Applications Support Analyst Contracts in England

Application Support Analyst
UK > England

The median Application Support Analyst daily rate in England is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 470 549 624
Rank change year-on-year +79 +75 -50
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support Analyst 71 124 161
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.25% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.26% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 106 106
10th Percentile - £263 £210
25th Percentile £189 £344 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £575 £375
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +53.33% +16.28%
75th Percentile £550 £713 £575
90th Percentile £650 £823 £625
UK median daily rate £400 £563 £388
% change year-on-year -28.89% +45.16% +23.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
10th Percentile - - £20.50
25th Percentile - - £22.19
Median hourly rate - - £28.75
75th Percentile - - £33.75
90th Percentile - - £34.38
UK median hourly rate - - £28.75
% change year-on-year - - +76.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in 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 England with a recognized job title 34,448 47,601 67,845
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 94.62% 95.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,861 33,797 48,247
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £640 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £763 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,434 1,402 1,905
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.02 £44.77 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.53% +98.96% +0.36%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.95 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.02 £45.00 £23.50
% change year-on-year -19.95% +91.49% +3.14%

Applications Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Applications Support Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support Analyst in England

Applications Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Applications Support Analyst in England.

Daily rate trend for Applications Support Analyst in England

Applications Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Support Analyst in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Support Analyst in England

Applications Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Applications Support Analyst in England.

Hourly rate trend for Applications Support Analyst in England

Applications Support Analyst
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 Applications Support Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 2024. 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
London +53 51 £450 -21.74% 28
Midlands +34 8 £400 +4.92% 4
West Midlands +34 8 £400 +4.92% 1
South East +5 5 £200 -34.43% 5
East of England +11 3 £325 -7.14% 7
South West +17 2 - - 6
North of England +26 1 £250 -16.67% 8
North West +25 1 £250 -16.67% 6
Applications Support Analyst
UK

Applications Support Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Applications Support Analyst 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 England region featuring Applications Support Analyst in the job title.

1 30 (42.25%) Social Skills
2 22 (30.99%) SQL
3 20 (28.17%) Windows
3 20 (28.17%) Microsoft
4 16 (22.54%) Python
4 16 (22.54%) Incident Management
5 15 (21.13%) Finance
6 14 (19.72%) CMS
6 14 (19.72%) Risk Management
6 14 (19.72%) Linux
6 14 (19.72%) MS Visio
7 11 (15.49%) Proactive Monitoring
8 10 (14.08%) IBM
9 9 (12.68%) ITIL
9 9 (12.68%) Front Office
9 9 (12.68%) Data Management
9 9 (12.68%) Release Management
9 9 (12.68%) PowerShell
9 9 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (12.68%) Relational Database
9 9 (12.68%) ITRS Geneos
9 9 (12.68%) DevOps
9 9 (12.68%) Dynatrace
9 9 (12.68%) Grafana
10 7 (9.86%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (9.86%) Customer Service
10 7 (9.86%) Derivative
10 7 (9.86%) User Acceptance Testing
10 7 (9.86%) Service Management
10 7 (9.86%) ERP

Applications Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (19.72%) CMS
2 2 (2.82%) Skype for Business
3 1 (1.41%) Apache
Applications
1 14 (19.72%) MS Visio
2 6 (8.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (7.04%) Odoo
2 3 (4.23%) Endur
2 3 (4.23%) Markit EDM
2 3 (4.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (4.23%) thinkFolio
3 1 (1.41%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (1.41%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.41%) Azure
2 1 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.82%) Skype
1 2 (2.82%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (12.68%) Relational Database
2 7 (9.86%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.82%) GIS
4 1 (1.41%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Git
1 2 (2.82%) JIRA
General
1 30 (42.25%) Social Skills
2 15 (21.13%) Finance
3 9 (12.68%) Front Office
4 5 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.04%) Banking
4 5 (7.04%) Investment Banking
5 3 (4.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (4.23%) Local Government
6 2 (2.82%) Back Office
6 2 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
7 1 (1.41%) Social Housing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.82%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (1.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.86%) Derivative
2 5 (7.04%) OTC Derivatives
3 4 (5.63%) Equities
4 3 (4.23%) Fixed Income
5 2 (2.82%) Clustering
5 2 (2.82%) CMDB
5 2 (2.82%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.82%) iPhone
5 2 (2.82%) PDA
5 2 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.41%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (1.41%) Hedge funds
6 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.41%) SCADA
6 1 (1.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 20 (28.17%) Windows
2 14 (19.72%) Linux
3 4 (5.63%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.82%) Android
4 2 (2.82%) Apple iOS
4 2 (2.82%) Unix
5 1 (1.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (22.54%) Incident Management
2 14 (19.72%) Risk Management
3 11 (15.49%) Proactive Monitoring
4 9 (12.68%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (12.68%) Data Management
4 9 (12.68%) DevOps
4 9 (12.68%) ITIL
4 9 (12.68%) Release Management
5 7 (9.86%) Customer Service
5 7 (9.86%) ERP
5 7 (9.86%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (9.86%) Service Management
5 7 (9.86%) User Acceptance Testing
6 5 (7.04%) Agile
6 5 (7.04%) Asset Management
6 5 (7.04%) Business Intelligence
6 5 (7.04%) Pricing Analytics
6 5 (7.04%) PRINCE2
6 5 (7.04%) Project Management
6 5 (7.04%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 22 (30.99%) SQL
2 16 (22.54%) Python
3 9 (12.68%) PowerShell
4 4 (5.63%) C#
4 4 (5.63%) Shell Script
5 2 (2.82%) Bash
5 2 (2.82%) Perl
6 1 (1.41%) VBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.86%) SLA
2 1 (1.41%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (2.82%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (12.68%) Grafana
1 9 (12.68%) ITRS Geneos
2 2 (2.82%) Ansible
2 2 (2.82%) Control-M
2 2 (2.82%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 20 (28.17%) Microsoft
2 10 (14.08%) IBM
3 9 (12.68%) Dynatrace
4 4 (5.63%) Citrix
4 4 (5.63%) Oracle
5 3 (4.23%) OpenLink
6 2 (2.82%) Apple
6 2 (2.82%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.82%) Splunk
6 2 (2.82%) Sybase
7 1 (1.41%) Liquidlogic
7 1 (1.41%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.41%) SAP