RAD Developer Contracts

Rapid Application Development Developer (RAD Developer)
UK

The median Rapid Application Development Developer (RAD Developer) daily rate in the UK is £600 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 May 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
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 587 693 841
Rank change year-on-year +106 +148 -147
Contract jobs requiring a RAD Developer 4 12 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.009% 0.021% 0.007%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% 0.022% 0.007%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 6
10th Percentile £548 - £509
25th Percentile £581 £613 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £675 £558
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +21.08% -17.41%
75th Percentile £609 £738 £627
90th Percentile £626 £771 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate - - £525

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 39,936 54,901 83,261
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 94.65% 95.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,997 38,348 58,485
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £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 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,673 1,536 2,031
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.25 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.90 £76.13 £64.25
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.43 £19.67
% change year-on-year -5.73% +115.78% +3.50%

RAD Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for RAD Developer in the UK

RAD Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for RAD Developer in the UK

RAD Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for RAD Developer in the UK

RAD 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 RAD Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 +107 4 £600 -11.11% 1
London +80 4 £600 -11.11%
Work from Home +128 2 £600 -25.00%

RAD Developer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 9 May 2024, RAD 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 RAD Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) VBA
1 4 (100.00%) RAD
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (100.00%) Front Office
2 3 (75.00%) Banking
2 3 (75.00%) Investment Banking
2 3 (75.00%) Derivative
2 3 (75.00%) Equity Derivative
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (50.00%) .NET Framework
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (50.00%) .NET
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Equities
4 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Research
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (25.00%) OO

RAD 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:

Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (100.00%) Front Office
2 3 (75.00%) Banking
2 3 (75.00%) Investment Banking
3 2 (50.00%) Finance
4 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
1 2 (50.00%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Derivative
1 3 (75.00%) Equity Derivative
2 1 (25.00%) Equities
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) RAD
2 1 (25.00%) OO
2 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Research
2 1 (25.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) C++
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) Python
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
1 4 (100.00%) VBA
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle