Applications Developer Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Application Developer
South West > Bristol

The median Application Developer daily rate in Bristol is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 51 73
Rank change year-on-year -28 +22 +18
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Developer 1 8 3
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.085% 1.51% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.090% 1.59% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 2
10th Percentile - £312 -
25th Percentile - £355 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £370 £450
Median % change year-on-year +35.14% -17.78% +7.46%
75th Percentile - £385 £475
90th Percentile - £386 -
South West median daily rate £575 £370 £413
% change year-on-year +55.41% -10.30% -25.00%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. 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 Bristol with a recognized job title 1,111 504 995
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.91% 95.09% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 514 307 568
10th Percentile £316 £213 £247
25th Percentile £405 £355 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £652 £675 £688
South West median daily rate £500 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -2.44% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 75 182
10th Percentile £17.87 £21.21 £36.25
25th Percentile £53.53 £54.31 £44.94
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% -4.58%
75th Percentile £67.25 £68.00 £71.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £64.50 £47.83
% change year-on-year -6.98% +34.85% -26.42%

Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Applications Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Applications Developer job vacancy trend in Bristol

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Developer job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Applications Developer job vacancies in Bristol

Applications Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Developer job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Applications Developer job vacancies in Bristol

Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 11 April 2026, Applications Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bristol region featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Android Development
1 1 (100.00%) Android Jetpack
1 1 (100.00%) Android SDK
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Jetpack Compose
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) Kotlin
1 1 (100.00%) MVVM
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) SOLID

Applications Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Android Jetpack
1 1 (100.00%) Android SDK
1 1 (100.00%) Jetpack Compose
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Android Development
1 1 (100.00%) Application Security
1 1 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (100.00%) Kalman Filter
1 1 (100.00%) MVVM
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (100.00%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Kotlin
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google