Applications Support Engineer Contracts in Reading

Application Support Engineer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Application Support Engineer daily rate in Reading is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 24 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 96 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support Engineer 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.25% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £500 - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £501 - -
90th Percentile £501 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,115 998 1,286
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 95.59% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 636 662 877
10th Percentile £213 £363 £185
25th Percentile £412 £455 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £532 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -3.36% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £619 £650 £600
90th Percentile £688 £721 £656
Berkshire median daily rate £513 £525 £488
% change year-on-year -2.38% +7.69% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 25 7
10th Percentile £33.52 £18.03 £12.30
25th Percentile £52.90 £48.40 £17.63
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +150.00% -40.23%
75th Percentile £75.83 £74.00 £32.50
90th Percentile £87.47 £79.19 £33.50
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.00 £56.89 £21.00
% change year-on-year +3.72% +170.88% -1.29%

Applications Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support Engineer in Reading

Applications Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Applications Support Engineer in Reading.

Daily rate trend for Applications Support Engineer in Reading

Applications Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, Applications Support 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 Reading region featuring Applications Support Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (33.33%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 1 (33.33%) SCOM
2 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring

Applications Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (33.33%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Change Management
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) Validation
2 1 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) ServiceNow