Mobile Development Contract Job Trends in Manchester

Mobile Development
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Mobile Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 - 88
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Mobile Development 3 0 14
As % of all contract jobs in Manchester 0.22% - 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% - 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £474 - £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 - £438
75th Percentile £501 - £444
90th Percentile - - £460
North West median daily rate £488 - £438
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £72.75
25th Percentile - - £75.00
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £78.75
75th Percentile - - £82.50
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £70.00 £65.50 £78.75
% change year-on-year +6.87% -16.83% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

Mobile Development falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,215 927 1,371
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 88.17% 91.15% 86.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 823 597 961
10th Percentile £306 £294 £313
25th Percentile £381 £385 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £455 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.10% -9.00% -
75th Percentile £572 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £677 £669
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 32 73
10th Percentile £18.11 £15.92 £12.50
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.75 £13.50
Median hourly rate £51.00 £32.50 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +56.92% +25.00% -33.33%
75th Percentile £66.25 £34.56 £57.50
90th Percentile £77.50 £60.00 £72.50
North West median hourly rate £45.00 £31.64 £26.66
% change year-on-year +42.23% +18.68% -28.91%

Mobile Development
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Mobile Development relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Mobile Development job vacancy trend in Manchester

Mobile Development
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Mobile Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Mobile Development

Mobile Development
Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Mobile Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Mobile Development

Mobile Development
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 1 (33.33%) Firebase
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Crashlytics
1 1 (33.33%) Gradle
General
1 1 (33.33%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Android Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Application Security Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Applications Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) React Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Security Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Mobile Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Android Jetpack
1 1 (33.33%) Dagger
1 1 (33.33%) Jetpack Compose
1 1 (33.33%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (33.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Android
2 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Android Development
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Design
2 1 (33.33%) Clean Code
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cryptography
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) DevSecOps
2 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
2 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (33.33%) iOS Development
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) MVVM
2 1 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) TDD
2 1 (33.33%) Threat Modelling
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
1 1 (33.33%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Grafana