Applications Support Jobs in the Midlands

Application Support
England > Midlands

The median Application Support salary in the Midlands is £32,500 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 207 253 243
Rank change year-on-year +46 -10 -61
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 109 55 114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.90% 0.61% 1.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 0.68% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 84 51 86
10th Percentile £25,000 £23,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £26,750 £29,500 £27,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -7.89% +11.76%
75th Percentile £42,688 £43,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
England median annual salary £46,188 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -7.62% +17.65% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 11,430 8,135 10,492
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.52% 89.72% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 8,444 4,581 7,045
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £27,526
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in the Midlands

Applications Support
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Applications Support in the Midlands

Applications Support
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in the Midlands over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in the Midlands

Applications Support
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the Midlands 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
East Midlands +24 64 £33,147 -2.51% 12
West Midlands +25 45 £32,121 -18.97% 13
Applications Support
England

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

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 Midlands region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 53 (48.62%) SQL
2 46 (42.20%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (38.53%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (28.44%) Microsoft
5 28 (25.69%) Law
6 23 (21.10%) SLA
7 22 (20.18%) Service Management
8 20 (18.35%) ITIL
8 20 (18.35%) Social Skills
9 18 (16.51%) Customer Service
10 17 (15.60%) User Experience
10 17 (15.60%) Customer Requirements
10 17 (15.60%) User Acceptance Testing
11 15 (13.76%) Azure
11 15 (13.76%) Degree
11 15 (13.76%) Windows
11 15 (13.76%) SQL Server
11 15 (13.76%) IIS
12 12 (11.01%) ERP
13 11 (10.09%) Oracle
13 11 (10.09%) Finance
14 10 (9.17%) Power Platform
15 9 (8.26%) SaaS
15 9 (8.26%) Enterprise Software
16 8 (7.34%) Network Architecture
16 8 (7.34%) Oracle Database
16 8 (7.34%) Public Cloud
16 8 (7.34%) NEC Housing
16 8 (7.34%) Security Cleared
16 8 (7.34%) Local Government

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 15 (13.76%) IIS
2 8 (7.34%) Apache
2 8 (7.34%) SharePoint
2 8 (7.34%) Tomcat
3 1 (0.92%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 8 (7.34%) NEC Housing
2 7 (6.42%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.83%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (1.83%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (1.83%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.92%) Odoo
4 1 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 15 (13.76%) Azure
2 10 (9.17%) Power Platform
3 9 (8.26%) SaaS
4 6 (5.50%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (4.59%) Google Sheets
5 5 (4.59%) PowerApps
6 4 (3.67%) AWS
7 2 (1.83%) IaaS
7 2 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.83%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.42%) Firewall
1 7 (6.42%) SAN
1 7 (6.42%) VPN
2 6 (5.50%) Broadband
3 1 (0.92%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (13.76%) SQL Server
2 8 (7.34%) Oracle Database
3 5 (4.59%) Power BI
4 2 (1.83%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (1.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.92%) BusinessObjects XI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.92%) Eclipse
General
1 42 (38.53%) Analytical Skills
2 28 (25.69%) Law
3 20 (18.35%) Social Skills
4 11 (10.09%) Finance
5 8 (7.34%) Local Government
5 8 (7.34%) Police
5 8 (7.34%) Public Sector
6 7 (6.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (5.50%) Legal
7 6 (5.50%) Manufacturing
7 6 (5.50%) Retail
8 2 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.34%) Web Services
2 6 (5.50%) OLE
3 3 (2.75%) Node.js
4 2 (1.83%) EDI
5 1 (0.92%) CSS
5 1 (0.92%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 9 (8.26%) Enterprise Software
2 8 (7.34%) Public Cloud
3 7 (6.42%) Clustering
4 5 (4.59%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.67%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.75%) Legacy Code
7 2 (1.83%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.83%) IoT
8 1 (0.92%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 15 (13.76%) Windows
2 8 (7.34%) Linux
2 8 (7.34%) Solaris
2 8 (7.34%) Unix
3 7 (6.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (42.20%) Problem-Solving
2 22 (20.18%) Service Management
3 20 (18.35%) ITIL
4 18 (16.51%) Customer Service
5 17 (15.60%) Customer Requirements
5 17 (15.60%) User Acceptance Testing
5 17 (15.60%) User Experience
6 12 (11.01%) ERP
7 8 (7.34%) Data Security
7 8 (7.34%) Network Architecture
7 8 (7.34%) Roadmaps
7 8 (7.34%) Server Management
7 8 (7.34%) Task Automation
8 7 (6.42%) CRM
8 7 (6.42%) High Availability
8 7 (6.42%) Patch Management
8 7 (6.42%) Product Roadmap
9 6 (5.50%) Target Operating Model
10 5 (4.59%) DevOps
10 5 (4.59%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 53 (48.62%) SQL
2 8 (7.34%) Shell Script
2 8 (7.34%) T-SQL
3 5 (4.59%) C#
4 3 (2.75%) C++
5 1 (0.92%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.92%) Python
Qualifications
1 15 (13.76%) Degree
2 8 (7.34%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (1.83%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (21.10%) SLA
2 8 (7.34%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (1.83%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (6.42%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 31 (28.44%) Microsoft
2 11 (10.09%) Oracle
3 8 (7.34%) NEC
4 5 (4.59%) Google
5 3 (2.75%) Salesforce
5 3 (2.75%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.83%) SAP
7 1 (0.92%) Guidewire