Mobile First Contract Job Trends in the North West

Mobile First
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West requiring Mobile First skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 172 129 -
Rank change year-on-year -43 - -
Contract jobs citing Mobile First 5 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North West 0.13% 0.046% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.051% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £350 -
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% - -
75th Percentile £569 - -
90th Percentile £588 - -
England median daily rate £550 £363 £508
% change year-on-year +51.66% -28.57% -7.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,186 1,942 2,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 82.50% 88.64% 84.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,865 1,252 1,216
10th Percentile £282 £282 £313
25th Percentile £400 £375 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £595 £575 £588
90th Percentile £680 £671 £680
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 334 126 167
10th Percentile £16.16 £13.50 £10.95
25th Percentile £24.79 £18.87 £16.06
Median hourly rate £45.00 £27.19 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +65.52% -22.32% +13.80%
75th Percentile £71.91 £55.37 £51.91
90th Percentile £85.00 £73.13 £70.90
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +5.94%

Mobile First
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Mobile First job vacancy trend in the North West

Mobile First
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Mobile First
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 18 August 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
Manchester - 5 £500 - 2
Mobile First
England

Mobile First
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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:

Business Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Shopify
General
1 4 (80.00%) Retail
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Product Manager
2 3 (60.00%) Mobile Product Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Product Lead
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (20.00%) Educational Technology
2 1 (20.00%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
1 5 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 5 (100.00%) Product Vision
1 5 (100.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (80.00%) AI
2 4 (80.00%) Customer Experience
2 4 (80.00%) E-Commerce
2 4 (80.00%) Product Backlog
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 4 (80.00%) Strategic Roadmap
3 3 (60.00%) Backlog Management
3 3 (60.00%) Product Discovery
3 3 (60.00%) Product Management
4 2 (40.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 2 (40.00%) Personalization
4 2 (40.00%) Product Roadmap
4 2 (40.00%) User Experience
5 1 (20.00%) Analytics
5 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) BPSS Clearance