Applications Engineer Contracts in England

Applications Engineer
UK > England

The median Applications Engineer daily rate in England is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 427 431 595
Rank change year-on-year +4 +164 -67
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Engineer 114 247 190
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.31% 0.49% 0.27%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.52% 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 206 136
10th Percentile £336 £375 £313
25th Percentile £383 £487 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £444
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +35.21% -11.25%
75th Percentile £606 £700 £603
90th Percentile £679 £823 £663
UK median daily rate £501 £600 £450
% change year-on-year -16.58% +33.33% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 2
10th Percentile - - £52.63
25th Percentile - £48.40 £54.69
Median hourly rate £35.65 £54.56 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -34.66% -7.13% -
75th Percentile - £73.75 £62.19
90th Percentile - £75.10 £63.88
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £54.56 £56.25
% change year-on-year -34.66% -3.00% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,448 47,601 67,845
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.62% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,861 33,797 48,247
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,434 1,402 1,905
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.02 £44.77 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.53% +98.96% +0.36%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.95 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.02 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -19.95% +91.49% +3.14%

Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Engineer in England

Applications Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Applications Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for Applications Engineer in England

Applications Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Engineer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Engineer in England

Applications Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Applications Engineer in England.

Hourly rate trend for Applications Engineer in England

Applications Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -15 56 £500 -20.00% 34
South East +14 26 £580 +16.00% 32
East of England +14 13 £500 +42.86% 20
West Midlands +31 7 £650 +42.86% 20
Midlands +29 7 £650 +30.00% 29
South West +7 6 £400 -20.00% 19
North of England +21 4 £550 +33.33% 28
North West +19 2 - - 13
Yorkshire +25 1 - - 12
North East - 1 £550 - 3
Applications Engineer
UK

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Applications Engineer 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 across the England region featuring Applications Engineer in the job title.

1 37 (32.46%) Windows
2 35 (30.70%) Linux
3 30 (26.32%) SQL
4 25 (21.93%) Active Directory
5 24 (21.05%) Python
5 24 (21.05%) Azure
6 22 (19.30%) PowerShell
7 21 (18.42%) AWS
7 21 (18.42%) Windows Server
8 20 (17.54%) Application Security
9 18 (15.79%) Security Cleared
9 18 (15.79%) Microsoft
9 18 (15.79%) Finance
10 17 (14.91%) Migration
11 16 (14.04%) Social Skills
12 15 (13.16%) JIRA
13 14 (12.28%) Firewall
13 14 (12.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 13 (11.40%) CI/CD
14 13 (11.40%) Application Packaging
15 12 (10.53%) .NET
15 12 (10.53%) Entra ID
16 11 (9.65%) DevOps
16 11 (9.65%) Analytical Skills
16 11 (9.65%) Problem-Solving
16 11 (9.65%) SQL Server
16 11 (9.65%) Service Management
16 11 (9.65%) Release Management
16 11 (9.65%) SC Cleared
17 10 (8.77%) Atlassian

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 9 (7.89%) Confluence
2 7 (6.14%) IIS
3 4 (3.51%) Tomcat
4 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.75%) IBM Notes
6 1 (0.88%) Apache
6 1 (0.88%) JBoss
6 1 (0.88%) nginx
6 1 (0.88%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 3 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (1.75%) Global One
1 2 (1.75%) Teamcenter
2 1 (0.88%) Eikon
2 1 (0.88%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.88%) Endur
2 1 (0.88%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.88%) Temenos T24
2 1 (0.88%) thinkFolio
Cloud Services
1 24 (21.05%) Azure
2 21 (18.42%) AWS
3 12 (10.53%) Entra ID
4 8 (7.02%) AWS CloudFormation
5 7 (6.14%) Power Platform
6 6 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (4.39%) CloudFront
7 5 (4.39%) GitHub
7 5 (4.39%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (4.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
8 4 (3.51%) Slack
8 4 (3.51%) WhatsApp
9 2 (1.75%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.75%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.88%) Azure Storage
10 1 (0.88%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.88%) GCP
10 1 (0.88%) IaaS
10 1 (0.88%) Workato
Communications & Networking
1 14 (12.28%) Firewall
2 6 (5.26%) DNS
3 5 (4.39%) Network Security
3 5 (4.39%) VPN
4 2 (1.75%) HTTP
4 2 (1.75%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.88%) BIG-IP
5 1 (0.88%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.88%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.88%) SSL
5 1 (0.88%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (9.65%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.26%) MySQL
2 6 (5.26%) Relational Database
3 5 (4.39%) Metadata
3 5 (4.39%) Power BI
4 3 (2.63%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (2.63%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.75%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.75%) Sybase ASE
6 1 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.88%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.88%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.88%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 15 (13.16%) JIRA
2 4 (3.51%) Browser DevTools
2 4 (3.51%) Burp Suite
2 4 (3.51%) Git
2 4 (3.51%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.88%) GitLab
3 1 (0.88%) Gradle
3 1 (0.88%) Liquibase
3 1 (0.88%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.88%) Robot Framework
3 1 (0.88%) Selenium
3 1 (0.88%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.88%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.88%) TeamCity
General
1 18 (15.79%) Finance
2 16 (14.04%) Social Skills
3 11 (9.65%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (7.89%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.39%) Retail
6 4 (3.51%) Automotive
6 4 (3.51%) Billing
7 2 (1.75%) Local Government
7 2 (1.75%) Military
8 1 (0.88%) Back Office
8 1 (0.88%) Games
8 1 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.88%) Law
8 1 (0.88%) Marketing
8 1 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (10.53%) .NET
2 8 (7.02%) ADO
3 7 (6.14%) Web Services
4 5 (4.39%) FIX Protocol
4 5 (4.39%) Node.js
4 5 (4.39%) OAuth
4 5 (4.39%) OAuth2
4 5 (4.39%) SAML
5 4 (3.51%) CSS
5 4 (3.51%) HTML
5 4 (3.51%) HTML5
5 4 (3.51%) React
5 4 (3.51%) React Native
5 4 (3.51%) REST
6 3 (2.63%) RESTful
7 2 (1.75%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.75%) ActiveX
7 2 (1.75%) ASP.NET
7 2 (1.75%) JSON
7 2 (1.75%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.89%) Data Centre
2 5 (4.39%) Client/Server
2 5 (4.39%) Cloud Native
2 5 (4.39%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (3.51%) Security Posture
4 3 (2.63%) Management Information System
4 3 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.75%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.75%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.75%) Hedge funds
5 2 (1.75%) Legacy Applications
5 2 (1.75%) Operational Technology
6 1 (0.88%) Data Structures
6 1 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
6 1 (0.88%) Embedded Systems
6 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.88%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.88%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.88%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.88%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 37 (32.46%) Windows
2 35 (30.70%) Linux
3 21 (18.42%) Windows Server
4 9 (7.89%) Ubuntu
4 9 (7.89%) Windows Server 2016
5 7 (6.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (4.39%) Windows Server 2019
7 4 (3.51%) CentOS
8 3 (2.63%) Unix
8 3 (2.63%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (1.75%) Android
9 2 (1.75%) Apple iOS
9 2 (1.75%) VMS
9 2 (1.75%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.88%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.88%) Solaris
10 1 (0.88%) Windows Mobile
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (17.54%) Application Security
2 17 (14.91%) Migration
3 14 (12.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 13 (11.40%) Application Packaging
4 13 (11.40%) CI/CD
5 11 (9.65%) DevOps
5 11 (9.65%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (9.65%) Release Management
5 11 (9.65%) Service Management
6 10 (8.77%) Project Management
7 9 (7.89%) Software Engineering
8 8 (7.02%) Identity Access Management
8 8 (7.02%) Infrastructure as Code
8 8 (7.02%) ITIL
8 8 (7.02%) Task Automation
9 7 (6.14%) Agile
9 7 (6.14%) Analytics
9 7 (6.14%) Data Migration
9 7 (6.14%) Workflow
10 6 (5.26%) Incident Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (26.32%) SQL
2 24 (21.05%) Python
3 22 (19.30%) PowerShell
4 8 (7.02%) C#
4 8 (7.02%) JavaScript
4 8 (7.02%) Shell Script
5 5 (4.39%) Bash
5 5 (4.39%) Go
5 5 (4.39%) Java
5 5 (4.39%) Perl
5 5 (4.39%) T-SQL
6 4 (3.51%) PHP
6 4 (3.51%) VBScript
7 3 (2.63%) C++
8 2 (1.75%) F#
8 2 (1.75%) Korn
8 2 (1.75%) VB
8 2 (1.75%) VBA
9 1 (0.88%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (15.79%) Security Cleared
2 11 (9.65%) SC Cleared
3 10 (8.77%) Degree
4 9 (7.89%) DV Cleared
5 5 (4.39%) AWS Certification
6 4 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
7 2 (1.75%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.88%) CCNP
8 1 (0.88%) CEH
8 1 (0.88%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.88%) CISSP
8 1 (0.88%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.88%) GCIA
8 1 (0.88%) GCIH
8 1 (0.88%) GIAC
8 1 (0.88%) GSEC
8 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.39%) QA
2 2 (1.75%) SLA
3 1 (0.88%) GDPR
3 1 (0.88%) HIPAA
3 1 (0.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (0.88%) JSP 440
3 1 (0.88%) NCSC
3 1 (0.88%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (21.93%) Active Directory
2 7 (6.14%) Docker
3 5 (4.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (3.51%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.88%) Apache ZooKeeper
5 1 (0.88%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.88%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (5.26%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (4.39%) Grafana
2 5 (4.39%) SCCM
2 5 (4.39%) SCOM
3 4 (3.51%) Ansible
3 4 (3.51%) ITRS Geneos
4 2 (1.75%) Control-M
4 2 (1.75%) Puppet
5 1 (0.88%) Anchore
5 1 (0.88%) Consul
5 1 (0.88%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.88%) Kibana
5 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.88%) Packer
5 1 (0.88%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.88%) Terraform
5 1 (0.88%) WSUS
Vendors
1 18 (15.79%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.77%) Atlassian
3 9 (7.89%) Red Hat
4 8 (7.02%) Bloomberg
5 6 (5.26%) CA
5 6 (5.26%) Refinitiv
6 5 (4.39%) IBM
6 5 (4.39%) VMware
7 4 (3.51%) Dynatrace
7 4 (3.51%) Oracle
7 4 (3.51%) Splunk
7 4 (3.51%) Sybase
8 2 (1.75%) Checkmarx
8 2 (1.75%) Lotus
8 2 (1.75%) Qualys
8 2 (1.75%) Rapid7
8 2 (1.75%) Reuters
8 2 (1.75%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.75%) Veracode
9 1 (0.88%) Apple