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 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 482 635 657
Rank change year-on-year +153 +22 -104
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support Analyst 471 362 719
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.47% 0.36% 0.44%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.40% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 312 270 543
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,475 £25,750
25th Percentile £36,000 £33,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - +12.50% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £87,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £41,500 £36,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +13.70% +4.29% +6.46%

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 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 20 May 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 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 +155 407 £45,000 - 60
UK excluding London +64 290 £41,500 +13.70% 34
London +135 174 £60,000 -4.00% 28
Work from Home +102 169 £50,000 +17.65% 22
South East +66 106 £42,500 +25.93% 7
North of England +33 61 £41,000 +9.33% 7
Midlands +17 44 £35,000 - 6
North West +2 41 £45,000 +9.85% 6
Wales +16 35 - -
East Midlands +4 25 £41,500 +22.96% 4
West Midlands +15 19 £32,121 -8.23% 2
Scotland -49 19 £62,500 +43.68% 3
Yorkshire +75 18 £30,000 -18.92% 1
East of England +12 11 £35,640 +1.83% 5
South West -36 11 £43,500 +45.00% 6
Northern Ireland +31 2 £65,000 +30.00%
North East 0 2 £42,500 +6.25%
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 20 May 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.

1 241 (51.17%) SQL
2 167 (35.46%) Social Skills
3 138 (29.30%) Finance
4 125 (26.54%) ITIL
5 114 (24.20%) Problem-Solving
6 107 (22.72%) Unix
7 106 (22.51%) Analytical Skills
8 105 (22.29%) Degree
9 96 (20.38%) Oracle
10 91 (19.32%) SLA
11 89 (18.90%) Incident Management
12 83 (17.62%) Microsoft
13 81 (17.20%) Actionable Insight
14 77 (16.35%) SQL Server
15 76 (16.14%) Linux
16 70 (14.86%) WebLogic
16 70 (14.86%) Remedy
16 70 (14.86%) SC Cleared
16 70 (14.86%) Security Cleared
17 69 (14.65%) ITSM
18 67 (14.23%) Service Management
19 66 (14.01%) Release Management
20 56 (11.89%) ERP
21 55 (11.68%) Solaris
22 54 (11.46%) PL/SQL
23 53 (11.25%) Oracle Database
23 53 (11.25%) Customer Service
24 51 (10.83%) Microsoft Excel
24 51 (10.83%) MS Visio
25 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 27 (5.73%) SharePoint
4 12 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (1.70%) CMS
6 5 (1.06%) IIS
7 3 (0.64%) EPiServer
8 2 (0.42%) Confluence
9 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 51 (10.83%) Microsoft Excel
1 51 (10.83%) MS Visio
2 50 (10.62%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 44 (9.34%) Remedy ITSM
2 36 (7.64%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (3.40%) PlanetPress Connect
4 11 (2.34%) Dynamics NAV
4 11 (2.34%) Fidessa
5 10 (2.12%) SAP S/4HANA
6 8 (1.70%) Dynamics GP
6 8 (1.70%) NEC Housing
7 7 (1.49%) Endur
8 6 (1.27%) Infor SunSystems
8 6 (1.27%) ION MarketView
9 4 (0.85%) ION Anvil
9 4 (0.85%) NetSuite
9 4 (0.85%) Oracle Cash Management
9 4 (0.85%) thinkFolio
10 3 (0.64%) Dynamics AX
10 3 (0.64%) iTrent
10 3 (0.64%) JDE EnterpriseOne
10 3 (0.64%) Markit EDM
11 2 (0.42%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 49 (10.40%) Azure
2 46 (9.77%) Dynamics 365
3 26 (5.52%) AWS
4 18 (3.82%) Power Platform
5 9 (1.91%) PowerApps
6 7 (1.49%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (1.27%) SaaS
8 5 (1.06%) Google Sheets
9 4 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.42%) IaaS
10 2 (0.42%) WhatsApp
11 1 (0.21%) Azure AKS
11 1 (0.21%) Entra ID
11 1 (0.21%) GCP
11 1 (0.21%) PaaS
11 1 (0.21%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.55%) DNS
2 11 (2.34%) DHCP
2 11 (2.34%) Firewall
2 11 (2.34%) FIX Connectivity
2 11 (2.34%) 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 77 (16.35%) 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 19 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (3.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (1.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 8 (1.70%) Power BI
9 3 (0.64%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (0.64%) SAP HANA
9 3 (0.64%) Tableau
10 2 (0.42%) MySQL
11 1 (0.21%) BusinessObjects XI
11 1 (0.21%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.21%) DB2
11 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.21%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 23 (4.88%) JIRA
2 16 (3.40%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 13 (2.76%) Eclipse
4 3 (0.64%) Visual Studio
General
1 167 (35.46%) Social Skills
2 138 (29.30%) Finance
3 106 (22.51%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (8.49%) Front Office
5 39 (8.28%) Banking
6 22 (4.67%) Police
7 20 (4.25%) Marketing
8 17 (3.61%) Back Office
8 17 (3.61%) Manufacturing
9 11 (2.34%) Retail
10 8 (1.70%) Investment Banking
11 7 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.27%) Legal
12 6 (1.27%) Private Banking
13 5 (1.06%) Automotive
13 5 (1.06%) Public Sector
14 4 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
15 3 (0.64%) Law
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 22 (4.67%) .NET
3 19 (4.03%) FIX Protocol
4 6 (1.27%) Middleware
4 6 (1.27%) OLE
5 4 (0.85%) ASP.NET
5 4 (0.85%) JSON
6 3 (0.64%) REST
6 3 (0.64%) SOAP
6 3 (0.64%) Web Services
6 3 (0.64%) XML
6 3 (0.64%) XSLT
7 2 (0.42%) CSS
7 2 (0.42%) EDI
7 2 (0.42%) HTML
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (0.21%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 17 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
2 15 (3.18%) Onboarding
3 12 (2.55%) CCTV
4 11 (2.34%) Eurex
5 10 (2.12%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (2.12%) Product Ownership
6 9 (1.91%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.27%) Equities
7 6 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 6 (1.27%) Mobile App
7 6 (1.27%) Social Media
7 6 (1.27%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (1.06%) Fixed Income
9 4 (0.85%) Driving Licence
9 4 (0.85%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.64%) Derivative
11 2 (0.42%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.42%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.42%) IoT
11 2 (0.42%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 107 (22.72%) Unix
2 76 (16.14%) Linux
3 55 (11.68%) Solaris
4 42 (8.92%) Windows
5 11 (2.34%) CentOS
5 11 (2.34%) Ubuntu
6 5 (1.06%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (26.54%) ITIL
2 114 (24.20%) Problem-Solving
3 89 (18.90%) Incident Management
4 81 (17.20%) Actionable Insight
5 69 (14.65%) ITSM
6 67 (14.23%) Service Management
7 66 (14.01%) Release Management
8 56 (11.89%) ERP
9 53 (11.25%) Customer Service
10 50 (10.62%) Performance Tuning
11 49 (10.40%) Performance Monitoring
12 48 (10.19%) CRM
13 44 (9.34%) Artificial Intelligence
13 44 (9.34%) Capacity Planning
14 43 (9.13%) Capacity Management
15 30 (6.37%) Agile
15 30 (6.37%) Service Delivery
16 29 (6.16%) Change Management
17 26 (5.52%) Enterprise Architecture
17 26 (5.52%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 241 (51.17%) SQL
2 54 (11.46%) PL/SQL
3 44 (9.34%) T-SQL
4 28 (5.94%) Java
5 27 (5.73%) Shell Script
6 24 (5.10%) PowerShell
7 20 (4.25%) JavaScript
8 18 (3.82%) Python
9 16 (3.40%) C#
10 12 (2.55%) Bash
11 11 (2.34%) Perl
11 11 (2.34%) Ruby
12 8 (1.70%) C
13 6 (1.27%) VBA
14 3 (0.64%) COBOL
14 3 (0.64%) XPath
15 1 (0.21%) PHP
Qualifications
1 105 (22.29%) Degree
2 70 (14.86%) SC Cleared
2 70 (14.86%) Security Cleared
3 8 (1.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 6 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (0.42%) ECDL
6 2 (0.42%) MCP
6 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (19.32%) SLA
2 6 (1.27%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.21%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.21%) QA
System Software
1 44 (9.34%) Oracle RAC
2 16 (3.40%) 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 6 (1.27%) Control-M
4 4 (0.85%) WhatsUp Gold
5 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 96 (20.38%) Oracle
2 83 (17.62%) Microsoft
3 70 (14.86%) Remedy
4 47 (9.98%) Sun
5 25 (5.31%) ION Trading
6 20 (4.25%) SAP
7 16 (3.40%) FNZ
8 13 (2.76%) Bloomberg
8 13 (2.76%) ServiceNow
8 13 (2.76%) Trayport
9 12 (2.55%) Guidewire
9 12 (2.55%) Red Hat
10 11 (2.34%) CQG
10 11 (2.34%) Patsystems
10 11 (2.34%) Reuters
11 9 (1.91%) IBM
12 8 (1.70%) Algorithmics
12 8 (1.70%) Google
12 8 (1.70%) NEC
12 8 (1.70%) Sage