Applications Support Contracts in the South West

Application Support
England > South West

The median Application Support daily rate in the South West is £375, 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 87 143 157
Rank change year-on-year +56 +14 +18
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support 24 14 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 1.43% 0.44% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.55% 0.47% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 1 6
10th Percentile - - £199
25th Percentile £355 £463 £268
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% +2.70% +42.31%
75th Percentile £400 £488 £588
90th Percentile - - £644
England median daily rate £400 £450 £550
% change year-on-year -11.11% -18.18% +22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 0
Median hourly rate - £30.00 -
England median hourly rate £36.95 £30.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year +23.17% +36.36% -4.35%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 1,546 2,986 3,354
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.13% 93.34% 92.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,007 1,903 2,516
10th Percentile £220 £208 £263
25th Percentile £386 £381 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £614 £620 £638
90th Percentile £688 £700 £713
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 142 400 267
10th Percentile £18.51 £14.00 £18.09
25th Percentile £26.62 £27.50 £50.62
Median hourly rate £63.50 £55.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.45% -15.38% +38.30%
75th Percentile £68.00 £71.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £85.00
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in the South West

Applications Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Applications Support in the South West

Applications Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Support in the South West

Applications Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Applications Support in the South West

Applications Support
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 Support within the South 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
Bristol +30 23 £375 - 2
Wiltshire +32 1 £530 - 1
Applications Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Applications Support 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 Support in the job title.

1 22 (91.67%) Management Information System
2 15 (62.50%) SQL
2 15 (62.50%) Logistics
3 13 (54.17%) GDPR
3 13 (54.17%) Data Protection
4 9 (37.50%) Finance
5 8 (33.33%) Software Engineering
5 8 (33.33%) TDD
5 8 (33.33%) Google
5 8 (33.33%) .NET
5 8 (33.33%) C#
5 8 (33.33%) HTML
5 8 (33.33%) JavaScript
5 8 (33.33%) CSS
5 8 (33.33%) Service Management
5 8 (33.33%) Service Delivery
5 8 (33.33%) User Experience
5 8 (33.33%) GCP
5 8 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
5 8 (33.33%) Software Delivery
5 8 (33.33%) Web Development
5 8 (33.33%) Degree
5 8 (33.33%) Computer Science
5 8 (33.33%) Test Automation
5 8 (33.33%) Azure
5 8 (33.33%) AWS
5 8 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (33.33%) Azure Certification
5 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
5 8 (33.33%) CI/CD

Applications Support 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:

Cloud Services
1 8 (33.33%) AWS
1 8 (33.33%) Azure
1 8 (33.33%) GCP
General
1 9 (37.50%) Finance
2 8 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 7 (29.17%) Electronics
3 7 (29.17%) Manufacturing
3 7 (29.17%) Marketing
3 7 (29.17%) Public Sector
3 7 (29.17%) Telecoms
4 2 (8.33%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (33.33%) .NET
1 8 (33.33%) CSS
1 8 (33.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (91.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (62.50%) Logistics
2 13 (54.17%) Data Protection
3 8 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 8 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 8 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
3 8 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 8 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 8 (33.33%) Service Management
3 8 (33.33%) Software Delivery
3 8 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 8 (33.33%) TDD
3 8 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 8 (33.33%) User Experience
3 8 (33.33%) Web Development
4 7 (29.17%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (29.17%) Digital Marketing
4 7 (29.17%) Programme Management
5 6 (25.00%) Benchmarking
5 6 (25.00%) Customer Service
5 6 (25.00%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 15 (62.50%) SQL
2 8 (33.33%) C#
2 8 (33.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) Azure Certification
1 8 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 8 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (4.17%) DV Cleared
2 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (54.17%) GDPR
2 6 (25.00%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (4.17%) Kubernetes
1 1 (4.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (33.33%) Google
2 7 (29.17%) SAP