Web Applications Developer Contracts

Web Application Developer
UK

The median Web Application Developer daily rate in the UK is £850 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 551 682 833
Rank change year-on-year +131 +151 -128
Contract jobs requiring a Web Applications Developer 19 8 30
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.045% 0.014% 0.034%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.048% 0.015% 0.036%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 18
10th Percentile £622 £335 £491
25th Percentile - £369 £537
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £850 £473 £600
Median % change year-on-year +79.89% -21.25% +31.87%
75th Percentile - £586 £666
90th Percentile - £607 £804
UK excluding London median daily rate - £325 £475
% change year-on-year - -31.58% +4.40%

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 39,467 53,505 83,509
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.80% 94.60% 95.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,700 37,347 58,712
10th Percentile £280 £313 £313
25th Percentile £410 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +3.43% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,724 1,494 2,029
10th Percentile £12.83 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.75
Median hourly rate £36.50 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -18.89% +88.21% +6.44%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.95 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.16 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.11% +110.78% +5.26%

Web Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Web Applications Developer in the UK

Web Applications Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Web Applications Developer in the UK

Web Applications Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Web Applications Developer over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Web Applications Developer in the UK

Web Applications Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Web Applications Developer in the UK

Web Applications 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 Web Applications Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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 +108 19 £850 +54.55% 6
London +109 18 £850 +45.30% 2
Work from Home +127 5 £850 +79.89% 2

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2024, Web 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 Web Applications Developer in the job title.

1 19 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 17 (89.47%) Agile
3 14 (73.68%) C#
3 14 (73.68%) Web Application Development
3 14 (73.68%) TypeScript
3 14 (73.68%) React
4 13 (68.42%) webpack
4 13 (68.42%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (68.42%) RxJS
4 13 (68.42%) npm
4 13 (68.42%) Social Skills
4 13 (68.42%) Design Patterns
4 13 (68.42%) AngularJS
4 13 (68.42%) REST
4 13 (68.42%) WebSockets
4 13 (68.42%) Continuous Improvement
4 13 (68.42%) Electronic Trading
4 13 (68.42%) JIRA
4 13 (68.42%) Software Engineering
4 13 (68.42%) Front Office
5 12 (63.16%) Degree
6 11 (57.89%) Full Stack Development
7 9 (47.37%) Master's Degree
8 4 (21.05%) MVC
8 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
9 3 (15.79%) Front End Development
10 2 (10.53%) Economics
10 2 (10.53%) HTML
10 2 (10.53%) Java
11 1 (5.26%) Android

Web 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:

Cloud Services
1 13 (68.42%) npm
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) MongoDB
1 1 (5.26%) MySQL
1 1 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (5.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 13 (68.42%) JIRA
1 13 (68.42%) webpack
General
1 13 (68.42%) Analytical Skills
1 13 (68.42%) Front Office
1 13 (68.42%) Social Skills
2 4 (21.05%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (73.68%) React
2 13 (68.42%) AngularJS
2 13 (68.42%) REST
2 13 (68.42%) RxJS
2 13 (68.42%) WebSockets
3 2 (10.53%) HTML
4 1 (5.26%) .NET
4 1 (5.26%) Electron
4 1 (5.26%) Jinja
4 1 (5.26%) React Native
4 1 (5.26%) Shiny
4 1 (5.26%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (89.47%) Agile
2 14 (73.68%) Web Application Development
3 13 (68.42%) Continuous Improvement
3 13 (68.42%) Design Patterns
3 13 (68.42%) Electronic Trading
3 13 (68.42%) Software Engineering
4 11 (57.89%) Full Stack Development
5 4 (21.05%) MVC
6 3 (15.79%) Front End Development
7 2 (10.53%) Economics
8 1 (5.26%) Analytics
8 1 (5.26%) Computer Science
8 1 (5.26%) DevOps
8 1 (5.26%) Mathematics
8 1 (5.26%) Progressive Web App
8 1 (5.26%) Software Testing
8 1 (5.26%) Statistical Analysis
8 1 (5.26%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 14 (73.68%) C#
2 14 (73.68%) TypeScript
3 2 (10.53%) Java
4 1 (5.26%) Python
4 1 (5.26%) R
Qualifications
1 12 (63.16%) Degree
2 9 (47.37%) Master's Degree
3 1 (5.26%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes