Applications Developer Contracts

Application Developer
UK

The median Application Developer daily rate in the UK is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 467 462 596
Rank change year-on-year -5 +134 -130
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Developer 131 267 259
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.30% 0.45% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.33% 0.47% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 90 183 175
10th Percentile £313 £373 £381
25th Percentile £372 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +2.33% +20.52%
75th Percentile £625 £605 £631
90th Percentile £850 £685 £695
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £549 £500
% change year-on-year -18.03% +9.80% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - - £33.47
25th Percentile £22.75 - £35.67
Median hourly rate £24.50 £45.00 £40.34
Median % change year-on-year -45.56% +11.57% +168.90%
75th Percentile £26.25 £59.38 £44.00
90th Percentile - £68.00 £45.60
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.50 £45.00 £46.67
% change year-on-year -45.56% -3.58% -6.66%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 40,172 56,583 84,829
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.78% 94.61% 95.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,161 39,538 59,512
10th Percentile £275 £313 £313
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £731
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.93% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,642 1,585 2,099
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.27 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.50 £15.50
Median hourly rate £35.83 £45.00 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.38% +95.65% -
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £76.00 £63.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -11.76% +117.95% +2.55%

Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Developer in the UK

Applications Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Applications Developer in the UK

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Developer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Developer in the UK

Applications Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Applications Developer in the UK

Applications Developer
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +31 115 £475 -13.48% 53
London +66 70 £588 +6.82% 9
UK excluding London -3 44 £450 -18.03% 48
Work from Home +25 31 £475 -13.64% 31
South West -4 15 £413 -25.00% 8
South East +7 10 £475 -14.65% 7
East of England +22 9 £475 +48.44% 7
Midlands +19 6 £200 -49.37% 10
West Midlands +33 5 £200 -63.64% 8
Scotland +22 2 - - 2
North of England +19 1 £450 -2.70% 11
East Midlands +11 1 - - 2
North West +5 1 £450 -2.70% 4
Wales - 1 £450 - 4

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 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 featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1 49 (37.40%) Agile
2 46 (35.11%) JavaScript
3 45 (34.35%) C#
4 37 (28.24%) Power Platform
5 35 (26.72%) Azure
6 33 (25.19%) Power Automate
7 32 (24.43%) PowerApps
7 32 (24.43%) Social Skills
7 32 (24.43%) REST
8 29 (22.14%) .NET
8 29 (22.14%) SQL Server
9 24 (18.32%) Software Engineering
9 24 (18.32%) JIRA
10 23 (17.56%) AngularJS
10 23 (17.56%) TypeScript
10 23 (17.56%) Analytical Skills
10 23 (17.56%) Microsoft
11 22 (16.79%) React
11 22 (16.79%) Continuous Improvement
12 21 (16.03%) DevOps
12 21 (16.03%) Degree
12 21 (16.03%) Design Patterns
13 19 (14.50%) Business Intelligence
13 19 (14.50%) SQL
14 18 (13.74%) Python
14 18 (13.74%) Microsoft 365
14 18 (13.74%) Web Application Development
15 17 (12.98%) RxJS
15 17 (12.98%) npm
15 17 (12.98%) WebSockets

Applications Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 17 (12.98%) SharePoint
2 6 (4.58%) Confluence
3 5 (3.82%) IBM Notes
4 2 (1.53%) IIS
4 2 (1.53%) Site Server
5 1 (0.76%) JBoss
Business Applications
1 4 (3.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.76%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.76%) Shopify
2 1 (0.76%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 37 (28.24%) Power Platform
2 35 (26.72%) Azure
3 33 (25.19%) Power Automate
4 32 (24.43%) PowerApps
5 18 (13.74%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (12.98%) npm
7 15 (11.45%) Serverless
8 14 (10.69%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (10.69%) Azure Functions
9 13 (9.92%) Azure Logic Apps
10 10 (7.63%) AWS
11 7 (5.34%) GitHub
12 5 (3.82%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 5 (3.82%) Azure Service Bus
12 5 (3.82%) Azure Storage
13 4 (3.05%) Azure API Management
13 4 (3.05%) Azure Key Vault
13 4 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
14 3 (2.29%) Azure Data Factory
14 3 (2.29%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.53%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 2 (1.53%) HTTP
1 2 (1.53%) Intranet
1 2 (1.53%) NetScaler
1 2 (1.53%) SSL
1 2 (1.53%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 29 (22.14%) SQL Server
2 16 (12.21%) Power BI
3 9 (6.87%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (5.34%) NoSQL
5 5 (3.82%) Azure SQL Database
5 5 (3.82%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (3.82%) Relational Database
6 4 (3.05%) Metadata
6 4 (3.05%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 3 (2.29%) Big Data
7 3 (2.29%) Data Lake
7 3 (2.29%) MongoDB
7 3 (2.29%) MySQL
7 3 (2.29%) OLTP
8 2 (1.53%) GIS
8 2 (1.53%) MariaDB
8 2 (1.53%) SAP HANA
8 2 (1.53%) Sybase ASE
9 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 24 (18.32%) JIRA
2 17 (12.98%) webpack
3 11 (8.40%) Git
4 6 (4.58%) GitLab
5 5 (3.82%) Jenkins
6 4 (3.05%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 3 (2.29%) Team Foundation Server
7 3 (2.29%) Visual Studio
7 3 (2.29%) Visual Studio Team System
8 2 (1.53%) Moq
8 2 (1.53%) NUnit
9 1 (0.76%) CMake
9 1 (0.76%) CocoaPods
9 1 (0.76%) JUnit
9 1 (0.76%) MSI
9 1 (0.76%) Xcode
9 1 (0.76%) XCTest
General
1 32 (24.43%) Social Skills
2 23 (17.56%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (12.98%) Front Office
4 16 (12.21%) Public Sector
5 8 (6.11%) Finance
6 6 (4.58%) Banking
7 4 (3.05%) Local Government
8 2 (1.53%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.76%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.76%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (24.43%) REST
2 29 (22.14%) .NET
3 23 (17.56%) AngularJS
4 22 (16.79%) React
5 17 (12.98%) RxJS
5 17 (12.98%) WebSockets
6 12 (9.16%) CSS
7 11 (8.40%) HTML
8 7 (5.34%) .NET Framework
9 6 (4.58%) ASP.NET
10 5 (3.82%) JSON
10 5 (3.82%) Node.js
10 5 (3.82%) Web Services
11 4 (3.05%) .NET Core
11 4 (3.05%) ASP.NET MVC
11 4 (3.05%) ASP.NET Web Forms
11 4 (3.05%) HTML5 Canvas
11 4 (3.05%) React Native
11 4 (3.05%) XML
12 3 (2.29%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 15 (11.45%) Mobile App
2 6 (4.58%) Cloud Native
2 6 (4.58%) Low-Code
3 5 (3.82%) Algorithms
3 5 (3.82%) Data Structures
3 5 (3.82%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (3.05%) Legacy Applications
5 3 (2.29%) Reinsurance
6 2 (1.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (1.53%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.53%) NHS
7 1 (0.76%) IoT
7 1 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.76%) Life Science
7 1 (0.76%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.76%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 10 (7.63%) Android
2 6 (4.58%) Apple iOS
3 4 (3.05%) Linux
4 2 (1.53%) Unix
4 2 (1.53%) Windows
5 1 (0.76%) Debian
5 1 (0.76%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (37.40%) Agile
2 24 (18.32%) Software Engineering
3 22 (16.79%) Continuous Improvement
4 21 (16.03%) Design Patterns
4 21 (16.03%) DevOps
5 19 (14.50%) Business Intelligence
6 18 (13.74%) Web Application Development
7 17 (12.98%) Electronic Trading
8 15 (11.45%) Full Stack Development
8 15 (11.45%) MVC
9 10 (7.63%) Migration
9 10 (7.63%) Problem-Solving
10 9 (6.87%) CI/CD
10 9 (6.87%) Microservices
11 8 (6.11%) Front End Development
12 7 (5.34%) SDLC
12 7 (5.34%) Web Development
13 6 (4.58%) API Design
13 6 (4.58%) CRM
13 6 (4.58%) Economics
Programming Languages
1 46 (35.11%) JavaScript
2 45 (34.35%) C#
3 23 (17.56%) TypeScript
4 19 (14.50%) SQL
5 18 (13.74%) Python
6 11 (8.40%) PowerShell
7 9 (6.87%) Java
8 6 (4.58%) Lua
9 5 (3.82%) C
10 4 (3.05%) Perl
10 4 (3.05%) Swift
10 4 (3.05%) VB.NET
11 3 (2.29%) Kotlin
11 3 (2.29%) MATLAB
11 3 (2.29%) Objective-C
12 2 (1.53%) ABAP
12 2 (1.53%) C++
12 2 (1.53%) Korn
12 2 (1.53%) PL/1
12 2 (1.53%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 21 (16.03%) Degree
2 12 (9.16%) Master's Degree
2 12 (9.16%) Security Cleared
3 9 (6.87%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.05%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.76%) CAPM
6 1 (0.76%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.76%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.53%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.29%) Ansible
1 3 (2.29%) Terraform
2 2 (1.53%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.53%) Puppet
Vendors
1 23 (17.56%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.87%) Oracle
3 5 (3.82%) Lotus
3 5 (3.82%) New Relic
3 5 (3.82%) Splunk
4 3 (2.29%) Databricks
4 3 (2.29%) SAP
5 2 (1.53%) ESRI
5 2 (1.53%) F5
5 2 (1.53%) Sybase
6 1 (0.76%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.76%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.76%) Virgin Media