Applications Specialist Contracts in the South West

Application Specialist
England > South West

The median Application Specialist daily rate in the South West is £425 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 148 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.063% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.067% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £514 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +2.75% -4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £58.75 - -
Median hourly rate £59.50 - -
75th Percentile £60.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £59.50 £13.50 -
% change year-on-year +340.74% - -

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 2,985 3,400 3,576
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.46% 92.32% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,927 2,534 2,546
10th Percentile £210 £263 £225
25th Percentile £391 £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 £703 £713 £661
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 386 279 203
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.09 £15.90
25th Percentile £26.75 £51.25 £16.99
Median hourly rate £48.29 £65.00 £45.20
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% +43.81% +6.35%
75th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £63.05
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.00 £69.05
England median hourly rate £35.50 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -21.11% +100.00% +0.36%

Applications Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Specialist in the South West

Applications Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Applications Specialist in the South West

Applications Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Applications Specialist in the South West

Applications Specialist
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 Specialist within the South West region over the 6 months to 24 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 - 2 £425 - 2
Applications Specialist
England

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West

For the 6 months to 24 April 2024, 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 South West region featuring Applications Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (50.00%) SAP
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Power BI
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (50.00%) Housing Management
2 1 (50.00%) Housing Association
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills

Applications Specialist 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (50.00%) Crystal Reports
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (50.00%) Housing Management
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
1 1 (50.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP