Applications Specialist Contract Job Trends in Worcestershire

Application Specialist
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The median Application Specialist daily rate in Worcestershire is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 September 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Specialist 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcestershire 2.41% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 2.63% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £538 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
75th Percentile £563 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £550 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Worcestershire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Worcestershire. 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 Worcestershire with a recognized job title 76 86 71
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.57% 95.56% 98.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 68 56
10th Percentile £516 £235 £203
25th Percentile £525 £400 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £538 £463
Median % change year-on-year +8.14% +16.22% +2.78%
75th Percentile £700 £591 £600
90th Percentile £713 £665 £616
West Midlands median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.60% - +1.01%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 3
10th Percentile £14.83 £19.37 £28.70
25th Percentile £15.69 £19.96 £45.13
Median hourly rate £18.23 £28.30 £75.00
Median % change year-on-year -35.59% -62.27% +345.77%
75th Percentile £50.66 £45.00 £77.50
90th Percentile £69.46 £63.00 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.15 £21.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year +19.76% - +16.67%

Applications Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Specialist in Worcestershire

Applications Specialist
Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Specialist job vacancies in Worcestershire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Specialist job vacancies in Worcestershire

Applications Specialist
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Specialist within the Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Malvern - 2 £550 - 1
Applications Specialist
West Midlands

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Top 14 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Applications Specialist 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 Worcestershire region featuring Applications Specialist in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) Service Management
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Military

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 1 (50.00%) Military
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Service Management
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft