Applications Engineer Contracts in Birmingham

Applications Engineer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Applications Engineer daily rate in Birmingham is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 - 74
Rank change year-on-year - - +18
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Engineer 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.77% - 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% - 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile £665 - -
25th Percentile £688 - £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -33.33%
75th Percentile - - £413
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £700 £650 £455
% change year-on-year +7.69% +42.86% -24.17%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 468 715 870
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.66% 92.50% 96.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 327 502 583
10th Percentile £160 £250 £263
25th Percentile £363 £325 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £483 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.33% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £489 £500
% change year-on-year -0.77% -2.25% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 40 35
10th Percentile £12.62 £13.10 £11.40
25th Percentile £13.31 £17.75 £12.50
Median hourly rate £14.00 £28.50 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -50.88% +42.50% +14.35%
75th Percentile £22.91 £48.75 £24.94
90th Percentile £30.68 £57.91 £60.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.07 £22.25 £19.50
% change year-on-year -18.81% +14.10% +12.85%

Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Engineer in Birmingham

Applications Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Applications Engineer in Birmingham

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Birmingham region featuring Applications Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) HTML
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (100.00%) Middleware
1 4 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (100.00%) IIS
1 4 (100.00%) Legal
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Management
2 3 (75.00%) Time Management
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) .NET
3 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (25.00%) C#

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 4 (100.00%) IIS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Legal
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) HTML
1 4 (100.00%) Middleware
2 1 (25.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) ASP.NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) PowerShell
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (25.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft