Application Support Team Leader Job Trends

Application Support Team Leader
UK

The median Application Support Team Leader salary in the UK is £44,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 October 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 665 734 716
Rank change year-on-year +69 -18 +405
Permanent jobs requiring an Application Support Team Leader 3 32 16
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.006% 0.045% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.007% 0.047% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 3 23 16
10th Percentile £37,000 - £47,500
25th Percentile £38,875 £35,000 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £65,625 £64,313
90th Percentile £52,400 £89,750 £71,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,250 £35,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +29.29% -39.66% +16.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 44,035 68,087 54,004
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.76% 95.37% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 25,680 38,799 41,765
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% -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 13 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Application Support Team Leader in the UK

Application Support Team Leader
Top 7 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 13 October 2025. 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
UK excluding London +81 2 £45,250 +29.29% 1
England +70 2 £49,000 +15.29% 1
Work from Home +58 2 £49,000 -35.74% 1
Midlands +52 1 £54,000 +2.86% 1
London +50 1 £44,000 -43.23%
East Midlands - 1 £54,000 - 1
Scotland - 1 £36,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 13 October 2025, 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 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Bash
2 1 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) MuleSoft
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) NEC Housing
2 1 (33.33%) Ticket Management
2 1 (33.33%) Fintech
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Preventative Maintenance
2 1 (33.33%) Proactive Maintenance
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) SLA
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory

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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
2 1 (33.33%) Fintech
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Line Management
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Preventative Maintenance
2 1 (33.33%) Proactive Maintenance
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Ticket Management
2 1 (33.33%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Bash
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) MuleSoft
1 1 (33.33%) NEC
1 1 (33.33%) Salesforce