Applications Support Contract Job Trends in Gloucester

Application Support
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The median Application Support daily rate in Gloucester is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 22 March 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucester 0.89% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Gloucestershire median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Gloucester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucester. 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 Gloucester with a recognized job title 100 88 89
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.29% 94.62% 91.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 78 68
10th Percentile £227 £130 £309
25th Percentile £313 £306 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.99% -11.81% -
75th Percentile £606 £600 £628
90th Percentile £750 £710 £706
Gloucestershire median daily rate £475 £540 £550
% change year-on-year -12.04% -1.82% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 2 4
10th Percentile - £21.04 -
25th Percentile - £21.89 £21.00
Median hourly rate £51.21 £23.30 £24.25
Median % change year-on-year +119.79% -3.92% -56.11%
75th Percentile £52.61 £24.71 £30.31
90th Percentile £60.69 £25.56 £33.13
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £33.17 £66.25 £48.72
% change year-on-year -49.93% +35.98% -30.40%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

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

Applications Support job vacancy trend in Gloucester

Applications Support
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in Gloucester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in Gloucester

Applications Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in Gloucester.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in Gloucester

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucester

For the 6 months to 22 March 2026, Applications Support 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 Gloucester region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucester 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune