Hybrid/Remote Applications Manager Contract Job Trends

Application Manager
UK > Work from Home

The median Application Manager daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £700, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 313 349
Rank change year-on-year +16 +36 +162
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Manager 11 12 24
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.11% 0.10% 0.14%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.11% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 20
10th Percentile £481 £413 £424
25th Percentile £506 £450 £489
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +9.09% +1.85%
75th Percentile £825 £641 £598
90th Percentile - £700 £710
UK median daily rate £650 £600 £550
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -

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 remote/hybrid work 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 9,476 10,969 16,322
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.22% 93.14% 94.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,182 6,942 11,190
10th Percentile £326 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £719 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 340 202 362
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.50 £17.19
25th Percentile £20.62 £23.50 £26.24
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.75 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +20.42% -28.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.38
UK median hourly rate £25.47 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -27.23% -21.35% +48.33%

Applications Manager
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Applications Manager' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Applications Manager job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Applications Manager
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Applications Manager job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Applications Manager job vacancies

Applications Manager
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Applications Manager over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Applications Manager daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Applications Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, Applications Manager 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 jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Applications Manager in the job title.

1 4 (36.36%) SAP
2 3 (27.27%) Logistics
2 3 (27.27%) Oracle
3 2 (18.18%) Ariba
3 2 (18.18%) ERP
3 2 (18.18%) Information Security
3 2 (18.18%) Project Management
3 2 (18.18%) QA
3 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (9.09%) Agile
4 1 (9.09%) Azure
4 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (9.09%) Budget Management
4 1 (9.09%) Business Continuity
4 1 (9.09%) Business Strategy
4 1 (9.09%) Change Management
4 1 (9.09%) Conflict Management
4 1 (9.09%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (9.09%) CRM
4 1 (9.09%) Data Protection
4 1 (9.09%) DevOps
4 1 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (9.09%) Document Management
4 1 (9.09%) FinOps
4 1 (9.09%) GxP
4 1 (9.09%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (9.09%) ITGC
4 1 (9.09%) ITIL
4 1 (9.09%) JIRA

Applications Manager Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (9.09%) TrackWise
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (9.09%) Oracle CX
1 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Automotive
2 1 (9.09%) Banking
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) WebCenter
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (27.27%) Logistics
2 2 (18.18%) ERP
2 2 (18.18%) Information Security
2 2 (18.18%) Project Management
2 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
2 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (9.09%) Agile
3 1 (9.09%) Business Continuity
3 1 (9.09%) Change Management
3 1 (9.09%) CRM
3 1 (9.09%) Disaster Recovery
3 1 (9.09%) Document Management
3 1 (9.09%) ITIL
3 1 (9.09%) Project Planning
3 1 (9.09%) Quality Management
3 1 (9.09%) Resource Management
3 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
3 1 (9.09%) Scrum
3 1 (9.09%) Validation
3 1 (9.09%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
1 1 (9.09%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) GxP
2 1 (9.09%) ITGC
2 1 (9.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (9.09%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) SAP
2 3 (27.27%) Oracle
3 2 (18.18%) Ariba
4 1 (9.09%) MuleSoft
4 1 (9.09%) Planview
4 1 (9.09%) Salesforce