Mobile First Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Mobile First
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Mobile First skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 226 162 177
Rank change year-on-year -64 +15 +26
Contract jobs citing Mobile First 4 3 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.063% 0.091% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.075% 0.10% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £513 £513 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £350
Median % change year-on-year - +50.00% +16.67%
75th Percentile £544 £538 -
90th Percentile £548 - £455
England median daily rate £538 £525 £400
% change year-on-year +2.38% +31.25% -37.25%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

Mobile First 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,341 2,961 3,961
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 84.46% 89.70% 85.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,346 1,906 2,413
10th Percentile £313 £263 £300
25th Percentile £400 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £559 £588
90th Percentile £653 £650 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 339 154 366
10th Percentile £16.01 £13.50 £11.07
25th Percentile £22.68 £18.51 £12.50
Median hourly rate £54.00 £26.28 £17.86
Median % change year-on-year +105.50% +47.13% -37.77%
75th Percentile £71.50 £57.17 £44.94
90th Percentile £81.55 £82.01 £57.50
England median hourly rate £47.00 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +62.07% -20.55% -2.14%

Mobile First
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Mobile First relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Mobile First job vacancy trend in the North of England

Mobile First
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Mobile First.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Mobile First

Mobile First
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mobile First within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
Yorkshire - 4 £525 - 1
Mobile First
England

Mobile First
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 4 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Mobile Product Manager
1 3 (75.00%) Product Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 4 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 4 (100.00%) Product Management
1 4 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (100.00%) Technical Debt
1 4 (100.00%) User Stories
2 3 (75.00%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (75.00%) Product Vision
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Product Planning
3 1 (25.00%) Product Requirements
3 1 (25.00%) Product Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Ansible
1 4 (100.00%) Single Sign-On