Application Support
UK

The median Application Support salary in the UK is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 315 362 399
Rank change year-on-year +47 +37 -108
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 928 918 1,428
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.94% 0.91% 0.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.99% 0.99% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 692 726 1,177
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,625 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £89,750 £87,500 £73,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% - +7.14%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,899 92,293 151,422
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.47% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,283 58,235 84,441
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,627 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in the UK

Applications Support
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Applications Support in the UK

Applications Support
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Applications Support over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Applications Support in the UK

Applications Support
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
England +66 828 £46,500 -7.00% 147
UK excluding London +62 562 £40,000 +6.67% 94
London +77 351 £62,500 - 53
Work from Home +38 344 £48,500 +5.43% 60
South East +73 166 £42,500 +6.25% 22
North of England -4 122 £40,000 +3.13% 19
Midlands +43 104 £32,310 -7.69% 20
North West +4 76 £45,000 +8.43% 15
East Midlands +24 63 £32,500 -4.41% 13
East of England +30 48 £47,500 +6.66% 14
Wales +28 44 £45,000 +42.86%
West Midlands +19 41 £32,121 -18.97% 7
Yorkshire +43 37 £35,579 -5.12% 3
Scotland -36 37 £37,500 -16.67% 6
South West -40 35 £43,500 +33.85% 14
North East -13 9 £37,500 +36.36% 1
Northern Ireland +19 5 £57,500 +33.72%
Channel Islands - 1 - -

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 457 (49.25%) SQL
2 278 (29.96%) Finance
3 242 (26.08%) Social Skills
4 240 (25.86%) Problem-Solving
5 201 (21.66%) Microsoft
6 191 (20.58%) ITIL
7 177 (19.07%) Degree
8 174 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
9 164 (17.67%) Oracle
10 160 (17.24%) Unix
10 160 (17.24%) Linux
11 139 (14.98%) SQL Server
12 138 (14.87%) Windows
13 130 (14.01%) SLA
14 112 (12.07%) Incident Management
15 110 (11.85%) Azure
16 103 (11.10%) Security Cleared
17 98 (10.56%) Service Management
18 94 (10.13%) Customer Service
19 82 (8.84%) Actionable Insight
19 82 (8.84%) CRM
19 82 (8.84%) ERP
20 81 (8.73%) ITSM
20 81 (8.73%) Release Management
21 79 (8.51%) Solaris
22 78 (8.41%) SC Cleared
23 77 (8.30%) Oracle Database
24 76 (8.19%) JIRA
25 71 (7.65%) PL/SQL
25 71 (7.65%) WebLogic

