Java Mobile Developer Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Java Mobile Developer
North West > Manchester

The median Java Mobile Developer daily rate in Manchester is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
9 Mar 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Mobile Developer 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.28% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £475 - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 1,306 954 1,484
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.39% 93.71% 94.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 819 649 1,058
10th Percentile £313 £305 £300
25th Percentile £400 £391 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £452 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +0.44% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £564 £575
90th Percentile £638 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £456 £475 £495
% change year-on-year -4.00% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 118 37 90
10th Percentile £18.57 £13.00 £12.22
25th Percentile £22.68 £16.25 £13.50
Median hourly rate £51.97 £32.50 £25.60
Median % change year-on-year +59.90% +26.98% -36.01%
75th Percentile £65.94 £37.00 £64.69
90th Percentile £78.75 £62.00 £73.75
North West median hourly rate £42.69 £31.51 £24.90
% change year-on-year +35.46% +26.57% -17.02%

Java Mobile Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Java Mobile Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Java Mobile Developer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Java Mobile Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Mobile Developer job vacancies in Manchester.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Java Mobile Developer job vacancies in Manchester

Java Mobile Developer Skill Set
Top 23 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 9 March 2026, Java Mobile Developer contract job roles required 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 Manchester region featuring Java Mobile Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) Kotlin
2 3 (75.00%) Thought Leadership
3 2 (50.00%) API Design
3 2 (50.00%) AWS
3 2 (50.00%) BDD
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Design Patterns
3 2 (50.00%) Event-Driven
3 2 (50.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
3 2 (50.00%) Information Security
3 2 (50.00%) Microservices
3 2 (50.00%) OAuth
3 2 (50.00%) OAuth2
3 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (50.00%) SDLC
3 2 (50.00%) Spring
3 2 (50.00%) Spring Boot
3 2 (50.00%) TDD
3 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
4 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared

Java Mobile Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) OAuth
1 2 (50.00%) OAuth2
1 2 (50.00%) Spring
1 2 (50.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Thought Leadership
2 2 (50.00%) API Design
2 2 (50.00%) BDD
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 2 (50.00%) Event-Driven
2 2 (50.00%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 2 (50.00%) Information Security
2 2 (50.00%) Microservices
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (50.00%) SDLC
2 2 (50.00%) TDD
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared