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 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 303 363 418
Rank change year-on-year +60 +55 -111
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 929 917 1,439
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 688 724 1,185
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,325 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,625 £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 £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% +1.33% +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 94,627 91,047 156,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.71% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,562 57,571 85,106
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,750 £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 20 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 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
England +58 831 £46,188 -7.62% 190
UK excluding London +53 567 £40,000 +5.26% 132
London +78 346 £62,500 -3.85% 73
Work from Home +35 344 £48,500 +2.11% 79
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
Wales +24 43 £45,000 +42.86%
Yorkshire +44 37 £35,579 -5.12% 6
South West -28 35 £43,500 +33.85% 14
Scotland -44 35 £37,500 -16.67% 6
North East -10 9 £37,500 +36.36% 2
Northern Ireland +25 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 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 featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 457 (49.19%) SQL
2 276 (29.71%) Finance
3 242 (26.05%) Problem-Solving
4 241 (25.94%) Social Skills
5 198 (21.31%) Microsoft
6 189 (20.34%) ITIL
7 177 (19.05%) Degree
8 176 (18.95%) Analytical Skills
9 167 (17.98%) Oracle
10 163 (17.55%) Unix
11 160 (17.22%) Linux
12 141 (15.18%) Windows
13 133 (14.32%) SLA
14 132 (14.21%) SQL Server
15 112 (12.06%) Incident Management
16 110 (11.84%) Azure
17 105 (11.30%) Security Cleared
18 94 (10.12%) Service Management
18 94 (10.12%) Customer Service
19 82 (8.83%) Solaris
20 81 (8.72%) ERP
20 81 (8.72%) Actionable Insight
21 80 (8.61%) Oracle Database
22 77 (8.29%) SC Cleared
22 77 (8.29%) Release Management
22 77 (8.29%) ITSM
23 75 (8.07%) CRM
24 73 (7.86%) JIRA
25 70 (7.53%) WebLogic
25 70 (7.53%) 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 (7.53%) WebLogic
2 50 (5.38%) SharePoint
3 48 (5.17%) IIS
4 44 (4.74%) Oracle Service Bus
5 39 (4.20%) Tomcat
6 27 (2.91%) Apache
7 26 (2.80%) Microsoft Exchange
8 13 (1.40%) Confluence
9 12 (1.29%) CMS
10 7 (0.75%) EPiServer
11 5 (0.54%) JBoss
11 5 (0.54%) WebSphere
12 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 59 (6.35%) Microsoft Office
2 56 (6.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 51 (5.49%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 53 (5.71%) Dynamics CRM
2 44 (4.74%) Remedy ITSM
3 35 (3.77%) NEC Housing
4 16 (1.72%) Fidessa
4 16 (1.72%) PlanetPress Connect
5 12 (1.29%) Dynamics NAV
6 11 (1.18%) Dynamics GP
6 11 (1.18%) thinkFolio
7 10 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
8 8 (0.86%) Endur
9 7 (0.75%) 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 (11.84%) Azure
2 58 (6.24%) Dynamics 365
3 55 (5.92%) Power Platform
4 48 (5.17%) AWS
5 37 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (3.34%) SaaS
7 25 (2.69%) Power Automate
8 22 (2.37%) PowerApps
9 12 (1.29%) Entra ID
10 11 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
11 10 (1.08%) WhatsApp
12 7 (0.75%) IaaS
13 6 (0.65%) Azure Monitor
13 6 (0.65%) PaaS
14 5 (0.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 5 (0.54%) Google Sheets
15 4 (0.43%) Azure Logic Apps
15 4 (0.43%) SuccessFactors
16 3 (0.32%) Datadog
17 2 (0.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.44%) Firewall
2 25 (2.69%) DNS
3 18 (1.94%) TCP/IP
4 16 (1.72%) DHCP
4 16 (1.72%) FIX Connectivity
5 13 (1.40%) VPN
6 7 (0.75%) 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 (14.21%) SQL Server
2 80 (8.61%) Oracle Database
3 44 (4.74%) Oracle Database 10g
3 44 (4.74%) Oracle Database 11g
3 44 (4.74%) VLDB
4 33 (3.55%) Power BI
5 27 (2.91%) Elasticsearch
6 22 (2.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 20 (2.15%) Data Warehouse
8 17 (1.83%) MySQL
8 17 (1.83%) Relational Database
9 12 (1.29%) 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 73 (7.86%) JIRA
2 23 (2.48%) Eclipse
3 16 (1.72%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (0.97%) Oracle Forms
5 8 (0.86%) GitLab
5 8 (0.86%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.75%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.75%) Git
7 2 (0.22%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.22%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.11%) Gradle
8 1 (0.11%) JUnit
General
1 276 (29.71%) Finance
2 241 (25.94%) Social Skills
3 176 (18.95%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (7.53%) Front Office
5 64 (6.89%) Banking
6 49 (5.27%) Police
7 42 (4.52%) Law
8 33 (3.55%) Local Government
9 32 (3.44%) Public Sector
10 29 (3.12%) Marketing
11 28 (3.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 27 (2.91%) Manufacturing
13 25 (2.69%) Back Office
14 20 (2.15%) Retail
15 19 (2.05%) Legal
16 13 (1.40%) Investment Banking
17 10 (1.08%) Automotive
18 6 (0.65%) Private Banking
19 5 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
20 4 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (4.63%) .NET
2 42 (4.52%) Web Services
3 29 (3.12%) FIX Protocol
4 28 (3.01%) J2EE
4 28 (3.01%) Spring
5 26 (2.80%) Java EE
6 14 (1.51%) HTML
6 14 (1.51%) REST
7 12 (1.29%) JSON
7 12 (1.29%) XML
8 11 (1.18%) CSS
9 10 (1.08%) ASP.NET
10 9 (0.97%) EDI
10 9 (0.97%) SOAP
11 8 (0.86%) XSLT
12 6 (0.65%) Middleware
12 6 (0.65%) OLE
13 5 (0.54%) Kafka
14 4 (0.43%) .NET Framework
15 3 (0.32%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 27 (2.91%) Public Cloud
2 23 (2.48%) Driving Licence
3 22 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
3 22 (2.37%) Onboarding
4 20 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (2.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 16 (1.72%) Eurex
6 16 (1.72%) Management Information System
7 15 (1.61%) Product Ownership
8 14 (1.51%) Derivative
9 13 (1.40%) Equities
9 13 (1.40%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 12 (1.29%) CCTV
10 12 (1.29%) Mobile App
11 11 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
11 11 (1.18%) CMDB
11 11 (1.18%) Hedge funds
12 9 (0.97%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
13 8 (0.86%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 163 (17.55%) Unix
2 160 (17.22%) Linux
3 141 (15.18%) Windows
4 82 (8.83%) Solaris
5 26 (2.80%) Windows Server
6 16 (1.72%) CentOS
7 11 (1.18%) 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 (26.05%) Problem-Solving
2 189 (20.34%) ITIL
3 112 (12.06%) Incident Management
4 94 (10.12%) Customer Service
4 94 (10.12%) Service Management
5 81 (8.72%) Actionable Insight
5 81 (8.72%) ERP
6 77 (8.29%) ITSM
6 77 (8.29%) Release Management
7 75 (8.07%) CRM
8 58 (6.24%) Agile
9 55 (5.92%) Performance Tuning
10 52 (5.60%) Artificial Intelligence
11 50 (5.38%) Performance Monitoring
12 45 (4.84%) Capacity Planning
12 45 (4.84%) Project Management
13 44 (4.74%) Capacity Management
14 43 (4.63%) Business Intelligence
15 42 (4.52%) User Acceptance Testing
16 39 (4.20%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 457 (49.19%) SQL
2 69 (7.43%) PL/SQL
3 59 (6.35%) Shell Script
3 59 (6.35%) T-SQL
4 58 (6.24%) Java
5 52 (5.60%) C#
6 48 (5.17%) Python
7 45 (4.84%) PowerShell
8 33 (3.55%) JavaScript
9 21 (2.26%) Bash
10 16 (1.72%) Perl
10 16 (1.72%) Ruby
11 11 (1.18%) VBA
12 9 (0.97%) C
13 7 (0.75%) C++
13 7 (0.75%) XPath
14 5 (0.54%) COBOL
14 5 (0.54%) VB
15 1 (0.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 177 (19.05%) Degree
2 105 (11.30%) Security Cleared
3 77 (8.29%) SC Cleared
4 14 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.08%) Master's Degree
6 9 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (0.97%) Microsoft 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 (14.32%) SLA
2 27 (2.91%) Accessibility
3 8 (0.86%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.75%) 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 (4.74%) Oracle RAC
2 39 (4.20%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.54%) Docker
4 2 (0.22%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 44 (4.74%) Data Guard
1 44 (4.74%) Oracle RMAN
2 26 (2.80%) OpenSSO
2 26 (2.80%) Single Sign-On
3 9 (0.97%) Grafana
4 7 (0.75%) Control-M
4 7 (0.75%) ITRS Geneos
4 7 (0.75%) Microsoft Clustering
4 7 (0.75%) 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 (21.31%) Microsoft
2 167 (17.98%) Oracle
3 70 (7.53%) Remedy
4 49 (5.27%) Sun
5 35 (3.77%) NEC
6 32 (3.44%) ION Trading
7 30 (3.23%) SAP
7 30 (3.23%) ServiceNow
8 24 (2.58%) Murex
8 24 (2.58%) Trayport
9 23 (2.48%) Bloomberg
10 21 (2.26%) Guidewire
11 17 (1.83%) Civica
11 17 (1.83%) Red Hat
12 16 (1.72%) CQG
12 16 (1.72%) FNZ
12 16 (1.72%) Patsystems
12 16 (1.72%) Reuters
13 14 (1.51%) Salesforce
14 10 (1.08%) Sage