Mobile First Contracts with Work from Home Options

Mobile First
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and a requirement for Mobile First skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Mobile First over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 341 456 583
Rank change year-on-year +115 +127 -115
Contract jobs citing Mobile First 7 20 39
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.046% 0.078% 0.087%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.053% 0.087% 0.096%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 9 35
10th Percentile £431 £305 £385
25th Percentile - £350 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +19.40%
75th Percentile £456 £600 £675
90th Percentile £498 £715 £684
UK median daily rate £438 £638 £500
% change year-on-year -31.37% +27.50% +17.65%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

Mobile First is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,319 22,924 40,623
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.90% 89.76% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,917 16,193 29,494
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £630
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 575 527 541
10th Percentile £15.17 £18.67 £13.75
25th Percentile £24.63 £30.00 £20.00
Median hourly rate £42.50 £55.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.73% +57.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £75.15 £80.25 £67.50
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

Mobile First
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Mobile First as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Mobile First trend for jobs with a WFH option

Mobile First
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Mobile First.

Mobile First daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Mobile First
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Azure
1 3 (42.86%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (42.86%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Babel
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) webpack
General
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Designer
2 2 (28.57%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 2 (28.57%) Full Stack Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) UX Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Delivery Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Front-End Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Full Stack Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior UI Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior UI/UX Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior UX Designer
3 1 (14.29%) UI Designer
3 1 (14.29%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (57.14%) Next.js
1 4 (57.14%) React
2 3 (42.86%) NestJS
2 3 (42.86%) Prisma
3 1 (14.29%) CSS
3 1 (14.29%) HTML
3 1 (14.29%) Jest
3 1 (14.29%) Redux
3 1 (14.29%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) User Experience
2 4 (57.14%) SEO
2 4 (57.14%) UX Design
3 3 (42.86%) Agile
3 3 (42.86%) B2B
3 3 (42.86%) DevOps
3 3 (42.86%) Full Stack Development
3 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
4 2 (28.57%) CRM
4 2 (28.57%) Front End Development
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Responsive Web Design
4 2 (28.57%) Wireframes
5 1 (14.29%) Coaching
5 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
5 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 1 (14.29%) Micro Frontends
5 1 (14.29%) Process Improvement
5 1 (14.29%) Scrum
5 1 (14.29%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (42.86%) TypeScript
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
1 1 (14.29%) PMO