Applications Support Contract Job Trends in the City of Westminster

Application Support
Central London > City of Westminster

As of 17 July 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Application Support daily rate in the City of Westminster.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of Westminster 1.45% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.61% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Central London median daily rate £475 £525 £369
% change year-on-year -9.52% +42.37% -29.76%

All Contract IT Job Roles
City of Westminster

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of Westminster. 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 Westminster with a recognized job title 62 35 46
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.86% 81.40% 97.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 30 32
10th Percentile £335 £368 £440
25th Percentile £405 £409 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -
75th Percentile £650 £638 £680
90th Percentile £748 £688 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £551
% change year-on-year - -0.18% -8.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £52.93 - -
25th Percentile £55.06 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - £40.00
75th Percentile £70.00 - -
90th Percentile £81.25 - -
Central London median hourly rate £23.08 £30.04 £27.81
% change year-on-year -23.16% +8.00% -20.54%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of Westminster

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 Westminster.

Applications Support job vacancy trend in the City of Westminster

Applications Support
Daily Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

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

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

Applications Support
Contract Job Locations in the City of Westminster

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the City of Westminster region over the 6 months to 17 July 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Westminster - 1 - - 1
Applications Support
Central London

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of Westminster

For the 6 months to 17 July 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 Westminster region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Functions
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Google App Engine
1 1 (100.00%) Google Compute Engine
1 1 (100.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Functions
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Google App Engine
1 1 (100.00%) Google Compute Engine
1 1 (100.00%) Google Kubernetes Engine
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Operations
1 1 (100.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure as Code
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (100.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google