GUI Developer Contracts

GUI Developer
UK

The median GUI Developer daily rate in the UK is £770, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 July 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
26 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 550 570 679
Rank change year-on-year +20 +109 +183
Contract jobs requiring a GUI Developer 5 10 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.015% 0.025% 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.027% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 10 1
10th Percentile £576 £800 -
25th Percentile £672 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £770 £850 £750
Median % change year-on-year -9.41% +13.33% +27.66%
75th Percentile £813 - -
90th Percentile £819 - -
UK excluding London median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 30,196 37,595 51,597
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.56% 93.05% 94.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,193 24,367 35,690
10th Percentile £284 £300 £308
25th Percentile £400 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -0.47%
75th Percentile £623 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +2.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,458 2,277 1,552
10th Percentile £13.73 £13.69 £14.57
25th Percentile £17.30 £18.27 £19.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £41.81 £43.32
Median % change year-on-year -39.85% -3.47% +68.67%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £39.03
% change year-on-year -41.51% +10.19% +83.65%

GUI Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for GUI Developer in the UK

GUI Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for GUI Developer in the UK

GUI Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing GUI Developer over the 6 months to 26 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for GUI Developer in the UK

GUI Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for GUI Developer in the UK

GUI Developer
Top 3 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GUI Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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
London +8 5 £770 -9.41% 1
England +8 5 £770 -9.41% 1
Work from Home +16 1 £750 -11.76%

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2025, GUI 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 GUI Developer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 3 (60.00%) Java
1 3 (60.00%) Front Office
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) QA
2 2 (40.00%) WPF
2 2 (40.00%) SQLite
2 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (40.00%) Physics
2 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Git
2 2 (40.00%) Qt
2 2 (40.00%) PyQt
2 2 (40.00%) REST
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Low Latency
2 2 (40.00%) Workflow
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (40.00%) OOP
2 2 (40.00%) Python
2 2 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) Software Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (40.00%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (40.00%) Clean Code
2 2 (40.00%) Financial Institution

GUI 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Git
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Front Office
2 2 (40.00%) Financial Institution
3 1 (20.00%) Banking
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) PyQt
1 2 (40.00%) Qt
1 2 (40.00%) REST
1 2 (40.00%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (40.00%) Agile
2 2 (40.00%) Clean Code
2 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) Design Patterns
2 2 (40.00%) Low Latency
2 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
2 2 (40.00%) OOP
2 2 (40.00%) Physics
2 2 (40.00%) Software Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (40.00%) Workflow
3 1 (20.00%) Automated Trading
3 1 (20.00%) Electronic Trading
3 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA