Applications Support Jobs in England

Application Support
UK > England

The median Application Support salary in England 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 294 337 396
Rank change year-on-year +43 +59 -96
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 877 810 1,322
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.96% 0.96% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 1.05% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 679 669 1,117
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £27,208
25th Percentile £35,125 £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 £62,375 £69,500 £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 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,082 £81,250 £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 1 June 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 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
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
South West -22 40 £38,750 +19.23% 16
North East -20 9 £37,500 +11.11% 1
Applications Support
UK

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

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 across the England region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 400 (45.61%) SQL
2 251 (28.62%) Finance
3 236 (26.91%) Problem-Solving
4 225 (25.66%) Social Skills
5 183 (20.87%) Microsoft
6 162 (18.47%) ITIL
7 144 (16.42%) Windows
7 144 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
8 126 (14.37%) Degree
9 123 (14.03%) Oracle
10 122 (13.91%) Unix
10 122 (13.91%) Linux
11 109 (12.43%) SQL Server
12 105 (11.97%) SLA
13 92 (10.49%) Azure
14 91 (10.38%) Customer Service
15 85 (9.69%) ERP
16 75 (8.55%) Incident Management
17 71 (8.10%) Security Cleared
18 65 (7.41%) Service Management
19 63 (7.18%) Front Office
20 62 (7.07%) Banking
21 59 (6.73%) CRM
21 59 (6.73%) Dynamics 365
22 57 (6.50%) Power Platform
23 54 (6.16%) Agile
24 52 (5.93%) C#
24 52 (5.93%) Java
25 50 (5.70%) .NET
25 50 (5.70%) Solaris

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 (5.13%) IIS
2 39 (4.45%) SharePoint
3 36 (4.10%) WebLogic
4 30 (3.42%) Tomcat
5 24 (2.74%) Apache
6 23 (2.62%) Microsoft Exchange
7 14 (1.60%) Oracle Service Bus
8 13 (1.48%) Confluence
9 12 (1.37%) CMS
10 7 (0.80%) EPiServer
11 5 (0.57%) JBoss
12 1 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (3.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (2.96%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (2.62%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 37 (4.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 31 (3.53%) NEC Housing
3 17 (1.94%) Fidessa
4 14 (1.60%) Remedy ITSM
5 11 (1.25%) Dynamics GP
6 10 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
6 10 (1.14%) thinkFolio
7 8 (0.91%) Dynamics NAV
7 8 (0.91%) Endur
8 7 (0.80%) Dynamics AX
9 6 (0.68%) Infor SunSystems
9 6 (0.68%) ION Anvil
9 6 (0.68%) ION MarketView
9 6 (0.68%) NetSuite
9 6 (0.68%) Oracle Applications
9 6 (0.68%) PlanetPress Connect
9 6 (0.68%) Temenos T24
10 5 (0.57%) Aladdin
10 5 (0.57%) Magento
10 5 (0.57%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 92 (10.49%) Azure
2 59 (6.73%) Dynamics 365
3 57 (6.50%) Power Platform
4 41 (4.68%) AWS
5 34 (3.88%) Microsoft 365
6 33 (3.76%) SaaS
7 25 (2.85%) Power Automate
8 22 (2.51%) PowerApps
9 11 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (1.14%) WhatsApp
11 9 (1.03%) Entra ID
12 6 (0.68%) IaaS
12 6 (0.68%) PaaS
13 5 (0.57%) Azure Logic Apps
13 5 (0.57%) Google Sheets
14 4 (0.46%) Azure Monitor
14 4 (0.46%) Datadog
14 4 (0.46%) SuccessFactors
15 3 (0.34%) Azure Cosmos DB
16 2 (0.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.76%) Firewall
2 26 (2.96%) DNS
3 19 (2.17%) TCP/IP
4 17 (1.94%) DHCP
4 17 (1.94%) FIX Connectivity
5 13 (1.48%) VPN
6 7 (0.80%) SAN
7 6 (0.68%) Broadband
7 6 (0.68%) Internet
8 5 (0.57%) SSL
9 4 (0.46%) 5G
9 4 (0.46%) FTP
9 4 (0.46%) Intranet
10 2 (0.23%) HTTP
10 2 (0.23%) HTTPS
11 1 (0.11%) LAN
11 1 (0.11%) WAN
11 1 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 109 (12.43%) SQL Server
2 47 (5.36%) Oracle Database
3 35 (3.99%) Power BI
4 23 (2.62%) Elasticsearch
5 19 (2.17%) MySQL
5 19 (2.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 17 (1.94%) Relational Database
7 14 (1.60%) Oracle Database 10g
7 14 (1.60%) Oracle Database 11g
7 14 (1.60%) VLDB
8 11 (1.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 10 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (1.03%) Geospatial Data
10 9 (1.03%) GIS
10 9 (1.03%) MS Access
11 7 (0.80%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.57%) Crystal Reports
13 4 (0.46%) NoSQL
13 4 (0.46%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 48 (5.47%) JIRA
2 25 (2.85%) Eclipse
3 9 (1.03%) Oracle Forms
3 9 (1.03%) Visual Studio
4 7 (0.80%) Git
5 6 (0.68%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.23%) Browser DevTools
6 2 (0.23%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.11%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.11%) GitLab
7 1 (0.11%) Gradle
7 1 (0.11%) JUnit
General
1 251 (28.62%) Finance
2 225 (25.66%) Social Skills
3 144 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
4 63 (7.18%) Front Office
5 62 (7.07%) Banking
6 46 (5.25%) Law
6 46 (5.25%) Police
7 30 (3.42%) Local Government
8 29 (3.31%) Manufacturing
8 29 (3.31%) Marketing
8 29 (3.31%) Public Sector
9 24 (2.74%) Back Office
9 24 (2.74%) Retail
10 23 (2.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 18 (2.05%) Legal
12 13 (1.48%) Investment Banking
13 10 (1.14%) Automotive
14 5 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (0.57%) Private Banking
15 4 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (5.70%) .NET
2 38 (4.33%) Web Services
3 30 (3.42%) FIX Protocol
4 24 (2.74%) Spring
5 23 (2.62%) J2EE
6 22 (2.51%) Java EE
7 19 (2.17%) HTML
8 16 (1.82%) CSS
9 13 (1.48%) REST
10 11 (1.25%) XML
11 10 (1.14%) JSON
12 9 (1.03%) ASP.NET
12 9 (1.03%) EDI
12 9 (1.03%) XSLT
13 8 (0.91%) SOAP
14 6 (0.68%) OLE
15 5 (0.57%) Middleware
15 5 (0.57%) Node.js
16 4 (0.46%) .NET Framework
17 2 (0.23%) React
Miscellaneous
1 24 (2.74%) Onboarding
1 24 (2.74%) Public Cloud
2 21 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
3 20 (2.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 20 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
4 18 (2.05%) Product Ownership
5 17 (1.94%) Eurex
6 15 (1.71%) Driving Licence
6 15 (1.71%) Management Information System
7 14 (1.60%) Equities
7 14 (1.60%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 11 (1.25%) CMDB
8 11 (1.25%) Derivative
9 10 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
9 10 (1.14%) Mobile App
10 9 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
10 9 (1.03%) Hedge funds
10 9 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
11 8 (0.91%) Fixed Income
12 7 (0.80%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 144 (16.42%) Windows
2 122 (13.91%) Linux
2 122 (13.91%) Unix
3 50 (5.70%) Solaris
4 25 (2.85%) Windows Server
5 17 (1.94%) CentOS
6 12 (1.37%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.80%) AIX
8 4 (0.46%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.46%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.23%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.23%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.11%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (26.91%) Problem-Solving
2 162 (18.47%) ITIL
3 91 (10.38%) Customer Service
4 85 (9.69%) ERP
5 75 (8.55%) Incident Management
6 65 (7.41%) Service Management
7 59 (6.73%) CRM
8 54 (6.16%) Agile
9 46 (5.25%) User Acceptance Testing
10 44 (5.02%) Business Intelligence
11 39 (4.45%) ITSM
12 38 (4.33%) Release Management
13 36 (4.10%) Actionable Insight
13 36 (4.10%) Change Management
13 36 (4.10%) Project Management
14 34 (3.88%) DevOps
15 33 (3.76%) Root Cause Analysis
16 31 (3.53%) User Experience
17 30 (3.42%) Computer Science
17 30 (3.42%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 400 (45.61%) SQL
2 52 (5.93%) C#
2 52 (5.93%) Java
3 48 (5.47%) T-SQL
4 47 (5.36%) Shell Script
5 46 (5.25%) PowerShell
6 43 (4.90%) Python
7 36 (4.10%) JavaScript
8 35 (3.99%) PL/SQL
9 25 (2.85%) Bash
10 18 (2.05%) Perl
11 17 (1.94%) Ruby
12 14 (1.60%) VBA
13 9 (1.03%) C++
14 8 (0.91%) C
15 7 (0.80%) VB
15 7 (0.80%) XPath
16 4 (0.46%) COBOL
17 1 (0.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 126 (14.37%) Degree
2 71 (8.10%) Security Cleared
3 45 (5.13%) SC Cleared
4 14 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 11 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
6 10 (1.14%) Master's Degree
7 8 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 7 (0.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 6 (0.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 4 (0.46%) AWS Certification
10 4 (0.46%) CIPD
11 3 (0.34%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.23%) ECDL
12 2 (0.23%) MCP
13 1 (0.11%) CTC Cleared
13 1 (0.11%) HNC
13 1 (0.11%) HND
13 1 (0.11%) MCITP
13 1 (0.11%) MCSE
13 1 (0.11%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 105 (11.97%) SLA
2 24 (2.74%) Accessibility
3 8 (0.91%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.80%) GDPR
5 5 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.46%) SOC 1
7 3 (0.34%) QA
8 2 (0.23%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 34 (3.88%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.60%) Oracle RAC
3 6 (0.68%) Docker
4 2 (0.23%) vSphere
5 1 (0.11%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 22 (2.51%) OpenSSO
1 22 (2.51%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (1.60%) Data Guard
2 14 (1.60%) Oracle RMAN
3 9 (1.03%) Control-M
4 7 (0.80%) Kubernetes
4 7 (0.80%) Microsoft Clustering
5 5 (0.57%) Pingdom
5 5 (0.57%) Terraform
6 4 (0.46%) Grafana
6 4 (0.46%) SCOM
6 4 (0.46%) WhatsUp Gold
7 2 (0.23%) ITRS Geneos
8 1 (0.11%) Kibana
8 1 (0.11%) logstash
8 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Intune
8 1 (0.11%) Packer
Vendors
1 183 (20.87%) Microsoft
2 123 (14.03%) Oracle
3 36 (4.10%) Remedy
4 33 (3.76%) ION Trading
5 32 (3.65%) SAP
6 31 (3.53%) NEC
7 30 (3.42%) ServiceNow
8 26 (2.96%) Murex
9 25 (2.85%) Trayport
10 24 (2.74%) Bloomberg
11 22 (2.51%) Guidewire
12 21 (2.39%) Sun
13 18 (2.05%) Civica
13 18 (2.05%) Red Hat
14 17 (1.94%) CQG
14 17 (1.94%) Patsystems
14 17 (1.94%) Reuters
15 14 (1.60%) Salesforce
16 11 (1.25%) Sage
17 10 (1.14%) Google