Cross-Platform Development Contracts

Cross-Platform Development
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Cross-Platform Development skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Cross-Platform Development over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 578 666 824
Rank change year-on-year +88 +158 -144
Contract jobs citing Cross-Platform Development 7 27 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.016% 0.046% 0.028%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.019% 0.052% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 18 14
10th Percentile £500 £306 £503
25th Percentile £519 £450 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £540 £585
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% +37.65%
75th Percentile £597 £603 £596
90th Percentile £663 £625 £621
UK excluding London median daily rate £538 £567 £575
% change year-on-year -5.20% -1.39% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cross-Platform Development is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,956 52,182 79,685
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.29% 89.83% 90.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,793 36,175 55,967
10th Percentile £300 £325 £341
25th Percentile £413 £438 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,727 1,890
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +2.04%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

Cross-Platform Development
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Cross-Platform Development as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Cross-Platform Development in the UK

Cross-Platform Development
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cross-Platform Development.

Daily rate trend for Cross-Platform Development in the UK

Cross-Platform Development
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cross-Platform Development over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Cross-Platform Development in the UK

Cross-Platform Development
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cross-Platform Development.

Hourly rate trend for Cross-Platform Development in the UK

Cross-Platform Development
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cross-Platform Development within the UK over the 6 months to 7 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
England +85 7 £563 +1.17% 19
UK excluding London +61 4 £538 -5.20% 11
London +79 3 £638 +82.14% 8
South East +11 3 £550 -5.74% 2
East of England +4 1 £525 -4.55% 1

Cross-Platform Development
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:

Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 1 (14.29%) SAP MM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) ClearCase
1 3 (42.86%) ClearQuest
1 3 (42.86%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (14.29%) Android Studio
2 1 (14.29%) Git
2 1 (14.29%) Mocha
2 1 (14.29%) Xcode
General
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Investment Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Flutter Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Java Developer
3 1 (14.29%) OTC Derivatives Developer
3 1 (14.29%) React Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Sales Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) SAP Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Service Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Services Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) Flutter
1 1 (14.29%) iOS SDK
1 1 (14.29%) Jest
1 1 (14.29%) Middleware
1 1 (14.29%) React Native
1 1 (14.29%) Redux
1 1 (14.29%) REST
1 1 (14.29%) RESTful
1 1 (14.29%) SAP PI
1 1 (14.29%) SOAP
1 1 (14.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Management Information System
2 3 (42.86%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (28.57%) Mobile App
4 1 (14.29%) Derivative
4 1 (14.29%) OTC Derivatives
4 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (42.86%) Linux
2 2 (28.57%) Android
2 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Kanban
2 3 (42.86%) Memory Management
2 3 (42.86%) Multithreading
2 3 (42.86%) OO
2 3 (42.86%) Scrum
2 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
3 2 (28.57%) Code Quality
3 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (14.29%) Contract Management
4 1 (14.29%) Functional Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Integration Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (14.29%) Non-Functional Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Push Notifications
4 1 (14.29%) Test Automation
4 1 (14.29%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) C
1 3 (42.86%) C++
2 2 (28.57%) Java
3 1 (14.29%) C#
3 1 (14.29%) Dart
3 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
3 1 (14.29%) Python
3 1 (14.29%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
1 3 (42.86%) Security Cleared
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (42.86%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) HP
1 3 (42.86%) Sparx
2 1 (14.29%) SAP