Applications Support Contract Job Trends in Swindon

Application Support
Wiltshire > Swindon

The median Application Support daily rate in Swindon is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026.

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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Swindon 1.24% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median daily rate £450 £530 -
% change year-on-year -15.09% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Swindon

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Swindon. 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 Swindon with a recognized job title 138 87 106
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 85.71% 90.63% 84.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 59 70
10th Percentile £305 £241 £149
25th Percentile £400 £310 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £400
Median % change year-on-year - +25.00% -23.81%
75th Percentile £588 £578 £538
90th Percentile £725 £638 £667
Wiltshire median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 7
10th Percentile £24.36 - £14.25
25th Percentile £46.00 - £15.75
Median hourly rate £49.00 - £16.50
75th Percentile £51.00 - £30.25
90th Percentile - - -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £29.50 £22.01 £25.00
% change year-on-year +34.03% -11.96% -61.83%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Applications Support' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon.

Applications Support job vacancy trend in Swindon

Applications Support
Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in Swindon.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in Swindon

Applications Support
Hourly Rate Trend in Swindon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in Swindon.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Support job vacancies in Swindon

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon

For the 6 months to 19 May 2026, Applications Support contract job roles required 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 job ads across the Swindon region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (50.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Swindon by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Entra ID
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Application Packaging
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (50.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce