Applications Support Contracts in the Midlands

Application Support
England > Midlands

The median Application Support daily rate in the Midlands is £313, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 152 177
Rank change year-on-year +27 +25 -21
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support 16 6 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.54% 0.19% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.59% 0.20% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 6 24
10th Percentile £173 £169 £273
25th Percentile £190 £205 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £325 £338
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% -17.18%
75th Percentile £425 £402 £519
90th Percentile - £434 £650
England median daily rate £400 £525 £388
% change year-on-year -23.81% +35.48% -13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £14.13 - £19.75
Median hourly rate £14.25 - £21.50
75th Percentile £14.38 - £23.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £30.00 £26.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year +15.38% +8.33% -1.44%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 Midlands with a recognized job title 2,719 3,042 4,799
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 94.50% 95.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,809 2,147 3,499
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £338 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +1.05% +15.85%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £569
90th Percentile £675 £692 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 113 146
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.63
25th Percentile £14.09 £15.00 £14.67
Median hourly rate £19.00 £20.71 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.23% +13.45% +21.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

Applications Support
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in the Midlands

Applications Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Applications Support in the Midlands

Applications Support
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Support in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Support in the Midlands

Applications Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Applications Support in the Midlands

Applications Support
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
West Midlands +31 16 £313 -10.71% 4
Applications Support
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 Midlands region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 6 (37.50%) ERP
2 5 (31.25%) Windows
2 5 (31.25%) Odoo
2 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 4 (25.00%) Windows 10
4 3 (18.75%) Python
4 3 (18.75%) SCCM
4 3 (18.75%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (12.50%) SLA
6 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
6 1 (6.25%) Salesforce
6 1 (6.25%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (6.25%) Customer Service
6 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
6 1 (6.25%) WhatsApp
6 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
6 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Oracle Self-Service HR
6 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
6 1 (6.25%) Android
6 1 (6.25%) Software Testing
6 1 (6.25%) PDA
6 1 (6.25%) WFM
6 1 (6.25%) Test Scripting
6 1 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (6.25%) SQL
6 1 (6.25%) Oracle
6 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (6.25%) ITIL
6 1 (6.25%) Workflow

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 1 (6.25%) Oracle Self-Service HR
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Odoo
2 3 (18.75%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (6.25%) Oracle HRMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.25%) WhatsApp
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Finance
2 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Windows
2 4 (25.00%) Windows 10
3 1 (6.25%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) ERP
2 1 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (6.25%) Customer Service
2 1 (6.25%) ITIL
2 1 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (6.25%) Software Testing
2 1 (6.25%) Test Scripting
2 1 (6.25%) WFM
2 1 (6.25%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (18.75%) Python
2 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (6.25%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) SLA
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle
1 1 (6.25%) Salesforce