Applications Support Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Application Support
Central London > City of London

The median Application Support daily rate in the City of London is £725, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 February 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 122 112 119
Rank change year-on-year -10 +7 +40
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support 3 6 15
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.16% 0.33% 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.35% 0.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 6 13
10th Percentile - £392 £391
25th Percentile £713 £481 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £725 £518 £550
Median % change year-on-year +40.10% -5.91% -2.22%
75th Percentile £738 £526 £594
90th Percentile - - £620
Central London median daily rate £725 £518 £556
% change year-on-year +40.10% -6.97% -1.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.25 - -
Median hourly rate £27.50 - -
75th Percentile £27.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of London. 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,802 1,695 2,269
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 94.00% 92.98% 94.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,236 1,025 1,630
10th Percentile £350 £350 £342
25th Percentile £432 £463 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £575 £567
Median % change year-on-year -6.52% +1.37% -3.45%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £778 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 7 21
10th Percentile £19.89 £22.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £26.14 £26.63 £18.93
Median hourly rate £40.50 £38.50 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.19% +60.42% -28.89%
75th Percentile £49.83 £80.38 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £112.00 £50.25
Central London median hourly rate £26.57 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -24.09% +34.62% -10.34%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Applications Support job vacancy trend in the City of London

Applications Support
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in the City of London

Applications Support
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in the City of London

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 15 February 2026, 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 City of London region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Application Security
2 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) GDPR
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Performance Tuning
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Process Improvement
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Application Security
2 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR