Applications Specialist Contracts in London

Application Specialist
England > London

The median Application Specialist daily rate in London is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 368 453 584
Rank change year-on-year +85 +131 -132
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Specialist 27 27 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.15% 0.10% 0.060%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.17% 0.11% 0.063%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 17 15
10th Percentile £290 £400 £341
25th Percentile £300 £438 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £545 £538 £669
90th Percentile £575 £585 £823
England median daily rate £450 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -5.26% -13.64% +29.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £22.00 -
England median hourly rate £59.50 £13.50 -
% change year-on-year +340.74% - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 16,328 24,595 36,745
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.43% 95.20% 95.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,803 17,870 26,915
10th Percentile £325 £363 £375
25th Percentile £445 £463 £470
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 283 439
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.00 £16.25
25th Percentile £20.07 £22.69 £23.12
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% - +10.62%
75th Percentile £46.05 £62.25 £49.80
90th Percentile £65.32 £80.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £36.92 £44.77 £23.00
% change year-on-year -17.54% +94.63% +4.55%

Applications Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Specialist in London

Applications Specialist
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Applications Specialist in London.

Daily rate trend for Applications Specialist in London

Applications Specialist
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Specialist in London over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Specialist in London

Applications Specialist
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Applications Specialist in London.

Hourly rate trend for Applications Specialist in London

Applications Specialist
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Specialist within the London region over the 6 months to 17 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
Central London +56 7 £450 -23.40%
West London +22 1 £250 -42.40%
Applications Specialist
England

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, Applications Specialist 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 London region featuring Applications Specialist in the job title.

1 12 (44.44%) Windows
2 10 (37.04%) Microsoft
3 9 (33.33%) Application Packaging
3 9 (33.33%) PowerShell
4 8 (29.63%) QA
5 7 (25.93%) Finance
6 6 (22.22%) Active Directory
6 6 (22.22%) Information Security
6 6 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
6 6 (22.22%) SCCM
6 6 (22.22%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (18.52%) IBM UrbanCode
7 5 (18.52%) WebSphere
7 5 (18.52%) SSL
7 5 (18.52%) IBM
7 5 (18.52%) SQL
7 5 (18.52%) WebSphere Application Server
7 5 (18.52%) WebLogic
8 4 (14.81%) ITIL
8 4 (14.81%) WebSphere MQ
8 4 (14.81%) Migration
8 4 (14.81%) Service Delivery
8 4 (14.81%) Incident Management
8 4 (14.81%) DataPower
8 4 (14.81%) Azure
8 4 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (14.81%) ServiceNow
8 4 (14.81%) Task Automation
8 4 (14.81%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (14.81%) Customer Service

Applications Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 5 (18.52%) WebLogic
1 5 (18.52%) WebSphere
1 5 (18.52%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (3.70%) IIS
2 1 (3.70%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 4 (14.81%) Azure
1 4 (14.81%) Dynamics 365
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (7.41%) Mimecast
Communications & Networking
1 5 (18.52%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Relational Database
1 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (18.52%) IBM UrbanCode
2 3 (11.11%) InstallShield
2 3 (11.11%) MSI
3 1 (3.70%) TeamCity
General
1 7 (25.93%) Finance
2 3 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 2 (7.41%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Banking
4 1 (3.70%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.81%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (3.70%) .NET
2 1 (3.70%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (3.70%) WCF
2 1 (3.70%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) DataPower
2 3 (11.11%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) Data Centre
3 1 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.70%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.70%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 12 (44.44%) Windows
2 1 (3.70%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (33.33%) Application Packaging
2 6 (22.22%) Information Security
2 6 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
3 4 (14.81%) Customer Service
3 4 (14.81%) Incident Management
3 4 (14.81%) ITIL
3 4 (14.81%) Migration
3 4 (14.81%) Service Delivery
3 4 (14.81%) Task Automation
4 3 (11.11%) Project Planning
4 3 (11.11%) Release Management
5 2 (7.41%) Application Security
5 2 (7.41%) Asset Management
5 2 (7.41%) Operational Acceptance Testing
5 2 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (7.41%) Project Delivery
5 2 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (7.41%) Time Management
5 2 (7.41%) User Experience
5 2 (7.41%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 9 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 5 (18.52%) SQL
3 2 (7.41%) JavaScript
3 2 (7.41%) VBScript
4 1 (3.70%) C#
4 1 (3.70%) VB
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) SC Cleared
1 2 (7.41%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (29.63%) QA
2 1 (3.70%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (22.22%) Active Directory
1 6 (22.22%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (22.22%) SCCM
2 4 (14.81%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 10 (37.04%) Microsoft
2 5 (18.52%) IBM
3 4 (14.81%) ServiceNow
4 2 (7.41%) Dynatrace
4 2 (7.41%) Proofpoint
5 1 (3.70%) Oracle
5 1 (3.70%) Salesforce
5 1 (3.70%) SAP