Applications Support Contracts in the Thames Valley

Application Support
South East > Thames Valley

The median Application Support daily rate in the Thames Valley is £350 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 133 140 160
Rank change year-on-year +7 +20 -28
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support 7 6 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.26% 0.20% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.22% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 3
10th Percentile £145 £213 £202
25th Percentile £159 £263 £234
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £425 £300
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% +41.67% +25.00%
75th Percentile £500 £475 £400
90th Percentile £500 £494 £453
South East median daily rate £300 £305 £375
% change year-on-year -1.64% -18.67% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £22.50
Median hourly rate - - £23.00
75th Percentile - - £23.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate - - £23.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Thames Valley

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 Thames Valley with a recognized job title 2,527 2,756 3,329
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.52% 94.09% 95.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,441 1,906 2,270
10th Percentile £206 £313 £189
25th Percentile £369 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 77 101
10th Percentile £15.85 £17.11 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £20.00 £12.50
Median hourly rate £45.00 £45.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year - +157.14% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.90 £66.21 £23.75
90th Percentile £84.40 £79.19 £57.38
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £48.24 £21.00
% change year-on-year -1.53% +129.71% -12.50%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in the Thames Valley

Applications Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Applications Support in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Applications Support in the Thames Valley

Applications Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Support in the Thames Valley

Applications Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Applications Support in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Applications Support in the Thames Valley

Applications Support
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire -8 7 £350 -17.65% 1
Applications Support
South East

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 Thames Valley region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 3 (42.86%) Change Management
2 3 (42.86%) XML
2 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
3 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) Windows
3 2 (28.57%) SQL
3 2 (28.57%) Azure
4 1 (14.29%) Validation
4 1 (14.29%) Salesforce
4 1 (14.29%) Remedy
4 1 (14.29%) .NET
4 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
4 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
4 1 (14.29%) SOAP
4 1 (14.29%) OO
4 1 (14.29%) B2C
4 1 (14.29%) JSON
4 1 (14.29%) QA
4 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
4 1 (14.29%) Security Testing
4 1 (14.29%) SCOM
4 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
4 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
4 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Azure API Management
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Functions
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Key Vault
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (14.29%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (14.29%) PaaS
2 1 (14.29%) SaaS
2 1 (14.29%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (14.29%) NoSQL
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) XML
2 1 (14.29%) .NET
2 1 (14.29%) ARM Templates
2 1 (14.29%) JSON
2 1 (14.29%) OAuth
2 1 (14.29%) OpenID
2 1 (14.29%) REST
2 1 (14.29%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Operational Technology
1 1 (14.29%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) Incident Management
2 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Application Security
3 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
3 1 (14.29%) Data Protection
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) High Availability
3 1 (14.29%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) Problem Management
3 1 (14.29%) SDLC
3 1 (14.29%) Security Testing
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (14.29%) User Experience
3 1 (14.29%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) DV Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Remedy
2 1 (14.29%) Salesforce
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow