Mobile Applications Developer Contract Job Trends in the South East

Mobile Application Developer
England > South East

The median Mobile Application Developer daily rate in the South East is £600, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 188 -
Rank change year-on-year +27 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Mobile Applications Developer 2 1 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.057% 0.022% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.064% 0.023% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £375 -
Median % change year-on-year +60.00% - -
England median daily rate £500 £350 £525
% change year-on-year +42.86% -33.33% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 3,140 4,272 5,340
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.10% 92.41% 94.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,025 2,550 3,649
10th Percentile £205 £250 £213
25th Percentile £370 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £600 £625 £613
90th Percentile £660 £688 £700
England median daily rate £505 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.81% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 284 335 241
10th Percentile £13.58 £16.10 £16.00
25th Percentile £15.50 £35.00 £21.05
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.35 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.15% +14.70% +111.01%
75th Percentile £57.50 £75.00 £66.00
90th Percentile £73.53 £80.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £47.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -47.05% +5.56% +73.08%

Mobile Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings that featured Mobile Applications Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Mobile Applications Developer in the South East

Mobile Applications Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Mobile Applications Developer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Mobile Applications Developer job vacancies in the South East

Mobile Applications Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Mobile Applications Developer job vacancies in the South East.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Mobile Applications Developer job vacancies in the South East

Mobile Applications Developer
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mobile Applications Developer within the South East region over the 6 months to 9 September 2025. 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
Thames Valley +6 1 - - 1
Oxfordshire -8 1 - - 1
Surrey - 1 £600 - 1
Mobile Applications Developer
England

Mobile Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 9 September 2025, Mobile Applications Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the South East region featuring Mobile Applications Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (50.00%) Xamarin
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (50.00%) Android Development
2 1 (50.00%) iOS Development
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Swift
2 1 (50.00%) Kotlin
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Asynchronous Programming
2 1 (50.00%) Material Design
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Dependency Injection
2 1 (50.00%) MVVM
2 1 (50.00%) Git
2 1 (50.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) RESTful
2 1 (50.00%) Objective-C
2 1 (50.00%) Agile

Mobile Applications Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
1 1 (50.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
1 1 (50.00%) Material Design
1 1 (50.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Android Development
1 1 (50.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (50.00%) Asynchronous Programming
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (50.00%) Dependency Injection
1 1 (50.00%) iOS Development
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) MVVM
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) C#
1 1 (50.00%) Java
1 1 (50.00%) Kotlin
1 1 (50.00%) Objective-C
1 1 (50.00%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Apple
1 1 (50.00%) Xamarin