Applications Developer Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

Application Developer
South East > Buckinghamshire

The median Application Developer daily rate in Buckinghamshire is £525, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026.

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

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - 55
Rank change year-on-year - - +30
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Developer 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.42% - 0.17%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.45% - 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £433 - -
25th Percentile £463 - £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £405
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.06%
75th Percentile £588 - £408
90th Percentile £618 - -
South East median daily rate £550 £390 £463
% change year-on-year +41.03% -15.68% -17.85%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Buckinghamshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Buckinghamshire. 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 Buckinghamshire with a recognized job title 445 274 560
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.52% 97.51% 95.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 200 417
10th Percentile £213 £209 £275
25th Percentile £363 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £489 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% - +4.17%
75th Percentile £565 £588 £600
90th Percentile £638 £651 £743
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 5 41
10th Percentile £15.25 £12.97 £15.85
25th Percentile £15.91 £14.42 £17.00
Median hourly rate £25.11 £18.70 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.29% -15.00% +29.41%
75th Percentile £29.61 £53.75 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £56.00 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £45.21
% change year-on-year -40.82% -5.99% +0.47%

Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire.

Applications Developer job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in Buckinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Developer in Buckinghamshire over the 6 months to 2 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Developer in Buckinghamshire

Applications Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

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

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

Applications Developer
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 2 February 2026. 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
High Wycombe - 1 £625 - 2
Milton Keynes - 1 £425 - 1
Applications Developer
South East

Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire

For the 6 months to 2 February 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 Buckinghamshire region featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) CSS3
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) HTML5
1 1 (50.00%) iOS Development
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) MVC
1 1 (50.00%) React
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (50.00%) Swift
1 1 (50.00%) TDD
1 1 (50.00%) UIKit

Applications Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (50.00%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) .NET Framework
1 1 (50.00%) AngularJS
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
1 1 (50.00%) ASP.NET Web API
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) CSS3
1 1 (50.00%) Entity Framework
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) HTML5
1 1 (50.00%) React
1 1 (50.00%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (50.00%) iOS Development
1 1 (50.00%) MVC
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared