Senior Applications Developer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Senior Application Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Application Developer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £434, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 August 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
3 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 372 372 413
Rank change year-on-year 0 +41 +105
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Applications Developer 5 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.033% 0.022% 0.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.024% 0.038%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile £375 £454 £403
25th Percentile £395 £459 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £434 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year -8.74% -2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £466 £541 £506
90th Percentile £482 £636 £556
UK median daily rate £725 £475 £605
% change year-on-year +52.63% -21.49% +5.22%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies 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 13,827 16,897 21,123
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.37% 92.01% 94.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,468 10,365 14,318
10th Percentile £215 £219 £230
25th Percentile £363 £375 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.04%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £683 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -0.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,209 1,773 1,166
10th Percentile £13.37 £14.00 £13.98
25th Percentile £16.50 £18.35 £17.72
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.90 £39.55
Median % change year-on-year -42.71% +11.00% +86.12%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.00 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.75
% change year-on-year -41.51% +0.58% +66.47%

Senior Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Applications Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior Applications Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for Senior Applications Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior Applications Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Hourly rate trend for Senior Applications Developer in the UK excluding London

Senior 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 Senior Applications Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 3 August 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
East of England - 4 £375 - 1
Northern Ireland - 1 £492 -
Senior Applications Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 August 2025, Senior 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 Senior Applications Developer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) DBS Check
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (20.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
2 1 (20.00%) HTML
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
2 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (20.00%) ISO 22301
2 1 (20.00%) SFIA
2 1 (20.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) UniData
2 1 (20.00%) UniBasic
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) JSON
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection

Senior 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (20.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) UniData
General
1 3 (60.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (20.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (20.00%) DevOps
1 1 (20.00%) Line Management
1 1 (20.00%) PRINCE2
1 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (20.00%) SFIA
1 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
1 1 (20.00%) UniBasic
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (20.00%) ISO 22301
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft