Applications Specialist Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Application Specialist
England > East of England

The median Application Specialist daily rate in the East of England is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 28 July 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 110 90 100
Rank change year-on-year -20 +10 +19
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Specialist 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.045% 0.080% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.050% 0.092% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £514
25th Percentile - - £516
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £538
75th Percentile - - £566
90th Percentile - - £571
England median daily rate £525 £425 £401
% change year-on-year +23.53% +6.12% -19.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £21.40 -
England median hourly rate - £21.40 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 East of England with a recognized job title 2,000 1,083 1,471
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 86.64% 87.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 897 507 634
10th Percentile £200 £189 £200
25th Percentile £375 £350 £301
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £438
Median % change year-on-year - +14.29% -10.26%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £563
90th Percentile £688 £675 £625
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 527 238 500
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.99 £14.24
25th Percentile £17.11 £19.06 £21.34
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.75 £43.90
Median % change year-on-year -6.43% -2.62% +5.02%
75th Percentile £66.00 £67.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £82.95 £70.00
England median hourly rate £45.25 £26.30 £43.00
% change year-on-year +72.05% -38.84% -1.71%

Applications Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Applications Specialist job vacancy trend in the East of England

Applications Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Specialist job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Specialist job vacancies in the East of England

Applications Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Specialist job vacancies in the East of England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Specialist job vacancies in the East of England

Applications Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Specialist within the East of England region over the 6 months to 28 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
Norfolk -15 1 £500 -
Applications Specialist
England

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 28 July 2026, Applications Specialist 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 East of England region featuring Applications Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Native
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevSecOps
1 1 (100.00%) Generative AI
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) OWASP
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Threat Modelling
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) NIST