The first table below looks at the demand for the Applications Engineer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Applications Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Applications Engineer
Rank 519 561 575
Rank change year-on-year
+42 +14
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Engineer 22 18 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.045% 0.031% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.034% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 10 4
Average daily rate £323 £343 £368
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.72% -6.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £278 £285 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £353 £428 £688
UK excluding London average daily rate £331 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 5
Average hourly rate £37.80 £32.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+18.12% -24.70%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.80 £31.50 £43.00
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -26.74%
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
45063 52855 57510
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.16% 92.46% 92.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 25972 29220 31540
Average daily rate £400 £400 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2142 2525 2941
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.77 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

Applications Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Applications Engineer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Applications Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Applications Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Applications Engineer within the UK.

Applications Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Applications Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Applications Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Applications Engineer Daily Rate Histogram

Applications Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Applications Engineer within the UK.

Applications Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Applications Engineer
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Engineer within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +38 21 £323 -5.72% 11
West Midlands +20 10 - -
London +18 8 £315 -8.02% 1
City of London -5 1 £315 -8.02%
South East - 1 £331 - 1
South West - 1 - - 2
Hampshire - 1 £331 -
East of England - 1 - - 6
Birmingham - 1 - -
Bristol - 1 - - 1
Cambridge - - - - 4
Fareham - - - -
Havant - - - -
Bournemouth - - - -
Brighton - - - -
County Antrim - - - -
Belfast - - - -
Milton Keynes - - - -
Oxford - - - -
Staines - - - -
Stevenage - - - - 1
Sutton Coldfield - - - -
Woking - - - -
Berkshire - - - - 1
Buckinghamshire - - - -
Cambridgeshire - - - - 4
Dorset - - - -
East Sussex - - - -
Fife - - - -
Northern Ireland - - - -

Applications Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Applications Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Applications Engineer in their job title.

1 25 (50.00%) PLM
1 25 (50.00%) ENOVIA
2 24 (48.00%) Manufacturing
3 23 (46.00%) Project Management
4 22 (44.00%) SAP
5 14 (28.00%) Automotive
6 13 (26.00%) ERP
7 12 (24.00%) Data Modelling
7 12 (24.00%) ClearCase
7 12 (24.00%) Validation
7 12 (24.00%) ClearQuest
7 12 (24.00%) Requirements Management
7 12 (24.00%) Time Management
7 12 (24.00%) Rational DOORS
8 10 (20.00%) Windows
9 9 (18.00%) Teamcenter
10 8 (16.00%) Change Management
11 7 (14.00%) Windchill
12 6 (12.00%) Microsoft
13 5 (10.00%) Linux
13 5 (10.00%) Degree
14 4 (8.000%) Security Cleared
14 4 (8.000%) PowerShell
14 4 (8.000%) Oracle
14 4 (8.000%) SQL
14 4 (8.000%) Publishing
14 4 (8.000%) UNIX
15 3 (6.000%) CAD
15 3 (6.000%) Middleware
15 3 (6.000%) C

Applications Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Applications Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Applications Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (6.000%) Middleware
1 3 (6.000%) Web Services
2 2 (4.000%) Application Packaging
2 2 (4.000%) .NET
3 1 (2.000%) WinForms
3 1 (2.000%) OLE
3 1 (2.000%) MFC
3 1 (2.000%) XML
3 1 (2.000%) ASP
3 1 (2.000%) COM
3 1 (2.000%) WPF
3 1 (2.000%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 3 (6.000%) Apache
1 3 (6.000%) Tomcat
1 3 (6.000%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 7 (14.00%) Windchill
2 2 (4.000%) CATIA
3 1 (2.000%) MS Office
3 1 (2.000%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 25 (50.00%) ENOVIA
2 9 (18.00%) Teamcenter
3 2 (4.000%) Dynamics AX
4 1 (2.000%) SAP HR
4 1 (2.000%) SAP FI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.000%) 4G
1 2 (4.000%) LTE
1 2 (4.000%) 3G
2 1 (2.000%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (2.000%) HSPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.000%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (4.000%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.000%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (2.000%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.000%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (2.000%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 12 (24.00%) ClearCase
1 12 (24.00%) ClearQuest
1 12 (24.00%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (4.000%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.000%) Eclipse
General
1 24 (48.00%) Manufacturing
2 14 (28.00%) Automotive
3 4 (8.000%) Publishing
4 2 (4.000%) Banking
4 2 (4.000%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.000%) Finance
5 1 (2.000%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.000%) NHS
2 1 (2.000%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (2.000%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.000%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 10 (20.00%) Windows
2 5 (10.00%) Linux
3 4 (8.000%) UNIX
4 2 (4.000%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.000%) HPUX
5 1 (2.000%) Android
5 1 (2.000%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (2.000%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.000%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (50.00%) PLM
2 23 (46.00%) Project Management
3 13 (26.00%) ERP
4 12 (24.00%) Data Modelling
4 12 (24.00%) Validation
4 12 (24.00%) Requirements Management
4 12 (24.00%) Time Management
5 8 (16.00%) Change Management
6 3 (6.000%) CAD
6 3 (6.000%) Use Case
7 2 (4.000%) Software Engineering
7 2 (4.000%) Business Intelligence
7 2 (4.000%) ITIL
7 2 (4.000%) PDM
8 1 (2.000%) Service Management
8 1 (2.000%) Process Management
8 1 (2.000%) OOD
8 1 (2.000%) OOA/OOD
8 1 (2.000%) OO
8 1 (2.000%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.000%) PowerShell
1 4 (8.000%) SQL
2 3 (6.000%) C
3 2 (4.000%) VBScript
4 1 (2.000%) VB.NET
4 1 (2.000%) C#
4 1 (2.000%) C++
4 1 (2.000%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (10.00%) Degree
2 4 (8.000%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.000%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 2 (4.000%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.000%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (4.000%) SCCM
Vendors
1 22 (44.00%) SAP
2 6 (12.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (8.000%) Oracle
4 3 (6.000%) Akamai
5 2 (4.000%) Hyperion
6 1 (2.000%) VMware
6 1 (2.000%) Citrix
6 1 (2.000%) Cisco
6 1 (2.000%) Adobe
6 1 (2.000%) Altiris
Berkshire
As part of the application portfolio management team, this role will be a key component of a new team for our client that owns and controls the release...
Claremont Consulting Ltd
Rate: £300 - £370 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Applications Engineer - Manchester - Fixed Term Contract - £35kI need an experienced Applications Engineer for a large heavy metal manufacturer based in Manchester.You'll be a Graduate with some...
Rate: £35000 per annum
Posted: 19 June 2013