Senior Mobile Applications Developer Contract Job Trends in the South East

Senior Mobile Application Developer
England > South East

The median Senior Mobile Application Developer daily rate in the South East is £625, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 21 January 2026.

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

6 months to
21 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 186 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Mobile Applications Developer 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.023% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.025% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £625 £450 -
% change year-on-year +38.89% - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
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 4,020 3,044 4,843
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 90.52% 92.83% 93.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,609 1,897 3,065
10th Percentile £255 £234 £205
25th Percentile £400 £399 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
75th Percentile £600 £613 £600
90th Percentile £688 £675 £688
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 350 107 336
10th Percentile £13.88 £19.70 £13.17
25th Percentile £16.55 £24.34 £20.43
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £48.40
Median % change year-on-year -40.82% -12.19% +12.32%
75th Percentile £57.50 £62.50 £63.29
90th Percentile £81.10 £71.51 £76.32
England median hourly rate £28.65 £35.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -18.16% -12.50% +14.29%

Senior Mobile Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Senior Mobile Applications Developer job vacancy trend in the South East

Senior Mobile Applications Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Senior 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 Senior Mobile Applications Developer within the South East region over the 6 months to 21 January 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
Buckinghamshire - 1 £625 - 1
Thames Valley - 1 £625 - 1
Senior Mobile Applications Developer
England

Senior Mobile Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 21 January 2026, Senior Mobile Applications 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 Senior Mobile Applications Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (100.00%) iOS Development
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Swift
1 1 (100.00%) UIKit

Senior Mobile Applications 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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) iOS Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared