Hybrid/Remote Applications Developer Contract Job Trends

Application Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Application Developer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £450, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 339 285 279
Rank change year-on-year -54 -6 +74
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Developer 30 28 45
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.22% 0.28% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.24% 0.30% 0.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 23 34
10th Percentile £305 £305 -
25th Percentile £363 £334 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £425 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -10.53% -5.00%
75th Percentile £526 £519 £513
90th Percentile £543 £574 £618
UK median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £58.75 -
UK median hourly rate £57.50 £52.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +9.52% -8.70% -20.69%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work 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 12,608 9,305 12,119
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.02% 93.68% 93.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,980 6,165 8,071
10th Percentile £358 £325 £325
25th Percentile £429 £413 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -0.94%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £638
90th Percentile £713 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 651 306 341
10th Percentile £16.62 £13.13 £17.50
25th Percentile £27.94 £17.99 £28.75
Median hourly rate £60.00 £36.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +66.67% -20.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £71.00 £65.00 £66.61
90th Percentile £85.00 £69.83 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.00 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.00% -41.51% -

Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Applications Developer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Applications Developer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Applications Developer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Applications Developer job vacancies

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Applications Developer over the 6 months to 23 August 2026.

Applications Developer daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Applications Developer
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Applications Developer job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Applications Developer job vacancies

Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 23 August 2026, Applications Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1 17 (56.67%) Microsoft
2 15 (50.00%) Azure
3 12 (40.00%) SQL
4 11 (36.67%) Power Platform
4 11 (36.67%) PowerApps
5 9 (30.00%) Python
6 8 (26.67%) Containerisation
7 7 (23.33%) Docker
7 7 (23.33%) JSON
7 7 (23.33%) SC Cleared
7 7 (23.33%) Security Cleared
8 6 (20.00%) REST
9 5 (16.67%) API Development
9 5 (16.67%) Java
9 5 (16.67%) JavaScript
9 5 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (16.67%) Power Automate
9 5 (16.67%) React
9 5 (16.67%) Spring
9 5 (16.67%) Spring Boot
10 4 (13.33%) .NET
10 4 (13.33%) Agile
10 4 (13.33%) API Integration
10 4 (13.33%) AWS
10 4 (13.33%) C#
10 4 (13.33%) DevOps
10 4 (13.33%) Migration
10 4 (13.33%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (13.33%) Relational Database
10 4 (13.33%) Serverless

Applications Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (13.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.33%) Apache Spark
Business Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 15 (50.00%) Azure
2 11 (36.67%) Power Platform
2 11 (36.67%) PowerApps
3 5 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (16.67%) Power Automate
4 4 (13.33%) AWS
4 4 (13.33%) Serverless
5 3 (10.00%) Azure Logic Apps
5 3 (10.00%) Kong
6 2 (6.67%) Amazon S3
6 2 (6.67%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (6.67%) Azure Functions
6 2 (6.67%) Azure Service Bus
6 2 (6.67%) GitHub
6 2 (6.67%) GitHub Actions
6 2 (6.67%) OCI
7 1 (3.33%) Entra ID
7 1 (3.33%) OneDrive
7 1 (3.33%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.33%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (13.33%) Relational Database
2 2 (6.67%) MySQL
3 1 (3.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (3.33%) Big Data
3 1 (3.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.33%) DynamoDB
3 1 (3.33%) Metadata
3 1 (3.33%) NoSQL
3 1 (3.33%) Oracle ODI
3 1 (3.33%) Power BI
3 1 (3.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Git
2 1 (3.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.33%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.33%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 4 (13.33%) Public Sector
2 2 (6.67%) Finance
2 2 (6.67%) Publishing
3 1 (3.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.33%) Manufacturing
3 1 (3.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (23.33%) JSON
2 6 (20.00%) REST
3 5 (16.67%) React
3 5 (16.67%) Spring
3 5 (16.67%) Spring Boot
4 4 (13.33%) .NET
5 3 (10.00%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (6.67%) Django
6 2 (6.67%) GraphQL
6 2 (6.67%) Kafka
6 2 (6.67%) Node.js
6 2 (6.67%) RESTful
6 2 (6.67%) Terraform
6 2 (6.67%) Web Services
6 2 (6.67%) XML
7 1 (3.33%) Express.js
7 1 (3.33%) OAuth
7 1 (3.33%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (3.33%) SignalR
7 1 (3.33%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 3 (10.00%) Low-Code
2 2 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (6.67%) NHS
3 1 (3.33%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (3.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.33%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (26.67%) Containerisation
2 5 (16.67%) API Development
3 4 (13.33%) Agile
3 4 (13.33%) API Integration
3 4 (13.33%) DevOps
3 4 (13.33%) Migration
4 3 (10.00%) CI/CD
4 3 (10.00%) Data Modelling
4 3 (10.00%) ETL
4 3 (10.00%) Translating Business Requirements
4 3 (10.00%) Workflow
5 2 (6.67%) Asset Management
5 2 (6.67%) Data Engineering
5 2 (6.67%) EAM
5 2 (6.67%) Front End Development
5 2 (6.67%) IT Asset Management
5 2 (6.67%) Microservices
5 2 (6.67%) Project Delivery
5 2 (6.67%) User Experience
5 2 (6.67%) Webhook
Programming Languages
1 12 (40.00%) SQL
2 9 (30.00%) Python
3 5 (16.67%) Java
3 5 (16.67%) JavaScript
4 4 (13.33%) C#
5 2 (6.67%) TypeScript
5 2 (6.67%) VB
6 1 (3.33%) ActionScript
6 1 (3.33%) ActionScript 2.0
6 1 (3.33%) Bicep
6 1 (3.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 7 (23.33%) SC Cleared
1 7 (23.33%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.67%) Azure Certification
3 1 (3.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.33%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (23.33%) Docker
2 1 (3.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (3.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (56.67%) Microsoft
2 3 (10.00%) webMethods
3 2 (6.67%) Databricks
3 2 (6.67%) HP
3 2 (6.67%) Oracle
3 2 (6.67%) Salesforce
4 1 (3.33%) MuleSoft
4 1 (3.33%) Nintex
4 1 (3.33%) OpenAI