Senior Applications Engineer Contract Job Trends in London

Senior Applications Engineer
England > London

The median Senior Applications Engineer daily rate in London is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2025.

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

6 months to
4 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 359 - 434
Rank change year-on-year - - +154
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Applications Engineer 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.022% - 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.024% - 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - £486
25th Percentile £388 - £521
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £580
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.06%
75th Percentile £531 - £640
90th Percentile £603 - £676
England median daily rate £400 £325 £405
% change year-on-year +23.08% -19.75% +8.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 12,508 15,209 20,181
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 93.98% 94.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,355 9,985 14,727
10th Percentile £333 £340 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -0.91% -4.35% -
75th Percentile £663 £675 £694
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £548
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.11% -0.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 206 176 220
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.38 £18.00
25th Percentile £22.75 £24.06 £22.28
Median hourly rate £28.14 £35.75 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year -21.29% -5.30% +25.83%
75th Percentile £50.50 £57.81 £62.25
90th Percentile £68.75 £78.75 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.90 £45.88
% change year-on-year -42.71% -4.32% +74.00%

Senior Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Senior Applications Engineer job vacancy trend in London

Senior Applications Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior Applications Engineer job vacancies in London

Senior Applications Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Applications Engineer in London over the 6 months to 4 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Applications Engineer in London

Senior Applications Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior Applications Engineer job vacancies in London

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

For the 6 months to 4 October 2025, Senior 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 London region featuring Senior Applications Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
2 2 (66.67%) IT Asset Management
2 2 (66.67%) OneDrive
2 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 2 (66.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 2 (66.67%) Slack
2 2 (66.67%) Asana
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (66.67%) SaaS
2 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
2 2 (66.67%) Asset Management
2 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Android
2 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (66.67%) Identity Management
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
3 1 (33.33%) DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
3 1 (33.33%) Power Automate

Senior Applications Engineer Skill Set
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 (66.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 2 (66.67%) Asana
2 2 (66.67%) Entra ID
2 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (66.67%) OneDrive
2 2 (66.67%) SaaS
2 2 (66.67%) Slack
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (33.33%) Copilot Studio
3 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
3 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Android
1 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Asset Management
1 2 (66.67%) Identity Management
1 2 (66.67%) IT Asset Management
1 2 (66.67%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (33.33%) Data Integration
2 1 (33.33%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft