Applications Support Jobs with Work from Home Options

Application Support
UK > Work from Home

The median Application Support salary in Work from Home is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 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
24 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 285 323 375
Rank change year-on-year +38 +52 -37
Permanent jobs requiring an Applications Support 347 404 665
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.02% 1.01% 0.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 1.05% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 289 356 558
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,125 £27,425
25th Percentile £39,000 £35,000 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +11.76% +6.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £83,750 £71,625
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 32,724 38,299 70,013
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.14% 95.94% 97.34%
Number of salaries quoted 25,047 27,230 42,182
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.40% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Applications Support
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Applications Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Applications Support trend for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Support
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Applications Support.

Applications Support salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Support
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Applications Support over the 6 months to 24 May 2024.

Applications Support salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 24 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 177 (51.01%) SQL
2 142 (40.92%) Finance
3 111 (31.99%) Social Skills
4 97 (27.95%) Microsoft
5 84 (24.21%) Windows
6 79 (22.77%) Problem-Solving
7 71 (20.46%) Degree
8 70 (20.17%) ITIL
9 63 (18.16%) SQL Server
10 58 (16.71%) Linux
11 54 (15.56%) Oracle
12 52 (14.99%) Azure
13 48 (13.83%) Analytical Skills
13 48 (13.83%) Unix
14 43 (12.39%) JIRA
15 41 (11.82%) Front Office
16 38 (10.95%) Oracle Database
17 37 (10.66%) CRM
17 37 (10.66%) Security Cleared
18 36 (10.37%) IIS
19 35 (10.09%) ERP
19 35 (10.09%) NEC
19 35 (10.09%) NEC Housing
20 34 (9.80%) Tomcat
21 32 (9.22%) Web Services
21 32 (9.22%) Local Government
22 31 (8.93%) Dynamics CRM
22 31 (8.93%) Incident Management
22 31 (8.93%) Customer Service
23 30 (8.65%) Public Sector

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 36 (10.37%) IIS
2 34 (9.80%) Tomcat
3 27 (7.78%) Apache
4 10 (2.88%) SharePoint
5 4 (1.15%) Confluence
6 3 (0.86%) CMS
6 3 (0.86%) EPiServer
7 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.58%) Oracle Service Bus
7 2 (0.58%) WebLogic
8 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.15%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 35 (10.09%) NEC Housing
2 31 (8.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (4.03%) PlanetPress Connect
4 9 (2.59%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (1.15%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.86%) Aladdin
6 3 (0.86%) thinkFolio
7 2 (0.58%) Academy Housing
7 2 (0.58%) BusinessWorks
7 2 (0.58%) ION Anvil
7 2 (0.58%) ION MarketView
7 2 (0.58%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.58%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.58%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.29%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.29%) Endur
8 1 (0.29%) Findur
8 1 (0.29%) JDE OneWorld
8 1 (0.29%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.29%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 52 (14.99%) Azure
2 26 (7.49%) Dynamics 365
3 23 (6.63%) AWS
4 21 (6.05%) SaaS
5 13 (3.75%) Power Platform
6 10 (2.88%) Power Automate
7 9 (2.59%) WhatsApp
8 6 (1.73%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (1.44%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (1.44%) IaaS
9 5 (1.44%) PaaS
10 4 (1.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 3 (0.86%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (0.58%) Datadog
12 2 (0.58%) GCP
13 1 (0.29%) Azure AKS
13 1 (0.29%) PowerApps
13 1 (0.29%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (2.59%) Firewall
2 8 (2.31%) DNS
3 6 (1.73%) Internet
4 5 (1.44%) SSL
5 4 (1.15%) VPN
6 2 (0.58%) HTTP
6 2 (0.58%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.58%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.29%) LAN
7 1 (0.29%) WAN
7 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (18.16%) SQL Server
2 38 (10.95%) Oracle Database
3 14 (4.03%) Data Warehouse
3 14 (4.03%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 11 (3.17%) Power BI
5 6 (1.73%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.15%) MySQL
6 4 (1.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 3 (0.86%) Geospatial Data
7 3 (0.86%) GIS
7 3 (0.86%) MS Access
7 3 (0.86%) SAP HANA
8 2 (0.58%) DataStage
8 2 (0.58%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.58%) Oracle Database 10g
8 2 (0.58%) Oracle Database 11g
8 2 (0.58%) VLDB
9 1 (0.29%) BusinessObjects XI
9 1 (0.29%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 43 (12.39%) JIRA
2 14 (4.03%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 8 (2.31%) Eclipse
3 8 (2.31%) GitLab
4 3 (0.86%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (0.86%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.58%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (0.58%) Git
6 1 (0.29%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.29%) Gradle
6 1 (0.29%) IntelliJ
6 1 (0.29%) JUnit
General
1 142 (40.92%) Finance
2 111 (31.99%) Social Skills
3 48 (13.83%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (11.82%) Front Office
5 32 (9.22%) Local Government
6 30 (8.65%) Public Sector
7 27 (7.78%) Police
8 23 (6.63%) Banking
9 15 (4.32%) Back Office
10 11 (3.17%) Marketing
11 8 (2.31%) Investment Banking
12 7 (2.02%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.73%) Private Banking
14 5 (1.44%) Law
14 5 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.44%) Retail
15 3 (0.86%) Environmental Health
15 3 (0.86%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.58%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (9.22%) Web Services
2 26 (7.49%) .NET
3 11 (3.17%) FIX Protocol
4 10 (2.88%) HTML
5 8 (2.31%) CSS
5 8 (2.31%) JSON
6 7 (2.02%) XML
7 6 (1.73%) Middleware
8 5 (1.44%) ASP.NET
8 5 (1.44%) REST
8 5 (1.44%) SOAP
9 4 (1.15%) Node.js
10 3 (0.86%) XSLT
11 2 (0.58%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (0.58%) J2EE
11 2 (0.58%) React
12 1 (0.29%) Elastic Stack
12 1 (0.29%) Oracle Fusion
12 1 (0.29%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.78%) Public Cloud
2 15 (4.32%) Onboarding
3 13 (3.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 11 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (2.88%) Product Ownership
6 8 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (2.31%) Hedge funds
7 7 (2.02%) CMDB
7 7 (2.02%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.73%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.73%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.73%) Social Media
9 5 (1.44%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.44%) Derivative
9 5 (1.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 4 (1.15%) Legacy Code
11 3 (0.86%) Equities
11 3 (0.86%) Fixed Income
11 3 (0.86%) Management Information System
12 2 (0.58%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 84 (24.21%) Windows
2 58 (16.71%) Linux
3 48 (13.83%) Unix
4 29 (8.36%) Solaris
5 12 (3.46%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.58%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.58%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.29%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.29%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.29%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (22.77%) Problem-Solving
2 70 (20.17%) ITIL
3 37 (10.66%) CRM
4 35 (10.09%) ERP
5 31 (8.93%) Customer Service
5 31 (8.93%) Incident Management
6 30 (8.65%) Agile
7 27 (7.78%) Data Security
7 27 (7.78%) ITSM
7 27 (7.78%) Network Architecture
7 27 (7.78%) Server Management
7 27 (7.78%) Task Automation
8 23 (6.63%) Change Management
8 23 (6.63%) Service Management
9 22 (6.34%) Fintech
9 22 (6.34%) Release Management
10 19 (5.48%) Migration
10 19 (5.48%) PRINCE2
11 18 (5.19%) Project Management
12 15 (4.32%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 177 (51.01%) SQL
2 29 (8.36%) T-SQL
3 28 (8.07%) Shell Script
4 24 (6.92%) PowerShell
5 22 (6.34%) C#
6 17 (4.90%) Python
7 16 (4.61%) Java
8 13 (3.75%) PL/SQL
9 11 (3.17%) JavaScript
10 5 (1.44%) VBA
11 4 (1.15%) Bash
11 4 (1.15%) C++
12 3 (0.86%) XPath
Qualifications
1 71 (20.46%) Degree
2 37 (10.66%) Security Cleared
3 9 (2.59%) SC Cleared
4 8 (2.31%) ITIL Certification
4 8 (2.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 7 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.15%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.15%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 4 (1.15%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.58%) ECDL
7 2 (0.58%) MCP
7 2 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.29%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 27 (7.78%) Accessibility
2 26 (7.49%) SLA
3 4 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (1.15%) SOC 1
4 2 (0.58%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.58%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.29%) QA
System Software
1 22 (6.34%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.15%) Docker
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle RAC
4 1 (0.29%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 5 (1.44%) Pingdom
2 4 (1.15%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.15%) SCOM
2 4 (1.15%) Terraform
3 2 (0.58%) Data Guard
3 2 (0.58%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.29%) Control-M
4 1 (0.29%) Kibana
4 1 (0.29%) logstash
Vendors
1 97 (27.95%) Microsoft
2 54 (15.56%) Oracle
3 35 (10.09%) NEC
4 21 (6.05%) ServiceNow
5 18 (5.19%) Murex
6 16 (4.61%) SAP
7 14 (4.03%) FNZ
8 10 (2.88%) ION Trading
9 8 (2.31%) Algorithmics
9 8 (2.31%) IBM
10 6 (1.73%) Guidewire
11 5 (1.44%) Capita
11 5 (1.44%) SolarWinds
12 4 (1.15%) Google
12 4 (1.15%) Salesforce
12 4 (1.15%) Trayport
13 3 (0.86%) Charles River
13 3 (0.86%) Civica
14 2 (0.58%) Remedy
14 2 (0.58%) TIBCO