Hybrid/Remote Application Discovery Contract Job Trends

Application Discovery
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Application Discovery skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 347 296 324
Rank change year-on-year -51 +28 +107
Contract jobs citing Application Discovery 3 2 17
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.024% 0.021% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% 0.023% 0.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 14
10th Percentile £365 £510 £368
25th Percentile £444 £525 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £550 £465
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% +18.28% +69.09%
75th Percentile £706 £575 £535
90th Percentile £755 £590 £615
UK median daily rate £463 £550 £460
% change year-on-year -15.91% +19.57% +53.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,244 8,812 12,810
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 89.10% 91.32% 87.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,213 5,998 8,620
10th Percentile £350 £328 £325
25th Percentile £425 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +0.78% -2.38% -2.78%
75th Percentile £620 £630 £638
90th Percentile £725 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £513 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +0.49% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 586 219 573
10th Percentile £17.43 £13.72 £14.90
25th Percentile £32.44 £18.36 £23.75
Median hourly rate £57.50 £35.89 £43.00
Median % change year-on-year +60.21% -16.53% -18.10%
75th Percentile £70.00 £65.63 £60.00
90th Percentile £85.00 £75.00 £74.40
UK median hourly rate £43.96 £27.50 £36.50
% change year-on-year +59.85% -24.66% +1.67%

Application Discovery
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Application Discovery and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Application Discovery job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Application Discovery
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Application Discovery.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Application Discovery

Application Discovery
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Application Discovery over the 6 months to 9 June 2026.

Application Discovery daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Application Discovery
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
2 1 (33.33%) IaaS
2 1 (33.33%) PaaS
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) BGP
2 1 (33.33%) EIGRP
2 1 (33.33%) Modbus
2 1 (33.33%) MPLS
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) OSPF
2 1 (33.33%) SD-WAN
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
2 1 (33.33%) Wireshark
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) AdminStudio
1 1 (33.33%) InstallShield
General
1 2 (66.67%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Applications Packager
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Cloud Solutions Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared Application Packager
1 1 (33.33%) Security Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) 802.1X
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
1 1 (33.33%) Operational Technology
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) DevOps
1 2 (66.67%) Identity Access Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Application Packaging
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Compatibility Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cost Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) FinOps
2 1 (33.33%) High Availability
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Network Segmentation
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) RBAC
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Software Distribution
2 1 (33.33%) Task Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
1 1 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCIE
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Ansible
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto