Application Support
UK
The median Application Support daily rate in the UK is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 2024.
The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 9 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 361 | 378 | 535 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +17 | +157 | -39 |
| Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support | 248 | 345 | 338 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.57% | 0.62% | 0.39% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.62% | 0.66% | 0.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 178 | 304 | 225 |
| 10th Percentile | £189 | £293 | £213 |
| 25th Percentile | £290 | £375 | £313 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £503 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -20.40% | +25.63% | -3.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £545 | £695 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £650 | £823 | £626 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £393 | £331 | £375 |
| % change year-on-year | +18.57% | -11.67% | +7.14% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 10th Percentile | £24.83 | £21.90 | £18.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £27.50 | £23.25 | £19.13 |
| Median hourly rate | £30.00 | £26.00 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +15.38% | +13.04% | -5.54% |
| 75th Percentile | £32.50 | £28.25 | £33.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £37.98 | £29.30 | £35.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £30.00 | £30.00 | £24.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +47.69% |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK
The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract 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 contract jobs in our overall sample.
| Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title | 40,232 | 52,519 | 83,570 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 92.87% | 94.52% | 95.34% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 25,887 | 36,654 | 58,907 |
| 10th Percentile | £280 | £313 | £315 |
| 25th Percentile | £408 | £425 | £425 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £540 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.78% | +2.86% | +6.60% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +5.26% | +8.68% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,899 | 1,488 | 1,954 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.86 | £14.25 | £12.60 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.30 | £19.39 | £15.90 |
| Median hourly rate | £37.50 | £45.00 | £25.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.67% | +80.00% | +16.28% |
| 75th Percentile | £61.88 | £65.75 | £49.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £73.75 | £76.33 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £40.00 | £42.50 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.88% | +112.50% | +7.17% |
Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Applications Support in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Applications Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Applications Support.
Applications Support
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Support over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Applications Support.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Applications Support over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.
Applications Support
Top 13 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the UK over the 6 months to 9 June 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| England | +8 | 214 | £400 | -23.81% | 152 |
| London | -31 | 125 | £450 | -21.74% | 52 |
| UK excluding London | +63 | 100 | £393 | +18.57% | 114 |
| Work from Home | +45 | 83 | £463 | -15.91% | 61 |
| South East | +17 | 33 | £339 | +11.15% | 24 |
| South West | +20 | 17 | £463 | -9.76% | 20 |
| East of England | +12 | 17 | £350 | +9.38% | 24 |
| Midlands | +32 | 16 | £313 | -3.85% | 10 |
| West Midlands | +26 | 16 | £313 | -10.71% | 1 |
| Scotland | +51 | 15 | £750 | +93.55% | 9 |
| North of England | +7 | 1 | £250 | -33.33% | 30 |
| North West | 0 | 1 | £250 | -33.33% | 15 |
| Northern Ireland | -2 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
Applications Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Applications Support contract 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 contract job ads featuring Applications Support in the job title.
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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:
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