Applications Developer Contracts

Application Developer
UK

The median Application Developer daily rate in the UK is £475 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 436 442 587
Rank change year-on-year +6 +145 -95
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Developer 143 248 256
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.44% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.47% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 105 174 167
10th Percentile £313 £375 £396
25th Percentile £363 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - +22.22%
75th Percentile £600 £605 £631
90th Percentile £850 £675 £692
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £549 £525
% change year-on-year -18.03% +4.57% +31.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.75 £71.25 -
Median hourly rate £24.50 £72.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -66.21% - -
75th Percentile £26.25 £73.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.50 - -

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 40,001 53,325 83,708
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.83% 94.58% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 25,880 37,256 59,003
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £409 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
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% +9.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,851 1,473 1,957
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.06 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +14.34%
75th Percentile £61.60 £65.75 £49.41
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.45 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.88% +112.50% +5.26%

Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Applications Developer in the UK

Applications Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Applications Developer in the UK

Applications Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Applications Developer over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Applications Developer in the UK

Applications Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Applications Developer in the UK

Applications Developer
Top 14 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 2 June 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 +25 128 £475 -13.48% 41
London +64 73 £518 -5.91% 8
UK excluding London +12 54 £450 -18.03% 36
Work from Home +21 42 £475 -13.64% 26
South West -9 16 £450 -18.03% 1
East of England +16 14 £420 +30.23% 3
South East 0 11 £475 -15.63% 7
Midlands +24 6 - - 14
West Midlands +18 5 - - 8
North of England +22 4 £438 - 8
North West +14 4 £438 -5.41% 5
Wales - 2 £450 - 1
Scotland +31 1 - - 3
East Midlands +6 1 - - 6

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 featuring Applications Developer in the job title.

1 48 (33.57%) Power Platform
2 47 (32.87%) Agile
3 46 (32.17%) C#
4 44 (30.77%) PowerApps
5 43 (30.07%) JavaScript
6 42 (29.37%) Azure
6 42 (29.37%) Power Automate
7 32 (22.38%) SQL Server
8 30 (20.98%) .NET
9 29 (20.28%) REST
10 28 (19.58%) SharePoint
11 26 (18.18%) Microsoft
11 26 (18.18%) Social Skills
12 21 (14.69%) Public Sector
12 21 (14.69%) Business Intelligence
12 21 (14.69%) SQL
12 21 (14.69%) Software Engineering
12 21 (14.69%) DevOps
12 21 (14.69%) Analytical Skills
12 21 (14.69%) JIRA
13 20 (13.99%) Degree
14 19 (13.29%) Microsoft 365
15 18 (12.59%) Mobile App
15 18 (12.59%) Power BI
15 18 (12.59%) Serverless
16 17 (11.89%) Azure Functions
16 17 (11.89%) Design Patterns
16 17 (11.89%) CSS
16 17 (11.89%) Continuous Improvement
16 17 (11.89%) React

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:

