Applications Support Contracts in the South West

Application Support
England > South West

The median Application Support daily rate in the South West is £463, 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 140 150 164
Rank change year-on-year +10 +14 -37
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support 17 9 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.52% 0.27% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 0.29% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 2
10th Percentile £415 £287 £344
25th Percentile £438 £356 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £513 £488
Median % change year-on-year -9.76% +5.13% +21.88%
75th Percentile £497 £588 £591
90th Percentile £514 £644 £641
England median daily rate £400 £525 £388
% change year-on-year -23.81% +35.48% -13.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.50 - -
Median hourly rate £30.00 - -
75th Percentile £32.50 - -
90th Percentile £40.73 - -
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
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 South West with a recognized job title 3,056 3,142 3,474
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.63% 92.74% 95.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,896 2,308 2,517
10th Percentile £216 £284 £225
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% +5.00% +8.11%
75th Percentile £620 £644 £600
90th Percentile £700 £721 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 456 252 212
10th Percentile £13.85 £17.70 £15.90
25th Percentile £27.50 £48.68 £18.49
Median hourly rate £55.00 £63.23 £47.64
Median % change year-on-year -13.02% +32.74% +10.78%
75th Percentile £71.25 £75.13 £63.60
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.40 £68.29
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support in the South West

Applications Support
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Applications Support in the South West

Applications Support
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Applications Support in the South West

Applications Support
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Applications Support in the South West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Applications Support in the South West

Applications Support
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West 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
Bristol - 14 £475 - 7
Gloucestershire -4 1 £475 -17.39%
Wiltshire - 1 - - 4
Applications Support
England

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

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 South West region featuring Applications Support in the job title.

1 8 (47.06%) ContrOCC
1 8 (47.06%) Liquidlogic
2 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 4 (23.53%) Customer Service
3 4 (23.53%) ITIL
4 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (17.65%) Windows
4 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
4 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
4 3 (17.65%) ITSM
4 3 (17.65%) Workflow
4 3 (17.65%) Finance
4 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (17.65%) Windows 10
4 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
4 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
4 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
5 2 (11.76%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (11.76%) Azure Storage
5 2 (11.76%) SPFx
5 2 (11.76%) iPhone
5 2 (11.76%) Azure
5 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
5 2 (11.76%) CMDB
5 2 (11.76%) Apple iOS
5 2 (11.76%) Skype for Business
5 2 (11.76%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (11.76%) Skype
5 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving

Applications Support Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (11.76%) SharePoint
1 2 (11.76%) Skype for Business
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (47.06%) ContrOCC
2 1 (5.88%) NEC Housing
2 1 (5.88%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.76%) Azure
1 2 (11.76%) Azure Logic Apps
1 2 (11.76%) Azure Storage
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (11.76%) Power Automate
1 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) Intranet
1 2 (11.76%) Skype
2 1 (5.88%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle Database
1 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (29.41%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Finance
2 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.88%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) CMDB
1 2 (11.76%) iPhone
2 1 (5.88%) Housing Association
2 1 (5.88%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
1 3 (17.65%) Windows 10
2 2 (11.76%) Apple iOS
2 2 (11.76%) Linux
3 1 (5.88%) Rocky
3 1 (5.88%) Ubuntu
3 1 (5.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (23.53%) Customer Service
1 4 (23.53%) ITIL
2 3 (17.65%) ITSM
2 3 (17.65%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (17.65%) Workflow
3 2 (11.76%) Migration
3 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.88%) API Development
4 1 (5.88%) Application Packaging
4 1 (5.88%) Benchmarking
4 1 (5.88%) Data Extraction
4 1 (5.88%) Data Mapping
4 1 (5.88%) Data Security
4 1 (5.88%) Database Optimisation
4 1 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (5.88%) Housing Management
4 1 (5.88%) Performance Monitoring
4 1 (5.88%) Project Management
4 1 (5.88%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) C#
1 2 (11.76%) JavaScript
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) Bash
2 1 (5.88%) PL/SQL
2 1 (5.88%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
1 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
1 1 (5.88%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (5.88%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Liquidlogic
2 3 (17.65%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.76%) Apple
3 2 (11.76%) Citrix
3 2 (11.76%) Oracle
3 2 (11.76%) ServiceNow
4 1 (5.88%) NEC
4 1 (5.88%) Red Hat
4 1 (5.88%) SAP