Applications Developer Contracts in England

Application Developer
UK > England

The median Application Developer daily rate in England is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 421 437 590
Rank change year-on-year +16 +153 -120
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Developer 118 216 201
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.32% 0.43% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.46% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 141 138
10th Percentile £306 £373 £363
25th Percentile £363 £438 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £549 £536
Median % change year-on-year -13.48% +2.38% +19.17%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £626
90th Percentile £850 £675 £675
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -13.64% +2.33% +19.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - - £33.47
25th Percentile £22.75 - £35.67
Median hourly rate £24.50 £45.00 £40.34
Median % change year-on-year -45.56% +11.57% -19.33%
75th Percentile £26.25 £59.38 £44.00
90th Percentile - £68.00 £45.60
UK median hourly rate £24.50 £45.00 £40.34
% change year-on-year -45.56% +11.57% +168.90%

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 34,178 47,326 67,913
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.63% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,701 33,606 48,311
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £643 £663 £638
90th Percentile £750 £760 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,433 1,407 1,890
10th Percentile £13.00 £14.37 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.96 £15.37
Median hourly rate £36.50 £44.53 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.03% +97.91% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.82 £77.00 £62.50
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.81
% change year-on-year -18.89% +89.04% +5.80%

Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Developer in England

Applications Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Applications Developer in England

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Developer in England over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Developer in England

Applications Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Applications Developer in England

Applications Developer
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 Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 4 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
London +62 71 £588 +6.82% 9
South West -3 15 £413 -25.00% 5
South East +5 11 £475 -14.65% 6
East of England +15 9 £475 +48.44% 11
Midlands +25 6 £200 -49.37% 7
West Midlands +28 5 £200 -63.64% 5
North of England +16 2 £500 +5.26% 7
North West +12 2 £500 +5.26% 2
East Midlands +16 1 - - 2
Applications Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, Applications Developer 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 Developer in the job title.

1 50 (42.37%) Agile
2 43 (36.44%) C#
3 41 (34.75%) JavaScript
4 39 (33.05%) Power Platform
5 36 (30.51%) Power Automate
5 36 (30.51%) Azure
6 35 (29.66%) PowerApps
7 31 (26.27%) Social Skills
8 29 (24.58%) REST
8 29 (24.58%) SQL Server
9 27 (22.88%) .NET
10 24 (20.34%) JIRA
11 23 (19.49%) Analytical Skills
11 23 (19.49%) Microsoft
12 22 (18.64%) Software Engineering
13 21 (17.80%) Business Intelligence
13 21 (17.80%) DevOps
13 21 (17.80%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (17.80%) TypeScript
13 21 (17.80%) Degree
14 20 (16.95%) React
15 19 (16.10%) Microsoft 365
15 19 (16.10%) SQL
15 19 (16.10%) Design Patterns
16 18 (15.25%) Power BI
16 18 (15.25%) AngularJS
17 17 (14.41%) Web Application Development
17 17 (14.41%) SharePoint
17 17 (14.41%) Serverless
18 16 (13.56%) Azure Functions

Applications Developer 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 17 (14.41%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.93%) Confluence
3 2 (1.69%) IIS
3 2 (1.69%) Site Server
4 1 (0.85%) CMS
4 1 (0.85%) IBM Notes
4 1 (0.85%) JBoss
Business Applications
1 4 (3.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.85%) Shopify
2 1 (0.85%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 39 (33.05%) Power Platform
2 36 (30.51%) Azure
2 36 (30.51%) Power Automate
3 35 (29.66%) PowerApps
4 19 (16.10%) Microsoft 365
5 17 (14.41%) Serverless
6 16 (13.56%) Azure Functions
6 16 (13.56%) npm
7 14 (11.86%) Azure Logic Apps
8 13 (11.02%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (7.63%) AWS
9 9 (7.63%) GitHub
10 5 (4.24%) Azure Storage
10 5 (4.24%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (3.39%) Azure API Management
11 4 (3.39%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 4 (3.39%) Azure Key Vault
11 4 (3.39%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (3.39%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (2.54%) Azure Batch
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.69%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (24.58%) SQL Server
2 18 (15.25%) Power BI
3 10 (8.47%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (6.78%) NoSQL
5 5 (4.24%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (4.24%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (4.24%) Metadata
6 4 (3.39%) Relational Database
6 4 (3.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (2.54%) Big Data
7 3 (2.54%) Data Lake
7 3 (2.54%) MySQL
7 3 (2.54%) OLTP
8 2 (1.69%) GIS
8 2 (1.69%) MariaDB
8 2 (1.69%) MongoDB
8 2 (1.69%) Sybase ASE
9 1 (0.85%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 24 (20.34%) JIRA
2 16 (13.56%) webpack
3 10 (8.47%) Git
4 7 (5.93%) GitLab
5 4 (3.39%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (2.54%) Jenkins
6 3 (2.54%) Team Foundation Server
6 3 (2.54%) Visual Studio
6 3 (2.54%) Visual Studio Team System
7 2 (1.69%) Moq
7 2 (1.69%) NUnit
8 1 (0.85%) CMake
8 1 (0.85%) CocoaPods
8 1 (0.85%) JUnit
8 1 (0.85%) MSI
8 1 (0.85%) Xcode
8 1 (0.85%) XCTest
General
1 31 (26.27%) Social Skills
2 23 (19.49%) Analytical Skills
3 16 (13.56%) Front Office
3 16 (13.56%) Public Sector
4 9 (7.63%) Finance
5 8 (6.78%) Banking
6 4 (3.39%) Local Government
7 2 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.85%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (24.58%) REST
2 27 (22.88%) .NET
3 20 (16.95%) React
4 18 (15.25%) AngularJS
5 16 (13.56%) RxJS
5 16 (13.56%) WebSockets
6 12 (10.17%) CSS
7 11 (9.32%) HTML
8 6 (5.08%) .NET Framework
9 5 (4.24%) ASP.NET
9 5 (4.24%) HTML5 Canvas
9 5 (4.24%) Node.js
9 5 (4.24%) Web Services
10 4 (3.39%) ASP.NET Web Forms
10 4 (3.39%) JSON
10 4 (3.39%) XML
11 3 (2.54%) .NET Core
11 3 (2.54%) ARM Templates
11 3 (2.54%) ASP.NET MVC
12 2 (1.69%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.32%) Mobile App
2 4 (3.39%) Legacy Applications
3 3 (2.54%) Low-Code
3 3 (2.54%) Reinsurance
4 2 (1.69%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (1.69%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.69%) NHS
5 1 (0.85%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.85%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.85%) IoT
5 1 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.85%) Life Science
5 1 (0.85%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.85%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.85%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.08%) Android
2 5 (4.24%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.69%) Linux
3 2 (1.69%) Windows
4 1 (0.85%) Debian
4 1 (0.85%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (42.37%) Agile
2 22 (18.64%) Software Engineering
3 21 (17.80%) Business Intelligence
3 21 (17.80%) Continuous Improvement
3 21 (17.80%) DevOps
4 19 (16.10%) Design Patterns
5 17 (14.41%) Web Application Development
6 16 (13.56%) Electronic Trading
7 15 (12.71%) Full Stack Development
8 14 (11.86%) MVC
9 10 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (6.78%) CI/CD
10 8 (6.78%) Migration
11 7 (5.93%) Design Thinking
11 7 (5.93%) Front End Development
11 7 (5.93%) SDLC
11 7 (5.93%) Web Development
12 6 (5.08%) Continuous Integration
12 6 (5.08%) CRM
12 6 (5.08%) iOS Development
Programming Languages
1 43 (36.44%) C#
2 41 (34.75%) JavaScript
3 21 (17.80%) TypeScript
4 19 (16.10%) SQL
5 16 (13.56%) Python
6 12 (10.17%) PowerShell
7 7 (5.93%) Java
8 6 (5.08%) Lua
9 5 (4.24%) C
10 4 (3.39%) MATLAB
10 4 (3.39%) Swift
11 3 (2.54%) Objective-C
11 3 (2.54%) VB.NET
12 2 (1.69%) C++
12 2 (1.69%) Korn
12 2 (1.69%) Perl
12 2 (1.69%) PL/1
12 2 (1.69%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.85%) R
13 1 (0.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 21 (17.80%) Degree
2 12 (10.17%) Master's Degree
2 12 (10.17%) Security Cleared
3 8 (6.78%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.39%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.85%) CAPM
6 1 (0.85%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.85%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.69%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.54%) Docker
2 1 (0.85%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.54%) Ansible
1 3 (2.54%) Terraform
2 2 (1.69%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.69%) Puppet
Vendors
1 23 (19.49%) Microsoft
2 10 (8.47%) Oracle
3 4 (3.39%) Databricks
4 2 (1.69%) ESRI
4 2 (1.69%) SAP
4 2 (1.69%) Sybase
5 1 (0.85%) Apple
5 1 (0.85%) Google
5 1 (0.85%) Lotus
5 1 (0.85%) New Relic
5 1 (0.85%) Red Hat
5 1 (0.85%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.85%) Splunk
5 1 (0.85%) Virgin Media