Mobile Development Contract Job Trends in the South West

Mobile Development
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Mobile Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 130 131 -
Rank change year-on-year +1 - -
Contract jobs citing Mobile Development 3 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.14% 0.12% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.15% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £675 -
Median % change year-on-year -48.15% - -
England median daily rate £475 £525 £445
% change year-on-year -9.52% +17.98% -19.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

Mobile Development 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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,932 2,051 2,752
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 87.74% 84.86% 87.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,130 1,233 1,858
10th Percentile £225 £313 £300
25th Percentile £400 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £524 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -0.19% -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £734 £719
England median daily rate £507 £525 £546
% change year-on-year -3.43% -3.85% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 286 144 283
10th Percentile £15.25 £14.73 £20.30
25th Percentile £18.87 £32.25 £45.00
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £63.75 £70.25 £70.00
90th Percentile £67.25 £74.00 £83.40
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +27.14%

Mobile Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Mobile Development job vacancy trend in the South West

Mobile Development
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Mobile Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Mobile Development

Mobile Development
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Mobile Development.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Mobile Development

Mobile Development
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mobile Development within the South West region over the 6 months to 15 November 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
Bristol - 3 £350 - 5
Mobile Development
England

Mobile Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Mobile Engineer
1 2 (66.67%) Security Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Flutter Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Flutter
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (66.67%) Security Posture
3 1 (33.33%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Android
1 3 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Application Security
1 2 (66.67%) Cryptography
1 2 (66.67%) DevSecOps
1 2 (66.67%) Penetration Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Threat Modelling