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 71 (7.65%) WebLogic
2 51 (5.50%) SharePoint
3 44 (4.74%) IIS
3 44 (4.74%) Oracle Service Bus
4 36 (3.88%) Tomcat
5 27 (2.91%) Microsoft Exchange
6 24 (2.59%) Apache
7 13 (1.40%) Confluence
8 12 (1.29%) CMS
9 7 (0.75%) EPiServer
10 5 (0.54%) JBoss
10 5 (0.54%) WebSphere
Applications
1 61 (6.57%) Microsoft Office
2 56 (6.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 51 (5.50%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 58 (6.25%) Dynamics CRM
2 44 (4.74%) Remedy ITSM
3 32 (3.45%) NEC Housing
4 20 (2.16%) PlanetPress Connect
5 16 (1.72%) Fidessa
6 12 (1.29%) Dynamics NAV
7 11 (1.19%) Dynamics GP
8 10 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
8 10 (1.08%) thinkFolio
9 8 (0.86%) Endur
10 7 (0.75%) Dynamics AX
11 6 (0.65%) Infor SunSystems
11 6 (0.65%) ION Anvil
11 6 (0.65%) ION MarketView
11 6 (0.65%) NetSuite
11 6 (0.65%) Oracle Applications
11 6 (0.65%) Temenos T24
12 5 (0.54%) Aladdin
12 5 (0.54%) Magento
13 4 (0.43%) Oracle Cash Management
Cloud Services
1 110 (11.85%) Azure
2 58 (6.25%) Dynamics 365
3 56 (6.03%) Power Platform
4 47 (5.06%) AWS
5 40 (4.31%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (3.34%) SaaS
7 25 (2.69%) Power Automate
8 22 (2.37%) PowerApps
9 13 (1.40%) Entra ID
10 12 (1.29%) WhatsApp
11 11 (1.19%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (0.86%) IaaS
13 7 (0.75%) Azure Monitor
14 6 (0.65%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 6 (0.65%) PaaS
15 5 (0.54%) Google Sheets
16 4 (0.43%) Azure Logic Apps
16 4 (0.43%) SuccessFactors
17 2 (0.22%) GCP
17 2 (0.22%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 31 (3.34%) Firewall
2 25 (2.69%) DNS
3 18 (1.94%) TCP/IP
4 16 (1.72%) DHCP
4 16 (1.72%) FIX Connectivity
5 12 (1.29%) VPN
6 6 (0.65%) Broadband
6 6 (0.65%) Internet
6 6 (0.65%) SAN
7 5 (0.54%) Remote Desktop
7 5 (0.54%) SSL
8 4 (0.43%) 5G
8 4 (0.43%) FTP
8 4 (0.43%) Intranet
9 2 (0.22%) HTTP
9 2 (0.22%) HTTPS
9 2 (0.22%) Software-Defined Networking
10 1 (0.11%) LAN
10 1 (0.11%) VLAN
10 1 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 139 (14.98%) SQL Server
2 77 (8.30%) Oracle Database
3 44 (4.74%) Oracle Database 10g
3 44 (4.74%) Oracle Database 11g
3 44 (4.74%) VLDB
4 34 (3.66%) Power BI
5 28 (3.02%) Elasticsearch
6 24 (2.59%) Data Warehouse
7 23 (2.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 17 (1.83%) MySQL
8 17 (1.83%) Relational Database
9 13 (1.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 9 (0.97%) Geospatial Data
10 9 (0.97%) GIS
10 9 (0.97%) MS Access
11 6 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
12 5 (0.54%) Crystal Reports
12 5 (0.54%) Pentaho
13 4 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.43%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 76 (8.19%) JIRA
2 23 (2.48%) Eclipse
3 20 (2.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 9 (0.97%) Oracle Forms
5 8 (0.86%) GitLab
5 8 (0.86%) Visual Studio
6 7 (0.75%) Bitbucket
6 7 (0.75%) Git
7 2 (0.22%) Browser DevTools
7 2 (0.22%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.11%) Gradle
8 1 (0.11%) JUnit
General
1 278 (29.96%) Finance
2 242 (26.08%) Social Skills
3 174 (18.75%) Analytical Skills
4 68 (7.33%) Front Office
5 64 (6.90%) Banking
6 46 (4.96%) Police
7 39 (4.20%) Law
8 30 (3.23%) Local Government
9 29 (3.13%) Marketing
9 29 (3.13%) Public Sector
10 27 (2.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 27 (2.91%) Manufacturing
11 24 (2.59%) Back Office
12 22 (2.37%) Retail
13 20 (2.16%) Legal
14 13 (1.40%) Investment Banking
15 10 (1.08%) Automotive
16 6 (0.65%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (0.65%) Private Banking
17 4 (0.43%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (4.42%) .NET
2 39 (4.20%) Web Services
3 30 (3.23%) FIX Protocol
4 29 (3.13%) J2EE
4 29 (3.13%) Spring
5 27 (2.91%) Java EE
6 14 (1.51%) REST
7 12 (1.29%) HTML
7 12 (1.29%) JSON
7 12 (1.29%) XML
8 10 (1.08%) ASP.NET
9 9 (0.97%) EDI
9 9 (0.97%) SOAP
10 8 (0.86%) CSS
10 8 (0.86%) XSLT
11 6 (0.65%) Middleware
11 6 (0.65%) OLE
12 5 (0.54%) Kafka
13 4 (0.43%) .NET Framework
14 3 (0.32%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 24 (2.59%) Public Cloud
2 23 (2.48%) Driving Licence
3 22 (2.37%) Enterprise Software
4 20 (2.16%) Onboarding
5 19 (2.05%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 19 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
6 16 (1.72%) Eurex
6 16 (1.72%) Management Information System
6 16 (1.72%) Product Ownership
7 14 (1.51%) Derivative
8 13 (1.40%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 12 (1.29%) CCTV
9 12 (1.29%) Equities
9 12 (1.29%) Mobile App
10 11 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
10 11 (1.19%) CMDB
10 11 (1.19%) Greenfield Project
11 10 (1.08%) Hedge funds
12 9 (0.97%) Linux Command Line
13 8 (0.86%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 160 (17.24%) Linux
1 160 (17.24%) Unix
2 138 (14.87%) Windows
3 79 (8.51%) Solaris
4 25 (2.69%) Windows Server
5 16 (1.72%) CentOS
6 11 (1.19%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.65%) AIX
8 5 (0.54%) Windows 10
9 4 (0.43%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.22%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.22%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.11%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (25.86%) Problem-Solving
2 191 (20.58%) ITIL
3 112 (12.07%) Incident Management
4 98 (10.56%) Service Management
5 94 (10.13%) Customer Service
6 82 (8.84%) Actionable Insight
6 82 (8.84%) CRM
6 82 (8.84%) ERP
7 81 (8.73%) ITSM
7 81 (8.73%) Release Management
8 56 (6.03%) Agile
9 55 (5.93%) Performance Tuning
10 52 (5.60%) Artificial Intelligence
11 50 (5.39%) Performance Monitoring
12 45 (4.85%) Capacity Planning
13 44 (4.74%) Capacity Management
14 43 (4.63%) Business Intelligence
15 42 (4.53%) Project Management
16 41 (4.42%) User Acceptance Testing
17 40 (4.31%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 457 (49.25%) SQL
2 71 (7.65%) PL/SQL
3 60 (6.47%) Java
4 59 (6.36%) T-SQL
5 57 (6.14%) Shell Script
6 54 (5.82%) C#
7 48 (5.17%) Python
8 44 (4.74%) PowerShell
9 31 (3.34%) JavaScript
10 21 (2.26%) Bash
11 16 (1.72%) Perl
11 16 (1.72%) Ruby
12 10 (1.08%) VBA
13 9 (0.97%) C
14 7 (0.75%) C++
14 7 (0.75%) XPath
15 5 (0.54%) COBOL
16 3 (0.32%) VB
17 1 (0.11%) PHP
Qualifications
1 177 (19.07%) Degree
2 103 (11.10%) Security Cleared
3 78 (8.41%) SC Cleared
4 14 (1.51%) Computer Science Degree
5 10 (1.08%) Master's Degree
5 10 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 7 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
8 6 (0.65%) Azure Certification
8 6 (0.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 4 (0.43%) A+ Certification
9 4 (0.43%) AWS Certification
9 4 (0.43%) CIPD
9 4 (0.43%) MCDST
10 2 (0.22%) ECDL
10 2 (0.22%) MCP
11 1 (0.11%) CTC Cleared
11 1 (0.11%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (14.01%) SLA
2 24 (2.59%) Accessibility
3 8 (0.86%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.75%) GDPR
5 5 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.43%) SOC 1
7 2 (0.22%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.22%) QA
8 1 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 44 (4.74%) Oracle RAC
2 41 (4.42%) Active Directory
3 5 (0.54%) Docker
4 2 (0.22%) Hyper-V
4 2 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 44 (4.74%) Data Guard
1 44 (4.74%) Oracle RMAN
2 27 (2.91%) OpenSSO
2 27 (2.91%) Single Sign-On
3 10 (1.08%) Grafana
4 8 (0.86%) Terraform
5 7 (0.75%) ITRS Geneos
6 6 (0.65%) Microsoft Clustering
7 5 (0.54%) Control-M
7 5 (0.54%) Kubernetes
7 5 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 5 (0.54%) Pingdom
8 4 (0.43%) SCOM
8 4 (0.43%) WhatsUp Gold
9 2 (0.22%) Kibana
10 1 (0.11%) logstash
10 1 (0.11%) Packer
10 1 (0.11%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 201 (21.66%) Microsoft
2 164 (17.67%) Oracle
3 71 (7.65%) Remedy
4 49 (5.28%) Sun
5 32 (3.45%) ION Trading
5 32 (3.45%) NEC
6 30 (3.23%) SAP
7 29 (3.13%) ServiceNow
8 24 (2.59%) Trayport
9 23 (2.48%) Bloomberg
9 23 (2.48%) Murex
10 21 (2.26%) Guidewire
11 20 (2.16%) FNZ
12 17 (1.83%) Civica
12 17 (1.83%) Red Hat
13 16 (1.72%) CQG
13 16 (1.72%) Patsystems
13 16 (1.72%) Reuters
14 15 (1.62%) Salesforce
15 11 (1.19%) Sage