Applications Developer Contracts with Work from Home Options

Application Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Application Developer daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £461, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 280 337 432
Rank change year-on-year +57 +95 +32
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Developer 42 62 156
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.35% 0.33% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.35% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 32 38 112
10th Percentile - £387 £429
25th Percentile £410 £416 £494
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £488 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.38% -11.36% +15.79%
75th Percentile £599 £599 £625
90th Percentile £700 £650 £650
UK median daily rate £474 £500 £550
% change year-on-year -5.25% -9.09% +15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £17.38
UK median hourly rate £57.50 - £17.38
% change year-on-year - - -27.61%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 11,313 17,773 36,914
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.20% 94.50% 95.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,133 12,477 26,633
10th Percentile £325 £325 £363
25th Percentile £413 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £631 £645 £650
90th Percentile £738 £743 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 194 389 527
10th Percentile £19.39 £16.93 £15.15
25th Percentile £25.52 £24.97 £25.00
Median hourly rate £41.53 £50.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.94% - +101.61%
75th Percentile £66.00 £70.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £85.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

Applications Developer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Applications Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Applications Developer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Applications Developer.

Applications Developer daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Applications Developer over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Applications Developer daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Developer
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Applications Developer.

Applications Developer hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 31 October 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 jobs with a WFH option featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1 18 (42.86%) Power Platform
2 17 (40.48%) SharePoint
3 16 (38.10%) PowerApps
4 13 (30.95%) Power Automate
4 13 (30.95%) JavaScript
5 10 (23.81%) CSS
5 10 (23.81%) REST
6 9 (21.43%) HTML
6 9 (21.43%) Migration
7 8 (19.05%) Disaster Recovery
7 8 (19.05%) HTML5 Canvas
7 8 (19.05%) Data Encryption
8 7 (16.67%) SAP
9 6 (14.29%) Agile
9 6 (14.29%) Social Skills
10 5 (11.90%) SAP S/4HANA
10 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (11.90%) SC Cleared
10 5 (11.90%) Security Cleared
10 5 (11.90%) Azure
10 5 (11.90%) AWS
10 5 (11.90%) Mobile App
10 5 (11.90%) Java
10 5 (11.90%) Microsoft
10 5 (11.90%) Adobe
11 4 (9.52%) ABAP
11 4 (9.52%) C#
11 4 (9.52%) UX Design
11 4 (9.52%) Node.js
11 4 (9.52%) User Experience

Applications Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 17 (40.48%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.38%) Jetty
2 1 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (2.38%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 5 (11.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (4.76%) SAP SD
3 1 (2.38%) NEC Housing
3 1 (2.38%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 18 (42.86%) Power Platform
2 16 (38.10%) PowerApps
3 13 (30.95%) Power Automate
4 5 (11.90%) AWS
4 5 (11.90%) Azure
5 3 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (4.76%) Azure Logic Apps
6 2 (4.76%) Azure Storage
6 2 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (2.38%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (2.38%) Firebase
7 1 (2.38%) GitHub
7 1 (2.38%) OpenShift
7 1 (2.38%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.76%) Intranet
2 1 (2.38%) FTP
2 1 (2.38%) HTTP
2 1 (2.38%) HTTPS
2 1 (2.38%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (7.14%) BusinessObjects
2 2 (4.76%) Oracle Database
2 2 (4.76%) SQL Server
3 1 (2.38%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (2.38%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (2.38%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (2.38%) Big Data
3 1 (2.38%) MariaDB
3 1 (2.38%) MySQL
3 1 (2.38%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (4.76%) Git
1 2 (4.76%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.38%) webpack
General
1 6 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 3 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (7.14%) Finance
3 2 (4.76%) Local Government
3 2 (4.76%) Public Sector
4 1 (2.38%) Front Office
4 1 (2.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (2.38%) Prime Brokerage
4 1 (2.38%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (23.81%) CSS
1 10 (23.81%) REST
2 9 (21.43%) HTML
3 8 (19.05%) HTML5 Canvas
4 4 (9.52%) Node.js
4 4 (9.52%) React
4 4 (9.52%) SAP Fiori
5 3 (7.14%) RESTful
6 2 (4.76%) .NET
6 2 (4.76%) SPFx
6 2 (4.76%) Vue
6 2 (4.76%) Web Services
7 1 (2.38%) .NET Core
7 1 (2.38%) .NET Framework
7 1 (2.38%) HTML5
7 1 (2.38%) J2EE
7 1 (2.38%) JSON
7 1 (2.38%) Redux
7 1 (2.38%) Spring
7 1 (2.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.90%) Mobile App
2 2 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.38%) Algorithms
3 1 (2.38%) Data Structures
3 1 (2.38%) Housing Association
3 1 (2.38%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.38%) Android
1 1 (2.38%) Linux
1 1 (2.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (21.43%) Migration
2 8 (19.05%) Data Encryption
2 8 (19.05%) Disaster Recovery
3 6 (14.29%) Agile
4 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (9.52%) User Experience
5 4 (9.52%) UX Design
6 3 (7.14%) CI/CD
6 3 (7.14%) DevOps
6 3 (7.14%) Full-Stack Development
7 2 (4.76%) Code Quality
7 2 (4.76%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (4.76%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (4.76%) Customer Service
7 2 (4.76%) Project Delivery
7 2 (4.76%) Project Management
7 2 (4.76%) Release Management
7 2 (4.76%) Roadmaps
7 2 (4.76%) Stakeholder Management
7 2 (4.76%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 13 (30.95%) JavaScript
2 5 (11.90%) Java
3 4 (9.52%) ABAP
3 4 (9.52%) C#
4 3 (7.14%) SQL
5 2 (4.76%) PL/SQL
6 1 (2.38%) Bash
6 1 (2.38%) Kotlin
6 1 (2.38%) Python
6 1 (2.38%) Scala
6 1 (2.38%) Shell Script
6 1 (2.38%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.38%) XPath
Qualifications
1 5 (11.90%) SC Cleared
1 5 (11.90%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.38%) Azure Certification
2 1 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.38%) Degree
2 1 (2.38%) DV Cleared
2 1 (2.38%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.38%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.38%) Data Quality
1 1 (2.38%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (9.52%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 7 (16.67%) SAP
2 5 (11.90%) Adobe
2 5 (11.90%) Microsoft
3 2 (4.76%) Oracle
4 1 (2.38%) Ariba
4 1 (2.38%) Databricks
4 1 (2.38%) NEC
4 1 (2.38%) Orchard
4 1 (2.38%) OutSystems
4 1 (2.38%) Siemens
4 1 (2.38%) Xamarin