Application Rationalisation Contract Job Trends

Application Rationalisation
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs requiring Application Rationalisation skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 549 552 614
Rank change year-on-year +3 +62 +211
Contract jobs citing Application Rationalisation 8 4 13
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.024% 0.011% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% 0.012% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 2 9
10th Percentile - £555 £525
25th Percentile £425 £713 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £975 £650
Median % change year-on-year -53.85% +50.00% +18.18%
75th Percentile £516 £1,238 £675
90th Percentile £641 £1,395 £820
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £450 £550
% change year-on-year - -18.18% +26.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Application Rationalisation falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,792 32,493 42,515
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.47% 86.04% 88.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 18,524 19,585 28,850
10th Percentile £294 £308 £313
25th Percentile £404 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,885 1,263 1,576
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £18.93
Median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.25
Median % change year-on-year -37.13% -9.60% +37.21%
75th Percentile £42.79 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £65.21 £73.75 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £22.27 £40.33 £43.75
% change year-on-year -44.79% -7.83% +75.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Application Rationalisation relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Application Rationalisation job vacancy trend in the UK

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Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Application Rationalisation.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Application Rationalisation

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Application Rationalisation over the 6 months to 12 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Application Rationalisation in the UK

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Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Application Rationalisation.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Application Rationalisation

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Top 5 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Application Rationalisation within the UK over the 6 months to 12 October 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
England +24 8 £450 -70.00% 6
UK excluding London -7 8 £450 - 3
South East - 6 £450 -
Work from Home +20 3 £450 - 2
South West - 2 £450 - 1

Application Rationalisation
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
General
1 4 (50.00%) Automotive
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Local Government
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Applications Support
1 4 (50.00%) IT Support
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Applications Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Excel Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (12.50%) Middleware
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (50.00%) ITIL
2 4 (50.00%) Service Catalogue
2 4 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 2 (25.00%) Asset Management
3 2 (25.00%) Creative Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
3 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (25.00%) Data Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Data Interpretation
3 2 (25.00%) Data Strategy
3 2 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Service Design
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 2 (25.00%) Target Operating Model
4 1 (12.50%) AI
4 1 (12.50%) Network Design
Qualifications
1 4 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) GDPR
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) Atlassian
2 4 (50.00%) Salesforce
2 4 (50.00%) SAP
2 4 (50.00%) ServiceNow