Applications Engineer
Gloucestershire > Cheltenham
The median Applications Engineer daily rate in Cheltenham is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 September 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 27 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 19 | 43 | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | +24 | - | - |
| Contract jobs requiring an Applications Engineer | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheltenham | 2.22% | 0.41% | - |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 2.50% | 0.41% | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £525 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £550 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| Gloucestershire median daily rate | £425 | - | - |
All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Cheltenham
For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Cheltenham. 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 Cheltenham with a recognized job title | 80 | 243 | 206 |
| % of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title | 88.89% | 99.18% | 94.93% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 35 | 104 | 118 |
| 10th Percentile | £383 | £413 | £312 |
| 25th Percentile | £525 | £513 | £475 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £600 | £600 | £570 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | +8.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £675 | £676 | £675 |
| 90th Percentile | £761 | £738 | £738 |
| Gloucestershire median daily rate | £525 | £575 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -8.70% | +4.55% | +7.32% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 6 | 29 | 8 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £24.08 |
| 25th Percentile | £13.50 | £63.75 | £28.69 |
| Median hourly rate | £14.00 | £70.00 | £48.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -80.00% | +45.83% | +25.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £14.50 | £72.50 | £90.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £25.25 | £73.75 | £91.35 |
| Gloucestershire median hourly rate | £35.17 | £67.50 | £73.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -47.90% | -7.53% | +77.92% |
Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheltenham
Job postings that featured Applications Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheltenham.
Applications Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Cheltenham
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Engineer job vacancies in Cheltenham.
Applications Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Cheltenham
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Engineer job vacancies in Cheltenham.
Applications Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham
For the 6 months to 27 September 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 Cheltenham region featuring Applications Engineer in the job title.
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Applications Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheltenham 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: