Applications Developer Contracts in England

Application Developer
UK > England

The median Application Developer daily rate in England is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 31 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
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 417 431 583
Rank change year-on-year +14 +152 -104
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Developer 126 211 198
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.34% 0.44% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.47% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 145 128
10th Percentile £309 £374 £355
25th Percentile £363 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £549 £533
Median % change year-on-year -13.48% +3.00% +18.44%
75th Percentile £624 £600 £625
90th Percentile £850 £675 £672
UK median daily rate £475 £550 £547
% change year-on-year -13.64% +0.55% +21.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.75 £71.25 £32.00
Median hourly rate £24.50 £72.50 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.21% +113.24% -32.00%
75th Percentile £26.25 £73.75 £36.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £24.50 £72.50 £34.00
% change year-on-year -66.21% +113.24% +126.67%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 34,161 44,903 67,296
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.76% 94.57% 95.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,530 31,932 48,137
10th Percentile £285 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.11%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,560 1,303 1,794
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £37.63 £45.00 £23.91
Median % change year-on-year -16.39% +88.21% +11.21%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £74.00 £77.50 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £24.15
% change year-on-year -16.67% +86.37% +9.75%

Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Developer in England

Applications Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Applications Developer in England

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Developer in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Developer in England

Applications Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Applications Developer in England

Applications Developer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Applications Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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
London +48 72 £518 -5.91% 15
South West -15 16 £450 -18.18% 3
East of England +15 13 £420 +30.23% 4
South East +1 11 £475 -15.63% 7
Midlands +21 6 - - 11
West Midlands +19 5 - - 7
North of England +18 4 £438 -2.78% 8
North West +16 4 £438 -7.89% 5
East Midlands +10 1 - - 4
Applications Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2024, 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 across the England region featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1 47 (37.30%) Power Platform
2 46 (36.51%) Agile
3 43 (34.13%) C#
3 43 (34.13%) PowerApps
4 42 (33.33%) Power Automate
5 40 (31.75%) JavaScript
6 39 (30.95%) Azure
7 31 (24.60%) SQL Server
8 29 (23.02%) REST
9 27 (21.43%) .NET
10 26 (20.63%) SharePoint
10 26 (20.63%) Social Skills
11 24 (19.05%) Microsoft
12 21 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
12 21 (16.67%) JIRA
13 20 (15.87%) Analytical Skills
13 20 (15.87%) SQL
13 20 (15.87%) Public Sector
14 19 (15.08%) Software Engineering
14 19 (15.08%) DevOps
14 19 (15.08%) Microsoft 365
14 19 (15.08%) Degree
15 18 (14.29%) Serverless
15 18 (14.29%) Power BI
16 17 (13.49%) Azure Functions
16 17 (13.49%) Continuous Improvement
17 16 (12.70%) React
17 16 (12.70%) CSS
17 16 (12.70%) Python
18 15 (11.90%) HTML

