The first table below looks at the demand for the Mobile 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Mobile Developer
Rank 346 428 458
Rank change year-on-year
+82 +30
Contract jobs requiring a Mobile Developer 172 130 114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.414% 0.244% 0.202%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.447% 0.263% 0.218%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 87 60
Average daily rate £343 £335 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.23% +3.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £253 £264
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £325 £309
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 8
Average hourly rate £45.00 £34.00 £60.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.35% -43.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £27.50
All Job Titles
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
38474 49443 52336
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 92.56% 92.67% 92.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 22637 27972 29016
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £245 £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 2002 2393 2764
Average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -5.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.15 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.00 £40.00 £40.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Mobile Developer
UK

Mobile Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Mobile Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Mobile Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Mobile Developer Daily Rate Trend

Mobile Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Mobile Developer across the England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

England Mobile Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Mobile Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Mobile Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Mobile 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 Developer within the England region over the 3 months to 17 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 +63 118 £350 -
South East +22 15 £296 -7.42%
South West +30 9 £338 -
North West +18 8 £275 -31.25%
West Midlands +2 8 £300 -
Yorkshire - 8 £213 -
East of England +6 7 £475 +35.71%
Mobile Developer
UK

Mobile Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Mobile 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 Developer in their job title.

1 212 (63.86%) Android
2 205 (61.75%) Apple iOS
3 191 (57.53%) Mobile App
4 146 (43.98%) HTML5
5 135 (40.66%) JavaScript
6 120 (36.14%) CSS
7 114 (34.34%) Java
8 83 (25.00%) Objective-C
9 77 (23.19%) Windows
10 76 (22.89%) jQuery
11 75 (22.59%) CSS3
12 72 (21.69%) JSON
13 67 (20.18%) iPhone
14 60 (18.07%) Web Services
15 58 (17.47%) HTML
16 50 (15.06%) Agile Software Development
17 49 (14.76%) OO
18 45 (13.55%) XML
18 45 (13.55%) PhoneGap
19 44 (13.25%) Blackberry
20 43 (12.95%) Windows Mobile
20 43 (12.95%) iOS SDK
21 41 (12.35%) Scrum
22 40 (12.05%) Ajax
23 37 (11.14%) .NET
24 35 (10.54%) REST
24 35 (10.54%) Mobile Application Development
25 32 (9.639%) E-Commerce
26 31 (9.337%) Appcelerator Titanium
27 30 (9.036%) C++

Mobile Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region that cited Mobile 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 146 (43.98%) HTML5
2 120 (36.14%) CSS
3 76 (22.89%) jQuery
4 75 (22.59%) CSS3
5 72 (21.69%) JSON
6 60 (18.07%) Web Services
7 58 (17.47%) HTML
8 45 (13.55%) XML
9 43 (12.95%) iOS SDK
10 40 (12.05%) Ajax
11 37 (11.14%) .NET
12 35 (10.54%) REST
13 24 (7.229%) Cocoa
14 21 (6.325%) Spring
15 19 (5.723%) SOAP
16 17 (5.120%) Sencha Touch
17 14 (4.217%) J2ME
18 13 (3.916%) Sass
19 12 (3.614%) J2EE
19 12 (3.614%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 11 (3.313%) Amazon EC2
1 11 (3.313%) Amazon S3
1 11 (3.313%) Amazon AWS
1 11 (3.313%) Route 53
2 8 (2.410%) CMS
3 4 (1.205%) Apache
4 3 (0.904%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.602%) WebLogic Portal
6 1 (0.301%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 1 (0.301%) Tomcat
6 1 (0.301%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.301%) GlassFish
6 1 (0.301%) Windows Azure
6 1 (0.301%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 4 (1.205%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.301%) MS Office
2 1 (0.301%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.301%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (3.313%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.301%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 22 (6.627%) Internet
2 19 (5.723%) HTTP
3 5 (1.506%) NFC
4 3 (0.904%) SSL
5 2 (0.602%) SMS
6 1 (0.301%) 4G
6 1 (0.301%) 3G
6 1 (0.301%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (7.530%) MySQL
2 11 (3.313%) SQLite
2 11 (3.313%) MongoDB
2 11 (3.313%) Redis
2 11 (3.313%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 45 (13.55%) PhoneGap
2 31 (9.337%) Appcelerator Titanium
3 24 (7.229%) Subversion
4 20 (6.024%) Git (software)
5 18 (5.422%) Xcode
6 16 (4.819%) Jenkins
7 14 (4.217%) Eclipse
8 12 (3.614%) Selenium
9 7 (2.108%) Maven
9 7 (2.108%) Visual Studio
10 6 (1.807%) Ant
11 4 (1.205%) GitHub
12 3 (0.904%) JUnit
12 3 (0.904%) Team Foundation Server
12 3 (0.904%) Hudson
13 2 (0.602%) Capistrano
13 2 (0.602%) WebLogic Workshop
14 1 (0.301%) Dreamweaver
14 1 (0.301%) VisualAge
14 1 (0.301%) Mercurial
General
1 20 (6.024%) Games
2 18 (5.422%) Finance
3 12 (3.614%) Banking
4 11 (3.313%) Music
5 8 (2.410%) Publishing
6 6 (1.807%) Marketing
7 5 (1.506%) Corporate Banking
7 5 (1.506%) Telecoms
7 5 (1.506%) Retail
8 2 (0.602%) Legal
8 2 (0.602%) Electronics
8 2 (0.602%) Billing
9 1 (0.301%) Music Industry
9 1 (0.301%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.301%) Advertising
9 1 (0.301%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 191 (57.53%) Mobile App
2 67 (20.18%) iPhone
3 44 (13.25%) Blackberry
4 27 (8.133%) iPad
5 18 (5.422%) Handset
6 11 (3.313%) Smartphone
7 9 (2.711%) Computer Science
8 8 (2.410%) Digital Media
9 7 (2.108%) Social Network
10 6 (1.807%) PKI
11 5 (1.506%) Open Source
11 5 (1.506%) Enterprise Software
11 5 (1.506%) Mobile Payment
12 4 (1.205%) Online Games
12 4 (1.205%) Mobile Games
13 3 (0.904%) Graphic Design
13 3 (0.904%) Augmented Reality
13 3 (0.904%) Inversion of Control
13 3 (0.904%) Social Media
14 2 (0.602%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 212 (63.86%) Android
2 205 (61.75%) Apple iOS
3 77 (23.19%) Windows
4 43 (12.95%) Windows Mobile
5 18 (5.422%) Windows Phone
6 15 (4.518%) Windows 8
7 10 (3.012%) Linux
8 5 (1.506%) Windows Phone 8
9 4 (1.205%) Windows CE
9 4 (1.205%) Windows Phone 7
10 3 (0.904%) UNIX
11 2 (0.602%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.602%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.301%) bada
12 1 (0.301%) BlackBerry OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 50 (15.06%) Agile Software Development
2 49 (14.76%) OO
3 41 (12.35%) Scrum
4 35 (10.54%) Mobile Application Development
5 32 (9.639%) E-Commerce
6 28 (8.434%) MVC
7 27 (8.133%) TDD
8 24 (7.229%) Web Development
8 24 (7.229%) OOP
9 16 (4.819%) Automated Testing
10 15 (4.518%) BDD
11 13 (3.916%) Continuous Integration
11 13 (3.916%) Multithreading
12 12 (3.614%) Security Testing
13 9 (2.711%) Progressive Enhancement
13 9 (2.711%) Software Engineering
14 8 (2.410%) Memory Management
15 7 (2.108%) Content Management
15 7 (2.108%) User Acceptance Testing
15 7 (2.108%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 135 (40.66%) JavaScript
2 114 (34.34%) Java
3 83 (25.00%) Objective-C
4 30 (9.036%) C++
5 28 (8.434%) C#
6 18 (5.422%) PHP
6 18 (5.422%) SQL
7 15 (4.518%) C
8 3 (0.904%) VC++
9 2 (0.602%) XAML
9 2 (0.602%) Ruby
9 2 (0.602%) XPath
9 2 (0.602%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.301%) VB
10 1 (0.301%) VB.NET
10 1 (0.301%) Bash shell
10 1 (0.301%) Python
10 1 (0.301%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 15 (4.518%) Degree
2 5 (1.506%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.205%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.108%) QA
2 1 (0.301%) ISO/IEC 14443
2 1 (0.301%) ISO/IEC 7816
2 1 (0.301%) WAI
System Software
1 1 (0.301%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.301%) Business Desktop Deployment
Vendors
1 25 (7.530%) Oracle
2 20 (6.024%) Sencha
3 19 (5.723%) Apple
4 11 (3.313%) Percona
5 7 (2.108%) Facebook
5 7 (2.108%) Microsoft
6 6 (1.807%) Adobe
6 6 (1.807%) Appcelerator
7 5 (1.506%) Google
7 5 (1.506%) Twitter
8 2 (0.602%) Xamarin
8 2 (0.602%) Zend
8 2 (0.602%) DevExpress
9 1 (0.301%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.301%) Nokia
9 1 (0.301%) Symantec
9 1 (0.301%) VMware
9 1 (0.301%) JBoss
9 1 (0.301%) Symbian
9 1 (0.301%) IBM
West Yorkshire
Job Purpose. To lead the design, development and maintenance of Android, IPhone, Windows, Blackberry Apps. To lead the entire app life cycle from concept stage until delivery and...
The Bridge Ltd
Rate: £Market Rates
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, Yorkshire
Mobile Developer - Leeds - £300-£400 daily rateios - android - c++ - objective C - Java My client, a leading digital agency, are looking to hire a Mobile Developer to create exciting...
IQ Resourcing
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
My client, a HUGE household name brand, is on the lookout for a contract mobile developer (iOS and Android) to join their team for an initial 3 month...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £200 - £300 per day
Posted: 24 April 2013
London
Responsibilities: - Develop two native mobile apps (iOS, Android) that will provide session authentication for six internal mobile HTML5 applets - Develop, test and implement a provisioning server based on...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £250 - £300
Posted: 13 May 2013
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
London
Exclusive HTML5/ web developer contract : Consultancy: Start ASAP : Central London : 3 Months initially : Javascript, PhoneGap, HTML5, Jquery mobile, mobile website/ optimisation, JSON, iOS - iphone/ ipad, Android... OO Javascript...
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
West London
Skills required - Object Oriented Programming with .NET, PHP or Java. - CSS3, HTML5, JavaScript experience. - iOS / Android mobile experience. - Experience working with OS X, Cocoa framework or Objective-C.
Wallace HCL
Posted: 2 May 2013
London
My client is looking for a talented HTML5 / Mobile Developer for an immediate start. They are a fully integrated digital agency, part of an international group and they...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Rate: £160 to £200 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
South West London
Mobile Frontend Developer - HTML5, CSS3, UI/UX WireframeMy client based in South West London, is currently looking to recruit a Mobile Frontend Developer to work an initial 6...
Levy Associates Limited
Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 18 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
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
City of London
I am currently looking for a Web Developer with mobile experience to work on a contract basis for an excellent blue chip client of ours based in West...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £301 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Yorkshire and the Humber
Contract Java Mobile Developer, Yorkshire £300-£350 Per day. Java: J2EE, J2MEMobile: Android, iPhone, Windows Mobile, iOS, BlackberryThis is a 6 month contract opportunity with a good possibility...
Real Staffing
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Minimum 4 years of solid experience in iOS and /or Android native applications (development, test and release management) Design, build, test and maintain high quality software within in...
Asset Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £375 - £420 per day
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
SOAP, XML, JSON etc... - Strong experience with object-oriented programming - software development experience in Objective-C C/C++, Java, HTML/CSS - Knowledge of layered systems architectures and layered...
Hotfoot Resourcing.
Rate: From £300 to £350 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
The project is of critical importance and will need someone within extensive Windows mobile application experience... To be applicable this role you must have the following experience; -Windows...
Rullion IT Plus
Posted: 16 May 2013
City of London
The role has come about due to project-driven expansion and an increasing requirement for mobile application development.The successful developer will have proven experience developing web based...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Posted: 9 May 2013
City, London
The role will comprise end-to-end solutions for mobile devices (iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone 8 platforms) including development of the services that provide the data.
Bloomberg LP
Rate: Competitive benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
City of London
The role will comprise end-to-end solutions for mobile devices (iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone 8 platforms) including development of the services that provide the data.
Bloomberg
Rate: Competitive benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Essential skills required: Excellent track record in development using the following : iOS development with Objective-C, Cocoa Touch framework and key libraries Apple iOS platform best Practices and...
Lorien Resourcing
Rate: Market Rate
Posted: 13 May 2013
South West London
Mobile Java Developer - Java (J2SE/J2EE), Spring, HibernateMy client based in South West London, is currently looking to recruit a Mobile Java Developer to work an initial 6...
Levy Associates Limited
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
City Of London
2 Front End Web/Mobile developers - London Opus Recruitment Solutions are urgently seeking 2 Front end web/Mobile developers for an initial 6 month contract, for a global...
OPUS
Rate: GBP200 to GBP275 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013