Applications Support Jobs with Work from Home Options

Application Support
UK > Work from Home

The median Application Support salary in Work from Home 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 292 294 388
Rank change year-on-year +2 +94 -36
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 356 406 674
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.02% 1.06% 0.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.07% 1.10% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 294 364 566
10th Percentile £31,825 £30,787 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,800 £36,250 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% +6.25%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £84,250 £71,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 33,422 36,879 72,309
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.21% 95.89% 97.34%
Number of salaries quoted 25,463 26,702 42,447
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.20% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Applications Support
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Applications Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Applications Support trend for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Support
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Applications Support.

Applications Support salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Support
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Applications Support over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Applications Support salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

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 jobs with remote work options featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 178 (50.00%) SQL
2 137 (38.48%) Finance
3 115 (32.30%) Social Skills
4 95 (26.69%) Microsoft
5 84 (23.60%) Problem-Solving
6 83 (23.31%) Windows
7 69 (19.38%) Degree
8 68 (19.10%) ITIL
9 60 (16.85%) SQL Server
10 59 (16.57%) Linux
11 53 (14.89%) Azure
11 53 (14.89%) Oracle
12 49 (13.76%) Unix
13 48 (13.48%) Analytical Skills
14 41 (11.52%) JIRA
15 40 (11.24%) Front Office
16 39 (10.96%) ERP
17 38 (10.67%) Oracle Database
18 37 (10.39%) Security Cleared
19 35 (9.83%) IIS
20 34 (9.55%) CRM
20 34 (9.55%) NEC
20 34 (9.55%) Incident Management
20 34 (9.55%) NEC Housing
21 33 (9.27%) Customer Service
21 33 (9.27%) Tomcat
22 32 (8.99%) Local Government
22 32 (8.99%) Agile
23 31 (8.71%) SLA
23 31 (8.71%) Web Services