Applications Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 26 (20.63%) SharePoint
2 8 (6.35%) Confluence
3 3 (2.38%) Site Server
4 2 (1.59%) CMS
4 2 (1.59%) IIS
5 1 (0.79%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.79%) IBM Notes
5 1 (0.79%) JBoss
Business Applications
1 5 (3.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.79%) Shopify
2 1 (0.79%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 47 (37.30%) Power Platform
2 43 (34.13%) PowerApps
3 42 (33.33%) Power Automate
4 39 (30.95%) Azure
5 19 (15.08%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (14.29%) Serverless
7 17 (13.49%) Azure Functions
8 15 (11.90%) Azure Logic Apps
9 14 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
10 12 (9.52%) npm
11 10 (7.94%) AWS
11 10 (7.94%) GitHub
12 7 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (3.97%) Azure Storage
13 5 (3.97%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (3.17%) Azure API Management
14 4 (3.17%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 4 (3.17%) Azure Key Vault
14 4 (3.17%) Azure Service Bus
15 3 (2.38%) Azure Batch
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.59%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (24.60%) SQL Server
2 18 (14.29%) Power BI
3 12 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (7.14%) NoSQL
5 6 (4.76%) Metadata
6 5 (3.97%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (3.97%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (3.17%) Relational Database
7 4 (3.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (2.38%) Big Data
8 3 (2.38%) Data Lake
8 3 (2.38%) GIS
8 3 (2.38%) MySQL
8 3 (2.38%) OLTP
9 2 (1.59%) MariaDB
9 2 (1.59%) MongoDB
9 2 (1.59%) Sybase ASE
10 1 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 21 (16.67%) JIRA
2 12 (9.52%) webpack
3 10 (7.94%) Git
4 8 (6.35%) GitLab
5 4 (3.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (2.38%) Jenkins
6 3 (2.38%) Visual Studio Team System
7 2 (1.59%) Moq
7 2 (1.59%) NUnit
7 2 (1.59%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (1.59%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.79%) CocoaPods
8 1 (0.79%) JUnit
8 1 (0.79%) Xcode
8 1 (0.79%) XCTest
General
1 26 (20.63%) Social Skills
2 20 (15.87%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (15.87%) Public Sector
3 12 (9.52%) Front Office
4 11 (8.73%) Banking
5 9 (7.14%) Finance
6 4 (3.17%) Local Government
7 1 (0.79%) Financial Institution
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (23.02%) REST
2 27 (21.43%) .NET
3 16 (12.70%) CSS
3 16 (12.70%) React
4 15 (11.90%) HTML
5 14 (11.11%) AngularJS
6 12 (9.52%) RxJS
6 12 (9.52%) WebSockets
7 7 (5.56%) HTML5 Canvas
8 6 (4.76%) .NET Framework
8 6 (4.76%) Web Services
9 4 (3.17%) .NET Core
9 4 (3.17%) ASP.NET
9 4 (3.17%) JSON
9 4 (3.17%) XML
10 3 (2.38%) ARM Templates
10 3 (2.38%) ASP.NET MVC
10 3 (2.38%) Node.js
11 2 (1.59%) ASP.NET Web Forms
11 2 (1.59%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.73%) Mobile App
2 4 (3.17%) Legacy Applications
3 3 (2.38%) Low-Code
4 2 (1.59%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.59%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.59%) NHS
4 2 (1.59%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.59%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.79%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.79%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.79%) IoT
5 1 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.79%) Life Science
5 1 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.79%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.35%) Android
2 5 (3.97%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (36.51%) Agile
2 21 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 19 (15.08%) DevOps
3 19 (15.08%) Software Engineering
4 17 (13.49%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (11.90%) Design Patterns
5 15 (11.90%) Full Stack Development
6 14 (11.11%) MVC
7 13 (10.32%) Migration
7 13 (10.32%) Web Application Development
8 12 (9.52%) Electronic Trading
9 10 (7.94%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (6.35%) Design Thinking
11 7 (5.56%) CRM
11 7 (5.56%) Web Development
12 6 (4.76%) CI/CD
12 6 (4.76%) Data Visualisation
12 6 (4.76%) iOS Development
12 6 (4.76%) Visualisation
13 5 (3.97%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 43 (34.13%) C#
2 40 (31.75%) JavaScript
3 20 (15.87%) SQL
4 16 (12.70%) Python
5 15 (11.90%) TypeScript
6 14 (11.11%) PowerShell
7 8 (6.35%) Java
8 6 (4.76%) Lua
9 5 (3.97%) MATLAB
10 4 (3.17%) C
10 4 (3.17%) Swift
11 3 (2.38%) Korn
11 3 (2.38%) Objective-C
12 2 (1.59%) Perl
12 2 (1.59%) PL/1
12 2 (1.59%) Shell Script
12 2 (1.59%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.79%) PL/SQL
13 1 (0.79%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.79%) VBA
Qualifications
1 19 (15.08%) Degree
2 14 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 12 (9.52%) Master's Degree
4 9 (7.14%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.97%) Azure Certification
6 2 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.79%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.59%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.38%) Docker
2 1 (0.79%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.38%) Ansible
1 3 (2.38%) Terraform
2 2 (1.59%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.59%) Puppet
Vendors
1 24 (19.05%) Microsoft
2 12 (9.52%) Oracle
3 5 (3.97%) Databricks
4 3 (2.38%) ESRI
5 2 (1.59%) Sybase
5 2 (1.59%) Virgin Media
6 1 (0.79%) Apple
6 1 (0.79%) Google
6 1 (0.79%) Lotus
6 1 (0.79%) New Relic
6 1 (0.79%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.79%) Splunk