.48%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (0.48%) SuccessFactors
15 3 (0.36%) Datadog
16 2 (0.24%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.85%) Firewall
2 25 (3.01%) DNS
3 18 (2.17%) TCP/IP
4 16 (1.93%) DHCP
4 16 (1.93%) FIX Connectivity
5 13 (1.56%) 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 (14.08%) SQL Server
2 47 (5.66%) Oracle Database
3 33 (3.97%) 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 (1.68%) Oracle Database 10g
7 14 (1.68%) Oracle Database 11g
7 14 (1.68%) VLDB
8 12 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (1.44%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (1.08%) Geospatial Data
9 9 (1.08%) GIS
9 9 (1.08%) 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%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 48 (5.78%) JIRA
2 23 (2.77%) Eclipse
3 9 (1.08%) Oracle Forms
4 8 (0.96%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 8 (0.96%) 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
1 257 (30.93%) Finance
2 222 (26.71%) Social Skills
3 141 (16.97%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (8.42%) Front Office
5 64 (7.70%) Banking
6 46 (5.54%) Police
7 37 (4.45%) Law
8 30 (3.61%) Local Government
9 29 (3.49%) Marketing
9 29 (3.49%) Public Sector
10 27 (3.25%) Manufacturing
11 25 (3.01%) Back Office
12 23 (2.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 20 (2.41%) Retail
14 14 (1.68%) Legal
15 13 (1.56%) Investment Banking
16 10 (1.20%) Automotive
17 6 (0.72%) Private Banking
18 5 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
19 4 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (5.17%) .NET
2 39 (4.69%) Web Services
3 29 (3.49%) FIX Protocol
4 24 (2.89%) J2EE
4 24 (2.89%) Spring
5 22 (2.65%) Java EE
6 14 (1.68%) HTML
6 14 (1.68%) REST
7 11 (1.32%) CSS
8 10 (1.20%) ASP.NET
8 10 (1.20%) JSON
8 10 (1.20%) XML
9 9 (1.08%) EDI
9 9 (1.08%) SOAP
10 8 (0.96%) XSLT
11 6 (0.72%) Middleware
11 6 (0.72%) OLE
12 4 (0.48%) .NET Framework
13 3 (0.36%) Node.js
14 2 (0.24%) React
Miscellaneous
1 24 (2.89%) Public Cloud
2 22 (2.65%) Onboarding
3 21 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
4 20 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (2.29%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 16 (1.93%) Eurex
6 16 (1.93%) Management Information System
7 15 (1.81%) Driving Licence
7 15 (1.81%) Product Ownership
8 14 (1.68%) Derivative
9 13 (1.56%) Equities
9 13 (1.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 11 (1.32%) CMDB
10 11 (1.32%) Hedge funds
11 10 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.20%) Mobile App
12 9 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.08%) Linux Command Line
13 8 (0.96%) Fixed Income
14 7 (0.84%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 137 (16.49%) Windows
2 121 (14.56%) Linux
2 121 (14.56%) Unix
3 49 (5.90%) Solaris
4 26 (3.13%) Windows Server
5 16 (1.93%) CentOS
6 11 (1.32%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.72%) AIX
8 4 (0.48%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.48%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.24%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.12%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 226 (27.20%) Problem-Solving
2 165 (19.86%) ITIL
3 85 (10.23%) Customer Service
4 80 (9.63%) ERP
5 72 (8.66%) Service Management
6 70 (8.42%) Incident Management
7 61 (7.34%) CRM
8 52 (6.26%) Agile
9 43 (5.17%) Actionable Insight
10 41 (4.93%) User Acceptance Testing
11 39 (4.69%) Business Intelligence
11 39 (4.69%) ITSM
11 39 (4.69%) Project Management
11 39 (4.69%) Release Management
12 37 (4.45%) Change Management
13 35 (4.21%) Asset Management
14 34 (4.09%) Service Delivery
15 32 (3.85%) DevOps
15 32 (3.85%) Root Cause Analysis
16 30 (3.61%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 398 (47.89%) SQL
2 53 (6.38%) T-SQL
3 52 (6.26%) C#
4 48 (5.78%) Java
5 47 (5.66%) Shell Script
6 45 (5.42%) PowerShell
7 43 (5.17%) Python
8 38 (4.57%) PL/SQL
9 33 (3.97%) JavaScript
10 21 (2.53%) Bash
11 16 (1.93%) Perl
11 16 (1.93%) Ruby
12 11 (1.32%) VBA
13 9 (1.08%) 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 (16.25%) Degree
2 68 (8.18%) Security Cleared
3 43 (5.17%) SC Cleared
4 14 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.20%) Master's Degree
6 9 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (0.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 6 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 5 (0.60%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.48%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.48%) CIPD
11 2 (0.24%) ECDL
11 2 (0.24%) MCP
12 1 (0.12%) CTC Cleared
12 1 (0.12%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (11.67%) SLA
2 24 (2.89%) Accessibility
3 8 (0.96%) 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 (4.21%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.68%) 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 (1.68%) Data Guard
2 14 (1.68%) 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 (21.90%) Microsoft
2 121 (14.56%) Oracle
3 36 (4.33%) Remedy
4 32 (3.85%) ION Trading
4 32 (3.85%) NEC
5 30 (3.61%) SAP
5 30 (3.61%) ServiceNow
6 24 (2.89%) Murex
6 24 (2.89%) Trayport
7 23 (2.77%) Bloomberg
8 21 (2.53%) Guidewire
9 19 (2.29%) Sun
10 17 (2.05%) Civica
10 17 (2.05%) Red Hat
11 16 (1.93%) CQG
11 16 (1.93%) Patsystems
11 16 (1.93%) Reuters
12 14 (1.68%) Salesforce
13 10 (1.20%) Epicor
13 10 (1.20%) Sage