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 in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 436 471 534
Rank change year-on-year +35 +63 +87
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support Analyst 49 71 119
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.20% 0.19% 0.24%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.21% 0.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 60 102
10th Percentile £213 £189 £263
25th Percentile £316 £189 £344
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -30.43% +53.33%
75th Percentile £525 £513 £713
90th Percentile £526 £650 £823
UK median daily rate £400 £400 £575
% change year-on-year - -30.43% +48.39%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 22,549 34,488 47,741
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.59% 92.73% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,007 22,894 33,903
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 900 2,432 1,409
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.35
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.25 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £76.60
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

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 2025.

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 2025. 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 +25 38 £425 -5.56% 37
South West +52 8 £400 - 2
North of England +21 3 £250 - 7
Yorkshire - 2 £238 -
North West +17 1 £638 +155.00% 7
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 2025, 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 32 (65.31%) SQL
2 19 (38.78%) Finance
3 15 (30.61%) Banking
4 10 (20.41%) Social Skills
4 10 (20.41%) SQL Server
4 10 (20.41%) Windows
4 10 (20.41%) SLA
4 10 (20.41%) Data Protection
5 9 (18.37%) Front Office
6 8 (16.33%) Management Information System
6 8 (16.33%) Logistics
6 8 (16.33%) GDPR
6 8 (16.33%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (14.29%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 7 (14.29%) CRM
8 6 (12.24%) Linux
8 6 (12.24%) Python
8 6 (12.24%) ITIL
8 6 (12.24%) Unix
8 6 (12.24%) Electronic Trading
8 6 (12.24%) PowerShell
8 6 (12.24%) Windows Server
9 5 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (10.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 5 (10.20%) Investment Banking
9 5 (10.20%) Dynamics CRM
9 5 (10.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 5 (10.20%) Splunk
9 5 (10.20%) Service Delivery
9 5 (10.20%) Microsoft

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 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.04%) WebSphere
Business Applications
1 5 (10.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (8.16%) Aladdin
3 3 (6.12%) Fidessa
4 1 (2.04%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (2.04%) iTrent
4 1 (2.04%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 4 (8.16%) Azure
1 4 (8.16%) SaaS
2 2 (4.08%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.04%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.12%) FIX Connectivity
1 3 (6.12%) Wireshark
2 2 (4.08%) DHCP
2 2 (4.08%) DNS
2 2 (4.08%) Firewall
2 2 (4.08%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (20.41%) SQL Server
2 5 (10.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (10.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (4.08%) Power BI
General
1 19 (38.78%) Finance
2 15 (30.61%) Banking
3 10 (20.41%) Social Skills
4 9 (18.37%) Front Office
5 5 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (10.20%) Investment Banking
6 4 (8.16%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (4.08%) Back Office
8 1 (2.04%) French Language
8 1 (2.04%) Japanese Language
8 1 (2.04%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (6.12%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (2.04%) Middleware
2 1 (2.04%) NumPy
2 1 (2.04%) Pandas
2 1 (2.04%) SciPy
2 1 (2.04%) WebSphere MQ
Miscellaneous
1 8 (16.33%) Management Information System
2 7 (14.29%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 4 (8.16%) Data Centre
4 3 (6.12%) Derivative
4 3 (6.12%) Eurex
4 3 (6.12%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (4.08%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (2.04%) Bitcoin
6 1 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.04%) Equities
6 1 (2.04%) Fixed Income
6 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.04%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 10 (20.41%) Windows
2 6 (12.24%) Linux
2 6 (12.24%) Unix
2 6 (12.24%) Windows Server
3 3 (6.12%) CentOS
4 2 (4.08%) Rocky
5 1 (2.04%) Debian
5 1 (2.04%) Fedora
5 1 (2.04%) Solaris
5 1 (2.04%) SUSE
5 1 (2.04%) Ubuntu
5 1 (2.04%) Windows 10
5 1 (2.04%) Windows 8
5 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (2.04%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (20.41%) Data Protection
2 8 (16.33%) Logistics
2 8 (16.33%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (14.29%) CRM
4 6 (12.24%) Electronic Trading
4 6 (12.24%) ITIL
5 5 (10.20%) Service Delivery
6 4 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (8.16%) Investment Management
6 4 (8.16%) Problem Management
6 4 (8.16%) Release Management
7 3 (6.12%) Client Onboarding
7 3 (6.12%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (6.12%) Virtual Environments
8 2 (4.08%) Customer Service
8 2 (4.08%) DevOps
8 2 (4.08%) Fintech
8 2 (4.08%) IT Strategy
8 2 (4.08%) Order Management
8 2 (4.08%) Robotic Process Automation
Programming Languages
1 32 (65.31%) SQL
2 6 (12.24%) PowerShell
2 6 (12.24%) Python
3 3 (6.12%) Bash
3 3 (6.12%) Perl
4 1 (2.04%) PL/SQL
4 1 (2.04%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (6.12%) Degree
2 1 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.04%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (20.41%) SLA
2 8 (16.33%) GDPR
3 1 (2.04%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (2.04%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (6.12%) Rundeck
1 3 (6.12%) ZABBIX
2 1 (2.04%) Grafana
Vendors
1 5 (10.20%) Bloomberg
1 5 (10.20%) Microsoft
1 5 (10.20%) Splunk
2 4 (8.16%) ION Trading
2 4 (8.16%) Oracle
3 3 (6.12%) CQG
3 3 (6.12%) Patsystems
3 3 (6.12%) Red Hat
3 3 (6.12%) Reuters
3 3 (6.12%) Trayport
4 2 (4.08%) eFront
4 2 (4.08%) FactSet
4 2 (4.08%) Interwoven
4 2 (4.08%) Salesforce
4 2 (4.08%) ServiceNow
4 2 (4.08%) UiPath
5 1 (2.04%) AppDynamics
5 1 (2.04%) IBM
5 1 (2.04%) Moogsoft
5 1 (2.04%) SAP