Applications Developer Contracts

Application Developer
UK

The median Application Developer daily rate in the UK is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 11 June 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
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 449 462 614
Rank change year-on-year +13 +152 -123
Contract jobs requiring an Applications Developer 145 244 254
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.33% 0.44% 0.29%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.36% 0.46% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 167 169
10th Percentile £303 £373 £408
25th Percentile £363 £441 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - +22.22%
75th Percentile £597 £605 £631
90th Percentile £850 £675 £690
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £537 £525
% change year-on-year -16.20% +2.29% +31.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.75 £71.25 -
Median hourly rate £24.50 £72.50 £17.38
Median % change year-on-year -66.21% +317.15% -10.92%
75th Percentile £26.25 £73.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.50 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 40,533 52,506 83,140
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.89% 94.52% 95.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 26,086 36,648 58,637
10th Percentile £280 £313 £318
25th Percentile £407 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +6.06%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,938 1,481 1,935
10th Percentile £12.86 £14.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £16.30 £19.18 £15.90
Median hourly rate £37.50 £45.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +80.00% +16.28%
75th Percentile £61.71 £65.75 £49.92
90th Percentile £74.00 £76.50 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.00 £42.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -4.76% +110.00% +7.82%

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 11 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 11 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 +34 129 £463 -15.76% 45
London +38 69 £510 -7.27% 15
UK excluding London +18 59 £450 -16.20% 31
Work from Home +20 46 £475 -13.64% 26
South West -5 17 £450 -18.03%
East of England +13 16 £420 +30.23% 4
South East +6 11 £475 -14.65% 8
Midlands +17 8 - - 12
West Midlands +17 7 - - 6
North of England +21 4 £438 +2.94% 6
North West +12 4 £438 -5.41% 3
Wales - 2 £450 -
Scotland +28 1 - - 2
East Midlands +5 1 - - 6

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 52 (35.86%) Power Platform
2 48 (33.10%) PowerApps
3 46 (31.72%) Agile
4 45 (31.03%) C#
4 45 (31.03%) Power Automate
5 43 (29.66%) Azure
6 42 (28.97%) JavaScript
7 34 (23.45%) SQL Server
8 32 (22.07%) SharePoint
9 30 (20.69%) REST
10 28 (19.31%) .NET
11 27 (18.62%) Microsoft
12 25 (17.24%) Social Skills
13 23 (15.86%) SQL
14 22 (15.17%) Business Intelligence
15 21 (14.48%) DevOps
16 20 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
16 20 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
16 20 (13.79%) JIRA
16 20 (13.79%) Public Sector
17 19 (13.10%) Power BI
17 19 (13.10%) Serverless
17 19 (13.10%) Degree
17 19 (13.10%) CSS
17 19 (13.10%) Software Engineering
18 18 (12.41%) HTML
18 18 (12.41%) Mobile App
18 18 (12.41%) Azure Functions
19 16 (11.03%) Azure Logic Apps
19 16 (11.03%) Azure DevOps

