Cross-Platform Development Contracts

Cross-Platform Development
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring Cross-Platform Development skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cross-Platform Development over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 513 574 692
Rank change year-on-year +61 +118 +139
Contract jobs citing Cross-Platform Development 7 8 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.024% 0.018% 0.044%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.026% 0.021% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 17
10th Percentile £330 £500 £348
25th Percentile £488 £519 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -5.98%
75th Percentile £575 £597 £613
90th Percentile - £663 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £550 £538 £567
% change year-on-year +2.33% -5.20% -1.39%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Cross-Platform Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 26,594 37,597 53,655
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 90.84% 86.31% 89.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,149 24,227 37,238
10th Percentile £308 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £630 £638 £650
90th Percentile £743 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £483 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.50% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 2,443 1,746
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.75 £11.00
25th Percentile £18.21 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%
75th Percentile £60.38 £59.98 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.50 £37.34 £36.00
% change year-on-year -26.35% +3.72% +80.00%

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 1 May 2025.

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 7 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 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
England +56 7 £550 -2.22% 15
UK excluding London +64 5 £550 +2.33% 9
East of England +33 4 £550 +4.76%
London +36 2 - - 10
Yorkshire - 1 £250 -
Work from Home - 1 £525 - 9
North of England - 1 £250 - 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Siemens NX
1 1 (14.29%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) SAP LE
1 3 (42.86%) SAP WM
2 1 (14.29%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) AWS
1 1 (14.29%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Modbus
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Qt Creator
General
1 5 (71.43%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Financial Institution
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Logistics Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Sales Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) SAP Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) SAP Logistics Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Service Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Technical Analyst
1 3 (42.86%) Technical Services Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Qt Developer
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) SAP MM Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Technical Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Consultant
2 1 (14.29%) UI Designer
2 1 (14.29%) Visual Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) SAP PI
2 1 (14.29%) DirectX
2 1 (14.29%) ONNX
2 1 (14.29%) OpenGL
2 1 (14.29%) PyTorch
2 1 (14.29%) QML
2 1 (14.29%) Qt
2 1 (14.29%) Qt Quick
2 1 (14.29%) TensorFlow
2 1 (14.29%) Vulkan
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Management Information System
1 4 (57.14%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (14.29%) 3D Graphics
2 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
2 1 (14.29%) Hedge funds
2 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Android
1 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
1 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
1 4 (57.14%) Contract Management
1 4 (57.14%) Logistics
2 3 (42.86%) Integration Testing
2 3 (42.86%) ITSM
2 3 (42.86%) Service Management
3 1 (14.29%) 3D Modelling
3 1 (14.29%) 3D Rendering
3 1 (14.29%) 3D Visualisation
3 1 (14.29%) Android Development
3 1 (14.29%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (14.29%) CAD
3 1 (14.29%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 1 (14.29%) iOS Development
3 1 (14.29%) Multithreading
3 1 (14.29%) Predictive Maintenance
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Visualisation
3 1 (14.29%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) C#
1 1 (14.29%) C++
1 1 (14.29%) Python
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) SAP