Applications Engineer Contracts in the North West

Applications Engineer
England > North West

The median Applications Engineer daily rate in the North West is £423, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 135 147
Rank change year-on-year +36 +12 +15
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Engineer 21 2 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.07% 0.073% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.15% 0.077% 0.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 0 9
10th Percentile £325 - £325
25th Percentile £361 - £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £423 - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.26%
75th Percentile £453 - -
90th Percentile £463 - £515
England median daily rate £410 £500 £600
% change year-on-year -18.00% -16.67% +33.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 1,821 2,603 3,030
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.53% 94.48% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,205 1,698 2,172
10th Percentile £250 £281 £300
25th Percentile £378 £393 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.65% -1.40% +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £588
90th Percentile £652 £675 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 266 133
10th Percentile £13.00 £11.07 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.44 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.23 £26.53 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +10.20% -13.15% +50.37%
75th Percentile £59.24 £46.18 £47.50
90th Percentile £83.41 £63.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Engineer in the North West

Applications Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Applications Engineer in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Applications Engineer in the North West

Applications Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Applications Engineer in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Applications Engineer in the North West

Applications Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Manchester - 10 £373 - 9
Lancashire - 9 £450 - 6
Cumbria - 7 £450 -
Applications Engineer
England

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Applications Engineer 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 West region featuring Applications Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (52.38%) XML
1 11 (52.38%) Teamcenter
2 10 (47.62%) User Experience
2 10 (47.62%) Siemens NX
2 10 (47.62%) PLM
2 10 (47.62%) Data Governance
2 10 (47.62%) Data Quality
2 10 (47.62%) CAD
3 7 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 7 (33.33%) Kondor
3 7 (33.33%) Incident Management
3 7 (33.33%) Bloomberg
3 7 (33.33%) Unix
3 7 (33.33%) SQL
3 7 (33.33%) Sybase
3 7 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
3 7 (33.33%) Cash Management
3 7 (33.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 7 (33.33%) Refinitiv
4 6 (28.57%) SC Cleared
4 6 (28.57%) Security Cleared
5 5 (23.81%) Microsoft
6 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
6 3 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
6 3 (14.29%) Power Platform
6 3 (14.29%) PowerApps
6 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
6 3 (14.29%) Project Delivery
7 2 (9.52%) Finance

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (47.62%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 11 (52.38%) Teamcenter
2 7 (33.33%) Kondor
Cloud Services
1 3 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (14.29%) Power Platform
1 3 (14.29%) PowerApps
General
1 2 (9.52%) Finance
2 1 (4.76%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (52.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (33.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 7 (33.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) CAD
1 10 (47.62%) Data Governance
1 10 (47.62%) PLM
1 10 (47.62%) User Experience
2 7 (33.33%) Cash Management
2 7 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 7 (33.33%) Root Cause Analysis
2 7 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 3 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (14.29%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 6 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (47.62%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 7 (33.33%) Bloomberg
1 7 (33.33%) Refinitiv
1 7 (33.33%) Sybase
2 5 (23.81%) Microsoft