Applications Support Jobs in England

Application Support
UK > England

The median Application Support salary in England is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 298 347 394
Rank change year-on-year +49 +47 -100
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 841 816 1,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.96% 0.94% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.01% 1.03% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 660 667 1,099
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,579 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -0.48%
75th Percentile £63,750 £70,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £73,750
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 83,290 79,596 132,501
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.64% 91.49% 96.04%
Number of salaries quoted 61,942 50,734 74,857
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.65% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £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 Support
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in England

Applications Support
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Applications Support in England

Applications Support
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in England over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in England

Applications Support
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 Support within the England region over the 6 months to 25 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
London +75 344 £62,500 -3.85% 77
South East +54 170 £42,500 +6.25% 50
North of England -7 126 £40,000 +1.27% 32
Midlands +50 115 £32,500 -7.14% 25
North West -2 80 £45,000 - 15
East Midlands +25 64 £32,500 -4.41% 15
West Midlands +21 51 £32,500 -18.75% 9
East of England +27 48 £47,500 +6.66% 34
Yorkshire +45 37 £35,579 -5.75% 14
South West -28 37 £43,500 +32.82% 13
North East -16 9 £37,500 +11.11% 4
Applications Support
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 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 job ads across the England region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 396 (47.09%) SQL
2 253 (30.08%) Finance
3 223 (26.52%) Problem-Solving
4 220 (26.16%) Social Skills
5 180 (21.40%) Microsoft
6 162 (19.26%) ITIL
7 143 (17.00%) Analytical Skills
8 138 (16.41%) Windows
9 127 (15.10%) Degree
10 122 (14.51%) Unix
10 122 (14.51%) Oracle
11 120 (14.27%) Linux
12 110 (13.08%) SQL Server
13 100 (11.89%) SLA
14 87 (10.34%) Azure
15 85 (10.11%) Customer Service
16 80 (9.51%) ERP
17 70 (8.32%) Incident Management
18 69 (8.20%) Security Cleared
19 67 (7.97%) Front Office
20 65 (7.73%) Service Management
21 63 (7.49%) Banking
22 59 (7.02%) CRM
23 56 (6.66%) Dynamics 365
24 55 (6.54%) Power Platform
25 53 (6.30%) Agile
26 52 (6.18%) C#
27 50 (5.95%) Solaris
28 49 (5.83%) Java
29 48 (5.71%) JIRA

Applications Support 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 46 (5.47%) IIS
2 41 (4.88%) SharePoint
3 36 (4.28%) WebLogic
4 31 (3.69%) Tomcat
5 24 (2.85%) Apache
6 23 (2.73%) Microsoft Exchange
7 14 (1.66%) Oracle Service Bus
8 13 (1.55%) Confluence
9 12 (1.43%) CMS
10 7 (0.83%) EPiServer
11 5 (0.59%) JBoss
12 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 28 (3.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (2.50%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 40 (4.76%) Dynamics CRM
2 32 (3.80%) NEC Housing
3 17 (2.02%) Fidessa
4 14 (1.66%) Remedy ITSM
5 11 (1.31%) Dynamics GP
5 11 (1.31%) thinkFolio
6 10 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
7 8 (0.95%) Dynamics NAV
7 8 (0.95%) Endur
8 7 (0.83%) Dynamics AX
8 7 (0.83%) PlanetPress Connect
9 6 (0.71%) Infor SunSystems
9 6 (0.71%) ION Anvil
9 6 (0.71%) ION MarketView
9 6 (0.71%) NetSuite
9 6 (0.71%) Oracle Applications
9 6 (0.71%) Temenos T24
10 5 (0.59%) Aladdin
10 5 (0.59%) Magento
10 5 (0.59%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 87 (10.34%) Azure
2 56 (6.66%) Dynamics 365
3 55 (6.54%) Power Platform
4 38 (4.52%) AWS
5 33 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (3.69%) SaaS
7 24 (2.85%) Power Automate
8 21 (2.50%) PowerApps
9 11 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
10 10 (1.19%) WhatsApp
11 8 (0.95%) Entra ID
12 6 (0.71%) IaaS
12 6 (0.71%) PaaS
13 5 (0.59%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (0.59%) Google Sheets
14 4 (0.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 4 (0.48%) Azure Logic Apps
14 4 (0.48%) SuccessFactors
15 3 (0.36%) Datadog
16 2 (0.24%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 33 (3.92%) Firewall
2 26 (3.09%) DNS
3 19 (2.26%) TCP/IP
4 17 (2.02%) DHCP
4 17 (2.02%) FIX Connectivity
5 13 (1.55%) VPN
6 7 (0.83%) SAN
7 6 (0.71%) Broadband
7 6 (0.71%) Internet
8 5 (0.59%) SSL
9 4 (0.48%) 5G
9 4 (0.48%) FTP
9 4 (0.48%) Intranet
10 2 (0.24%) HTTP
10 2 (0.24%) HTTPS
11 1 (0.12%) LAN
11 1 (0.12%) WAN
11 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 110 (13.08%) SQL Server
2 47 (5.59%) Oracle Database
3 33 (3.92%) Power BI
4 23 (2.73%) Elasticsearch
5 21 (2.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 17 (2.02%) MySQL
7 16 (1.90%) Relational Database
8 14 (1.66%) Oracle Database 10g
8 14 (1.66%) Oracle Database 11g
8 14 (1.66%) VLDB
9 12 (1.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 11 (1.31%) Data Warehouse
11 9 (1.07%) Geospatial Data
11 9 (1.07%) GIS
11 9 (1.07%) MS Access
12 6 (0.71%) BusinessObjects
13 5 (0.59%) Crystal Reports
14 4 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
14 4 (0.48%) NoSQL
15 3 (0.36%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 48 (5.71%) JIRA
2 25 (2.97%) Eclipse
3 9 (1.07%) Oracle Forms
4 8 (0.95%) Visual Studio
5 7 (0.83%) Git
5 7 (0.83%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 2 (0.24%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.24%) Browser DevTools
6 2 (0.24%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.12%) GitLab
7 1 (0.12%) Gradle
7 1 (0.12%) JUnit
General
1 253 (30.08%) Finance
2 220 (26.16%) Social Skills
3 143 (17.00%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (7.97%) Front Office
5 63 (7.49%) Banking
6 46 (5.47%) Police
7 40 (4.76%) Law
8 30 (3.57%) Local Government
9 29 (3.45%) Marketing
9 29 (3.45%) Public Sector
10 28 (3.33%) Manufacturing
11 23 (2.73%) Back Office
11 23 (2.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 21 (2.50%) Retail
13 15 (1.78%) Legal
14 13 (1.55%) Investment Banking
15 10 (1.19%) Automotive
16 6 (0.71%) Private Banking
17 5 (0.59%) Organisational Skills
18 4 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (5.47%) .NET
2 39 (4.64%) Web Services
3 30 (3.57%) FIX Protocol
4 24 (2.85%) J2EE
4 24 (2.85%) Spring
5 22 (2.62%) Java EE
6 16 (1.90%) HTML
7 14 (1.66%) REST
8 13 (1.55%) CSS
9 10 (1.19%) ASP.NET
9 10 (1.19%) JSON
9 10 (1.19%) XML
10 9 (1.07%) EDI
10 9 (1.07%) SOAP
11 8 (0.95%) XSLT
12 6 (0.71%) Middleware
12 6 (0.71%) OLE
13 4 (0.48%) .NET Framework
13 4 (0.48%) Node.js
14 2 (0.24%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 24 (2.85%) Public Cloud
2 23 (2.73%) Onboarding
3 22 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
4 20 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
5 19 (2.26%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 17 (2.02%) Eurex
7 15 (1.78%) Driving Licence
7 15 (1.78%) Management Information System
7 15 (1.78%) Product Ownership
8 14 (1.66%) Equities
8 14 (1.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 12 (1.43%) Derivative
10 11 (1.31%) CMDB
11 10 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.19%) Mobile App
12 9 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
12 9 (1.07%) Hedge funds
12 9 (1.07%) Linux Command Line
13 8 (0.95%) Fixed Income
14 7 (0.83%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 138 (16.41%) Windows
2 122 (14.51%) Unix
3 120 (14.27%) Linux
4 50 (5.95%) Solaris
5 25 (2.97%) Windows Server
6 17 (2.02%) CentOS
7 12 (1.43%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.71%) AIX
9 4 (0.48%) Apple iOS
9 4 (0.48%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.24%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.12%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 223 (26.52%) Problem-Solving
2 162 (19.26%) ITIL
3 85 (10.11%) Customer Service
4 80 (9.51%) ERP
5 70 (8.32%) Incident Management
6 65 (7.73%) Service Management
7 59 (7.02%) CRM
8 53 (6.30%) Agile
9 44 (5.23%) User Acceptance Testing
10 39 (4.64%) Business Intelligence
10 39 (4.64%) ITSM
11 37 (4.40%) Change Management
11 37 (4.40%) Release Management
12 36 (4.28%) Actionable Insight
13 33 (3.92%) DevOps
13 33 (3.92%) Project Management
14 32 (3.80%) Asset Management
14 32 (3.80%) Root Cause Analysis
15 31 (3.69%) User Experience
16 30 (3.57%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 396 (47.09%) SQL
2 52 (6.18%) C#
3 49 (5.83%) Java
4 47 (5.59%) Shell Script
4 47 (5.59%) T-SQL
5 46 (5.47%) PowerShell
6 42 (4.99%) Python
7 37 (4.40%) PL/SQL
8 35 (4.16%) JavaScript
9 22 (2.62%) Bash
10 17 (2.02%) Perl
10 17 (2.02%) Ruby
11 12 (1.43%) VBA
12 9 (1.07%) C
13 7 (0.83%) C++
13 7 (0.83%) XPath
14 6 (0.71%) VB
15 5 (0.59%) COBOL
16 1 (0.12%) PHP
Qualifications
1 127 (15.10%) Degree
2 69 (8.20%) Security Cleared
3 44 (5.23%) SC Cleared
4 14 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.19%) Master's Degree
6 9 (1.07%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (0.95%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 6 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 6 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.48%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.48%) Azure Certification
9 4 (0.48%) CIPD
10 2 (0.24%) ECDL
10 2 (0.24%) MCP
11 1 (0.12%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.12%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 100 (11.89%) SLA
2 24 (2.85%) Accessibility
3 8 (0.95%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.83%) GDPR
5 5 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.48%) SOC 1
7 3 (0.36%) QA
8 2 (0.24%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 34 (4.04%) Active Directory
2 14 (1.66%) Oracle RAC
3 5 (0.59%) Docker
4 2 (0.24%) vSphere
5 1 (0.12%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 22 (2.62%) OpenSSO
1 22 (2.62%) Single Sign-On
2 14 (1.66%) Data Guard
2 14 (1.66%) Oracle RMAN
3 8 (0.95%) Control-M
4 7 (0.83%) Microsoft Clustering
5 6 (0.71%) Terraform
6 5 (0.59%) Kubernetes
6 5 (0.59%) Pingdom
7 4 (0.48%) Grafana
7 4 (0.48%) SCOM
7 4 (0.48%) WhatsUp Gold
8 2 (0.24%) ITRS Geneos
9 1 (0.12%) Kibana
9 1 (0.12%) logstash
9 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.12%) Packer
Vendors
1 180 (21.40%) Microsoft
2 122 (14.51%) Oracle
3 36 (4.28%) Remedy
4 33 (3.92%) ION Trading
5 32 (3.80%) NEC
6 30 (3.57%) SAP
6 30 (3.57%) ServiceNow
7 25 (2.97%) Trayport
8 24 (2.85%) Bloomberg
8 24 (2.85%) Murex
9 22 (2.62%) Guidewire
10 19 (2.26%) Sun
11 18 (2.14%) Red Hat
12 17 (2.02%) Civica
12 17 (2.02%) CQG
12 17 (2.02%) Patsystems
12 17 (2.02%) Reuters
13 14 (1.66%) Salesforce
14 10 (1.19%) Epicor
14 10 (1.19%) Sage