The first table below looks at the demand for the Mobile Applications Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Mobile Applications Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mobile Application Developer
Rank 446 514 525
Rank change year-on-year
+68 +11
Contract jobs requiring a Mobile Applications Developer 66 43 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.156% 0.080% 0.054%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.169% 0.087% 0.058%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 31 13
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £260
10% offered a daily rate of more than £464 £400 £377
UK excluding London average daily rate £313 £320 £313
% change year-on-year
-2.34% +2.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
Average hourly rate £45.00 - £39.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £27.50
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
39141 49545 51375
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.52% 92.60% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 22991 28027 28527
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £246 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2036 2429 2720
Average hourly rate £19.00 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.70% -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.17 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Mobile Applications Developer
UK

Mobile Applications Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Mobile Applications Developer across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England Mobile Applications Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Mobile Applications Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Mobile Applications Developer across the England region.

England Mobile Applications Developer Daily Rate Trend

Mobile Applications Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mobile Applications Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England Mobile Applications Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Mobile Applications Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Mobile Applications Developer across the England region.

England Mobile Applications Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Mobile Applications Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mobile Applications Developer within the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +39 41 £350 +6.06%
South East +20 6 £343 +7.03%
East of England +12 6 £475 +58.33%
North West +18 5 £280 -30.00%
West Midlands +14 5 £300 +25.00%
South West +26 2 £425 -
Yorkshire - 2 - -
Mobile Applications Developer
UK

Mobile Applications Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Mobile Applications Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Mobile Applications Developer in their job title.

1 119 (92.25%) Mobile App
2 93 (72.09%) Android
3 86 (66.67%) Apple iOS
4 42 (32.56%) Objective-C
4 42 (32.56%) Java
5 39 (30.23%) HTML5
6 38 (29.46%) Windows
7 34 (26.36%) CSS
7 34 (26.36%) JavaScript
8 29 (22.48%) iPhone
9 25 (19.38%) Web Services
9 25 (19.38%) Windows Mobile
10 21 (16.28%) XML
10 21 (16.28%) .NET
10 21 (16.28%) OO
11 19 (14.73%) Blackberry
12 18 (13.95%) iPad
12 18 (13.95%) CSS3
13 16 (12.40%) JSON
13 16 (12.40%) HTML
13 16 (12.40%) Agile Software Development
14 15 (11.63%) iOS SDK
14 15 (11.63%) Mobile Application Development
15 14 (10.85%) jQuery
15 14 (10.85%) Cocoa
15 14 (10.85%) Ajax
15 14 (10.85%) C#
15 14 (10.85%) C++
15 14 (10.85%) Apple
16 13 (10.08%) SQL

Mobile Applications Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Mobile Applications Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled with Mobile Applications Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 39 (30.23%) HTML5
2 34 (26.36%) CSS
3 25 (19.38%) Web Services
4 21 (16.28%) XML
4 21 (16.28%) .NET
5 18 (13.95%) CSS3
6 16 (12.40%) JSON
6 16 (12.40%) HTML
7 15 (11.63%) iOS SDK
8 14 (10.85%) jQuery
8 14 (10.85%) Cocoa
8 14 (10.85%) Ajax
9 9 (6.977%) REST
10 8 (6.202%) WCF
11 7 (5.426%) LAMP
11 7 (5.426%) ASP.NET
11 7 (5.426%) iPhone SDK
12 6 (4.651%) SOAP
13 5 (3.876%) Spring
13 5 (3.876%) OpenGL
Application Platforms
1 3 (2.326%) CMS
1 3 (2.326%) WebLogic
2 2 (1.550%) WebLogic Portal
3 1 (0.775%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (0.775%) Apache
3 1 (0.775%) Adobe CQ
3 1 (0.775%) Windows Azure
Applications
1 3 (2.326%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.775%) MS PowerPoint
2 1 (0.775%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.775%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 10 (7.752%) HTTP
2 3 (2.326%) Internet
2 3 (2.326%) SSL
2 3 (2.326%) NFC
3 2 (1.550%) SMS
3 2 (1.550%) 3G
4 1 (0.775%) Wireless
4 1 (0.775%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.550%) SQLite
2 1 (0.775%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 13 (10.08%) PhoneGap
2 9 (6.977%) Appcelerator Titanium
3 5 (3.876%) Subversion
4 3 (2.326%) Xcode
4 3 (2.326%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.550%) GitHub
5 2 (1.550%) WebLogic Workshop
5 2 (1.550%) Eclipse
5 2 (1.550%) Maven
6 1 (0.775%) Ant
6 1 (0.775%) Git (software)
6 1 (0.775%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 7 (5.426%) Finance
2 6 (4.651%) Marketing
2 6 (4.651%) Telecoms
2 6 (4.651%) Music
3 5 (3.876%) Banking
4 2 (1.550%) Billing
4 2 (1.550%) Publishing
4 2 (1.550%) Legal
4 2 (1.550%) Games
5 1 (0.775%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.775%) Electronics
5 1 (0.775%) Music Industry
5 1 (0.775%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (0.775%) Retail
5 1 (0.775%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 119 (92.25%) Mobile App
2 29 (22.48%) iPhone
3 19 (14.73%) Blackberry
4 18 (13.95%) iPad
5 11 (8.527%) Handset
6 8 (6.202%) Smartphone
7 7 (5.426%) Computer Science
8 4 (3.101%) Mobile Payment
9 3 (2.326%) Streaming Video
9 3 (2.326%) Graphic Design
10 2 (1.550%) Open Source
10 2 (1.550%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (1.550%) IPTV
11 1 (0.775%) 3D Graphics
11 1 (0.775%) Streaming Music
11 1 (0.775%) N-Tier
11 1 (0.775%) FMCG
11 1 (0.775%) Cloud Computing
11 1 (0.775%) Telematics
11 1 (0.775%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 93 (72.09%) Android
2 86 (66.67%) Apple iOS
3 38 (29.46%) Windows
4 25 (19.38%) Windows Mobile
5 6 (4.651%) Windows 8
5 6 (4.651%) Windows Phone
6 4 (3.101%) Windows CE
7 2 (1.550%) Windows Phone 8
7 2 (1.550%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.775%) Linux
8 1 (0.775%) UNIX
8 1 (0.775%) BlackBerry OS
8 1 (0.775%) Windows Phone 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (16.28%) OO
2 16 (12.40%) Agile Software Development
3 15 (11.63%) Mobile Application Development
4 10 (7.752%) E-Commerce
5 9 (6.977%) TDD
6 8 (6.202%) Continuous Integration
6 8 (6.202%) Multithreading
6 8 (6.202%) Software Engineering
7 7 (5.426%) OOP
7 7 (5.426%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (3.876%) Content Management
9 4 (3.101%) Memory Management
9 4 (3.101%) Release Management
9 4 (3.101%) Web Application Development
9 4 (3.101%) SOA
9 4 (3.101%) Automated Testing
9 4 (3.101%) Scrum
10 3 (2.326%) MVC
10 3 (2.326%) Web Design
10 3 (2.326%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 42 (32.56%) Objective-C
1 42 (32.56%) Java
2 34 (26.36%) JavaScript
3 14 (10.85%) C#
3 14 (10.85%) C++
4 13 (10.08%) SQL
5 7 (5.426%) C
6 5 (3.876%) PHP
7 3 (2.326%) VC++
8 1 (0.775%) Ruby
8 1 (0.775%) Python
8 1 (0.775%) Embedded C++
8 1 (0.775%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.775%) VB
8 1 (0.775%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 8 (6.202%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.775%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.775%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.775%) Business Desktop Deployment
Vendors
1 14 (10.85%) Apple
2 7 (5.426%) Oracle
3 4 (3.101%) Sencha
3 4 (3.101%) Facebook
4 3 (2.326%) Microsoft
4 3 (2.326%) Adobe
4 3 (2.326%) Twitter
5 2 (1.550%) JBoss
5 2 (1.550%) Symantec
6 1 (0.775%) VMware
6 1 (0.775%) Google
6 1 (0.775%) Nokia
6 1 (0.775%) Xamarin
6 1 (0.775%) Appcelerator
6 1 (0.775%) DevExpress
Birmingham, West Midlands
Mobile Applications Developer required to assist in the development of a greenfield eCommerce applications Essentials: - Objective C (iPhone) - Android Desirable: - Blackberry - Windows Mobile This is an excellent opportunity...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Skills/Experience required: - Evidence of four/five mobile application's built (Hands on experience) - Cross Mobile platform expertise - Working on a .NET framework -SQL Server 2012 -Familiar with...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
A Mobile Applications developer experienced with either Android or IoS required by this International Music giant... To be considered for this role you will need to be confident...
FIRST POINT IT RESOURCING
Rate: £375 - £450 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
A Mobile Applications developer experienced with either Android or IoS required by this International Music giant... To be considered for this role you will need to be confident...
NFP Group Ltd
Rate: £375 - £450 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
Manchester, North West
ASP.NET Developer, 3-6 Months, Manchester, £200 - £300 p/day ASP.NET, C#, HTML, JAVASCRIPT, JQUERY, CSS, SQL SERVER I now have a very exciting requirement for...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Central London / West End
They are urgently seeking and experienced Android Mobile Application Developer to join on a contract bases, in their central London office. The successful candidate will work on an...
RBW Consulting
Rate: Up to £320 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013