Senior Applications Engineer Contracts in England

Senior Applications Engineer
UK > England

The median Senior Applications Engineer 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 480 536 642
Rank change year-on-year +56 +106 +118
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Applications Engineer 5 6 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.021% 0.016% 0.022%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.017% 0.023%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 9
10th Percentile - - £388
25th Percentile £388 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £409
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% +3.86% +8.83%
75th Percentile £413 £438 £452
90th Percentile £416 - £514
UK median daily rate £400 £525 £443
% change year-on-year -23.81% +18.64% +17.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £54.56
UK median hourly rate - - £54.56

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%

Senior Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Applications Engineer in England

Senior Applications Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Applications Engineer in England

Senior Applications Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Applications Engineer in England

Senior Applications Engineer
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 Senior Applications Engineer 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 - 5 £400 - 14
Senior Applications Engineer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Senior Applications Engineer 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 Senior Applications Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 5 (100.00%) SaaS
2 4 (80.00%) Onboarding
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Apple iOS
2 4 (80.00%) IT Asset Management
2 4 (80.00%) OneDrive
2 4 (80.00%) Entra ID
2 4 (80.00%) Slack
2 4 (80.00%) Asana
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (80.00%) Asset Management
2 4 (80.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 4 (80.00%) Android
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (80.00%) Identity Management
2 4 (80.00%) Finance
3 3 (60.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
4 1 (20.00%) Globalscape
4 1 (20.00%) API Integration
4 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 1 (20.00%) Mimecast
4 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (20.00%) Local Government
4 1 (20.00%) Software Packaging
4 1 (20.00%) SCCM

Senior Applications Engineer 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 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) SaaS
2 4 (80.00%) Asana
2 4 (80.00%) Azure
2 4 (80.00%) Entra ID
2 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (80.00%) OneDrive
2 4 (80.00%) Slack
3 1 (20.00%) IaaS
3 1 (20.00%) Mimecast
3 1 (20.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) MSI
General
1 4 (80.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) EFT
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Android
1 4 (80.00%) Apple iOS
1 4 (80.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 4 (80.00%) Asset Management
1 4 (80.00%) Identity Management
1 4 (80.00%) IT Asset Management
2 3 (60.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
3 1 (20.00%) API Integration
3 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (20.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) PowerShell
System Software
1 5 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Globalscape
2 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto