Applications Specialist Contracts in the North of England

Application Specialist
England > North of England

The median Application Specialist daily rate in the North of England is £355, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 186 167 199
Rank change year-on-year -19 +32 +58
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Specialist 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.075% 0.024% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.081% 0.026% 0.040%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £288 - -
25th Percentile £306 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £355 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - +45.45%
75th Percentile £411 - -
90th Percentile £435 - -
England median daily rate £413 £450 £500
% change year-on-year -8.33% -10.00% -22.48%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 of England with a recognized job title 3,686 3,814 4,958
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 92.39% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,374 2,334 3,363
10th Percentile £251 £273 £263
25th Percentile £375 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £582 £600
90th Percentile £640 £675 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 280 201
10th Percentile £12.82 £11.42 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.56 £17.50
Median hourly rate £22.32 £30.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.62% +15.38% +29.58%
75th Percentile £47.53 £51.22 £45.88
90th Percentile £76.88 £70.00 £59.25
England median hourly rate £25.23 £45.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -43.94% +7.14% +63.55%

Applications Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Applications Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Applications Specialist in the North of England

Applications Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Applications Specialist in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Applications Specialist in the North of England

Applications Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Specialist in the North of England over the 6 months to 15 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Specialist in the North of England

Applications Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Applications Specialist in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Applications Specialist in the North of England

Applications Specialist
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Specialist within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 August 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
North West -6 1 £425 - 5
North East - 1 £285 -
Yorkshire - 1 - - 10
Applications Specialist
England

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Top 21 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 15 August 2025, Applications Specialist contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the North of England region featuring Applications Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (33.33%) Application Packaging
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) Hudson
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
2 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
2 1 (33.33%) Application Virtualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
2 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Power Automate
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 1 (33.33%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Hudson
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Application Packaging
1 1 (33.33%) Application Virtualisation
1 1 (33.33%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (33.33%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (33.33%) Migration
1 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DBS Check
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft