Applications Consultant Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Application Consultant
UK > Work from Home

The median Application Consultant daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £450, 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 298 341 465
Rank change year-on-year +43 +124 +139
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Consultant 6 4 12
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.061% 0.026% 0.046%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.065% 0.028% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 4
10th Percentile £300 £508 £433
25th Percentile £413 £520 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +8.00% -1.48%
75th Percentile £500 - £581
90th Percentile £523 - £593
UK median daily rate £550 £506 £600
% change year-on-year +8.64% -15.63% +18.81%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,288 14,354 24,650
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.77% 93.54% 95.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,350 9,595 17,415
10th Percentile £337 £325 £360
25th Percentile £414 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.69% +2.76%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £515 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -1.90% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 228 579 565
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.38 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.19 £23.39 £26.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £44.74 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.06% -18.65% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.00 £63.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.42 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.37% -19.07% +91.49%

Applications Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured Applications Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Applications Consultant trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Applications Consultant
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Applications Consultant.

Applications Consultant daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Consultant
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Applications Consultant over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Applications Consultant daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Applications Consultant.

Applications Consultant hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Applications Consultant 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Applications Consultant in the job title.

1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 2 (33.33%) PowerApps
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (16.67%) Confluence
3 1 (16.67%) NoSQL
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (16.67%) GitHub
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (16.67%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Microservices
3 1 (16.67%) GitLab
3 1 (16.67%) Power BI
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing Automation
3 1 (16.67%) Multichannel Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Serverless
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Azure Functions
3 1 (16.67%) Design Thinking
3 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (16.67%) Agile

Applications Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 1 (16.67%) Confluence
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe Campaign
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Azure
1 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
1 2 (33.33%) PowerApps
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Functions
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (16.67%) GitHub
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Power Automate
2 1 (16.67%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) NoSQL
1 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) GitLab
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (16.67%) Data Management
2 1 (16.67%) Design Thinking
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) IT Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing Automation
2 1 (16.67%) Microservices
2 1 (16.67%) Multichannel Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) FoxPro (VFP)
1 1 (16.67%) JavaScript
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (16.67%) Adobe