Applications Engineer Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Applications Engineer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median Applications Engineer daily rate in Cardiff is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2026.

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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Engineer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.38% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £538 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £525 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 253 154 196
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.11% 96.25% 92.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 125 159
10th Percentile £250 £183 £199
25th Percentile £306 £259 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £490
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -18.37% +8.89%
75th Percentile £538 £494 £550
90th Percentile £725 £620 £620
South Wales median daily rate £425 £395 £470
% change year-on-year +7.59% -15.96% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 6 5
10th Percentile - £12.21 £11.32
25th Percentile £12.21 £13.79 £11.75
Median hourly rate £12.71 £20.51 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -38.02% +51.89% -21.75%
75th Percentile £15.36 £23.75 £18.00
90th Percentile £21.00 £38.75 £39.45
South Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £22.50 £22.68
% change year-on-year -5.56% -0.79% +25.03%

Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Applications Engineer job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Applications Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Engineer job vacancies in Cardiff.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Engineer job vacancies in Cardiff

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Top 5 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff

For the 6 months to 2 May 2026, Applications Engineer 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 Cardiff region featuring Applications Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Kerberos
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
1 1 (100.00%) Windows

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Kerberos
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (100.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Privileged Access Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory