The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior Applications Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Applications Engineer
Rank - - 586
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Applications Engineer 0 0 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK - - 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category - - 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £310
UK excluding London average daily rate - - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £50.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £50.00
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
42797 53993 56874
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.24% 92.65% 92.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 24561 29781 30909
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £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 2134 2552 2929
Average hourly rate £18.50 £19.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.63% -5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%

Senior Applications Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Senior Applications Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Applications Engineer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Senior Applications Engineer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Applications Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Senior Applications Engineer Hourly Rate Trend

Senior Applications Engineer
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Applications Engineer in their job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) MFC
1 1 (100.00%) COM
1 1 (100.00%) OOA/OOD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) OOD
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
1 1 (100.00%) OLE
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
1 1 (100.00%) Degree

Senior Applications Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior 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 Senior Applications Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) MFC
1 1 (100.00%) COM
1 1 (100.00%) OLE
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) 3D Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) OOA/OOD
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) OOD
1 1 (100.00%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C
1 1 (100.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft