Application Discovery Contract Job Trends in England

Application Discovery
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Application Discovery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 598 474 531
Rank change year-on-year -124 +57 +70
Contract jobs citing Application Discovery 5 2 12
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.012% 0.008% 0.032%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.014% 0.009% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 11
10th Percentile £304 - £353
25th Percentile £309 - £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £460
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% +8.70% +12.13%
75th Percentile £666 - £511
90th Percentile £739 - £615
UK median daily rate £463 £550 £460
% change year-on-year -15.91% +19.57% +53.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Application Discovery falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,103 22,244 31,795
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.13% 91.27% 85.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,869 14,374 20,646
10th Percentile £325 £303 £300
25th Percentile £413 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,268 1,001 2,353
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.20 £12.81
25th Percentile £20.79 £18.10 £16.00
Median hourly rate £47.25 £28.50 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +65.79% -24.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £68.00 £58.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £82.00 £73.75 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.85% -24.66% +1.67%

Application Discovery
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Application Discovery relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Application Discovery job vacancy trend in England

Application Discovery
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Application Discovery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Application Discovery

Application Discovery
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Discovery in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Application Discovery in England

Application Discovery
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Application Discovery.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Application Discovery

Application Discovery
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Application Discovery within the England region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
South West - 3 £313 -
London - 1 £775 -
Application Discovery
UK

Application Discovery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 3 (60.00%) Azure
1 3 (60.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) AWS
2 1 (20.00%) GCP
2 1 (20.00%) IaaS
2 1 (20.00%) PaaS
2 1 (20.00%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) BGP
2 1 (20.00%) EIGRP
2 1 (20.00%) Modbus
2 1 (20.00%) MPLS
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) OSPF
2 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (20.00%) VLAN
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) AdminStudio
1 2 (40.00%) InstallShield
General
1 2 (40.00%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Applications Packager
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Cloud Solutions Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
2 1 (20.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Platform Manager
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared Application Packager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (40.00%) Legacy Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) DevOps
1 3 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Application Packaging
2 2 (40.00%) Change Management
2 2 (40.00%) Compatibility Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) End-to-End Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (40.00%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (40.00%) Software Distribution
2 2 (40.00%) Task Automation
3 1 (20.00%) FinOps
3 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Automation
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Debt
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) CCIE
2 1 (20.00%) CCNP
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) GRC
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (40.00%) SCCM
3 1 (20.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto