Senior Applications Support Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Senior Application Support
South West > Bristol

The median Senior Application Support daily rate in Bristol is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 6 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
6 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 67 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Applications Support 3 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.37% 0.13% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% 0.14% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £318 - -
25th Percentile £330 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £450 -
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% - -
75th Percentile £375 - -
90th Percentile £390 - -
South West median daily rate £350 £450 -
% change year-on-year -22.22% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 757 724 979
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.34% 95.64% 95.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 386 398 612
10th Percentile £241 £212 £275
25th Percentile £400 £370 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £700
South West median daily rate £525 £518 £538
% change year-on-year +1.36% -3.64% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 95 122
10th Percentile £15.00 £35.00 £35.00
25th Percentile £21.06 £60.75 £58.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £65.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +0.77% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £76.81
90th Percentile £67.84 £75.00 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £33.50 £65.00 £56.91
% change year-on-year -48.46% +14.22% -12.45%

Senior Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior Applications Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Senior Applications Support job vacancy trend in Bristol

Senior Applications Support
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Applications Support job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Applications Support job vacancies in Bristol

Senior Applications Support Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 6 December 2025, Senior Applications Support contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bristol region featuring Senior Applications Support in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Accounts Receivable
1 2 (66.67%) Benchmarking
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
1 2 (66.67%) Data Security
1 2 (66.67%) ERP
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) ContrOCC
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Liquidlogic
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement

Senior Applications Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) ContrOCC
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) SaaS
General
1 3 (100.00%) Local Government
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (33.33%) SystemC
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Accounts Receivable
1 2 (66.67%) Benchmarking
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (66.67%) Data Security
1 2 (66.67%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Information Governance
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Liquidlogic
3 Senior Applications Support jobs in the South West