Applications Developer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Application Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Application Developer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £450 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 341 348 414
Rank change year-on-year +7 +66 -79
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Developer 51 98 91
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.43% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.46% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 81 58
10th Percentile £333 £373 £371
25th Percentile £391 £425 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £549 £525
Median % change year-on-year -18.03% +4.57% +31.25%
75th Percentile £488 £600 £619
90th Percentile £513 £612 £641
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -13.64% +0.92% +21.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.75 - -
Median hourly rate £24.50 - -
75th Percentile £26.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £24.50 £72.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year -66.21% +113.24% +126.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,126 21,496 29,151
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.40% 94.27% 95.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,597 14,946 20,454
10th Percentile £213 £225 £205
25th Percentile £363 £394 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,384 1,087 1,426
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.02 £14.62
Median hourly rate £40.00 £43.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.98% +115.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £45.00
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.93
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -16.67% +87.50% +6.90%

Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Developer in the UK excluding London

Applications Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Applications Developer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Applications Developer in the UK excluding London

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Developer in the UK excluding London

Applications Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Applications Developer in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Applications Developer in the UK excluding London

Applications Developer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 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
South West -16 16 £450 -18.18% 3
East of England +14 12 £429 +32.95% 5
South East -4 11 £475 -15.63% 8
Midlands +18 6 - - 11
West Midlands +18 5 - - 7
North of England +21 3 £450 - 10
North West +19 3 £450 -5.26% 7
Wales - 2 £450 - 2
Scotland +23 1 - - 2
East Midlands +6 1 - - 4
Applications Developer
UK

Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 29 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 UK excluding London region featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1 25 (49.02%) Power Platform
2 23 (45.10%) Power Automate
3 19 (37.25%) PowerApps
4 17 (33.33%) Azure
5 16 (31.37%) C#
5 16 (31.37%) JavaScript
6 14 (27.45%) .NET
7 13 (25.49%) SQL Server
7 13 (25.49%) SharePoint
8 12 (23.53%) CSS
8 12 (23.53%) SQL
8 12 (23.53%) REST
9 9 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (17.65%) Microsoft
9 9 (17.65%) Agile
9 9 (17.65%) Public Sector
10 8 (15.69%) HTML
10 8 (15.69%) Security Cleared
11 7 (13.73%) SC Cleared
11 7 (13.73%) Mobile App
11 7 (13.73%) DevOps
11 7 (13.73%) MVC
11 7 (13.73%) Migration
12 6 (11.76%) Python
12 6 (11.76%) Apple iOS
12 6 (11.76%) Android
12 6 (11.76%) Web Development
12 6 (11.76%) .NET Framework
13 5 (9.80%) Azure Certification
13 5 (9.80%) Serverless

Applications Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 13 (25.49%) SharePoint
2 2 (3.92%) IIS
3 1 (1.96%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (3.92%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.96%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 25 (49.02%) Power Platform
2 23 (45.10%) Power Automate
3 19 (37.25%) PowerApps
4 17 (33.33%) Azure
5 9 (17.65%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (9.80%) Azure Functions
6 5 (9.80%) Serverless
7 4 (7.84%) AWS
7 4 (7.84%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 4 (7.84%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (7.84%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (5.88%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (3.92%) Apigee
9 2 (3.92%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (3.92%) Azure Storage
9 2 (3.92%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (3.92%) GCP
9 2 (3.92%) PaaS
9 2 (3.92%) SonarCloud
10 1 (1.96%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.92%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (25.49%) SQL Server
2 4 (7.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (5.88%) Power BI
3 3 (5.88%) Relational Database
4 2 (3.92%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (3.92%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (3.92%) MariaDB
4 2 (3.92%) MySQL
5 1 (1.96%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (1.96%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Git
1 4 (7.84%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (3.92%) Moq
2 2 (3.92%) NUnit
General
1 9 (17.65%) Public Sector
2 4 (7.84%) Local Government
2 4 (7.84%) Social Skills
3 1 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (27.45%) .NET
2 12 (23.53%) CSS
2 12 (23.53%) REST
3 8 (15.69%) HTML
4 6 (11.76%) .NET Framework
5 4 (7.84%) HTML5 Canvas
6 3 (5.88%) .NET Core
6 3 (5.88%) ASP.NET
6 3 (5.88%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (3.92%) AngularJS
7 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (3.92%) SPFx
8 1 (1.96%) ASP.NET Web API
8 1 (1.96%) Entity Framework
8 1 (1.96%) JSON
8 1 (1.96%) Node.js
8 1 (1.96%) React
8 1 (1.96%) RESTful
8 1 (1.96%) WCF
8 1 (1.96%) Xamarin.iOS
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.73%) Mobile App
2 4 (7.84%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (3.92%) NHS
4 1 (1.96%) IoT
4 1 (1.96%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.96%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.76%) Android
1 6 (11.76%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (17.65%) Agile
2 7 (13.73%) DevOps
2 7 (13.73%) Migration
2 7 (13.73%) MVC
3 6 (11.76%) Web Development
4 5 (9.80%) iOS Development
4 5 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (7.84%) CRM
5 4 (7.84%) Qualitative Research
5 4 (7.84%) Quantitative Research
5 4 (7.84%) Workflow
6 3 (5.88%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (5.88%) CI/CD
6 3 (5.88%) Data Encryption
6 3 (5.88%) Design Patterns
6 3 (5.88%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (5.88%) Software Engineering
6 3 (5.88%) Translating Business Requirements
6 3 (5.88%) Unit Testing
7 2 (3.92%) Runbook
Programming Languages
1 16 (31.37%) C#
1 16 (31.37%) JavaScript
2 12 (23.53%) SQL
3 6 (11.76%) Python
4 4 (7.84%) C
5 3 (5.88%) Objective-C
5 3 (5.88%) Swift
6 2 (3.92%) PL/1
7 1 (1.96%) C++
7 1 (1.96%) Java
7 1 (1.96%) PL/SQL
7 1 (1.96%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.96%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 8 (15.69%) Security Cleared
2 7 (13.73%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.80%) Azure Certification
4 4 (7.84%) Degree
5 2 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (3.92%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.96%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.92%) Xamarin
3 1 (1.96%) Adobe
3 1 (1.96%) Apple
3 1 (1.96%) Google
3 1 (1.96%) Oracle
3 1 (1.96%) Virgin Media