Application Discovery Contracts with Work from Home Options

Application Discovery
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Application Discovery skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Application Discovery over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 327 455 601
Rank change year-on-year +128 +146 -117
Contract jobs citing Application Discovery 17 19 18
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.11% 0.074% 0.040%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.083% 0.044%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 15 13
10th Percentile £368 £220 £371
25th Percentile £418 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £275 £650
Median % change year-on-year +69.09% -57.69% +109.68%
75th Percentile £535 £300 £675
90th Percentile £615 - £685
UK median daily rate £460 £275 £507
% change year-on-year +67.27% -45.71% +55.85%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Application Discovery is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,387 22,922 40,601
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.93% 89.77% 91.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,971 16,192 29,477
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 576 528 542
10th Percentile £15.08 £18.68 £13.75
25th Percentile £24.25 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.81 £55.63
90th Percentile £75.13 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.96 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +44.00% +2.04%

Application Discovery
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Application Discovery as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Application Discovery trend for jobs with a WFH option

Application Discovery
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Application Discovery.

Application Discovery daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Application Discovery
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Application Discovery over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Application Discovery daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Application Discovery
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.88%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) SaaS
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (5.88%) AWS
3 1 (5.88%) Azure
3 1 (5.88%) GCP
3 1 (5.88%) OneDrive
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) MSI
General
1 4 (23.53%) Finance
2 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (11.76%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Banking
3 1 (5.88%) Italian Language
3 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.88%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Applications Packager
2 4 (23.53%) SC Cleared Application Packager
3 3 (17.65%) Project Manager
3 3 (17.65%) Senior
3 3 (17.65%) Senior Manager
3 3 (17.65%) Senior Project Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Applications Engineer
4 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Windows Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Applications Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Business Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Consultant
5 1 (5.88%) Data Business Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
5 1 (5.88%) Migration Manager
5 1 (5.88%) SCCM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Data Centre
1 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (29.41%) Windows
2 1 (5.88%) VMS
2 1 (5.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (47.06%) Application Packaging
2 6 (35.29%) Customer Requirements
3 4 (23.53%) Agile
3 4 (23.53%) Waterfall
4 3 (17.65%) Migration
5 2 (11.76%) Decision-Making
5 2 (11.76%) Resource Management
5 2 (11.76%) Time Management
5 2 (11.76%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (5.88%) Deployment Automation
6 1 (5.88%) Fintech
6 1 (5.88%) Impact Assessments
6 1 (5.88%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (5.88%) Service Management
6 1 (5.88%) Smoke Testing
6 1 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.88%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 8 (47.06%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft App-V
1 1 (5.88%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (5.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.88%) Citrix
2 1 (5.88%) Google