Applications Engineer Contract Job Trends in Sheffield

Applications Engineer
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The median Applications Engineer daily rate in Sheffield is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2026.

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

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	106	80	-
Rank change year-on-year	-26	-	-
Contract Applications Engineer jobs	3	1	0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield	0.29%	0.15%	-
As % of the Job Titles category	0.31%	0.16%	-
Number of daily rates quoted	1	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£475	-	-
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	-	-
75^th Percentile	£525	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
South Yorkshire median daily rate	£500	-	-

All Contract IT Job Roles
Sheffield

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job adverts in Sheffield matching a recognised job title. The table also shows what proportion of all contract IT job adverts they make up.

	6 months to 13 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract job adverts in Sheffield matching a recognised job title	979	620	354
% of contract job adverts matching a recognised job title	93.06%	90.91%	86.76%
Number of daily rates quoted	655	428	193
10^th Percentile	£380	£313	£270
25^th Percentile	£439	£400	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£513	£480	£525
Median % change year-on-year	+6.77%	-8.57%	-4.55%
75^th Percentile	£600	£538	£588
90^th Percentile	£675	£612	£650
South Yorkshire median daily rate	£502	£475	£523
% change year-on-year	+5.74%	-9.09%	-5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted	38	2	5
10^th Percentile	£23.14	£14.98	£13.14
25^th Percentile	£25.77	£16.68	£15.22
Median hourly rate	£32.40	£19.50	£20.00
Median % change year-on-year	+66.13%	-2.50%	+2.56%
75^th Percentile	£36.61	£22.33	£21.50
90^th Percentile	-	£24.02	-
South Yorkshire median hourly rate	£25.77	£19.50	£20.00
% change year-on-year	+32.15%	-2.50%	-

Applications Engineer Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract Applications Engineer job postings relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.

Applications Engineer Daily Rate Trend in Sheffield

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

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

For the 6 months to 13 November 2026, Applications Engineer contract job ads cited 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 Applications Engineer job ads across the Sheffield region.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Python	66.7%	2
2	Agile	33.3%	1
2	AI	33.3%	1
2	ANSYS	33.3%	1
2	AppDynamics	33.3%	1
2	Bash	33.3%	1
2	CI/CD	33.3%	1
2	Continuous Improvement	33.3%	1
2	Data Protection	33.3%	1
2	DevOps	33.3%	1
2	DevSecOps	33.3%	1
2	Disaster Recovery	33.3%	1
2	Ethical Hacking	33.3%	1
2	Firewall	33.3%	1
2	Incident Management	33.3%	1
2	Jakarta EE	33.3%	1
2	Java	33.3%	1
2	Kubernetes	33.3%	1
2	Linux	33.3%	1
2	Mentoring	33.3%	1
2	Minimum Viable Product	33.3%	1
2	Observability	33.3%	1
2	Oracle	33.3%	1
2	OWASP	33.3%	1
2	Physics	33.3%	1
2	PowerShell	33.3%	1
2	Problem Management	33.3%	1
2	Reverse Engineering	33.3%	1
2	Root Cause Analysis	33.3%	1
2	Runbook	33.3%	1

Applications Engineer Skill Set Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Job Titles

Rank	Job Title	Share	Job Ads
1	Applications Support Engineer	33.3%	1
1	Firewall Engineer	33.3%	1
1	Security Engineer	33.3%	1
1	Senior Applications Engineer	33.3%	1
1	Web Applications Engineer	33.3%	1