Application Rationalisation Contract Job Trends in London

Application Rationalisation
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Application Rationalisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 419 347 399
Rank change year-on-year -72 +52 +71
Contract jobs citing Application Rationalisation 4 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.021% 0.008% 0.011%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.024% 0.009% 0.013%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile - - £508
25th Percentile £431 - £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £525 £675
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -22.22% +3.85%
75th Percentile £678 - £756
90th Percentile £684 - £783
England median daily rate £650 £450 £675
% change year-on-year +44.44% -33.33% +3.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

Application Rationalisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,594 11,281 15,494
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.76% 92.27% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,070 7,533 11,092
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £435 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £681 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £515 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.96% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 247 198 317
10th Percentile £18.48 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.17 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £32.70 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.17% +14.72% -27.31%
75th Percentile £58.75 £49.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £79.25 £63.75 £68.30
England median hourly rate £47.25 £28.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year +65.79% -24.00% +4.17%

Application Rationalisation
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Application Rationalisation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Application Rationalisation job vacancy trend in London

Application Rationalisation
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Application Rationalisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Application Rationalisation

Application Rationalisation
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Rationalisation in London over the 6 months to 9 June 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Application Rationalisation in London

Application Rationalisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (50.00%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Transformation Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Transformation Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) CMDB
1 2 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Shadow IT
2 1 (25.00%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 2 (50.00%) Business Analysis
1 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (50.00%) Epics
1 2 (50.00%) Risk Register
1 2 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 2 (50.00%) Service Design
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (50.00%) Test Planning
1 2 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (50.00%) User Research
1 2 (50.00%) User Stories
1 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Transformation
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) ServiceNow