Hybrid/Remote Applications Developer Contract Job Trends

Application Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median Application Developer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 288 327
Rank change year-on-year -4 +39 +82
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Developer 27 26 37
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.26% 0.23% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.24% 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 21 27
10th Percentile £311 £456 £400
25th Percentile £413 £506 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £588 £700 £600
90th Percentile £650 £750 £680
UK median daily rate £485 £500 £560
% change year-on-year -3.00% -10.71% +1.82%

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 9,552 10,619 15,446
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.40% 93.03% 94.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,209 6,708 10,576
10th Percentile £331 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £723 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 329 191 363
10th Percentile £15.33 £19.30 £17.66
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.34 £26.63
Median hourly rate £45.46 £37.00 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.86% -30.19% -7.83%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.30 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.25
UK median hourly rate £26.00 £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.00% -27.78% +38.46%

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 2025, 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 11 (40.74%) Azure
1 11 (40.74%) Power Platform
2 10 (37.04%) Agile
3 9 (33.33%) Microsoft
4 8 (29.63%) PowerApps
5 7 (25.93%) Power Automate
5 7 (25.93%) SQL
6 6 (22.22%) C#
6 6 (22.22%) DevOps
6 6 (22.22%) JavaScript
6 6 (22.22%) Security Cleared
7 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (14.81%) CI/CD
8 4 (14.81%) Full-Stack Development
8 4 (14.81%) HTML
8 4 (14.81%) JSON
8 4 (14.81%) QA
8 4 (14.81%) SQL Server
9 3 (11.11%) .NET
9 3 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
9 3 (11.11%) CSS
9 3 (11.11%) Deployment Automation
9 3 (11.11%) Flutter
9 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (11.11%) Oracle
9 3 (11.11%) Power BI
9 3 (11.11%) React
9 3 (11.11%) React Native
9 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared

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 3 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 2 (7.41%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Maximo
1 1 (3.70%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (3.70%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 11 (40.74%) Azure
1 11 (40.74%) Power Platform
2 8 (29.63%) PowerApps
3 7 (25.93%) Power Automate
4 3 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (7.41%) Amazon S3
5 2 (7.41%) AWS
5 2 (7.41%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (7.41%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (7.41%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (7.41%) OCI
5 2 (7.41%) Serverless
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Functions
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (3.70%) Azure Storage
6 1 (3.70%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (3.70%) PaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.81%) SQL Server
2 3 (11.11%) Power BI
3 2 (7.41%) Metadata
3 2 (7.41%) Oracle Database
3 2 (7.41%) Relational Database
4 1 (3.70%) DataStage
4 1 (3.70%) KDB
4 1 (3.70%) Kdb+
4 1 (3.70%) Neo4j
4 1 (3.70%) RDBMS
4 1 (3.70%) Redis
4 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) Jenkins
General
1 8 (29.63%) Social Skills
2 6 (22.22%) Public Sector
3 3 (11.11%) Finance
4 2 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (3.70%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.70%) Health Technology
5 1 (3.70%) Law
5 1 (3.70%) Legal
5 1 (3.70%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (14.81%) HTML
1 4 (14.81%) JSON
2 3 (11.11%) .NET
2 3 (11.11%) CSS
2 3 (11.11%) Flutter
2 3 (11.11%) React
2 3 (11.11%) React Native
3 2 (7.41%) AngularJS
3 2 (7.41%) Apache NiFi
3 2 (7.41%) ASP.NET Web API
3 2 (7.41%) REST
3 2 (7.41%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (7.41%) SAPUI5
4 1 (3.70%) CSS3
4 1 (3.70%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (3.70%) Kafka
4 1 (3.70%) Keycloak
4 1 (3.70%) Loki
4 1 (3.70%) MDX
4 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Mobile App
2 2 (7.41%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (3.70%) Cloud Native
3 1 (3.70%) Credit Risk
3 1 (3.70%) Data Fabric
3 1 (3.70%) Low-Code
3 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.41%) Linux
2 1 (3.70%) Android
2 1 (3.70%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.70%) CentOS
2 1 (3.70%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (37.04%) Agile
2 6 (22.22%) DevOps
3 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (14.81%) CI/CD
4 4 (14.81%) Full-Stack Development
5 3 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (11.11%) Deployment Automation
5 3 (11.11%) Scrum
5 3 (11.11%) Sprint Planning
5 3 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
6 2 (7.41%) API Development
6 2 (7.41%) Application Security
6 2 (7.41%) Data Governance
6 2 (7.41%) Data Modelling
6 2 (7.41%) Data Protection
6 2 (7.41%) Data Transformation
6 2 (7.41%) ERP
6 2 (7.41%) Secure Coding
6 2 (7.41%) Unit Testing
6 2 (7.41%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (25.93%) SQL
2 6 (22.22%) C#
2 6 (22.22%) JavaScript
3 2 (7.41%) Java
3 2 (7.41%) Python
4 1 (3.70%) C++
4 1 (3.70%) Delphi
4 1 (3.70%) Go
4 1 (3.70%) Kotlin
4 1 (3.70%) PL/SQL
4 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
4 1 (3.70%) Swift
4 1 (3.70%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 2 (7.41%) Degree
4 1 (3.70%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.70%) DV Cleared
4 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (14.81%) QA
2 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.70%) GDPR
2 1 (3.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (3.70%) ISO 22301
2 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (3.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (7.41%) Ansible
1 2 (7.41%) Terraform
2 1 (3.70%) Argo
2 1 (3.70%) Kubernetes
2 1 (3.70%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (11.11%) Oracle
3 2 (7.41%) SAP
4 1 (3.70%) Ariba
4 1 (3.70%) IBM
4 1 (3.70%) Informatica
4 1 (3.70%) Red Hat
4 1 (3.70%) Siemens
4 1 (3.70%) Talend
4 1 (3.70%) VMware