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 35 (9.83%) IIS
2 33 (9.27%) Tomcat
3 27 (7.58%) Apache
4 9 (2.53%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.12%) Confluence
6 3 (0.84%) CMS
6 3 (0.84%) EPiServer
7 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.56%) Oracle Service Bus
7 2 (0.56%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (2.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.40%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 34 (9.55%) NEC Housing
2 27 (7.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (3.37%) PlanetPress Connect
4 9 (2.53%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.84%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.84%) thinkFolio
7 2 (0.56%) Academy Housing
7 2 (0.56%) ION Anvil
7 2 (0.56%) ION MarketView
7 2 (0.56%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.56%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.56%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.28%) BusinessWorks
8 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.28%) Endur
8 1 (0.28%) Findur
8 1 (0.28%) JDE OneWorld
8 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
8 1 (0.28%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 53 (14.89%) Azure
2 26 (7.30%) Dynamics 365
3 23 (6.46%) AWS
4 22 (6.18%) SaaS
5 14 (3.93%) Power Platform
6 10 (2.81%) Power Automate
7 9 (2.53%) WhatsApp
8 6 (1.69%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.40%) IaaS
9 5 (1.40%) PaaS
10 4 (1.12%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (0.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (0.84%) Datadog
11 3 (0.84%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.56%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.56%) GCP
13 1 (0.28%) Azure AKS
13 1 (0.28%) PowerApps
13 1 (0.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.53%) Firewall
2 8 (2.25%) DNS
3 6 (1.69%) Internet
4 5 (1.40%) SSL
5 4 (1.12%) VPN
6 2 (0.56%) HTTP
6 2 (0.56%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.28%) LAN
7 1 (0.28%) WAN
7 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (16.85%) SQL Server
2 38 (10.67%) Oracle Database
3 12 (3.37%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (3.37%) Power BI
3 12 (3.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (1.69%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.40%) MySQL
6 4 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.84%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (0.84%) GIS
7 3 (0.84%) MS Access
7 3 (0.84%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.56%) DataStage
8 2 (0.56%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.56%) Oracle Database 10g
8 2 (0.56%) Oracle Database 11g
8 2 (0.56%) VLDB
9 1 (0.28%) BusinessObjects XI
9 1 (0.28%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 41 (11.52%) JIRA
2 12 (3.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 8 (2.25%) Eclipse
3 8 (2.25%) GitLab
4 4 (1.12%) Visual Studio
5 3 (0.84%) Oracle Forms
6 2 (0.56%) Browser DevTools
6 2 (0.56%) Git
7 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.28%) Gradle
7 1 (0.28%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.28%) JUnit
General
1 137 (38.48%) Finance
2 115 (32.30%) Social Skills
3 48 (13.48%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (11.24%) Front Office
5 32 (8.99%) Local Government
6 30 (8.43%) Public Sector
7 27 (7.58%) Police
8 21 (5.90%) Banking
9 15 (4.21%) Back Office
10 11 (3.09%) Marketing
11 7 (1.97%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.97%) Retail
12 6 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.69%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.69%) Law
13 5 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.40%) Private Banking
14 3 (0.84%) Environmental Health
14 3 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
15 2 (0.56%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (8.71%) Web Services
2 26 (7.30%) .NET
3 11 (3.09%) FIX Protocol
3 11 (3.09%) HTML
4 9 (2.53%) CSS
5 8 (2.25%) JSON
6 7 (1.97%) XML
7 5 (1.40%) Middleware
7 5 (1.40%) Node.js
8 4 (1.12%) ASP.NET
8 4 (1.12%) REST
8 4 (1.12%) SOAP
9 3 (0.84%) XSLT
10 2 (0.56%) React
11 1 (0.28%) ASP.NET MVC
11 1 (0.28%) Elastic Stack
11 1 (0.28%) J2EE
11 1 (0.28%) Oracle Fusion
11 1 (0.28%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.58%) Public Cloud
2 15 (4.21%) Onboarding
3 13 (3.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 11 (3.09%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
5 8 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (2.25%) Greenfield Project
5 8 (2.25%) Hedge funds
6 7 (1.97%) CMDB
7 6 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.69%) Driving Licence
8 5 (1.40%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.40%) Derivative
8 5 (1.40%) Legacy Code
8 5 (1.40%) Social Media
8 5 (1.40%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (0.84%) Equities
9 3 (0.84%) Fixed Income
9 3 (0.84%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.56%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 83 (23.31%) Windows
2 59 (16.57%) Linux
3 49 (13.76%) Unix
4 29 (8.15%) Solaris
5 12 (3.37%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.56%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.56%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.28%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (23.60%) Problem-Solving
2 68 (19.10%) ITIL
3 39 (10.96%) ERP
4 34 (9.55%) CRM
4 34 (9.55%) Incident Management
5 33 (9.27%) Customer Service
6 32 (8.99%) Agile
7 27 (7.58%) Data Security
7 27 (7.58%) Network Architecture
7 27 (7.58%) Server Management
7 27 (7.58%) Task Automation
8 25 (7.02%) ITSM
9 22 (6.18%) Change Management
9 22 (6.18%) Fintech
10 21 (5.90%) Service Management
11 20 (5.62%) Project Management
11 20 (5.62%) Release Management
12 19 (5.34%) Migration
13 18 (5.06%) PRINCE2
14 16 (4.49%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 178 (50.00%) SQL
2 28 (7.87%) Shell Script
2 28 (7.87%) T-SQL
3 24 (6.74%) PowerShell
4 22 (6.18%) C#
5 17 (4.78%) Python
6 15 (4.21%) Java
7 11 (3.09%) JavaScript
7 11 (3.09%) PL/SQL
8 6 (1.69%) VBA
9 5 (1.40%) Bash
10 4 (1.12%) C++
11 3 (0.84%) XPath
Qualifications
1 69 (19.38%) Degree
2 37 (10.39%) Security Cleared
3 10 (2.81%) ITIL Certification
4 9 (2.53%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.97%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 4 (1.12%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.12%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.84%) Azure Certification
7 3 (0.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.56%) ECDL
8 2 (0.56%) MCP
8 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.28%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (8.71%) SLA
2 27 (7.58%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.12%) SOC 1
4 2 (0.56%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.56%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.28%) QA
System Software
1 21 (5.90%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.12%) Docker
3 2 (0.56%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.28%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (1.40%) Pingdom
2 4 (1.12%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.12%) SCOM
3 3 (0.84%) Terraform
4 2 (0.56%) Data Guard
4 2 (0.56%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.28%) Control-M
5 1 (0.28%) Kibana
5 1 (0.28%) logstash
Vendors
1 95 (26.69%) Microsoft
2 53 (14.89%) Oracle
3 34 (9.55%) NEC
4 21 (5.90%) ServiceNow
5 18 (5.06%) Murex
6 17 (4.78%) SAP
7 12 (3.37%) FNZ
8 10 (2.81%) ION Trading
9 8 (2.25%) Algorithmics
9 8 (2.25%) IBM
10 6 (1.69%) Guidewire
11 5 (1.40%) Capita
11 5 (1.40%) SolarWinds
12 4 (1.12%) Google
12 4 (1.12%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.12%) Trayport
13 3 (0.84%) Charles River
13 3 (0.84%) Civica
14 2 (0.56%) Apple
14 2 (0.56%) Remedy