Applications Support Jobs with Work from Home Options

Application Support
UK > Work from Home

The median Application Support salary in Work from Home is £48,500 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 284 319 363
Rank change year-on-year +35 +44 -24
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 344 406 666
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.02% 1.00% 0.93%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 1.04% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 287 361 559
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £39,000 £35,000 £31,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.11% +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £82,500 £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 32,489 38,930 69,374
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.09% 95.94% 97.35%
Number of salaries quoted 24,845 27,706 42,291
10th Percentile £33,000 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,375 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +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 20 May 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 20 May 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.

1 176 (51.16%) SQL
2 147 (42.73%) Finance
3 107 (31.10%) Social Skills
4 99 (28.78%) Microsoft
5 85 (24.71%) Windows
6 77 (22.38%) Problem-Solving
7 71 (20.64%) Degree
8 70 (20.35%) ITIL
9 65 (18.90%) SQL Server
10 58 (16.86%) Linux
11 54 (15.70%) Oracle
11 54 (15.70%) Azure
12 48 (13.95%) Unix
13 47 (13.66%) Analytical Skills
14 45 (13.08%) JIRA
15 43 (12.50%) Front Office
16 39 (11.34%) CRM
17 38 (11.05%) Oracle Database
18 37 (10.76%) Security Cleared
19 36 (10.47%) IIS
20 35 (10.17%) NEC
20 35 (10.17%) NEC Housing
21 34 (9.88%) Tomcat
21 34 (9.88%) ERP
22 33 (9.59%) Dynamics CRM
23 32 (9.30%) Local Government
23 32 (9.30%) Web Services
24 31 (9.01%) Incident Management
25 30 (8.72%) Public Sector
25 30 (8.72%) Customer Service

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 36 (10.47%) IIS
2 34 (9.88%) Tomcat
3 27 (7.85%) Apache
4 10 (2.91%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.16%) Confluence
6 3 (0.87%) CMS
6 3 (0.87%) EPiServer
7 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.58%) Oracle Service Bus
7 2 (0.58%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.16%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 35 (10.17%) NEC Housing
2 33 (9.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (4.65%) PlanetPress Connect
4 9 (2.62%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (1.16%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.87%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.87%) thinkFolio
7 2 (0.58%) Academy Housing
7 2 (0.58%) BusinessWorks
7 2 (0.58%) ION Anvil
7 2 (0.58%) ION MarketView
7 2 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.58%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.58%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.29%) Endur
8 1 (0.29%) Findur
8 1 (0.29%) Infor M3
8 1 (0.29%) JDE OneWorld
8 1 (0.29%) JDE World
8 1 (0.29%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 54 (15.70%) Azure
2 24 (6.98%) Dynamics 365
3 22 (6.40%) AWS
4 21 (6.10%) SaaS
5 13 (3.78%) Power Platform
6 10 (2.91%) Power Automate
7 9 (2.62%) WhatsApp
8 6 (1.74%) Azure Monitor
8 6 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (1.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 5 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.45%) IaaS
9 5 (1.45%) PaaS
10 4 (1.16%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (0.58%) Datadog
11 2 (0.58%) GCP
12 1 (0.29%) Azure AKS
12 1 (0.29%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.29%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.62%) Firewall
2 8 (2.33%) DNS
3 6 (1.74%) Internet
4 5 (1.45%) SSL
5 4 (1.16%) VPN
6 2 (0.58%) HTTP
6 2 (0.58%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.58%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.29%) LAN
7 1 (0.29%) WAN
7 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (18.90%) SQL Server
2 38 (11.05%) Oracle Database
3 16 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (4.07%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 11 (3.20%) Power BI
6 6 (1.74%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (0.87%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (0.87%) GIS
8 3 (0.87%) MS Access
8 3 (0.87%) MySQL
8 3 (0.87%) SAP HANA
9 2 (0.58%) DataStage
9 2 (0.58%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.58%) Oracle Database 10g
9 2 (0.58%) Oracle Database 11g
9 2 (0.58%) VLDB
10 1 (0.29%) BusinessObjects XI
10 1 (0.29%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 45 (13.08%) JIRA
2 16 (4.65%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 8 (2.33%) Eclipse
3 8 (2.33%) GitLab
4 3 (0.87%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.87%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.58%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.58%) Git
6 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.29%) Gradle
6 1 (0.29%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.29%) JUnit
General
1 147 (42.73%) Finance
2 107 (31.10%) Social Skills
3 47 (13.66%) Analytical Skills
4 43 (12.50%) Front Office
5 32 (9.30%) Local Government
6 30 (8.72%) Public Sector
7 27 (7.85%) Police
8 25 (7.27%) Banking
9 17 (4.94%) Back Office
10 11 (3.20%) Marketing
11 8 (2.33%) Investment Banking
12 6 (1.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.74%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.74%) Private Banking
13 5 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.16%) Law
14 4 (1.16%) Retail
15 3 (0.87%) Environmental Health
15 3 (0.87%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.58%) International Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (9.30%) Web Services
2 25 (7.27%) .NET
3 11 (3.20%) FIX Protocol
4 9 (2.62%) HTML
5 8 (2.33%) JSON
6 7 (2.03%) CSS
6 7 (2.03%) XML
7 6 (1.74%) Middleware
8 5 (1.45%) ASP.NET
8 5 (1.45%) REST
8 5 (1.45%) SOAP
9 3 (0.87%) Node.js
9 3 (0.87%) XSLT
10 2 (0.58%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (0.58%) J2EE
10 2 (0.58%) React
11 1 (0.29%) Elastic Stack
11 1 (0.29%) Oracle Fusion
11 1 (0.29%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.85%) Public Cloud
2 15 (4.36%) Onboarding
3 13 (3.78%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 11 (3.20%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.91%) Hedge funds
5 10 (2.91%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
7 7 (2.03%) CMDB
7 7 (2.03%) Derivative
8 6 (1.74%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.74%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.74%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.74%) Social Media
9 5 (1.45%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 3 (0.87%) Equities
10 3 (0.87%) Fixed Income
10 3 (0.87%) Legacy Code
10 3 (0.87%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.58%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 85 (24.71%) Windows
2 58 (16.86%) Linux
3 48 (13.95%) Unix
4 29 (8.43%) Solaris
5 13 (3.78%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.58%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.29%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (22.38%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (20.35%) ITIL
3 39 (11.34%) CRM
4 34 (9.88%) ERP
5 31 (9.01%) Incident Management
6 30 (8.72%) Customer Service
7 29 (8.43%) Agile
7 29 (8.43%) ITSM
8 27 (7.85%) Data Security
8 27 (7.85%) Network Architecture
8 27 (7.85%) Server Management
8 27 (7.85%) Task Automation
9 25 (7.27%) Release Management
9 25 (7.27%) Service Management
10 23 (6.69%) Change Management
11 22 (6.40%) Fintech
12 19 (5.52%) Migration
12 19 (5.52%) PRINCE2
13 17 (4.94%) Project Management
14 16 (4.65%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 176 (51.16%) SQL
2 29 (8.43%) T-SQL
3 28 (8.14%) Shell Script
4 24 (6.98%) PowerShell
5 23 (6.69%) C#
6 19 (5.52%) Python
7 16 (4.65%) Java
8 13 (3.78%) PL/SQL
9 10 (2.91%) JavaScript
10 5 (1.45%) VBA
11 4 (1.16%) Bash
11 4 (1.16%) C++
12 3 (0.87%) XPath
Qualifications
1 71 (20.64%) Degree
2 37 (10.76%) Security Cleared
3 9 (2.62%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 7 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (2.03%) ITIL Certification
6 5 (1.45%) Azure Certification
7 4 (1.16%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.16%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (1.16%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.58%) ECDL
8 2 (0.58%) MCP
8 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.29%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.85%) Accessibility
2 24 (6.98%) SLA
3 4 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.16%) SOC 1
4 2 (0.58%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.58%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.29%) QA
System Software
1 23 (6.69%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.16%) Docker
3 2 (0.58%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 5 (1.45%) Pingdom
1 5 (1.45%) Terraform
2 4 (1.16%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.16%) SCOM
3 2 (0.58%) Data Guard
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.29%) Control-M
4 1 (0.29%) Kibana
4 1 (0.29%) logstash
Vendors
1 99 (28.78%) Microsoft
2 54 (15.70%) Oracle
3 35 (10.17%) NEC
4 21 (6.10%) ServiceNow
5 18 (5.23%) Murex
6 16 (4.65%) FNZ
6 16 (4.65%) SAP
7 10 (2.91%) ION Trading
8 8 (2.33%) Algorithmics
8 8 (2.33%) IBM
9 6 (1.74%) Guidewire
10 5 (1.45%) Capita
10 5 (1.45%) SolarWinds
11 4 (1.16%) Google
11 4 (1.16%) Salesforce
11 4 (1.16%) Trayport
12 3 (0.87%) Charles River
12 3 (0.87%) Civica
13 2 (0.58%) Sage
13 2 (0.58%) VMware