Applications Support Contracts in Birmingham

Application Support
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Application Support daily rate in Birmingham is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 54 76 86
Rank change year-on-year +22 +10 -24
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support 9 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 1.21% 0.11% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.29% 0.12% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 1 3
10th Percentile £189 - £319
25th Percentile £190 £406 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £413 £350
Median % change year-on-year -3.03% +17.86% -9.68%
75th Percentile £425 £419 £465
90th Percentile - - £531
West Midlands median daily rate £313 £350 £338
% change year-on-year -10.71% +3.70% -17.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.13 - -
Median hourly rate £14.25 - -
75th Percentile £14.38 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median hourly rate £14.25 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 698 865 1,249
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.82% 96.43% 95.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 489 568 902
10th Percentile £250 £263 £226
25th Percentile £338 £375 £373
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £594
90th Percentile £675 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -3.00% +2.56% +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 42 35 20
10th Percentile £13.25 £12.20 £12.59
25th Percentile £16.63 £13.10 £13.94
Median hourly rate £28.50 £20.00 £17.24
Median % change year-on-year +42.50% +16.01% -4.22%
75th Percentile £48.75 £24.94 £18.18
90th Percentile £56.25 £60.50 £20.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.77 £20.00 £17.24
% change year-on-year -1.15% +16.01% +14.21%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in Birmingham

Applications Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Applications Support in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Applications Support in Birmingham

Applications Support
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Support in Birmingham

Applications Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Applications Support in Birmingham.

Hourly rate trend for Applications Support in Birmingham

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Applications Support 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 Birmingham region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 6 (66.67%) ERP
2 5 (55.56%) Odoo
3 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
4 3 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (33.33%) Python
5 1 (11.11%) WhatsApp
5 1 (11.11%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (11.11%) Windows
5 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
5 1 (11.11%) PDA
5 1 (11.11%) WFM
5 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
5 1 (11.11%) Android
5 1 (11.11%) Finance
5 1 (11.11%) SLA
5 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
5 1 (11.11%) Salesforce

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Odoo
2 3 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) WhatsApp
General
1 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Android
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) ERP
2 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
2 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Test Scripting
2 1 (11.11%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) Python
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) Salesforce