Mobile Application Development Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Mobile App Development
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Mobile Application Development skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 - 53
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Mobile Application Development 6 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.78% - 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% - 0.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £345 - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £354 - £475
75th Percentile £358 - £488
90th Percentile £363 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £354 £450 £475
% change year-on-year -21.33% -5.26% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

Mobile Application 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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 737 315 422
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 95.71% 92.38% 95.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 491 181 259
10th Percentile £316 £213 £382
25th Percentile £400 £381 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £478 £515 £540
Median % change year-on-year -7.28% -4.63% +2.86%
75th Percentile £538 £595 £625
90th Percentile £638 £675 £720
Yorkshire median daily rate £482 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +1.47% -5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 6
10th Percentile £14.31 £12.07 £19.25
25th Percentile - £12.55 £20.31
Median hourly rate £15.00 £16.19 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.35% -28.04% +52.54%
75th Percentile £25.15 £20.00 £29.38
90th Percentile - £20.90 £40.63
Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.15 £21.75 £21.31
% change year-on-year +15.63% +2.06% +1.48%

Mobile Application Development
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Mobile Application Development job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Mobile Application Development
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Mobile Application Development.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Mobile Application Development

Mobile Application Development
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mobile Application Development within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 17 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
Sheffield - 6 £354 -
Mobile Application Development
Yorkshire

Mobile Application Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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:

Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Git
2 3 (50.00%) Android Studio
2 3 (50.00%) CocoaPods
2 3 (50.00%) Gradle
2 3 (50.00%) Xcode
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) Android Developer
2 3 (50.00%) iOS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) JSON
1 6 (100.00%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Android
1 3 (50.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) Application Security
1 6 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 6 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 6 (100.00%) DevOps
1 6 (100.00%) Memory Management
1 6 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (50.00%) Android Development
2 3 (50.00%) iOS Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) Java
1 3 (50.00%) Kotlin
1 3 (50.00%) Objective-C
1 3 (50.00%) Swift
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) BPSS Clearance