Applications Specialist Jobs in England

Application Specialist
UK > England

The median Application Specialist salary in England is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 June 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 717 783 1039
Rank change year-on-year +66 +256 -221
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Specialist 146 111 147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.15% 0.14% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% 0.15% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 114 98 113
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £35,952
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,313 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -13.64% +11.11%
75th Percentile £55,000 £65,000 £73,375
90th Percentile £72,800 £113,750 £96,250
UK median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -13.64% +23.60%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Applications Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Specialist in England

Applications Specialist
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Applications Specialist in England

Applications Specialist
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Specialist in England over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Specialist in England

Applications Specialist
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Specialist within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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
London +84 39 £63,750 +6.25% 11
North of England +36 34 £35,579 -35.31% 2
East of England +3 25 £45,000 +1.05% 8
South East -15 25 £52,500 +10.53% 11
Yorkshire +83 20 £35,579 -5.12% 1
Midlands -39 18 £33,000 -34.00% 10
West Midlands -5 15 £33,000 -34.00% 8
North West -15 13 £33,000 -40.00% 1
South West -36 7 £35,000 -72.00% 5
East Midlands -32 3 £33,000 -19.51% 2
North East -17 1 £40,000 -
Applications Specialist
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 June 2024, Applications 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 across the England region featuring Applications Specialist in the job title.

1 37 (25.34%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (21.92%) Microsoft
3 22 (15.07%) SQL
3 22 (15.07%) Power Platform
4 20 (13.70%) Social Skills
5 18 (12.33%) Windows
6 16 (10.96%) SQL Server
7 15 (10.27%) Linux
7 15 (10.27%) ERP
7 15 (10.27%) Finance
8 14 (9.59%) Manufacturing
9 13 (8.90%) SharePoint
9 13 (8.90%) Decision-Making
9 13 (8.90%) Microsoft 365
9 13 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
10 12 (8.22%) Business Intelligence
10 12 (8.22%) Project Management
11 11 (7.53%) Banking
11 11 (7.53%) Asset Management
11 11 (7.53%) Law
11 11 (7.53%) Azure
11 11 (7.53%) DevOps
12 10 (6.85%) Power BI
12 10 (6.85%) Driving Licence
12 10 (6.85%) Agile
12 10 (6.85%) Degree
13 9 (6.16%) CRM
13 9 (6.16%) Unix
13 9 (6.16%) Root Cause Analysis
14 8 (5.48%) Customer Service

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 (8.90%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.42%) JBoss
3 4 (2.74%) Confluence
4 1 (0.68%) Apache
4 1 (0.68%) IIS
4 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.68%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (3.42%) Magento
1 5 (3.42%) Temenos T24
2 4 (2.74%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.68%) Infor LN
3 1 (0.68%) iTrent
3 1 (0.68%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.68%) Raiser’s Edge
3 1 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (15.07%) Power Platform
2 13 (8.90%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (7.53%) Azure
4 8 (5.48%) SaaS
5 6 (4.11%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (4.11%) PowerApps
6 4 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.05%) AWS
7 3 (2.05%) Azure AKS
7 3 (2.05%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (2.05%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.05%) IaaS
7 3 (2.05%) PaaS
8 2 (1.37%) GCP
8 2 (1.37%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.68%) Azure AI
9 1 (0.68%) Datadog
9 1 (0.68%) Google Gemini
9 1 (0.68%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.68%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.74%) 5G
1 4 (2.74%) FTP
2 3 (2.05%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (10.96%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.85%) Power BI
3 4 (2.74%) BusinessObjects
3 4 (2.74%) Crystal Reports
3 4 (2.74%) NoSQL
3 4 (2.74%) QlikView
3 4 (2.74%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.37%) DataStage
4 2 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.68%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (2.74%) JIRA
2 1 (0.68%) Eclipse
2 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 20 (13.70%) Social Skills
2 15 (10.27%) Finance
3 14 (9.59%) Manufacturing
4 13 (8.90%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (7.53%) Banking
5 11 (7.53%) Law
6 8 (5.48%) Games
6 8 (5.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (5.48%) Legal
6 8 (5.48%) Retail
7 5 (3.42%) Marketing
7 5 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (2.74%) Automotive
8 4 (2.74%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.74%) Investment Banking
9 3 (2.05%) Advertising
9 3 (2.05%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.37%) Japanese Language
10 2 (1.37%) Local Government
11 1 (0.68%) Front Office
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.48%) .NET
2 7 (4.79%) EDI
3 5 (3.42%) REST
3 5 (3.42%) Web Services
4 1 (0.68%) DAO
4 1 (0.68%) J2EE
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.85%) Driving Licence
2 5 (3.42%) Product Ownership
3 4 (2.74%) CMDB
3 4 (2.74%) EFT
3 4 (2.74%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.74%) Market Risk
3 4 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.37%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.37%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.37%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.37%) SystemC
5 1 (0.68%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 18 (12.33%) Windows
2 15 (10.27%) Linux
3 9 (6.16%) Unix
4 5 (3.42%) AIX
5 1 (0.68%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (25.34%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (10.27%) ERP
3 13 (8.90%) Decision-Making
4 12 (8.22%) Business Intelligence
4 12 (8.22%) Project Management
5 11 (7.53%) Asset Management
5 11 (7.53%) DevOps
6 10 (6.85%) Agile
7 9 (6.16%) CRM
7 9 (6.16%) Root Cause Analysis
8 8 (5.48%) Collaborative Working
8 8 (5.48%) Customer Service
9 7 (4.79%) Business Analysis
9 7 (4.79%) Business Strategy
9 7 (4.79%) ITIL
9 7 (4.79%) Software Asset Management
9 7 (4.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 6 (4.11%) Artificial Intelligence
10 6 (4.11%) Incident Management
10 6 (4.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (15.07%) SQL
2 7 (4.79%) C#
3 5 (3.42%) Java
4 4 (2.74%) Bash
4 4 (2.74%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.74%) Python
5 2 (1.37%) C
6 1 (0.68%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 10 (6.85%) Degree
2 4 (2.74%) CIPD
3 2 (1.37%) Master's Degree
3 2 (1.37%) Numerate Degree
4 1 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.68%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.79%) GDPR
2 5 (3.42%) SLA
3 3 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.37%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.68%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (0.68%) Shibboleth
1 1 (0.68%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 4 (2.74%) Grafana
2 3 (2.05%) Kubernetes
2 3 (2.05%) Terraform
3 2 (1.37%) Packer
Vendors
1 32 (21.92%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.42%) Oracle
2 5 (3.42%) ServiceNow
2 5 (3.42%) Temenos
3 4 (2.74%) Cognos
3 4 (2.74%) Epicor
3 4 (2.74%) Google
3 4 (2.74%) Splunk
4 3 (2.05%) Snow
5 1 (0.68%) CA
5 1 (0.68%) Guidewire
5 1 (0.68%) Infor
5 1 (0.68%) Murex
5 1 (0.68%) Sage
5 1 (0.68%) SAP