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 20 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	433	345	342
Rank change year-on-year	-88	-3	+77
Contract jobs citing Appium	21	16	37
As % of all contract jobs in London	0.10%	0.12%	0.23%
As % of the Development Applications category	0.78%	0.76%	1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted	13	14	26
10^th Percentile	£330	£338	£350
25^th Percentile	£350	£363	£409
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£438	£469	£440
Median % change year-on-year	-6.67%	+6.53%	-7.85%
75^th Percentile	£538	£500	£493
90^th Percentile	£590	£612	£550
England median daily rate	£438	£438	£438

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.

	6 months to 20 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills	2,679	2,107	2,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London	13.10%	15.85%	14.30%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,760	1,440	1,514
10^th Percentile	£363	£356	£363
25^th Percentile	£435	£425	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£525	£525	£550
Median % change year-on-year	-	-4.55%	-4.35%
75^th Percentile	£638	£642	£662
90^th Percentile	£738	£738	£775
England median daily rate	£500	£500	£525
% change year-on-year	-	-4.76%	-4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted	22	12	10
10^th Percentile	£20.95	£36.63	£25.39
25^th Percentile	£41.56	£41.69	£31.71
Median hourly rate	£57.00	£45.00	£46.25
Median % change year-on-year	+26.67%	-2.70%	-15.91%
75^th Percentile	£71.25	£70.00	£68.80
90^th Percentile	£88.66	£107.88	£71.88
England median hourly rate	£65.00	£65.00	£65.00

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 Daily Rate Trend in London

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 20 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Appium in London

Appium Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Appium within the London region over the 6 months to 20 October 2026. 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
Central London	-21	5	£531	-19.51%	1
West London	-	2	£355	-	1
North London	-	1	£525	-
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Appium Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 20 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Appium also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the London region with a requirement for Appium.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	QA	95.2%	20
1	Test Automation	95.2%	20
3	Selenium	76.2%	16
4	CI/CD	66.7%	14
5	Test Strategy	61.9%	13
6	Agile	57.1%	12
6	AI	57.1%	12
6	Java	57.1%	12
9	Azure	52.4%	11
10	DevOps	47.6%	10
10	Software Testing	47.6%	10
12	REST Assured	42.9%	9
13	AWS	38.1%	8
13	GitHub	38.1%	8
13	Jenkins	38.1%	8
13	Playwright	38.1%	8
13	Problem-Solving	38.1%	8
13	Python	38.1%	8
13	Scrum	38.1%	8
20	End-to-End Testing	33.3%	7
20	GitHub Actions	33.3%	7
20	Postman	33.3%	7
20	Security Cleared	33.3%	7
20	SQL	33.3%	7
20	TestNG	33.3%	7
26	Android	28.6%	6
26	Apple iOS	28.6%	6
26	GitHub Copilot	28.6%	6
26	SC Cleared	28.6%	6
26	SDET	28.6%	6

Appium Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Development Applications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Selenium	76.2%	16
2	REST Assured	42.9%	9
3	Jenkins	38.1%	8
4	Postman	33.3%	7
4	TestNG	33.3%	7
6	JIRA	23.8%	5
7	Charles Proxy	14.3%	3
7	JUnit	14.3%	3
7	Katalon Studio	14.3%	3
7	LoadRunner	14.3%	3
7	Selendroid	14.3%	3
7	TestRail	14.3%	3
7	Zephyr	14.3%	3
14	Cypress.io	9.5%	2
14	HP UFT	9.5%	2
14	Robot Framework	9.5%	2
14	SoapUI	9.5%	2
14	XCUITest	9.5%	2
19	Android Studio	4.8%	1
19	Cucumber	4.8%	1