Applications Support Specialist Contract Job Trends

Application Support Specialist
UK

The median Application Support Specialist daily rate in the UK is £402, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 652 522 561
Rank change year-on-year -130 +39 +107
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support Specialist 3 14 26
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.006% 0.045% 0.060%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.049% 0.064%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 16
10th Percentile £274 £255 £276
25th Percentile £314 £275 £290
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £415 £370
Median % change year-on-year -3.07% +12.31% -26.10%
75th Percentile £484 £505 £426
90th Percentile £520 £549 £509
UK excluding London median daily rate £275 £285 £401
% change year-on-year -3.51% -28.84% +0.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £21.40 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £21.40 -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 47,563 28,496 40,366
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.42% 92.02% 93.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 28,794 18,232 25,937
10th Percentile £325 £288 £285
25th Percentile £415 £402 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% -2.33%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £638
90th Percentile £725 £738 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.65% -1.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,217 1,276 2,865
10th Percentile £15.72 £13.82 £12.86
25th Percentile £21.25 £17.41 £16.58
Median hourly rate £43.00 £26.75 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +60.75% -28.67% -12.79%
75th Percentile £67.50 £56.30 £62.50
90th Percentile £80.00 £73.75 £74.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £40.00
% change year-on-year +78.93% -37.13% -

Applications Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Applications Support Specialist job vacancy trend in the UK

Applications Support Specialist
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Support Specialist job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Support Specialist job vacancies in the UK

Applications Support Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Support Specialist over the 6 months to 2 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Support Specialist in the UK

Applications Support Specialist
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Support Specialist job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Support Specialist job vacancies in the UK

Applications Support Specialist
Top 7 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support Specialist within the UK over the 6 months to 2 July 2026. 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 -124 2 £530 +51.29% 8
UK excluding London -124 2 £275 -3.51% 4
Scotland -11 1 £275 -35.67%
Work from Home -54 1 £275 - 2
North of England -74 1 - -
London -76 1 £530 +6.17% 5
North West - 1 - -

Applications Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 2 July 2026, Applications Support Specialist 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 featuring Applications Support Specialist in the job title.

1 1 (33.33%) Ataccama
1 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) CMS
1 1 (33.33%) Coaching
1 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) Document Management
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (33.33%) Metadata
1 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) QA
1 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking

Applications Support Specialist Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Ataccama
1 1 (33.33%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Law
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Budgeting
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Coaching
1 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) Document Management
1 1 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
1 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
1 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) QA