Applications Support Analyst Contracts in England

Application Support Analyst
UK > England

The median Application Support Analyst daily rate in England is £400 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 471 518 642
Rank change year-on-year +47 +124 -31
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support Analyst 72 120 145
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.25% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.27% 0.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 111 90
10th Percentile - £263 £207
25th Percentile £189 £325 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £550 £350
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +57.14% -9.68%
75th Percentile £500 £706 £475
90th Percentile £650 £823 £610
UK median daily rate £363 £525 £365
% change year-on-year -30.95% +43.84% -4.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £20.50
25th Percentile - - £22.19
Median hourly rate - £30.00 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% +76.92%
75th Percentile - - £33.75
90th Percentile - - £34.38
UK median hourly rate - £30.00 £28.75
% change year-on-year - +4.35% +76.92%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,518 44,474 67,322
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.49% 95.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,601 31,623 48,168
10th Percentile £288 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.19% +6.60%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,625 1,324 1,768
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.38 £12.74
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.90
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% +88.21% +13.59%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%

Applications Support Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Support Analyst in England

Applications Support Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Applications Support Analyst in England

Applications Support Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Support Analyst in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Support Analyst in England

Applications Support Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Applications Support Analyst in England

Applications Support Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Support Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 9 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
London +41 51 £425 -26.09% 19
Midlands +27 8 £400 +14.29% 2
West Midlands +18 8 £400 +14.29%
South East +3 6 £200 -34.43% 6
East of England +4 3 £325 -7.14% 3
South West +13 2 - - 3
North of England +21 1 £250 -23.08% 10
North West +9 1 £250 -23.08% 5
Applications Support Analyst
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 2024, Applications Support Analyst 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 England region featuring Applications Support Analyst in the job title.

1 30 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 21 (29.17%) Microsoft
3 19 (26.39%) SQL
4 18 (25.00%) Windows
5 15 (20.83%) Python
6 14 (19.44%) Incident Management
6 14 (19.44%) Finance
6 14 (19.44%) CMS
6 14 (19.44%) MS Visio
7 13 (18.06%) Front Office
7 13 (18.06%) Risk Management
8 12 (16.67%) Linux
9 10 (13.89%) ITIL
10 9 (12.50%) Derivative
10 9 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
11 8 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (11.11%) IBM
12 7 (9.72%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (9.72%) SLA
12 7 (9.72%) ERP
12 7 (9.72%) Relational Database
12 7 (9.72%) ITRS Geneos
12 7 (9.72%) DevOps
12 7 (9.72%) PowerShell
12 7 (9.72%) Release Management
12 7 (9.72%) User Acceptance Testing
12 7 (9.72%) Data Management
12 7 (9.72%) Dynatrace
12 7 (9.72%) Grafana
12 7 (9.72%) Customer Service

Applications Support Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 14 (19.44%) CMS
2 2 (2.78%) Skype for Business
3 1 (1.39%) Apache
3 1 (1.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (19.44%) MS Visio
2 5 (6.94%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (8.33%) Markit EDM
1 6 (8.33%) thinkFolio
2 5 (6.94%) Odoo
3 3 (4.17%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (2.78%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (1.39%) Academy Housing
5 1 (1.39%) Maximo
5 1 (1.39%) NEC Housing
5 1 (1.39%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (1.39%) Orchard Housing
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.56%) Azure
2 3 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (2.78%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.39%) AWS
4 1 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (1.39%) OneDrive
4 1 (1.39%) Power Automate
4 1 (1.39%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.78%) Skype
1 2 (2.78%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (9.72%) Relational Database
2 4 (5.56%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.78%) Power BI
4 1 (1.39%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (1.39%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (1.39%) GIS
4 1 (1.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (5.56%) JIRA
2 2 (2.78%) Git
3 1 (1.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 30 (41.67%) Social Skills
2 14 (19.44%) Finance
3 13 (18.06%) Front Office
4 6 (8.33%) Banking
4 6 (8.33%) Investment Banking
5 4 (5.56%) Back Office
5 4 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (4.17%) Local Government
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.78%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (1.39%) CSS
2 1 (1.39%) HTML
2 1 (1.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.50%) Derivative
2 6 (8.33%) Equities
3 5 (6.94%) OTC Derivatives
4 4 (5.56%) Fixed Income
4 4 (5.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 3 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.78%) Clustering
6 2 (2.78%) CMDB
6 2 (2.78%) iPhone
6 2 (2.78%) PDA
7 1 (1.39%) SCADA
7 1 (1.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 18 (25.00%) Windows
2 12 (16.67%) Linux
3 4 (5.56%) Windows 10
4 2 (2.78%) Android
4 2 (2.78%) Apple iOS
5 1 (1.39%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (19.44%) Incident Management
2 13 (18.06%) Risk Management
3 10 (13.89%) ITIL
4 9 (12.50%) Proactive Monitoring
5 8 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (9.72%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (9.72%) Customer Service
6 7 (9.72%) Data Management
6 7 (9.72%) DevOps
6 7 (9.72%) ERP
6 7 (9.72%) Release Management
6 7 (9.72%) User Acceptance Testing
7 6 (8.33%) Asset Management
7 6 (8.33%) Investment Management
8 5 (6.94%) Analytics
8 5 (6.94%) Business Analytics
8 5 (6.94%) Problem-Solving
8 5 (6.94%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (6.94%) SDLC
8 5 (6.94%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 19 (26.39%) SQL
2 15 (20.83%) Python
3 7 (9.72%) PowerShell
4 4 (5.56%) Shell Script
5 2 (2.78%) Bash
5 2 (2.78%) C#
5 2 (2.78%) Perl
5 2 (2.78%) VBA
6 1 (1.39%) C
6 1 (1.39%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.39%) PL/SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.72%) SLA
2 3 (4.17%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (4.17%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (2.78%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 7 (9.72%) Grafana
1 7 (9.72%) ITRS Geneos
2 4 (5.56%) Control-M
3 2 (2.78%) Ansible
3 2 (2.78%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (2.78%) Microsoft Clustering
Vendors
1 21 (29.17%) Microsoft
2 8 (11.11%) IBM
3 7 (9.72%) Dynatrace
4 4 (5.56%) Citrix
5 2 (2.78%) Apple
5 2 (2.78%) Oracle
5 2 (2.78%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.78%) Splunk
5 2 (2.78%) Sybase
6 1 (1.39%) Capita
6 1 (1.39%) Civica
6 1 (1.39%) Liquidlogic
6 1 (1.39%) NEC
6 1 (1.39%) Northgate
6 1 (1.39%) Oneserve
6 1 (1.39%) Orchard
6 1 (1.39%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.39%) SAP