Applications Developer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Application Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Application Developer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £450 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 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
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 341 357 414
Rank change year-on-year +16 +57 -88
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Developer 47 96 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.41% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.43% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 79 62
10th Percentile £300 £371 £364
25th Percentile £363 £425 £441
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £549 £525
Median % change year-on-year -18.03% +4.57% +31.25%
75th Percentile £488 £602 £597
90th Percentile £513 £612 £638
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -13.64% +0.92% +21.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.75 - -
Median hourly rate £24.50 - £46.67
75th Percentile £26.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £24.50 £72.50 £40.34
% change year-on-year -66.21% +79.74% +168.90%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 18,947 22,165 29,135
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.49% 94.32% 95.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,551 15,483 20,411
10th Percentile £213 £225 £202
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,261 1,134 1,449
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.41 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.08 £14.31
Median hourly rate £40.00 £42.08 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.94% +110.39% +2.56%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.00 £44.03
90th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -16.67% +88.21% +5.89%

Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Developer in the UK excluding London

Applications Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Applications Developer in the UK excluding London

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Developer in the UK excluding London

Applications Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Applications Developer in the UK excluding London

Applications Developer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding 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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 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
South West -13 15 £413 -25.00% 2
South East +9 11 £475 -15.63% 8
East of England +12 8 £475 +48.44% 8
Midlands +28 7 £200 -49.37% 6
West Midlands +21 6 £200 -63.64% 4
Scotland +35 2 - - 1
North West +17 2 £500 +5.26% 4
North of England +15 2 £500 +8.11% 10
Wales - 2 £450 - 2
East Midlands +16 1 - - 2
Applications Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 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 across the UK excluding London region featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1 20 (42.55%) Power Platform
1 20 (42.55%) Power Automate
2 17 (36.17%) C#
3 16 (34.04%) Azure
4 15 (31.91%) JavaScript
4 15 (31.91%) .NET
5 14 (29.79%) PowerApps
6 13 (27.66%) SQL Server
6 13 (27.66%) SQL
7 10 (21.28%) REST
8 9 (19.15%) CSS
8 9 (19.15%) Agile
9 8 (17.02%) SharePoint
9 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
9 8 (17.02%) Microsoft 365
9 8 (17.02%) Public Sector
10 7 (14.89%) Mobile App
10 7 (14.89%) DevOps
10 7 (14.89%) Security Cleared
10 7 (14.89%) Python
10 7 (14.89%) MVC
11 6 (12.77%) Migration
11 6 (12.77%) HTML
11 6 (12.77%) Android
11 6 (12.77%) Web Development
11 6 (12.77%) .NET Framework
11 6 (12.77%) SC Cleared
11 6 (12.77%) Apple iOS
11 6 (12.77%) Social Skills
11 6 (12.77%) Problem-Solving

Applications Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 8 (17.02%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.26%) IIS
3 1 (2.13%) CMS
Business Applications
1 2 (4.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.13%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 20 (42.55%) Power Automate
1 20 (42.55%) Power Platform
2 16 (34.04%) Azure
3 14 (29.79%) PowerApps
4 8 (17.02%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (10.64%) Azure Functions
5 5 (10.64%) Serverless
6 4 (8.51%) AWS
6 4 (8.51%) Azure Cosmos DB
6 4 (8.51%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (8.51%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (6.38%) Azure Data Factory
8 2 (4.26%) Apigee
8 2 (4.26%) Azure Logic Apps
8 2 (4.26%) Azure Storage
8 2 (4.26%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (4.26%) GCP
8 2 (4.26%) PaaS
8 2 (4.26%) SonarCloud
9 1 (2.13%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.26%) Intranet
2 1 (2.13%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (2.13%) HTTP
2 1 (2.13%) NetScaler
2 1 (2.13%) SSL
2 1 (2.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (27.66%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (6.38%) Power BI
3 3 (6.38%) Relational Database
4 2 (4.26%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (4.26%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (4.26%) MariaDB
4 2 (4.26%) MySQL
5 1 (2.13%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 5 (10.64%) Git
2 4 (8.51%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 2 (4.26%) Moq
3 2 (4.26%) NUnit
4 1 (2.13%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (17.02%) Public Sector
2 6 (12.77%) Social Skills
3 4 (8.51%) Local Government
4 1 (2.13%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.13%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (31.91%) .NET
2 10 (21.28%) REST
3 9 (19.15%) CSS
4 6 (12.77%) .NET Framework
4 6 (12.77%) HTML
5 4 (8.51%) ASP.NET
6 3 (6.38%) .NET Core
6 3 (6.38%) AngularJS
6 3 (6.38%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (4.26%) HTML5 Canvas
7 2 (4.26%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (4.26%) React
7 2 (4.26%) SPFx
8 1 (2.13%) Entity Framework
8 1 (2.13%) JSON
8 1 (2.13%) Node.js
8 1 (2.13%) Twisted
8 1 (2.13%) WCF
8 1 (2.13%) WPF
8 1 (2.13%) Xamarin.iOS
Miscellaneous
1 7 (14.89%) Mobile App
2 4 (8.51%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (4.26%) NHS
4 1 (2.13%) IoT
4 1 (2.13%) Low-Code
4 1 (2.13%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.13%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 6 (12.77%) Android
1 6 (12.77%) Apple iOS
2 2 (4.26%) Linux
3 1 (2.13%) Unix
3 1 (2.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (19.15%) Agile
2 7 (14.89%) DevOps
2 7 (14.89%) MVC
3 6 (12.77%) Migration
3 6 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (12.77%) Web Development
4 5 (10.64%) iOS Development
5 4 (8.51%) CI/CD
5 4 (8.51%) CRM
5 4 (8.51%) Qualitative Research
5 4 (8.51%) Quantitative Research
5 4 (8.51%) Workflow
6 3 (6.38%) Business Intelligence
6 3 (6.38%) Design Patterns
6 3 (6.38%) Software Engineering
6 3 (6.38%) Translating Business Requirements
6 3 (6.38%) Unit Testing
7 2 (4.26%) Business Analysis
7 2 (4.26%) Informatics
7 2 (4.26%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 17 (36.17%) C#
2 15 (31.91%) JavaScript
3 13 (27.66%) SQL
4 7 (14.89%) Python
5 4 (8.51%) C
6 3 (6.38%) Objective-C
6 3 (6.38%) Swift
7 2 (4.26%) Java
7 2 (4.26%) PL/1
7 2 (4.26%) TypeScript
7 2 (4.26%) VB.NET
8 1 (2.13%) Bash
8 1 (2.13%) C++
8 1 (2.13%) Perl
8 1 (2.13%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (14.89%) Security Cleared
2 6 (12.77%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.51%) Azure Certification
3 4 (8.51%) Degree
4 2 (4.26%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (4.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.13%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.13%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.26%) Xamarin
3 1 (2.13%) Adobe
3 1 (2.13%) Apple
3 1 (2.13%) F5
3 1 (2.13%) Google
3 1 (2.13%) Oracle
3 1 (2.13%) Virgin Media