Applications Support Analyst Jobs

Application Support Analyst
UK

The median Application Support Analyst salary in the UK 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 502 603 671
Rank change year-on-year +101 +68 -117
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Analyst 471 372 720
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.45% 0.39% 0.43%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.47% 0.43% 0.44%
Number of salaries quoted 321 266 538
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £25,750
25th Percentile £35,750 £33,563 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +12.50% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,875 £52,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £85,000 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £37,250 £35,000
% change year-on-year +7.38% +6.43% +6.87%

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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Applications Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support Analyst in the UK

Applications Support Analyst
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Applications Support Analyst in the UK

Applications Support Analyst
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support Analyst over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Support Analyst in the UK

Applications Support Analyst
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 Analyst within the UK 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
England +112 412 £45,000 - 44
UK excluding London +25 285 £40,000 +7.38% 24
London +147 180 £60,000 -4.00% 21
Work from Home +58 169 £45,000 +5.88% 15
South East +40 102 £42,500 +6.25% 2
North of England +23 58 £40,841 +8.91% 11
Midlands +11 46 £35,000 +7.69% 3
North West -6 39 £45,000 +16.02% 7
Wales +10 34 - -
East Midlands +5 26 £39,500 +17.04% 2
West Midlands -13 20 £32,121 -1.17% 1
Yorkshire +54 17 £35,000 -5.41% 4
Scotland -56 17 £61,250 +36.11% 4
South West -35 14 £43,500 +45.00% 4
East of England +7 12 £35,640 -13.60% 1
North East -9 2 £42,500 +6.25%
Northern Ireland +20 1 £65,000 +30.00%
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Applications Support Analyst 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 Analyst in the job title.

1 227 (48.20%) SQL
2 160 (33.97%) Social Skills
3 127 (26.96%) Finance
4 112 (23.78%) ITIL
5 108 (22.93%) Problem-Solving
6 106 (22.51%) Analytical Skills
6 106 (22.51%) Unix
7 97 (20.59%) Oracle
8 92 (19.53%) SLA
9 90 (19.11%) Incident Management
10 89 (18.90%) Degree
11 81 (17.20%) Microsoft
12 74 (15.71%) Linux
13 70 (14.86%) WebLogic
13 70 (14.86%) Remedy
13 70 (14.86%) SC Cleared
13 70 (14.86%) Security Cleared
14 69 (14.65%) Actionable Insight
15 65 (13.80%) ITSM
16 62 (13.16%) Release Management
17 60 (12.74%) SQL Server
18 59 (12.53%) ERP
19 56 (11.89%) Solaris
20 55 (11.68%) Customer Service
21 54 (11.46%) PL/SQL
22 53 (11.25%) Microsoft Excel
22 53 (11.25%) Oracle Database
23 51 (10.83%) MS Visio
23 51 (10.83%) Service Management
24 50 (10.62%) Microsoft Office

Applications Support Analyst 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 (14.86%) WebLogic
2 44 (9.34%) Oracle Service Bus
3 25 (5.31%) SharePoint
4 13 (2.76%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.70%) CMS
6 6 (1.27%) IIS
7 3 (0.64%) EPiServer
8 2 (0.42%) Confluence
9 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 53 (11.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 51 (10.83%) MS Visio
3 50 (10.62%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 44 (9.34%) Remedy ITSM
2 31 (6.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (2.55%) Fidessa
3 12 (2.55%) PlanetPress Connect
4 11 (2.34%) Dynamics NAV
5 10 (2.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 8 (1.70%) Dynamics GP
7 7 (1.49%) Endur
7 7 (1.49%) NEC Housing
8 6 (1.27%) Infor SunSystems
8 6 (1.27%) ION MarketView
9 5 (1.06%) Oracle Cash Management
10 4 (0.85%) ION Anvil
10 4 (0.85%) NetSuite
11 3 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
11 3 (0.64%) iTrent
11 3 (0.64%) JDE EnterpriseOne
11 3 (0.64%) Markit EDM
11 3 (0.64%) Maximo
11 3 (0.64%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 48 (10.19%) Dynamics 365
2 39 (8.28%) Azure
3 18 (3.82%) Power Platform
4 14 (2.97%) AWS
5 9 (1.91%) PowerApps
6 6 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
6 6 (1.27%) SaaS
7 5 (1.06%) Google Sheets
8 4 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.42%) IaaS
9 2 (0.42%) WhatsApp
10 1 (0.21%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.21%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.21%) GCP
10 1 (0.21%) PaaS
10 1 (0.21%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.76%) DNS
2 12 (2.55%) DHCP
2 12 (2.55%) Firewall
2 12 (2.55%) FIX Connectivity
2 12 (2.55%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.27%) Broadband
4 3 (0.64%) Internet
5 1 (0.21%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.21%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (12.74%) SQL Server
2 53 (11.25%) Oracle Database
3 44 (9.34%) Oracle Database 10g
3 44 (9.34%) Oracle Database 11g
3 44 (9.34%) VLDB
4 26 (5.52%) Elasticsearch
5 15 (3.18%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (3.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 8 (1.70%) Power BI
6 8 (1.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
7 3 (0.64%) SAP HANA
7 3 (0.64%) Tableau
8 2 (0.42%) MySQL
9 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects XI
9 1 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.21%) DB2
9 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
9 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 20 (4.25%) JIRA
2 15 (3.18%) Eclipse
3 12 (2.55%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 3 (0.64%) Visual Studio
General
1 160 (33.97%) Social Skills
2 127 (26.96%) Finance
3 106 (22.51%) Analytical Skills
4 38 (8.07%) Banking
5 36 (7.64%) Front Office
6 22 (4.67%) Police
7 21 (4.46%) Marketing
8 18 (3.82%) Manufacturing
9 17 (3.61%) Back Office
10 13 (2.76%) Retail
11 7 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.49%) Legal
12 6 (1.27%) Investment Banking
13 5 (1.06%) Automotive
13 5 (1.06%) Law
13 5 (1.06%) Private Banking
13 5 (1.06%) Public Sector
14 4 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.64%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (5.52%) J2EE
1 26 (5.52%) Java EE
1 26 (5.52%) Spring
2 23 (4.88%) .NET
3 20 (4.25%) FIX Protocol
4 6 (1.27%) OLE
5 5 (1.06%) Middleware
6 4 (0.85%) ASP.NET
6 4 (0.85%) JSON
7 3 (0.64%) REST
7 3 (0.64%) SOAP
7 3 (0.64%) Web Services
7 3 (0.64%) XML
7 3 (0.64%) XSLT
8 2 (0.42%) CSS
8 2 (0.42%) EDI
8 2 (0.42%) HTML
9 1 (0.21%) Oracle Fusion
9 1 (0.21%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 17 (3.61%) Onboarding
2 15 (3.18%) Enterprise Software
3 12 (2.55%) Eurex
4 10 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
4 10 (2.12%) Product Ownership
5 9 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.70%) Equities
7 7 (1.49%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 6 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.27%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.06%) Fixed Income
9 5 (1.06%) Social Media
10 4 (0.85%) Driving Licence
10 4 (0.85%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.64%) Derivative
12 2 (0.42%) Cloud Native
12 2 (0.42%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.42%) IoT
12 2 (0.42%) NHS
13 1 (0.21%) Hedge funds
Operating Systems
1 106 (22.51%) Unix
2 74 (15.71%) Linux
3 56 (11.89%) Solaris
4 46 (9.77%) Windows
5 12 (2.55%) CentOS
5 12 (2.55%) Ubuntu
6 6 (1.27%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (23.78%) ITIL
2 108 (22.93%) Problem-Solving
3 90 (19.11%) Incident Management
4 69 (14.65%) Actionable Insight
5 65 (13.80%) ITSM
6 62 (13.16%) Release Management
7 59 (12.53%) ERP
8 55 (11.68%) Customer Service
9 51 (10.83%) Service Management
10 49 (10.40%) Performance Monitoring
10 49 (10.40%) Performance Tuning
11 44 (9.34%) Artificial Intelligence
11 44 (9.34%) Capacity Planning
11 44 (9.34%) CRM
12 43 (9.13%) Capacity Management
13 30 (6.37%) Agile
14 28 (5.94%) Change Management
15 26 (5.52%) Containerisation
15 26 (5.52%) Enterprise Architecture
15 26 (5.52%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 227 (48.20%) SQL
2 54 (11.46%) PL/SQL
3 31 (6.58%) Java
3 31 (6.58%) T-SQL
4 27 (5.73%) Shell Script
5 25 (5.31%) PowerShell
6 22 (4.67%) JavaScript
7 20 (4.25%) Python
8 13 (2.76%) Bash
8 13 (2.76%) C#
9 12 (2.55%) Perl
9 12 (2.55%) Ruby
10 8 (1.70%) VBA
11 6 (1.27%) C
12 3 (0.64%) XPath
13 2 (0.42%) COBOL
14 1 (0.21%) C++
14 1 (0.21%) PHP
Qualifications
1 89 (18.90%) Degree
2 70 (14.86%) SC Cleared
2 70 (14.86%) Security Cleared
3 7 (1.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 6 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (1.06%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (0.42%) ECDL
6 2 (0.42%) MCP
6 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (19.53%) SLA
2 6 (1.27%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (0.42%) QA
4 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 44 (9.34%) Oracle RAC
2 15 (3.18%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.21%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 44 (9.34%) Data Guard
1 44 (9.34%) Oracle RMAN
2 26 (5.52%) OpenSSO
2 26 (5.52%) Single Sign-On
3 8 (1.70%) Control-M
4 4 (0.85%) WhatsUp Gold
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 97 (20.59%) Oracle
2 81 (17.20%) Microsoft
3 70 (14.86%) Remedy
4 47 (9.98%) Sun
5 26 (5.52%) ION Trading
6 20 (4.25%) SAP
7 14 (2.97%) Bloomberg
7 14 (2.97%) Trayport
8 13 (2.76%) Guidewire
8 13 (2.76%) Red Hat
8 13 (2.76%) ServiceNow
9 12 (2.55%) CQG
9 12 (2.55%) FNZ
9 12 (2.55%) Patsystems
9 12 (2.55%) Reuters
10 9 (1.91%) IBM
11 8 (1.70%) Algorithmics
11 8 (1.70%) Google
11 8 (1.70%) Sage
12 7 (1.49%) Infor