Applications Developer Contracts in London

Application Developer
England > London

The median Application Developer daily rate in London is £470, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 315 320 388
Rank change year-on-year +5 +68 +112
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Developer 38 71 105
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.30% 0.40% 0.39%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.32% 0.43% 0.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 54 59
10th Percentile £363 £325 £395
25th Percentile £402 £378 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +6.82% -2.65%
75th Percentile £626 £850 £586
90th Percentile £700 - £700
England median daily rate £450 £475 £550
% change year-on-year -5.26% -13.64% +2.33%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Developer in London

Applications Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Applications Developer in London

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Developer in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Developer in London

Applications Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Applications Developer in London

Applications Developer
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Central London +2 4 £410 -19.61% 8
Applications Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 London region featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1 12 (31.58%) SQL
2 11 (28.95%) AWS
3 10 (26.32%) Azure
4 9 (23.68%) .NET
4 9 (23.68%) React
4 9 (23.68%) PowerApps
5 8 (21.05%) Power Platform
5 8 (21.05%) API Development
5 8 (21.05%) Oracle
5 8 (21.05%) DevOps
6 7 (18.42%) Test Automation
6 7 (18.42%) SQL Server
6 7 (18.42%) JavaScript
7 6 (15.79%) Spring Boot
7 6 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (15.79%) Spring
7 6 (15.79%) Java
7 6 (15.79%) C#
7 6 (15.79%) JIRA
7 6 (15.79%) Docker
7 6 (15.79%) Node.js
8 5 (13.16%) NoSQL
8 5 (13.16%) Confluence
8 5 (13.16%) TypeScript
8 5 (13.16%) GitHub
8 5 (13.16%) Agile
8 5 (13.16%) Social Skills
8 5 (13.16%) CI/CD
9 4 (10.53%) Microservices
9 4 (10.53%) API Design

Applications Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 5 (13.16%) Confluence
2 4 (10.53%) SharePoint
3 2 (5.26%) ArcGIS
4 1 (2.63%) CMS
4 1 (2.63%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Infor CloudSuite
Cloud Services
1 11 (28.95%) AWS
2 10 (26.32%) Azure
3 9 (23.68%) PowerApps
4 8 (21.05%) Power Platform
5 5 (13.16%) GitHub
6 4 (10.53%) Amazon ECS
6 4 (10.53%) Amazon EKS
6 4 (10.53%) Power Automate
7 2 (5.26%) Azure Stack
7 2 (5.26%) Datadog
7 2 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (5.26%) SaaS
7 2 (5.26%) Serverless
7 2 (5.26%) Tricentis Tosca
8 1 (2.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (2.63%) Amazon S3
8 1 (2.63%) Amazon SQS
8 1 (2.63%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (2.63%) Azure Functions
8 1 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (18.42%) SQL Server
2 5 (13.16%) NoSQL
3 3 (7.89%) Power BI
3 3 (7.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (5.26%) Data Lake
4 2 (5.26%) MongoDB
5 1 (2.63%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (2.63%) DynamoDB
5 1 (2.63%) Oracle Database
5 1 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (2.63%) Spotfire
5 1 (2.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (15.79%) JIRA
2 2 (5.26%) Git
3 1 (2.63%) GitLab
3 1 (2.63%) JUnit
3 1 (2.63%) Selenium
General
1 5 (13.16%) Social Skills
2 4 (10.53%) Public Sector
3 3 (7.89%) Finance
4 2 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.26%) Banking
4 2 (5.26%) Local Government
5 1 (2.63%) Publishing
5 1 (2.63%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (23.68%) .NET
1 9 (23.68%) React
2 6 (15.79%) Node.js
2 6 (15.79%) Spring
2 6 (15.79%) Spring Boot
3 4 (10.53%) CSS
3 4 (10.53%) HTML
3 4 (10.53%) RESTful
3 4 (10.53%) Vue
4 3 (7.89%) Web Services
5 2 (5.26%) .NET Framework
5 2 (5.26%) AngularJS
5 2 (5.26%) ASP.NET
5 2 (5.26%) ASP.NET Core
5 2 (5.26%) Express.js
5 2 (5.26%) Kafka
5 2 (5.26%) Next.js
5 2 (5.26%) React Native
5 2 (5.26%) REST
5 2 (5.26%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.26%) Distributed Systems
1 2 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
1 2 (5.26%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.63%) BYOD
2 1 (2.63%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.26%) Android
1 2 (5.26%) Linux
1 2 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (21.05%) API Development
1 8 (21.05%) DevOps
2 7 (18.42%) Test Automation
3 6 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (13.16%) Agile
4 5 (13.16%) CI/CD
5 4 (10.53%) API Design
5 4 (10.53%) Front End Development
5 4 (10.53%) Full-Stack Development
5 4 (10.53%) Microservices
6 3 (7.89%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (7.89%) Code Quality
6 3 (7.89%) Data Analysis
6 3 (7.89%) TDD
6 3 (7.89%) Unit Testing
7 2 (5.26%) MVVM
7 2 (5.26%) Release Management
7 2 (5.26%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (5.26%) User Acceptance Testing
7 2 (5.26%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 12 (31.58%) SQL
2 7 (18.42%) JavaScript
3 6 (15.79%) C#
3 6 (15.79%) Java
4 5 (13.16%) TypeScript
5 4 (10.53%) Kotlin
6 3 (7.89%) Python
7 2 (5.26%) ActionScript
8 1 (2.63%) Formula Language
8 1 (2.63%) X++
Qualifications
1 3 (7.89%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.26%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.63%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.63%) AWS Certified Developer
3 1 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.63%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.26%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (5.26%) QA
2 1 (2.63%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (15.79%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (7.89%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (21.05%) Oracle
2 4 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.26%) ESRI
3 2 (5.26%) Infor
3 2 (5.26%) TIBCO
4 1 (2.63%) Axway
4 1 (2.63%) Citrix
4 1 (2.63%) Databricks
4 1 (2.63%) Splunk
4 1 (2.63%) UiPath
4 1 (2.63%) webMethods