Applications Engineer Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Applications Engineer
South West > Gloucestershire

The median Applications Engineer daily rate in Gloucestershire is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 58 58
Rank change year-on-year +25 0 -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Engineer 13 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 4.13% 0.23% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.74% 0.24% 0.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 0
10th Percentile £325 - -
25th Percentile £334 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £575 - -
90th Percentile £635 - -
South West median daily rate £425 £625 £500
% change year-on-year -32.00% +25.00% -13.04%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Gloucestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 Gloucestershire with a recognized job title 274 422 472
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 86.98% 96.13% 95.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 205 282
10th Percentile £213 £375 £359
25th Percentile £348 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £661 £675 £675
90th Percentile £725 £736 £738
South West median daily rate £513 £508 £538
% change year-on-year +0.99% -5.58% +2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 47 52
10th Percentile £13.50 £30.00 £33.20
25th Percentile £13.84 £56.25 £48.72
Median hourly rate £33.76 £67.50 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year -49.99% -3.57% +62.36%
75th Percentile £68.00 £72.00 £79.40
90th Percentile £70.00 £73.75 £83.40
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £60.00
% change year-on-year -62.74% +12.50% +4.35%

Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Applications Engineer job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Applications Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Applications Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Engineer in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 3 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Engineer in Gloucestershire

Applications Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Applications Engineer
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Engineer within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 3 October 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
Gloucester - 8 £335 -
Cheltenham +25 2 £550 - 1
Applications Engineer
South West

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire

For the 6 months to 3 October 2025, 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 Gloucestershire region featuring Applications Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (61.54%) Windows
2 7 (53.85%) VBScript
2 7 (53.85%) MSI
2 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
2 7 (53.85%) Microsoft App-V
2 7 (53.85%) Application Packaging
2 7 (53.85%) SCCM
2 7 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 7 (53.85%) PowerShell
2 7 (53.85%) Windows 10
3 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
3 5 (38.46%) Legacy Applications
4 4 (30.77%) Batch Scripting
4 4 (30.77%) Software Delivery
4 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
4 4 (30.77%) InstallShield
4 4 (30.77%) AdminStudio
5 3 (23.08%) Migration
5 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 3 (23.08%) ITIL
5 3 (23.08%) Oracle
5 3 (23.08%) Java
5 3 (23.08%) SQL
5 3 (23.08%) MCSA
5 3 (23.08%) Agile
5 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (23.08%) Root Cause Analysis
5 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (23.08%) DevOps
5 3 (23.08%) Documentation Skills

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) npm
1 2 (15.38%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (15.38%) RDBMS
1 2 (15.38%) Relational Database
2 1 (7.69%) MS Access
2 1 (7.69%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (53.85%) MSI
2 4 (30.77%) AdminStudio
2 4 (30.77%) InstallShield
3 2 (15.38%) Git
3 2 (15.38%) Maven
4 1 (7.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (23.08%) Documentation Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Manufacturing
3 1 (7.69%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) .NET
1 1 (7.69%) ODBC
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Legacy Applications
2 2 (15.38%) Data Centre
2 2 (15.38%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 8 (61.54%) Windows
2 7 (53.85%) Windows 10
3 2 (15.38%) CentOS
3 2 (15.38%) Linux
3 2 (15.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Application Packaging
2 4 (30.77%) Batch Scripting
2 4 (30.77%) Software Delivery
3 3 (23.08%) Agile
3 3 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (23.08%) DevOps
3 3 (23.08%) ITIL
3 3 (23.08%) Migration
3 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (23.08%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (15.38%) CI/CD
4 2 (15.38%) Data Centre Operations
4 2 (15.38%) Data Protection
4 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
4 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure as Code
4 2 (15.38%) Microservices
4 2 (15.38%) Service Delivery
4 2 (15.38%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (15.38%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) PowerShell
1 7 (53.85%) VBScript
2 3 (23.08%) Java
2 3 (23.08%) SQL
3 1 (7.69%) Python
3 1 (7.69%) VB
3 1 (7.69%) VB.NET
3 1 (7.69%) VB6
3 1 (7.69%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
3 3 (23.08%) MCSA
3 3 (23.08%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (15.38%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 7 (53.85%) Active Directory
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (15.38%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (53.85%) SCCM
2 2 (15.38%) Ansible
2 2 (15.38%) Grafana
2 2 (15.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) Oracle