Senior Applications Developer Contract Job Trends in Chelmsford

Senior Application Developer
Essex > Chelmsford

The median Senior Application Developer daily rate in Chelmsford is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 27 November 2025.

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

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Applications Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Chelmsford 12.50% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 14.29% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £363 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £388 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median daily rate £375 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Chelmsford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Chelmsford. 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 Chelmsford with a recognized job title 7 9 10
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.50% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 8
10th Percentile £200 £480 £104
25th Percentile - £506 £107
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £550 £270
Median % change year-on-year -59.09% +103.70% +92.86%
75th Percentile £229 £613 £541
90th Percentile £309 £650 £550
Essex median daily rate £336 £319 £450
% change year-on-year +5.41% -29.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £16.30
25th Percentile - - £16.38
Median hourly rate - - £18.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +5.17%
75th Percentile - - £19.88
90th Percentile - - £20.10
Essex median hourly rate £25.15 £28.34 £40.31
% change year-on-year -11.24% -29.71% +106.72%

Senior Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

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

Senior Applications Developer job vacancy trend in Chelmsford

Senior Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelmsford

For the 6 months to 27 November 2025, Senior 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 Chelmsford region featuring Senior Applications Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 22301
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) SFIA
1 1 (100.00%) SQL

Senior Applications Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelmsford 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) SFIA
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (100.00%) ISO 22301
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft