Application Support Team Leader Job Trends

Application Support Team Leader
UK

The median Application Support Team Leader salary in the UK is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 628 687 726
Rank change year-on-year +59 +39 +267
Permanent jobs requiring an Application Support Team Leader 14 20 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.024% 0.037% 0.016%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.026% 0.040% 0.017%
Number of salaries quoted 14 12 6
10th Percentile £49,707 £45,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,017 £45,938 £43,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £48,750 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -9.72% -36.47%
75th Percentile £62,500 £77,813 £73,750
90th Percentile - £78,750 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £47,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +14.29% +5.00% -30.77%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 53,744 49,685 53,403
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.63% 92.91% 95.27%
Number of salaries quoted 33,208 25,763 41,197
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Application Support Team Leader
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Application Support Team Leader' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Application Support Team Leader job vacancy trend in the UK

Application Support Team Leader
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Application Support Team Leader job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Application Support Team Leader job vacancies in the UK

Application Support Team Leader
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Application Support Team Leader over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Application Support Team Leader in the UK

Application Support Team Leader
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Application Support Team Leader within the UK over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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 +77 13 £60,000 +6.67%
UK excluding London +47 9 £54,000 +14.29%
London +53 5 £60,000 -22.58%
South East - 4 £60,000 -
South West +12 2 £51,356 +8.12%
Work from Home +56 1 £54,000 -10.00%
Midlands +20 1 £54,000 -13.60%
North of England +10 1 £50,000 +6.38%
Scotland - 1 £36,500 -
Yorkshire - 1 £50,000 -
East Midlands - 1 £54,000 -

Application Support Team Leader Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 January 2026, Application Support Team Leader job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Application Support Team Leader in the job title.

1 9 (64.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (57.14%) Mentoring
3 7 (50.00%) SQL
4 5 (35.71%) ITIL
4 5 (35.71%) Linux
5 4 (28.57%) SaaS
6 3 (21.43%) PowerShell
6 3 (21.43%) Project Management
7 2 (14.29%) Azure
7 2 (14.29%) Change Management
7 2 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
7 2 (14.29%) DevOps
7 2 (14.29%) Liquidlogic
7 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
7 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
7 2 (14.29%) Risk Register
7 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
7 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
7 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
7 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
8 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
8 1 (7.14%) Agile
8 1 (7.14%) Agile Project Management
8 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (7.14%) Bash
8 1 (7.14%) Cost Optimisation
8 1 (7.14%) Customer Service

Application Support Team Leader Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (7.14%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) SaaS
2 2 (14.29%) Azure
3 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (7.14%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.14%) Azure SQL Database
General
1 2 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (14.29%) Local Government
1 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 1 (7.14%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (35.71%) Linux
2 1 (7.14%) Windows
2 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (57.14%) Mentoring
3 5 (35.71%) ITIL
4 3 (21.43%) Project Management
5 2 (14.29%) Change Management
5 2 (14.29%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (14.29%) DevOps
5 2 (14.29%) Risk Management
5 2 (14.29%) Risk Register
5 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 2 (14.29%) Service Delivery
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
6 1 (7.14%) Agile Project Management
6 1 (7.14%) Customer Service
6 1 (7.14%) Fintech
6 1 (7.14%) Line Management
6 1 (7.14%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (7.14%) Ticket Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (21.43%) PowerShell
3 1 (7.14%) Bash
3 1 (7.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) MCITP
1 1 (7.14%) MCSE
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) GDPR
1 1 (7.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (7.14%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (14.29%) Liquidlogic
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 1 (7.14%) MuleSoft
2 1 (7.14%) NEC
2 1 (7.14%) Salesforce