Application Platforms
1 28 (19.58%) SharePoint
2 8 (5.59%) Confluence
3 5 (3.50%) IBM Notes
4 3 (2.10%) Site Server
5 2 (1.40%) CMS
5 2 (1.40%) IIS
6 1 (0.70%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.70%) JBoss
Business Applications
1 5 (3.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.70%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.70%) SAP SD
2 1 (0.70%) Shopify
2 1 (0.70%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 48 (33.57%) Power Platform
2 44 (30.77%) PowerApps
3 42 (29.37%) Azure
3 42 (29.37%) Power Automate
4 19 (13.29%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (12.59%) Serverless
6 17 (11.89%) Azure Functions
7 16 (11.19%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (10.49%) Azure Logic Apps
9 12 (8.39%) npm
10 11 (7.69%) AWS
11 10 (6.99%) GitHub
12 7 (4.90%) Dynamics 365
13 5 (3.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 5 (3.50%) Azure Storage
13 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Purview
14 4 (2.80%) Azure API Management
14 4 (2.80%) Azure Key Vault
14 4 (2.80%) Azure Service Bus
15 3 (2.10%) Azure Batch
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.40%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (22.38%) SQL Server
2 18 (12.59%) Power BI
3 12 (8.39%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (6.29%) NoSQL
5 6 (4.20%) Metadata
6 5 (3.50%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (3.50%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (3.50%) Relational Database
7 4 (2.80%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (2.10%) Big Data
8 3 (2.10%) Data Lake
8 3 (2.10%) GIS
8 3 (2.10%) MongoDB
8 3 (2.10%) MySQL
8 3 (2.10%) OLTP
9 2 (1.40%) MariaDB
9 2 (1.40%) Sybase ASE
10 1 (0.70%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.70%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 21 (14.69%) JIRA
2 12 (8.39%) webpack
3 11 (7.69%) Git
4 8 (5.59%) GitLab
5 4 (2.80%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 3 (2.10%) Jenkins
6 3 (2.10%) Visual Studio Team System
7 2 (1.40%) Moq
7 2 (1.40%) NUnit
7 2 (1.40%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (1.40%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.70%) CocoaPods
8 1 (0.70%) JUnit
8 1 (0.70%) Xcode
8 1 (0.70%) XCTest
General
1 26 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 21 (14.69%) Analytical Skills
2 21 (14.69%) Public Sector
3 12 (8.39%) Front Office
4 11 (7.69%) Banking
5 9 (6.29%) Finance
6 4 (2.80%) Local Government
7 1 (0.70%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.70%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (20.98%) .NET
2 29 (20.28%) REST
3 17 (11.89%) CSS
3 17 (11.89%) React
4 16 (11.19%) HTML
5 15 (10.49%) AngularJS
6 12 (8.39%) RxJS
6 12 (8.39%) WebSockets
7 9 (6.29%) .NET Framework
8 7 (4.90%) .NET Core
8 7 (4.90%) HTML5 Canvas
8 7 (4.90%) Web Services
9 5 (3.50%) ASP.NET
9 5 (3.50%) JSON
10 4 (2.80%) ASP.NET MVC
10 4 (2.80%) React Native
10 4 (2.80%) XML
11 3 (2.10%) ARM Templates
11 3 (2.10%) Node.js
12 2 (1.40%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.59%) Mobile App
2 7 (4.90%) Low-Code
3 6 (4.20%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.50%) Algorithms
4 5 (3.50%) Data Structures
4 5 (3.50%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.80%) Legacy Applications
6 2 (1.40%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.40%) NHS
6 2 (1.40%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.40%) Reinsurance
7 1 (0.70%) IoT
7 1 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.70%) Life Science
7 1 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.70%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 14 (9.79%) Android
2 8 (5.59%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (32.87%) Agile
2 21 (14.69%) Business Intelligence
2 21 (14.69%) DevOps
2 21 (14.69%) Software Engineering
3 17 (11.89%) Continuous Improvement
3 17 (11.89%) Design Patterns
4 16 (11.19%) MVC
5 15 (10.49%) Full Stack Development
6 14 (9.79%) Migration
7 13 (9.09%) Web Application Development
8 12 (8.39%) Electronic Trading
8 12 (8.39%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (5.59%) Design Thinking
9 8 (5.59%) Microservices
10 7 (4.90%) CRM
10 7 (4.90%) Web Development
11 6 (4.20%) Computer Science
11 6 (4.20%) Data Visualisation
11 6 (4.20%) iOS Development
11 6 (4.20%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 46 (32.17%) C#
2 43 (30.07%) JavaScript
3 21 (14.69%) SQL
4 16 (11.19%) Python
4 16 (11.19%) TypeScript
5 14 (9.79%) PowerShell
6 8 (5.59%) Java
7 6 (4.20%) Lua
8 5 (3.50%) MATLAB
9 4 (2.80%) C
9 4 (2.80%) Swift
10 3 (2.10%) Korn
10 3 (2.10%) Kotlin
10 3 (2.10%) Objective-C
10 3 (2.10%) VB.NET
11 2 (1.40%) Perl
11 2 (1.40%) PL/1
11 2 (1.40%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.70%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (13.99%) Degree
2 15 (10.49%) Security Cleared
3 12 (8.39%) Master's Degree
4 10 (6.99%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.50%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.40%) QA
System Software
1 3 (2.10%) Docker
2 1 (0.70%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.10%) Ansible
1 3 (2.10%) Terraform
2 2 (1.40%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.40%) Puppet
Vendors
1 26 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 12 (8.39%) Oracle
3 5 (3.50%) Databricks
3 5 (3.50%) Lotus
3 5 (3.50%) New Relic
3 5 (3.50%) Splunk
4 3 (2.10%) ESRI
5 2 (1.40%) SAP
5 2 (1.40%) Sybase
5 2 (1.40%) Virgin Media
5 2 (1.40%) Xamarin
6 1 (0.70%) Adobe
6 1 (0.70%) Apple
6 1 (0.70%) Google
6 1 (0.70%) Salesforce
52 Applications Developer jobs Nationwide