Applications Support Manager Contracts

Application Support Manager
UK

The median Application Support Manager daily rate in the UK is £400, 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 516 578 704
Rank change year-on-year +62 +126 +136
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support Manager 4 4 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.014% 0.009% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.010% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 11
10th Percentile - £443 £375
25th Percentile £388 £497 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £625 £525
Median % change year-on-year -36.00% +19.05% +10.53%
75th Percentile £413 £756 £563
90th Percentile - £813 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £650
% change year-on-year - - +39.78%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 27,084 40,415 56,464
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 92.78% 94.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,692 26,309 39,470
10th Percentile £300 £275 £313
25th Percentile £406 £410 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £492 £500
% change year-on-year -3.46% -1.60% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,035 2,664 1,570
10th Percentile £14.07 £12.86 £14.29
25th Percentile £18.50 £16.30 £19.50
Median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%
75th Percentile £62.50 £60.75 £65.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.00 £39.55 £42.50
% change year-on-year -29.20% -6.94% +117.95%

Applications Support Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support Manager in the UK

Applications Support Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Applications Support Manager.

Daily rate trend for Applications Support Manager in the UK

Applications Support Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Applications Support Manager.

Hourly rate trend for Applications Support Manager in the UK

Applications Support Manager
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support Manager within the UK 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
Work from Home +42 4 £400 -43.86%
England +56 3 £400 -36.00% 11
London +37 3 £400 -36.00% 6

Applications Support Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

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

1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (75.00%) Asset Management
2 3 (75.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 3 (75.00%) Asana
2 3 (75.00%) Onboarding
2 3 (75.00%) Identity Management
2 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (75.00%) Windows
2 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (75.00%) Android
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) SaaS
2 3 (75.00%) Apple iOS
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (75.00%) IT Asset Management
2 3 (75.00%) OneDrive
2 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (75.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 3 (75.00%) Slack
3 1 (25.00%) FIS
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (25.00%) SAP
3 1 (25.00%) Citrix
3 1 (25.00%) Reuters
3 1 (25.00%) Bloomberg
3 1 (25.00%) Risk Management

Applications Support Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (75.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Asana
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (75.00%) OneDrive
1 3 (75.00%) SaaS
1 3 (75.00%) Slack
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Crystal Reports
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Android
1 3 (75.00%) Apple iOS
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Asset Management
1 3 (75.00%) Identity Management
1 3 (75.00%) IT Asset Management
1 3 (75.00%) Multi-Factor Authentication
2 1 (25.00%) Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) User Acceptance Testing
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Bloomberg
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) FIS
2 1 (25.00%) Reuters
2 1 (25.00%) SAP