Applications Support Contracts in Hertfordshire

Application Support
East of England > Hertfordshire

The median Application Support daily rate in Hertfordshire is £350 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 May 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 66 - 72
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support 9 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.07% - 0.25%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.20% - 0.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 1
10th Percentile £303 - -
25th Percentile £325 - £208
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £215
75th Percentile £375 - £223
90th Percentile £385 - -
East of England median daily rate £350 £320 £205
% change year-on-year +9.38% +56.17% -25.49%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Hertfordshire

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire. 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 Hertfordshire with a recognized job title 748 694 718
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.94% 92.29% 90.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 305 381 447
10th Percentile £231 £210 £162
25th Percentile £313 £360 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £575 £675 £613
90th Percentile £695 £775 £700
East of England median daily rate £450 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -5.26% - +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 136 77
10th Percentile £39.43 £20.75 £16.25
25th Percentile £43.00 £49.00 £35.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +25.00% +38.89%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.69 £60.00
90th Percentile £77.00 £77.00 -
East of England median hourly rate £43.00 £43.32 £16.00
% change year-on-year -0.73% +170.72% -

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in Hertfordshire

Applications Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Applications Support in Hertfordshire

Applications Support
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Support in Hertfordshire

Applications Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Applications Support in Hertfordshire

Applications Support
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2024. 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
Stevenage - 5 £340 - 3
Watford - 3 £350 - 2
Applications Support
East of England

Applications Support Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 31 May 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 Hertfordshire region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 5 (55.56%) SQL
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
1 5 (55.56%) Security Patching
1 5 (55.56%) Windows Server
2 4 (44.44%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 4 (44.44%) Problem Management
2 4 (44.44%) Release Management
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) DV Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
2 4 (44.44%) Change Management
2 4 (44.44%) Tomcat
2 4 (44.44%) IIS
2 4 (44.44%) Web Services
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL
3 3 (33.33%) SLA
3 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
3 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (33.33%) PaaS
3 3 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (11.11%) GCP
5 1 (11.11%) PTC Creo

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 4 (44.44%) IIS
1 4 (44.44%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) PTC Creo
1 1 (11.11%) Windchill
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Azure
2 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (33.33%) PaaS
3 1 (11.11%) AWS
3 1 (11.11%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 5 (55.56%) Windows
1 5 (55.56%) Windows Server
2 1 (11.11%) VMS
2 1 (11.11%) Windows 10
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Security Patching
2 4 (44.44%) Change Management
2 4 (44.44%) ITIL
2 4 (44.44%) Problem Management
2 4 (44.44%) Release Management
2 4 (44.44%) Root Cause Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
4 1 (11.11%) Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) SQL
2 3 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 5 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) DV Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Active Directory
1 4 (44.44%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Google
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
1 1 (11.11%) VMware