Appium Contract Job Trends in London

Appium
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Appium skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 378 321 367
Rank change year-on-year -57 +46 +103
Contract jobs citing Appium 16 36 25
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.10% 0.27% 0.14%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.68% 1.93% 1.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 23 20
10th Percentile £309 £302 -
25th Percentile £310 £339 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £420 £341 £419
Median % change year-on-year +23.17% -18.57% -18.69%
75th Percentile £488 £410 £460
90th Percentile £500 £444 £504
England median daily rate £420 £340 £425
% change year-on-year +23.53% -20.00% -12.37%

All Development Application Skills
London

Appium falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 2,370 1,869 2,347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 14.91% 13.93% 12.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,610 1,234 1,723
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £420 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £533 £568
Median % change year-on-year -2.35% -6.17% -5.42%
75th Percentile £631 £675 £675
90th Percentile £732 £800 £775
England median daily rate £500 £508 £535
% change year-on-year -1.48% -5.14% -6.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 4 23
10th Percentile - £26.48 £25.08
25th Percentile £18.75 £27.14 £28.75
Median hourly rate £70.00 £48.75 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +43.59% +14.71% -26.09%
75th Percentile £95.00 £77.19 £62.88
90th Percentile £98.00 £87.88 £73.32
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%

Appium
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Appium relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Appium job vacancy trend in London

Appium
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Appium.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Appium

Appium
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Appium in London over the 6 months to 28 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Appium in London

Appium
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (12.50%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (25.00%) BlazeMeter
2 3 (18.75%) Azure
2 3 (18.75%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (18.75%) BrowserStack
2 3 (18.75%) Google Analytics
2 3 (18.75%) Sentry
3 1 (6.25%) Azure Cosmos DB
3 1 (6.25%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 7 (43.75%) JIRA
2 6 (37.50%) GitLab
3 5 (31.25%) Selenium
4 4 (25.00%) Postman
5 3 (18.75%) Charles Proxy
5 3 (18.75%) JMeter
5 3 (18.75%) Katalon Studio
5 3 (18.75%) XCUITest
6 2 (12.50%) Git
6 2 (12.50%) IntelliJ
6 2 (12.50%) WebDriver
7 1 (6.25%) Android Studio
7 1 (6.25%) Cucumber
7 1 (6.25%) HP UFT
7 1 (6.25%) JUnit
7 1 (6.25%) NUnit
7 1 (6.25%) Subversion
7 1 (6.25%) TestComplete
7 1 (6.25%) TestNG
7 1 (6.25%) Zephyr
General
1 6 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
1 6 (37.50%) Finance
2 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 3 (18.75%) Public Sector
4 2 (12.50%) Banking
4 2 (12.50%) Telecoms
5 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Mobile Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) QA Engineer
2 4 (25.00%) Test Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Applications Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Quality Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Test Automation Engineer
3 3 (18.75%) Tester
4 2 (12.50%) Automation Tester
4 2 (12.50%) Lead
4 2 (12.50%) Mobile Tester
4 2 (12.50%) QA Test Engineer
4 2 (12.50%) Test Leader
5 1 (6.25%) Analyst
5 1 (6.25%) Azure Test Lead
5 1 (6.25%) JIRA Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Lead DevOps
5 1 (6.25%) PowerShell Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) QA Automation Engineer
5 1 (6.25%) Senior
5 1 (6.25%) Telecoms Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) WebdriverIO
2 3 (18.75%) React Native
2 3 (18.75%) Web Services
3 2 (12.50%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 9 (56.25%) Mobile App
2 3 (18.75%) Product Ownership
3 1 (6.25%) Cloud Native
3 1 (6.25%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (6.25%) Hedge funds
3 1 (6.25%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 10 (62.50%) Android
2 9 (56.25%) Apple iOS
3 1 (6.25%) Linux
3 1 (6.25%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (81.25%) Test Automation
2 10 (62.50%) Agile
2 10 (62.50%) CI/CD
3 8 (50.00%) Test Scripting
4 7 (43.75%) Regression Testing
5 6 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (37.50%) Test Strategy
6 5 (31.25%) API Testing
6 5 (31.25%) Case Management
6 5 (31.25%) Performance Testing
6 5 (31.25%) Scrum
7 4 (25.00%) Data Management
7 4 (25.00%) Manual Testing
7 4 (25.00%) Process Improvement
8 3 (18.75%) DevOps
8 3 (18.75%) Functional Programming
8 3 (18.75%) Integration Testing
8 3 (18.75%) Software Deployment
8 3 (18.75%) Software Testing
8 3 (18.75%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) C#
1 5 (31.25%) JavaScript
2 4 (25.00%) Python
2 4 (25.00%) TypeScript
3 3 (18.75%) Java
3 3 (18.75%) Kotlin
3 3 (18.75%) Swift
4 2 (12.50%) Bash
4 2 (12.50%) PowerShell
4 2 (12.50%) SQL
5 1 (6.25%) C
5 1 (6.25%) C++
5 1 (6.25%) PL/SQL
5 1 (6.25%) Rust
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Degree
1 3 (18.75%) Master's Degree
2 2 (12.50%) Security Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (6.25%) ISTQB
3 1 (6.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (81.25%) QA
2 6 (37.50%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (6.25%) Docker
1 1 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (18.75%) Optimizely
1 3 (18.75%) Splunk
2 1 (6.25%) Avaloq
2 1 (6.25%) Citrix
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft