Mobile Developer Contract Job Trends in the South East

Mobile Developer
England > South East

The median Mobile Developer daily rate in the South East is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 - 206
Rank change year-on-year - - +43
Contract jobs requiring a Mobile Developer 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.093% - 0.020%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.10% - 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £150 - -
25th Percentile £225 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - -21.18%
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile £550 - -
England median daily rate £523 £478 £450
% change year-on-year +9.42% +6.11% -5.26%

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 3,896 3,526 4,792
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.19% 92.94% 94.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,521 2,196 3,118
10th Percentile £219 £237 £206
25th Percentile £400 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £610
90th Percentile £675 £686 £680
England median daily rate £510 £525 £534
% change year-on-year -2.86% -1.69% -2.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 372 144 240
10th Percentile £13.75 £18.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £16.44 £24.18 £24.32
Median hourly rate £25.00 £46.12 £52.20
Median % change year-on-year -45.80% -11.64% +49.14%
75th Percentile £57.50 £64.73 £66.06
90th Percentile £81.00 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £26.50 £37.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.38% -17.78% +38.46%

Mobile Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Mobile Developer job vacancy trend in the South East

Mobile Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Mobile Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mobile Developer in the South East over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mobile Developer in the South East

Mobile Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Mobile 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 Developer within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 December 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 - 2 - - 1
Berkshire - 1 - - 1
Kent - 1 £100 -
Oxfordshire - 1 - -
Surrey - 1 £600 - 4
Mobile Developer
England

Mobile Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, 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 South East region featuring Mobile Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Android
1 4 (100.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (50.00%) Android Development
2 2 (50.00%) Apple
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) iOS Development
2 2 (50.00%) Kotlin
2 2 (50.00%) Swift
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (25.00%) Asynchronous Programming
3 1 (25.00%) C#
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) Dependency Injection
3 1 (25.00%) Firebase
3 1 (25.00%) Flutter
3 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (25.00%) Git
3 1 (25.00%) Google
3 1 (25.00%) Java
3 1 (25.00%) Material Design

Mobile Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 (25.00%) Firebase
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
1 1 (25.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) .NET
2 1 (25.00%) .NET Framework
2 1 (25.00%) Flutter
2 1 (25.00%) Material Design
2 1 (25.00%) React Native
2 1 (25.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Android
1 4 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Android Development
1 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (50.00%) iOS Development
1 2 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) Asynchronous Programming
2 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (25.00%) Dependency Injection
2 1 (25.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Development
2 1 (25.00%) MVVM
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Push Notifications
2 1 (25.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) Kotlin
1 2 (50.00%) Swift
2 1 (25.00%) C#
2 1 (25.00%) Java
2 1 (25.00%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Apple
2 1 (25.00%) Google
2 1 (25.00%) Telerik
2 1 (25.00%) Xamarin