Applications Engineer Contracts in the South West

Applications Engineer
England > South West

The median Applications Engineer daily rate in the South West is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 146 157 167
Rank change year-on-year +11 +10 -33
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Engineer 6 17 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.19% 0.46% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.50% 0.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 10 1
10th Percentile £356 £389 -
25th Percentile £363 £434 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -21.95% +2.50% -14.89%
75th Percentile £439 £584 -
90th Percentile £439 £599 -
England median daily rate £500 £600 £450
% change year-on-year -16.67% +33.33% -10.00%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the South 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 South West with a recognized job title 2,978 3,385 3,553
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.41% 92.33% 95.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,914 2,526 2,533
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £381 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £661
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 389 277 202
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.09 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.75 £51.25 £17.25
Median hourly rate £49.00 £65.00 £45.60
Median % change year-on-year -24.62% +42.54% +7.29%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.33
90th Percentile £77.60 £85.00 £69.05
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.36%

Applications Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Engineer in the South West

Applications Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Applications Engineer in the South West

Applications Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Applications Engineer in the South West

Applications Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Bristol +21 5 £375 -8.54% 4
Devon - 1 £425 - 8
Applications Engineer
England

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 South West region featuring Applications Engineer in the job title.

1 5 (83.33%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) CA
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
1 5 (83.33%) Entra ID
1 5 (83.33%) Power BI
1 5 (83.33%) Dynamics 365
1 5 (83.33%) Power Platform
1 5 (83.33%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (66.67%) Migration
3 3 (50.00%) SQL
4 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (33.33%) VMS
4 2 (33.33%) Firewall
4 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
4 2 (33.33%) Local Government
4 2 (33.33%) PowerApps
4 2 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
4 2 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (33.33%) Containerisation
4 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (16.67%) Oracle Database
5 1 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (16.67%) SQL Optimisation
5 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
5 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
5 1 (16.67%) Metadata

Applications Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
1 5 (83.33%) Dynamics 365
1 5 (83.33%) Entra ID
1 5 (83.33%) Power Platform
2 2 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
2 2 (33.33%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) Power BI
2 2 (33.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (16.67%) Metadata
3 1 (16.67%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle APEX
General
1 2 (33.33%) Local Government
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (66.67%) Migration
3 2 (33.33%) Containerisation
3 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) SQL Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (16.67%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 2 (33.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (83.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) CA
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle