Applications Support Engineer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Application Support Engineer
UK > Work from Home

The median Application Support Engineer daily rate in Work from Home is £500 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 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
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 320 377 592
Rank change year-on-year +57 +215 -115
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Support Engineer 25 88 34
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.17% 0.36% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.38% 0.081%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 85 26
10th Percentile £425 £425 £176
25th Percentile £475 £556 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £740 £375
Median % change year-on-year -32.40% +97.33% -3.23%
75th Percentile £575 £823 £388
90th Percentile £729 £835 £500
UK median daily rate £500 £675 £375
% change year-on-year -25.93% +80.00% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £51.25
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £53.75
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £31.40

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with a WFH option. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 13,688 23,105 42,192
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.50% 95.27% 95.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,248 16,369 30,559
10th Percentile £325 £363 £356
25th Percentile £425 £448 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 565 533 576
10th Percentile £14.26 £16.98 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.75 £25.71 £19.39
Median hourly rate £44.74 £52.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.78% +50.00% +45.83%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.15 £77.90 £68.20
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +87.50% +6.90%

Applications Support Engineer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Applications Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Applications Support Engineer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Support Engineer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Applications Support Engineer.

Applications Support Engineer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Support Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Applications Support Engineer over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Applications Support Engineer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 29 May 2024, Applications Support Engineer 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Applications Support Engineer in the job title.

1 19 (76.00%) Data Centre
2 18 (72.00%) Windows
3 17 (68.00%) SQL
4 14 (56.00%) Migration
4 14 (56.00%) Azure
5 13 (52.00%) High Availability
5 13 (52.00%) Replication
5 13 (52.00%) ETL
5 13 (52.00%) Elite 3E
6 9 (36.00%) Workflow
7 8 (32.00%) Linux
8 7 (28.00%) Confluence
8 7 (28.00%) JIRA
8 7 (28.00%) Atlassian
9 5 (20.00%) Intapp
9 5 (20.00%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (20.00%) SC Cleared
9 5 (20.00%) Security Cleared
9 5 (20.00%) SQL Server
9 5 (20.00%) Service Management
10 4 (16.00%) Legal
10 4 (16.00%) Web Services
10 4 (16.00%) Public Sector
10 4 (16.00%) REST
11 3 (12.00%) Windows Server
11 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
11 3 (12.00%) QA
11 3 (12.00%) Analytics
12 2 (8.00%) Data Analytics
12 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills

Applications Support Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 7 (28.00%) Confluence
2 1 (4.00%) Red Hat Fuse
Business Applications
1 13 (52.00%) Elite 3E
Cloud Services
1 14 (56.00%) Azure
2 2 (8.00%) AWS
3 1 (4.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.00%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (8.00%) MySQL
3 1 (4.00%) MongoDB
3 1 (4.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (28.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (16.00%) Legal
1 4 (16.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (8.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Back Office
3 1 (4.00%) Finance
3 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.00%) REST
1 4 (16.00%) Web Services
2 2 (8.00%) .NET
3 1 (4.00%) CSS
3 1 (4.00%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (4.00%) HTML
3 1 (4.00%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 19 (76.00%) Data Centre
2 13 (52.00%) Replication
3 5 (20.00%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (4.00%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (4.00%) Mobile App
4 1 (4.00%) Operational Technology
4 1 (4.00%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 18 (72.00%) Windows
2 8 (32.00%) Linux
3 3 (12.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (4.00%) Android
4 1 (4.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (4.00%) CentOS
4 1 (4.00%) Unix
4 1 (4.00%) Windows Mobile
4 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (56.00%) Migration
2 13 (52.00%) ETL
2 13 (52.00%) High Availability
3 9 (36.00%) Workflow
4 5 (20.00%) Service Management
5 3 (12.00%) Analytics
6 2 (8.00%) Data Analytics
6 2 (8.00%) Kalman Filter
6 2 (8.00%) User Acceptance Testing
7 1 (4.00%) Agile
7 1 (4.00%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (4.00%) Change Management
7 1 (4.00%) Computer Science
7 1 (4.00%) Data Migration
7 1 (4.00%) OOP
7 1 (4.00%) Problem Management
7 1 (4.00%) Release Management
7 1 (4.00%) Software Engineering
7 1 (4.00%) Validation
7 1 (4.00%) Wealth Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (68.00%) SQL
2 2 (8.00%) C#
2 2 (8.00%) F#
3 1 (4.00%) Bash
3 1 (4.00%) PHP
3 1 (4.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (4.00%) Shell Script
3 1 (4.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (20.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.00%) Degree
3 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (28.00%) Atlassian
2 5 (20.00%) Intapp
3 3 (12.00%) Microsoft
4 2 (8.00%) Red Hat
5 1 (4.00%) ServiceNow