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 32 (22.07%) SharePoint
2 9 (6.21%) Confluence
3 5 (3.45%) IBM Notes
4 3 (2.07%) Site Server
5 2 (1.38%) CMS
5 2 (1.38%) IIS
6 1 (0.69%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.69%) JBoss
6 1 (0.69%) Jetty
6 1 (0.69%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 5 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.69%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.69%) SAP PM
3 1 (0.69%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.69%) Shopify
3 1 (0.69%) VisionPLUS
Cloud Services
1 52 (35.86%) Power Platform
2 48 (33.10%) PowerApps
3 45 (31.03%) Power Automate
4 43 (29.66%) Azure
5 20 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
6 19 (13.10%) Serverless
7 18 (12.41%) Azure Functions
8 16 (11.03%) Azure DevOps
8 16 (11.03%) Azure Logic Apps
9 11 (7.59%) GitHub
10 10 (6.90%) AWS
10 10 (6.90%) npm
11 7 (4.83%) Dynamics 365
12 5 (3.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 5 (3.45%) Azure Storage
12 5 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
13 4 (2.76%) Azure API Management
13 4 (2.76%) Azure Key Vault
13 4 (2.76%) Azure Service Bus
14 3 (2.07%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.38%) Intranet
2 1 (0.69%) FTP
2 1 (0.69%) HTTP
2 1 (0.69%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.69%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (23.45%) SQL Server
2 19 (13.10%) Power BI
3 13 (8.97%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (6.90%) NoSQL
5 6 (4.14%) Metadata
6 5 (3.45%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (3.45%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (3.45%) Relational Database
7 4 (2.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 3 (2.07%) Big Data
8 3 (2.07%) Data Lake
8 3 (2.07%) GIS
8 3 (2.07%) MongoDB
8 3 (2.07%) MySQL
8 3 (2.07%) OLTP
9 2 (1.38%) MariaDB
9 2 (1.38%) Oracle Database
9 2 (1.38%) Sybase ASE
10 1 (0.69%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.69%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 20 (13.79%) JIRA
2 10 (6.90%) Git
2 10 (6.90%) webpack
3 9 (6.21%) GitLab
4 4 (2.76%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 3 (2.07%) Jenkins
5 3 (2.07%) Visual Studio Team System
6 2 (1.38%) Moq
6 2 (1.38%) NUnit
7 1 (0.69%) JUnit
7 1 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 25 (17.24%) Social Skills
2 20 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
2 20 (13.79%) Public Sector
3 12 (8.28%) Banking
4 10 (6.90%) Front Office
5 9 (6.21%) Finance
6 5 (3.45%) Local Government
7 1 (0.69%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.69%) Retail
7 1 (0.69%) Swedish Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (20.69%) REST
2 28 (19.31%) .NET
3 19 (13.10%) CSS
4 18 (12.41%) HTML
5 14 (9.66%) React
6 13 (8.97%) AngularJS
7 10 (6.90%) RxJS
7 10 (6.90%) WebSockets
8 9 (6.21%) .NET Framework
8 9 (6.21%) HTML5 Canvas
9 8 (5.52%) Web Services
10 7 (4.83%) .NET Core
11 6 (4.14%) JSON
12 5 (3.45%) ASP.NET
12 5 (3.45%) XML
13 4 (2.76%) ASP.NET MVC
13 4 (2.76%) RESTful
14 3 (2.07%) ARM Templates
14 3 (2.07%) Node.js
14 3 (2.07%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 18 (12.41%) Mobile App
2 9 (6.21%) Low-Code
3 6 (4.14%) Cloud Native
4 5 (3.45%) Algorithms
4 5 (3.45%) Data Structures
4 5 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (2.76%) Legacy Applications
6 3 (2.07%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.38%) NHS
7 2 (1.38%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.69%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.69%) Housing Association
8 1 (0.69%) IoT
8 1 (0.69%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.69%) Life Science
8 1 (0.69%) Reinsurance
8 1 (0.69%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.69%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 13 (8.97%) Android
2 8 (5.52%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.69%) Linux
3 1 (0.69%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (31.72%) Agile
2 22 (15.17%) Business Intelligence
3 21 (14.48%) DevOps
4 19 (13.10%) Software Engineering
5 16 (11.03%) Migration
6 15 (10.34%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (10.34%) Design Patterns
7 14 (9.66%) MVC
8 13 (8.97%) Full Stack Development
9 12 (8.28%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (7.59%) Web Application Development
11 10 (6.90%) Electronic Trading
12 9 (6.21%) Design Thinking
13 8 (5.52%) Microservices
14 7 (4.83%) CRM
14 7 (4.83%) Web Development
15 6 (4.14%) Computer Science
15 6 (4.14%) Data Visualisation
15 6 (4.14%) Disaster Recovery
15 6 (4.14%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 45 (31.03%) C#
2 42 (28.97%) JavaScript
3 23 (15.86%) SQL
4 15 (10.34%) Python
5 14 (9.66%) PowerShell
6 13 (8.97%) TypeScript
7 8 (5.52%) Java
8 6 (4.14%) Lua
9 5 (3.45%) MATLAB
10 4 (2.76%) C
11 3 (2.07%) ABAP
11 3 (2.07%) Korn
11 3 (2.07%) Kotlin
11 3 (2.07%) Objective-C
11 3 (2.07%) Swift
11 3 (2.07%) VB.NET
12 2 (1.38%) Perl
12 2 (1.38%) PL/1
12 2 (1.38%) PL/SQL
12 2 (1.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 19 (13.10%) Degree
2 14 (9.66%) Security Cleared
3 12 (8.28%) Master's Degree
4 10 (6.90%) SC Cleared
5 5 (3.45%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.69%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.38%) QA
2 1 (0.69%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (1.38%) Docker
2 1 (0.69%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (2.07%) Ansible
1 3 (2.07%) Terraform
2 2 (1.38%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.38%) Puppet
Vendors
1 27 (18.62%) Microsoft
2 15 (10.34%) Oracle
3 5 (3.45%) Databricks
3 5 (3.45%) Lotus
3 5 (3.45%) New Relic
3 5 (3.45%) Splunk
4 4 (2.76%) SAP
5 3 (2.07%) ESRI
6 2 (1.38%) Sybase
6 2 (1.38%) Virgin Media
6 2 (1.38%) Xamarin
7 1 (0.69%) Adobe
7 1 (0.69%) Apple
7 1 (0.69%) Google
7 1 (0.69%) NEC
7 1 (0.69%) Salesforce