Applications Support Specialist Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Application Support Specialist
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Application Support Specialist daily rate in West Yorkshire is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 5 October 2026.

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

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 0.15% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.16% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £600 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,246 781 765
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.71% 95.48% 93.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 708 498 477
10th Percentile £325 £284 £320
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.04% -6.67%
75th Percentile £575 £572 £575
90th Percentile £650 £650 £638
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £485 £500
% change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 21 35
10th Percentile £15.39 - £16.70
25th Percentile £16.62 £22.14 £19.50
Median hourly rate £25.77 £50.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -48.46% +100.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £28.06 £81.25 £40.63
90th Percentile £43.75 - £48.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.77 £23.79 £23.34
% change year-on-year +8.33% +1.92% +9.53%

Applications Support Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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 in West Yorkshire.

Applications Support Specialist job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Applications Support Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Support Specialist job vacancies in West Yorkshire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Support Specialist job vacancies in West Yorkshire

Applications Support Specialist
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 5 October 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
Bradford - 2 £600 - 2
Applications Support Specialist
Yorkshire

Applications Support Specialist Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 5 October 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 across the West Yorkshire region featuring Applications Support Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) Liquidlogic
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
1 2 (100.00%) SystmOne

Applications Support Specialist Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) SystmOne
General
1 2 (100.00%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) SystemC
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) ITSM
1 2 (100.00%) Line Management
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Service Management
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Liquidlogic