Applications Manager Contracts in England

Application Manager
UK > England

The median Application Manager daily rate in England is £570 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 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
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 507 542 636
Rank change year-on-year +35 +94 -89
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Manager 47 103 142
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.13% 0.21% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.22% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 88 113
10th Percentile £363 £439 £425
25th Percentile £474 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £575 £530
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% +8.49% +11.58%
75th Percentile £663 £638 £600
90th Percentile £850 £754 £675
UK median daily rate £575 £556 £528
% change year-on-year +3.37% +5.45% +11.05%

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 34,147 46,484 67,372
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.64% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,648 32,994 47,972
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £639
90th Percentile £750 £758 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,382 1,859
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.37
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +100.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.45 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £62.80
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

Applications Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Manager in England

Applications Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Applications Manager in England

Applications Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Manager in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Manager in England

Applications Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Applications Manager in England

Applications Manager
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 Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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 +55 23 £550 -4.35% 9
South East +3 9 £625 +38.89% 10
South West +22 5 £375 -34.78% 1
Midlands +30 4 £800 +39.13% 5
West Midlands +27 4 £800 +34.45% 4
Yorkshire +26 2 £575 -
North of England +25 2 £575 -8.00% 6
Applications Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, Applications Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 19 (40.43%) Agile
2 16 (34.04%) Finance
2 16 (34.04%) Social Skills
3 14 (29.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (27.66%) Migration
5 12 (25.53%) Project Delivery
6 8 (17.02%) Waterfall
7 7 (14.89%) Mobile App
7 7 (14.89%) Security Cleared
8 6 (12.77%) JIRA
8 6 (12.77%) SC Cleared
8 6 (12.77%) Azure
8 6 (12.77%) Project Management
9 5 (10.64%) Workflow
9 5 (10.64%) ITSM
9 5 (10.64%) Scrum
9 5 (10.64%) SQL
9 5 (10.64%) Python
9 5 (10.64%) Supplier Management
9 5 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
10 4 (8.51%) PMO
10 4 (8.51%) Product Ownership
10 4 (8.51%) Degree
10 4 (8.51%) DV Cleared
10 4 (8.51%) CRM
10 4 (8.51%) SAP
10 4 (8.51%) Service Management
10 4 (8.51%) Banking
10 4 (8.51%) Retail
11 3 (6.38%) Billing

Applications Manager 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 3 (6.38%) Confluence
2 2 (4.26%) Documentum
3 1 (2.13%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (2.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (6.38%) Primavera
2 1 (2.13%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (12.77%) Azure
2 3 (6.38%) Power Automate
2 3 (6.38%) Power Platform
2 3 (6.38%) PowerApps
3 2 (4.26%) GitHub
3 2 (4.26%) Slack
4 1 (2.13%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.13%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.38%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (6.38%) Data Lake
1 3 (6.38%) Power BI
2 1 (2.13%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (12.77%) JIRA
2 2 (4.26%) Git
2 2 (4.26%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.26%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle APEX
General
1 16 (34.04%) Finance
1 16 (34.04%) Social Skills
2 4 (8.51%) Banking
2 4 (8.51%) Retail
3 3 (6.38%) Billing
3 3 (6.38%) Law
3 3 (6.38%) Public Sector
4 2 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.26%) Back Office
4 2 (4.26%) Front Office
4 2 (4.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (4.26%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (2.13%) Electronics
5 1 (2.13%) Mandarin Language
5 1 (2.13%) Marketing
5 1 (2.13%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.13%) ADO
1 1 (2.13%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) Mobile App
2 4 (8.51%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.26%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.26%) Derivative
3 2 (4.26%) Hedge funds
3 2 (4.26%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (4.26%) Solar Panel
4 1 (2.13%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.13%) Android
1 1 (2.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (40.43%) Agile
2 14 (29.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (27.66%) Migration
4 12 (25.53%) Project Delivery
5 8 (17.02%) Waterfall
6 6 (12.77%) Project Management
7 5 (10.64%) ITSM
7 5 (10.64%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (10.64%) Scrum
7 5 (10.64%) Supplier Management
7 5 (10.64%) Workflow
8 4 (8.51%) CRM
8 4 (8.51%) Service Management
9 3 (6.38%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (6.38%) Data Analysis
9 3 (6.38%) Data Architecture
9 3 (6.38%) SDLC
9 3 (6.38%) Service Delivery
9 3 (6.38%) Sprint Retrospective
9 3 (6.38%) Work Breakdown Structure
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.64%) Python
1 5 (10.64%) SQL
2 3 (6.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 3 (6.38%) R
3 2 (4.26%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (14.89%) Security Cleared
2 6 (12.77%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.51%) Degree
3 4 (8.51%) DV Cleared
4 3 (6.38%) CIMA
5 2 (4.26%) PMI Certification
5 2 (4.26%) PMP
6 1 (2.13%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.51%) PMO
2 2 (4.26%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.13%) AppManager
Vendors
1 4 (8.51%) SAP
2 2 (4.26%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.13%) Citrix
3 1 (2.13%) FIS
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle
3 1 (2.13%) Salesforce