Applications Developer Contracts

Application Developer
UK

The median Application Developer daily rate in the UK is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 466 460 605
Rank change year-on-year -6 +145 -136
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Developer 135 264 262
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.31% 0.45% 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 0.47% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 179 178
10th Percentile £313 £373 £386
25th Percentile £363 £449 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £541
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +1.62% +20.28%
75th Percentile £625 £605 £634
90th Percentile £850 £675 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £549 £525
% change year-on-year -18.03% +4.57% +31.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 2
10th Percentile - £47.63 £33.47
25th Percentile £22.75 £51.56 £35.67
Median hourly rate £24.50 £58.75 £40.34
Median % change year-on-year -58.30% +45.66% +168.90%
75th Percentile £26.25 £66.56 £44.00
90th Percentile - £70.88 £45.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.50 £45.00 £46.67
% change year-on-year -45.56% -3.58% -6.66%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,029 55,895 84,701
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.62% 95.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,060 39,048 59,505
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,665 1,566 2,078
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.11 £15.72
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.60
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +90.68% +4.89%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £19.52
% change year-on-year -4.76% +115.16% +2.74%

Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Developer in the UK

Applications Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Applications Developer in the UK

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Developer over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Developer in the UK

Applications Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Applications Developer in the UK

Applications Developer
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 5 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
England +25 118 £475 -13.48% 47
London +74 71 £588 +6.82% 8
UK excluding London -1 47 £450 -18.03% 40
Work from Home +23 32 £475 -13.64% 26
South West -3 15 £413 -25.00% 5
South East +5 11 £475 -14.65% 7
East of England +22 9 £475 +48.44% 11
Midlands +25 6 £200 -49.37% 8
West Midlands +26 5 £200 -63.64% 6
Scotland +32 2 - - 1
North of England +22 2 £500 +5.26% 7
North West +20 2 £500 +5.26% 2
Wales - 2 £450 - 2
East Midlands +12 1 - - 2

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

For the 6 months to 5 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 featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1 50 (37.04%) Agile
2 46 (34.07%) C#
2 46 (34.07%) JavaScript
3 40 (29.63%) Power Platform
4 38 (28.15%) Azure
5 36 (26.67%) Power Automate
6 35 (25.93%) PowerApps
7 33 (24.44%) Social Skills
8 31 (22.96%) REST
8 31 (22.96%) SQL Server
9 30 (22.22%) .NET
10 26 (19.26%) Microsoft
11 24 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
11 24 (17.78%) JIRA
12 23 (17.04%) Software Engineering
13 22 (16.30%) Business Intelligence
13 22 (16.30%) Degree
13 22 (16.30%) TypeScript
13 22 (16.30%) DevOps
13 22 (16.30%) AngularJS
14 21 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
14 21 (15.56%) React
14 21 (15.56%) SQL
14 21 (15.56%) Design Patterns
15 19 (14.07%) Power BI
15 19 (14.07%) SharePoint
15 19 (14.07%) Microsoft 365
16 18 (13.33%) Python
17 17 (12.59%) Web Application Development
17 17 (12.59%) Mobile App

Applications Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 19 (14.07%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.19%) Confluence
3 5 (3.70%) IBM Notes
4 2 (1.48%) IIS
4 2 (1.48%) Site Server
5 1 (0.74%) CMS
5 1 (0.74%) JBoss
Business Applications
1 4 (2.96%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.74%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.74%) Shopify
2 1 (0.74%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 40 (29.63%) Power Platform
2 38 (28.15%) Azure
3 36 (26.67%) Power Automate
4 35 (25.93%) PowerApps
5 19 (14.07%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (12.59%) Serverless
7 16 (11.85%) Azure Functions
7 16 (11.85%) npm
8 14 (10.37%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (10.37%) Azure Logic Apps
9 10 (7.41%) AWS
10 9 (6.67%) GitHub
11 5 (3.70%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 5 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
11 5 (3.70%) Azure Storage
11 5 (3.70%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (2.96%) Azure API Management
12 4 (2.96%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (2.96%) Microsoft Purview
13 3 (2.22%) Azure Batch
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.48%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 2 (1.48%) HTTP
1 2 (1.48%) Intranet
1 2 (1.48%) NetScaler
1 2 (1.48%) SSL
1 2 (1.48%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (22.96%) SQL Server
2 19 (14.07%) Power BI
3 10 (7.41%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (5.93%) NoSQL
5 5 (3.70%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (3.70%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (3.70%) Metadata
5 5 (3.70%) Relational Database
6 4 (2.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (2.22%) Big Data
7 3 (2.22%) Data Lake
7 3 (2.22%) MongoDB
7 3 (2.22%) MySQL
7 3 (2.22%) OLTP
8 2 (1.48%) GIS
8 2 (1.48%) MariaDB
8 2 (1.48%) SAP HANA
8 2 (1.48%) Sybase ASE
9 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (17.78%) JIRA
2 16 (11.85%) webpack
3 12 (8.89%) Git
4 7 (5.19%) GitLab
5 5 (3.70%) Jenkins
6 4 (2.96%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (2.22%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (2.22%) Visual Studio
7 3 (2.22%) Visual Studio Team System
8 2 (1.48%) Moq
8 2 (1.48%) NUnit
9 1 (0.74%) CMake
9 1 (0.74%) CocoaPods
9 1 (0.74%) JUnit
9 1 (0.74%) MSI
9 1 (0.74%) Xcode
9 1 (0.74%) XCTest
General
1 33 (24.44%) Social Skills
2 24 (17.78%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (12.59%) Public Sector
4 16 (11.85%) Front Office
5 9 (6.67%) Finance
6 8 (5.93%) Banking
7 4 (2.96%) Local Government
8 2 (1.48%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.74%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.74%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (22.96%) REST
2 30 (22.22%) .NET
3 22 (16.30%) AngularJS
4 21 (15.56%) React
5 16 (11.85%) RxJS
5 16 (11.85%) WebSockets
6 13 (9.63%) CSS
7 12 (8.89%) HTML
8 8 (5.93%) .NET Framework
9 6 (4.44%) ASP.NET
10 5 (3.70%) .NET Core
10 5 (3.70%) HTML5 Canvas
10 5 (3.70%) JSON
10 5 (3.70%) Node.js
10 5 (3.70%) Web Services
11 4 (2.96%) ASP.NET MVC
11 4 (2.96%) ASP.NET Web Forms
11 4 (2.96%) React Native
11 4 (2.96%) XML
12 3 (2.22%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 17 (12.59%) Mobile App
2 7 (5.19%) Low-Code
3 6 (4.44%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.70%) Algorithms
4 5 (3.70%) Data Structures
4 5 (3.70%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.96%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (2.22%) Reinsurance
7 2 (1.48%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.48%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.48%) NHS
8 1 (0.74%) IoT
8 1 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.74%) Life Science
8 1 (0.74%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.74%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.74%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.89%) Android
2 8 (5.93%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.96%) Linux
4 2 (1.48%) Unix
4 2 (1.48%) Windows
5 1 (0.74%) Debian
5 1 (0.74%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (37.04%) Agile
2 23 (17.04%) Software Engineering
3 22 (16.30%) Business Intelligence
3 22 (16.30%) DevOps
4 21 (15.56%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (15.56%) Design Patterns
5 17 (12.59%) Web Application Development
6 16 (11.85%) Electronic Trading
6 16 (11.85%) MVC
7 15 (11.11%) Full Stack Development
8 12 (8.89%) Problem-Solving
9 11 (8.15%) Migration
10 10 (7.41%) CI/CD
11 9 (6.67%) Microservices
12 7 (5.19%) Design Thinking
12 7 (5.19%) Front End Development
12 7 (5.19%) SDLC
12 7 (5.19%) Web Development
13 6 (4.44%) Computer Science
13 6 (4.44%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 46 (34.07%) C#
1 46 (34.07%) JavaScript
2 22 (16.30%) TypeScript
3 21 (15.56%) SQL
4 18 (13.33%) Python
5 12 (8.89%) PowerShell
6 9 (6.67%) Java
7 6 (4.44%) Lua
8 5 (3.70%) C
9 4 (2.96%) MATLAB
9 4 (2.96%) Perl
9 4 (2.96%) Swift
9 4 (2.96%) VB.NET
10 3 (2.22%) Kotlin
10 3 (2.22%) Objective-C
11 2 (1.48%) ABAP
11 2 (1.48%) C++
11 2 (1.48%) Korn
11 2 (1.48%) PL/1
11 2 (1.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 22 (16.30%) Degree
2 13 (9.63%) Security Cleared
3 12 (8.89%) Master's Degree
4 9 (6.67%) SC Cleared
5 4 (2.96%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.74%) CAPM
7 1 (0.74%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.74%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.48%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.22%) Docker
2 1 (0.74%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.22%) Ansible
1 3 (2.22%) Terraform
2 2 (1.48%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.48%) Puppet
Vendors
1 26 (19.26%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.41%) Oracle
3 5 (3.70%) Lotus
3 5 (3.70%) New Relic
3 5 (3.70%) Splunk
4 4 (2.96%) Databricks
5 3 (2.22%) SAP
6 2 (1.48%) ESRI
6 2 (1.48%) F5
6 2 (1.48%) Sybase
7 1 (0.74%) Apple
7 1 (0.74%) Google
7 1 (0.74%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.74%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.74%) Virgin Media
7 1 (0.74%) Xamarin