Applications Manager Contracts

Application Manager
UK

The median Application Manager daily rate in the UK is £575 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 531 576 687
Rank change year-on-year +45 +111 -91
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Manager 54 117 162
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.13% 0.20% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.21% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 96 131
10th Percentile £363 £439 £425
25th Percentile £475 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £556 £528
Median % change year-on-year +3.37% +5.45% +11.05%
75th Percentile £656 £625 £606
90th Percentile £850 £731 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £625 £520 £475
% change year-on-year +20.19% +9.47% +10.14%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 39,719 54,978 83,963
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.74% 94.64% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,839 38,395 59,001
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,655 1,545 2,052
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.25 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.74 £76.40 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £19.52
% change year-on-year -5.88% +117.73% +2.74%

Applications Manager
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Manager in the UK

Applications Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Applications Manager in the UK

Applications Manager
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Manager over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Manager in the UK

Applications Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Applications Manager in the UK

Applications Manager
Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Manager within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
England +47 47 £570 -0.87% 36
London +42 23 £550 -4.35% 10
UK excluding London +57 20 £625 +20.19% 24
Work from Home +95 19 £575 +10.58% 11
South East +13 9 £625 +38.89% 12
South West +19 5 £375 -34.78% 1
Midlands +32 4 £800 +39.13% 2
West Midlands +26 4 £800 +34.45% 1
Yorkshire +25 2 £575 -
North of England +21 2 £575 -8.00% 4

Applications Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Applications Manager 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 featuring Applications Manager in the job title.

1 23 (42.59%) Agile
2 18 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 17 (31.48%) Finance
4 14 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
5 13 (24.07%) Migration
5 13 (24.07%) Project Delivery
6 10 (18.52%) Project Management
7 8 (14.81%) Waterfall
7 8 (14.81%) Mobile App
8 7 (12.96%) Security Cleared
8 7 (12.96%) JIRA
8 7 (12.96%) Scrum
9 6 (11.11%) SQL
9 6 (11.11%) SAP
9 6 (11.11%) SC Cleared
9 6 (11.11%) Azure
9 6 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (9.26%) Supplier Management
10 5 (9.26%) Python
10 5 (9.26%) Workflow
10 5 (9.26%) Service Management
10 5 (9.26%) ITSM
11 4 (7.41%) Change Management
11 4 (7.41%) Banking
11 4 (7.41%) Retail
11 4 (7.41%) CRM
11 4 (7.41%) Degree
11 4 (7.41%) DV Cleared
11 4 (7.41%) Product Ownership
11 4 (7.41%) PMO

Applications Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (5.56%) Confluence
2 2 (3.70%) Documentum
3 1 (1.85%) CMS
3 1 (1.85%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Primavera
2 2 (3.70%) SAP WM
3 1 (1.85%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (1.85%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (1.85%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.11%) Azure
2 3 (5.56%) GitHub
2 3 (5.56%) Power Automate
2 3 (5.56%) Power Platform
2 3 (5.56%) PowerApps
3 2 (3.70%) Slack
4 1 (1.85%) Basecamp
4 1 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.85%) HTTPS
1 1 (1.85%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.56%) Azure SQL Database
1 3 (5.56%) Data Lake
1 3 (5.56%) Power BI
2 1 (1.85%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (12.96%) JIRA
2 2 (3.70%) Git
2 2 (3.70%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.70%) Sonatype Nexus
3 1 (1.85%) Oracle APEX
General
1 18 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 17 (31.48%) Finance
3 4 (7.41%) Banking
3 4 (7.41%) Retail
4 3 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.56%) Billing
4 3 (5.56%) Law
4 3 (5.56%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.70%) Back Office
5 2 (3.70%) Front Office
5 2 (3.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (3.70%) Mandarin Language
5 2 (3.70%) Marketing
5 2 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.85%) Electronics
6 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.85%) Legal
6 1 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.85%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.85%) ADO
1 1 (1.85%) CSS
1 1 (1.85%) CSS3
1 1 (1.85%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.85%) SAP Basis
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.81%) Mobile App
2 4 (7.41%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.70%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.70%) Derivative
3 2 (3.70%) Hedge funds
3 2 (3.70%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (3.70%) Solar Panel
4 1 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.85%) Android
1 1 (1.85%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (42.59%) Agile
2 14 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (24.07%) Migration
3 13 (24.07%) Project Delivery
4 10 (18.52%) Project Management
5 8 (14.81%) Waterfall
6 7 (12.96%) Scrum
7 6 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (9.26%) ITSM
8 5 (9.26%) Service Management
8 5 (9.26%) Supplier Management
8 5 (9.26%) Workflow
9 4 (7.41%) Change Management
9 4 (7.41%) CRM
10 3 (5.56%) Business Intelligence
10 3 (5.56%) Data Analysis
10 3 (5.56%) Data Modelling
10 3 (5.56%) ITIL
10 3 (5.56%) Kanban
10 3 (5.56%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.11%) SQL
2 5 (9.26%) Python
3 3 (5.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 3 (5.56%) R
4 2 (3.70%) C#
5 1 (1.85%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.85%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (12.96%) Security Cleared
2 6 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.41%) Degree
3 4 (7.41%) DV Cleared
4 3 (5.56%) CIMA
5 2 (3.70%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.70%) PMP
6 1 (1.85%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.41%) PMO
2 2 (3.70%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.85%) AppManager
Vendors
1 6 (11.11%) SAP
2 3 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.56%) Oracle
3 1 (1.85%) Citrix
3 1 (1.85%) FIS
3 1 (1.85%) Salesforce