Senior Applications Engineer Contracts

Senior Applications Engineer
UK

The median Senior Applications Engineer daily rate in the UK is £525 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 568 691 818
Rank change year-on-year +123 +127 -127
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Applications Engineer 23 14 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.053% 0.024% 0.033%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.026% 0.035%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 21
10th Percentile £306 - -
25th Percentile £359 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £409 £375
Median % change year-on-year +28.30% +9.12% -16.67%
75th Percentile £538 £458 £569
90th Percentile £608 £508 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £403 £375
% change year-on-year +30.43% +7.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £54.56 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £54.56 -

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 39,936 54,901 83,261
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.65% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,997 38,348 58,485
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 1,536 2,031
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.13 £64.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.43 £19.67
% change year-on-year -5.73% +115.78% +3.50%

Senior Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Applications Engineer in the UK

Senior Applications Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Applications Engineer in the UK

Senior Applications Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Applications Engineer over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Applications Engineer in the UK

Senior Applications Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Applications Engineer in the UK

Senior Applications Engineer
Top 9 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Applications Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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
Work from Home +137 13 £425 -3.95% 12
UK excluding London +54 12 £525 +30.43% 20
England +110 8 £313 -23.24% 24
Scotland - 4 £525 - 3
East of England - 4 - - 1
Midlands - 2 £313 - 5
West Midlands - 2 £313 - 5
South East +17 1 - - 5
South West - 1 £425 -

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

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, Senior 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 featuring Senior Applications Engineer in the job title.

1 16 (69.57%) SQL
2 14 (60.87%) Windows
3 13 (56.52%) Data Centre
4 12 (52.17%) Azure
4 12 (52.17%) High Availability
4 12 (52.17%) Migration
4 12 (52.17%) Replication
4 12 (52.17%) ETL
4 12 (52.17%) Elite 3E
5 4 (17.39%) Intapp
5 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (17.39%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
5 4 (17.39%) Metadata
5 4 (17.39%) Oracle
5 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
5 4 (17.39%) PL/SQL
5 4 (17.39%) Automotive
5 4 (17.39%) Degree
5 4 (17.39%) Oracle Database
5 4 (17.39%) Performance Tuning
5 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (17.39%) Computer Science
5 4 (17.39%) Oracle APEX
5 4 (17.39%) SQL Optimisation
6 3 (13.04%) Legal
6 3 (13.04%) Workflow
7 2 (8.70%) Windows 10
7 2 (8.70%) SCCM
8 1 (4.35%) Groovy

Senior Applications Engineer 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:

Business Applications
1 12 (52.17%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 12 (52.17%) Azure
2 1 (4.35%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (17.39%) Metadata
1 4 (17.39%) Oracle Database
1 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.35%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Oracle APEX
2 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 4 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (17.39%) Automotive
1 4 (17.39%) Social Skills
2 3 (13.04%) Legal
Miscellaneous
1 13 (56.52%) Data Centre
2 12 (52.17%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 14 (60.87%) Windows
2 2 (8.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) ETL
1 12 (52.17%) High Availability
1 12 (52.17%) Migration
2 4 (17.39%) Computer Science
2 4 (17.39%) Performance Tuning
2 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (17.39%) SQL Optimisation
3 3 (13.04%) Workflow
4 1 (4.35%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 16 (69.57%) SQL
2 4 (17.39%) PL/SQL
3 1 (4.35%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 4 (17.39%) Computer Science Degree
1 4 (17.39%) Degree
Systems Management
1 2 (8.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (17.39%) Intapp
1 4 (17.39%) Oracle
2 1 (4.35%) Atlassian