Applications Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

Application Specialist
UK > UK excluding London

The median Application Specialist salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 672 666 772
Rank change year-on-year -6 +106 -131
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Specialist 98 67 91
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.13% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.13% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 80 55 57
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £34,717
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,519 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,535 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.05% -15.17% +40.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £84,500
UK median annual salary £47,052 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% -13.64% +29.41%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 72,397 50,271 70,852
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.93% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,949 29,577 42,673
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.49% +5.76%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Applications Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Applications Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Specialist in the UK excluding London

Applications Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Applications Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Applications Specialist in the UK excluding London

Applications Specialist
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Specialist in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Specialist in the UK excluding London

Applications Specialist
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 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
North of England +53 29 £35,579 -35.31% 6
South East -3 22 £52,500 +16.67% 10
East of England +3 20 £45,000 +1.05% 9
Yorkshire +76 18 £35,579 -5.12% 2
Midlands -17 16 £33,000 -34.00% 3
West Midlands -9 13 £33,000 -34.00% 2
North West -7 10 £33,000 -40.00% 4
South West -24 7 £35,000 -72.00% 5
Wales - 4 £46,604 -
East Midlands -18 3 £33,000 -19.51% 1
North East -11 1 £40,000 - 1
Scotland -73 1 - - 3
Northern Ireland - 1 - -
Applications Specialist
UK

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 June 2024, Applications Specialist 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 UK excluding London region featuring Applications Specialist in the job title.

1 22 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (21.43%) Microsoft
3 16 (16.33%) Power Platform
4 15 (15.31%) SQL Server
5 14 (14.29%) Project Management
6 12 (12.24%) Degree
6 12 (12.24%) SQL
6 12 (12.24%) ERP
6 12 (12.24%) Business Intelligence
6 12 (12.24%) Social Skills
7 11 (11.22%) Manufacturing
7 11 (11.22%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (10.20%) Driving Licence
9 8 (8.16%) Power BI
9 8 (8.16%) Performance Tuning
9 8 (8.16%) Relational Database
9 8 (8.16%) Windows
10 7 (7.14%) CRM
10 7 (7.14%) SharePoint
10 7 (7.14%) C#
10 7 (7.14%) Asset Management
10 7 (7.14%) SaaS
10 7 (7.14%) Software Asset Management
10 7 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
10 7 (7.14%) GDPR
11 6 (6.12%) Business Strategy
11 6 (6.12%) Decision-Making
11 6 (6.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 6 (6.12%) Process Improvement
11 6 (6.12%) Business Analysis

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 7 (7.14%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.02%) Apache
2 1 (1.02%) IIS
2 1 (1.02%) nginx
Business Applications
1 4 (4.08%) Magento
2 1 (1.02%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 16 (16.33%) Power Platform
2 11 (11.22%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (7.14%) SaaS
4 4 (4.08%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.08%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (15.31%) SQL Server
2 8 (8.16%) Power BI
2 8 (8.16%) Relational Database
3 4 (4.08%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (4.08%) Crystal Reports
3 4 (4.08%) QlikView
3 4 (4.08%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.02%) Redis
General
1 12 (12.24%) Social Skills
2 11 (11.22%) Manufacturing
3 7 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (6.12%) Legal
4 6 (6.12%) Local Government
5 5 (5.10%) Games
6 4 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (4.08%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (4.08%) Law
6 4 (4.08%) Marketing
6 4 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (4.08%) Police
6 4 (4.08%) Retail
7 3 (3.06%) Aerospace
7 3 (3.06%) Automotive
8 2 (2.04%) Banking
8 2 (2.04%) Japanese Language
9 1 (1.02%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.08%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.20%) Driving Licence
2 6 (6.12%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.08%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (2.04%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.04%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.04%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.04%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.04%) SystemC
5 1 (1.02%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (8.16%) Windows
2 5 (5.10%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (14.29%) Project Management
3 12 (12.24%) Business Intelligence
3 12 (12.24%) ERP
4 8 (8.16%) Performance Tuning
5 7 (7.14%) Asset Management
5 7 (7.14%) CRM
5 7 (7.14%) Software Asset Management
6 6 (6.12%) Business Analysis
6 6 (6.12%) Business Strategy
6 6 (6.12%) Data Management
6 6 (6.12%) Decision-Making
6 6 (6.12%) Process Improvement
6 6 (6.12%) Service Management
6 6 (6.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (5.10%) Agile
7 5 (5.10%) Presales
8 4 (4.08%) Capacity Planning
8 4 (4.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 4 (4.08%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 12 (12.24%) SQL
2 7 (7.14%) C#
3 3 (3.06%) Python
4 2 (2.04%) C
5 1 (1.02%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 12 (12.24%) Degree
2 2 (2.04%) Master's Degree
2 2 (2.04%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.14%) GDPR
2 1 (1.02%) GLP
2 1 (1.02%) GMP
2 1 (1.02%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.02%) Shibboleth
1 1 (1.02%) Varnish
Vendors
1 21 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.08%) Cognos
2 4 (4.08%) Epicor
3 1 (1.02%) SAP