Appium Contract Job Trends in London

Appium
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London citing Appium skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	437	359	339
Rank change year-on-year	-78	-20	+83
Contract jobs citing Appium	22	15	35
As % of all contract jobs in London	0.11%	0.11%	0.22%
As % of the Development Applications category	0.82%	0.70%	1.58%
Number of daily rates quoted	14	13	24
10^th Percentile	£333	£338	£344
25^th Percentile	£350	£350	£376
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£428	£438	£439
Median % change year-on-year	-2.29%	-0.28%	-1.13%
75^th Percentile	£521	£500	£503
90^th Percentile	£585	-	£550
England median daily rate	£418	£438	£425
% change year-on-year	-4.57%	+2.94%	-1.45%

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 citing development application skills in London.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing development application skills	2,690	2,138	2,221
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London	13.18%	15.93%	14.20%
Number of daily rates quoted	1,775	1,466	1,484
10^th Percentile	£363	£356	£363
25^th Percentile	£431	£425	£450
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£530	£525	£550
Median % change year-on-year	+0.95%	-4.55%	-4.35%
75^th Percentile	£638	£638	£672
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	23	12	8
10^th Percentile	£36.25	£36.63	£27.88
25^th Percentile	£46.25	£41.69	£32.62
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	£63.89
90^th Percentile	£88.57	£107.88	£71.44
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 27 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 27 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Central London	-20	5	£531	-19.51%
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 27 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 citing Appium.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	QA	95.5%	21
1	Test Automation	95.5%	21
3	Selenium	72.7%	16
4	CI/CD	68.2%	15
5	Agile	59.1%	13
5	AI	59.1%	13
5	Test Strategy	59.1%	13
8	Java	54.5%	12
9	Azure	50.0%	11
10	DevOps	45.5%	10
10	Software Testing	45.5%	10
12	Problem-Solving	40.9%	9
12	REST Assured	40.9%	9
12	Scrum	40.9%	9
15	AWS	36.4%	8
15	End-to-End Testing	36.4%	8
15	GitHub	36.4%	8
15	Jenkins	36.4%	8
15	Playwright	36.4%	8
15	Postman	36.4%	8
15	Python	36.4%	8
22	Android	31.8%	7
22	Apple iOS	31.8%	7
22	GitHub Actions	31.8%	7
22	Security Cleared	31.8%	7
22	SQL	31.8%	7
22	TestNG	31.8%	7
28	Exploratory Testing	27.3%	6
28	GitHub Copilot	27.3%	6
28	SC Cleared	27.3%	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	72.7%	16
2	REST Assured	40.9%	9
3	Jenkins	36.4%	8
3	Postman	36.4%	8
5	TestNG	31.8%	7
6	JIRA	22.7%	5
7	Charles Proxy	18.2%	4
7	Katalon Studio	18.2%	4
7	Selendroid	18.2%	4
10	JUnit	13.6%	3
10	LoadRunner	13.6%	3
10	TestRail	13.6%	3
10	Zephyr	13.6%	3
14	Cypress.io	9.1%	2
14	HP UFT	9.1%	2
14	Robot Framework	9.1%	2
14	SoapUI	9.1%	2
14	XCUITest	9.1%	2
19	Android Studio	4.5%	1
19	Cucumber	4.5%	1