Applications Support Specialist Jobs

Application Support Specialist
UK

The median Application Support Specialist salary in the UK is £47,500 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 830 871 1191
Rank change year-on-year +41 +320 -306
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Specialist 77 76 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.073% 0.080% 0.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.077% 0.088% 0.043%
Number of salaries quoted 64 72 52
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £35,579 £35,625 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £46,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% -16.36% +56.86%
75th Percentile £57,188 £57,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £74,000 £65,000 £111,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,579 £44,535 £48,750
% change year-on-year -20.11% -8.65% +39.29%

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 Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support Specialist in the UK

Applications Support Specialist
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Applications Support Specialist in the UK

Applications Support Specialist
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Applications Support Specialist in the UK

Applications Support Specialist
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support Specialist 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 +41 77 £47,500 +3.26% 14
UK excluding London -20 43 £35,579 -20.11% 9
London +108 34 £62,500 +34.41% 8
North of England +48 23 £35,579 -35.31% 1
Yorkshire +78 17 £35,579 +0.93% 1
Work from Home +12 12 £47,500 +3.26% 6
East of England -1 8 £52,500 +17.89% 4
West Midlands -12 8 £35,750 -28.50%
Midlands -15 8 £35,750 -28.50% 1
North West -4 5 £31,500 -42.73%
South East -5 2 £24,000 -49.47% 2
South West -25 2 - - 1
North East -10 1 £40,000 - 1

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

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

1 22 (28.57%) SQL
1 22 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 22 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (27.27%) Power Platform
3 18 (23.38%) Windows
4 13 (16.88%) Linux
4 13 (16.88%) SharePoint
4 13 (16.88%) Finance
4 13 (16.88%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (15.58%) Business Intelligence
6 10 (12.99%) SQL Server
6 10 (12.99%) Asset Management
6 10 (12.99%) Driving Licence
6 10 (12.99%) Power BI
6 10 (12.99%) Social Skills
7 9 (11.69%) Root Cause Analysis
7 9 (11.69%) Azure
7 9 (11.69%) Banking
7 9 (11.69%) Project Management
7 9 (11.69%) Law
7 9 (11.69%) Unix
7 9 (11.69%) ERP
8 8 (10.39%) CRM
8 8 (10.39%) DevOps
8 8 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (10.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 8 (10.39%) Decision-Making
9 7 (9.09%) GDPR
9 7 (9.09%) Software Asset Management
9 7 (9.09%) SaaS

Applications Support Specialist 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 13 (16.88%) SharePoint
2 5 (6.49%) JBoss
3 4 (5.19%) Confluence
4 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (6.49%) Temenos T24
2 4 (5.19%) Dynamics AX
2 4 (5.19%) Magento
3 1 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.30%) iTrent
3 1 (1.30%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 21 (27.27%) Power Platform
2 13 (16.88%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (11.69%) Azure
4 7 (9.09%) SaaS
5 5 (6.49%) PowerApps
6 2 (2.60%) Azure Data Factory
6 2 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.30%) Azure AKS
7 1 (1.30%) Datadog
7 1 (1.30%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.30%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.30%) IaaS
7 1 (1.30%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.30%) PaaS
7 1 (1.30%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.19%) 5G
1 4 (5.19%) FTP
2 1 (1.30%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (12.99%) Power BI
1 10 (12.99%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.19%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (5.19%) Crystal Reports
2 4 (5.19%) NoSQL
2 4 (5.19%) QlikView
2 4 (5.19%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.60%) DataStage
3 2 (2.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 4 (5.19%) JIRA
2 2 (2.60%) Eclipse
General
1 13 (16.88%) Finance
2 10 (12.99%) Social Skills
3 9 (11.69%) Banking
3 9 (11.69%) Law
4 8 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (10.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (5.19%) Investment Banking
5 4 (5.19%) Legal
5 4 (5.19%) Marketing
5 4 (5.19%) Retail
6 3 (3.90%) Advertising
6 3 (3.90%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.30%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.09%) EDI
2 5 (6.49%) .NET
2 5 (6.49%) REST
2 5 (6.49%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.99%) Driving Licence
2 4 (5.19%) CMDB
2 4 (5.19%) EFT
2 4 (5.19%) Market Risk
2 4 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (3.90%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.60%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 18 (23.38%) Windows
2 13 (16.88%) Linux
3 9 (11.69%) Unix
4 5 (6.49%) AIX
5 1 (1.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (15.58%) Business Intelligence
3 10 (12.99%) Asset Management
4 9 (11.69%) ERP
4 9 (11.69%) Project Management
4 9 (11.69%) Root Cause Analysis
5 8 (10.39%) CRM
5 8 (10.39%) Decision-Making
5 8 (10.39%) DevOps
6 7 (9.09%) Software Asset Management
7 6 (7.79%) Incident Management
7 6 (7.79%) Problem Management
8 5 (6.49%) API Development
8 5 (6.49%) Artificial Intelligence
8 5 (6.49%) BCP
8 5 (6.49%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (6.49%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (6.49%) Data Conversion
8 5 (6.49%) Robotic Automation
8 5 (6.49%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 22 (28.57%) SQL
2 4 (5.19%) Bash
2 4 (5.19%) Java
2 4 (5.19%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (6.49%) Degree
2 4 (5.19%) CIPD
3 1 (1.30%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (1.30%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.09%) GDPR
2 5 (6.49%) SLA
3 1 (1.30%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 4 (5.19%) Grafana
2 1 (1.30%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.30%) Packer
2 1 (1.30%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.79%) ServiceNow
3 5 (6.49%) Oracle
3 5 (6.49%) Temenos
4 4 (5.19%) Cognos
4 4 (5.19%) Epicor
4 4 (5.19%) Splunk
5 3 (3.90%) Snow
6 1 (1.30%) Google
6 1 (1.30%) Guidewire
6 1 (1.30%) Murex
6 1 (1.30%) Salesforce