Applications Engineer Contract Job Trends in Exeter

Applications Engineer
Devon > Exeter

The median Applications Engineer daily rate in Exeter is £489, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Engineer 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Exeter 2.70% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.84% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £439 - -
25th Percentile £450 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 - -
75th Percentile £515 - -
90th Percentile £520 - -
Devon median daily rate £489 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Exeter

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Exeter. 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 Exeter with a recognized job title 211 70 104
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.05% 90.91% 98.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 25 73
10th Percentile £231 £184 £143
25th Percentile £388 £305 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £350 £525
Median % change year-on-year +46.69% -33.33% +5.00%
75th Percentile £619 £520 £656
90th Percentile £697 £548 £675
Devon median daily rate £513 £400 £465
% change year-on-year +28.36% -13.98% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 8
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £22.76 £13.86
Median hourly rate £15.00 £22.84 £26.40
Median % change year-on-year -34.33% -13.47% +46.64%
75th Percentile - £22.92 £30.25
90th Percentile - - -
Devon median hourly rate £18.50 £25.72 £62.50
% change year-on-year -28.06% -58.86% +42.86%

Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Exeter

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Applications Engineer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Exeter.

Applications Engineer job vacancy trend in Exeter

Applications Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Exeter

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Engineer job vacancies in Exeter.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Engineer job vacancies in Exeter

Applications Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Exeter

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Engineer job vacancies in Exeter.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Engineer job vacancies in Exeter

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Top 27 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter

For the 6 months to 4 August 2026, Applications Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Exeter region featuring Applications Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Handlebars
1 5 (83.33%) Service Delivery
1 5 (83.33%) ServiceNow
2 3 (50.00%) Change Management
2 3 (50.00%) ITSM
2 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 2 (33.33%) Mustache
3 2 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 2 (33.33%) Validation
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Availability Management
4 1 (16.67%) Batch Processing
4 1 (16.67%) Capacity Management
4 1 (16.67%) Change Control
4 1 (16.67%) CSS
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) LaTeX
4 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) XML
4 1 (16.67%) XSLT

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Exeter 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) LaTeX
General
1 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Military
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) Handlebars
2 2 (33.33%) Mustache
3 1 (16.67%) CSS
3 1 (16.67%) XML
3 1 (16.67%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Onboarding
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Service Delivery
2 3 (50.00%) Change Management
2 3 (50.00%) ITSM
3 2 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 2 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 2 (33.33%) Problem Management
3 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) Service Management
3 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) Test Scripting
3 2 (33.33%) Validation
4 1 (16.67%) Agile
4 1 (16.67%) Availability Management
4 1 (16.67%) Batch Processing
4 1 (16.67%) Capacity Management
4 1 (16.67%) Change Control
4 1 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) ServiceNow