Applications Engineer Contract Job Trends in the North East

Applications Engineer
England > North East

The median Applications Engineer daily rate in the North East is £378, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026.

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

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 56 - 36
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Engineer 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the North East 0.34% - 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% - 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £376 - -
25th Percentile £376 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £378 - £550
75th Percentile £379 - -
90th Percentile £380 - -
England median daily rate £463 £414 £500
% change year-on-year +11.71% -17.20% -16.67%

All Contract IT Job Roles
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North East. 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 the North East with a recognized job title 563 301 294
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.42% 95.25% 91.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 362 210 131
10th Percentile £303 £200 £190
25th Percentile £382 £346 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £460 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £550 £555 £590
90th Percentile £638 £638 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 19 62
10th Percentile £17.00 - £10.42
25th Percentile £35.94 £11.60 £11.50
Median hourly rate £65.00 £13.00 £13.99
Median % change year-on-year +400.00% -7.08% -65.67%
75th Percentile £70.00 £22.74 £46.14
90th Percentile £72.50 £49.40 £50.00
England median hourly rate £46.14 £30.20 £37.18
% change year-on-year +52.78% -18.77% -17.38%

Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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 the North East.

Applications Engineer job vacancy trend in the North East

Applications Engineer
Daily Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Engineer job vacancies in the North East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Engineer job vacancies in the North East

Applications Engineer
Hourly Rate Trend in the North East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Engineer job vacancies in the North East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Engineer job vacancies in the North East

Applications Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North East

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 North East region over the 6 months to 15 May 2026. 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
Tyne and Wear - 2 £378 - 2
Applications Engineer
England

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 15 May 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 North East region featuring Applications Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Intelligent Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Robotic Process Automation
2 1 (50.00%) UiPath

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) AI
2 1 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (50.00%) Intelligent Automation
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Robotic Process Automation
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) UiPath