Mobile App Contracts in the UK excluding London

Mobile Application
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mobile App in contract job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mobile App over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 255 256 275
Rank change year-on-year +1 +19 -51
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 79 148 191
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.62% 0.72% 0.80%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.86% 2.44% 2.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 95 135
10th Percentile £356 £313 £350
25th Percentile £400 £388 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £544 £556
90th Percentile £650 £688 £658
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £510
% change year-on-year - -1.96% -2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 7
10th Percentile - - £12.58
25th Percentile - £12.25 £14.14
Median hourly rate - £38.63 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +10.36% +107.72%
75th Percentile - £69.51 £40.00
90th Percentile - £76.34 £45.00
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £40.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.59% +95.19%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Mobile App falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 4,237 6,073 7,789
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.15% 29.39% 32.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,601 3,646 5,256
10th Percentile £208 £210 £213
25th Percentile £363 £375 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.50% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £617
90th Percentile £665 £688 £700
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 726 435
10th Percentile £16.73 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £19.91 £14.06 £10.63
Median hourly rate £30.62 £28.50 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.42% +29.55% +6.98%
75th Percentile £64.52 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.71 £70.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £32.05 £30.58 £22.49
% change year-on-year +4.81% +36.00% -18.24%

Mobile App
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Mobile App as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Mobile App in the UK excluding London

Mobile App
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Mobile App in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Mobile App in the UK excluding London

Mobile App
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mobile App in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mobile App in the UK excluding London

Mobile App
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Mobile App in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Mobile App in the UK excluding London

Mobile App
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Mobile App within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
North of England -19 25 £400 -9.86% 109
North West -4 17 £400 -8.57% 66
Scotland +15 16 £400 -11.11% 25
South East +25 15 £550 +15.79% 101
Midlands +11 11 £463 -11.90% 55
East Midlands +20 10 £463 - 14
South West +36 7 £350 -12.50% 28
Yorkshire -4 6 £425 -6.85% 32
East of England +28 3 £775 +45.95% 46
North East -3 2 - - 13
West Midlands +5 1 £460 -12.38% 38
Wales +4 1 £375 -16.67% 13
Northern Ireland -8 1 - - 3
Mobile App
UK

Mobile App
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (3.80%) Confluence
1 3 (3.80%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.53%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (2.53%) OpenEdge
2 2 (2.53%) WebSphere
2 2 (2.53%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.27%) MS Project Server
Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.27%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (1.27%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.27%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (1.27%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.27%) CINEMA 4D
2 1 (1.27%) Final Cut Pro
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.27%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.27%) Sketch
2 1 (1.27%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 21 (26.58%) Azure
2 14 (17.72%) AWS
3 9 (11.39%) Azure DevOps
4 7 (8.86%) Serverless
5 6 (7.59%) Figma
5 6 (7.59%) SaaS
6 5 (6.33%) GCP
6 5 (6.33%) PaaS
6 5 (6.33%) Power Platform
6 5 (6.33%) PowerApps
7 4 (5.06%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (3.80%) IaaS
8 3 (3.80%) IBM Cloud
9 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (2.53%) npm
9 2 (2.53%) Power Automate
9 2 (2.53%) Snowflake
10 1 (1.27%) Azure API Management
10 1 (1.27%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.53%) Calico
1 2 (2.53%) HTTP
1 2 (2.53%) MQTT
1 2 (2.53%) Network Security
1 2 (2.53%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.27%) DHCP
2 1 (1.27%) DNS
2 1 (1.27%) Internet
2 1 (1.27%) Intranet
2 1 (1.27%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.06%) MySQL
1 4 (5.06%) Relational Database
2 3 (3.80%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.53%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.27%) Big Data
4 1 (1.27%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 14 (17.72%) Git
2 6 (7.59%) JIRA
3 5 (6.33%) Jenkins
4 4 (5.06%) Postman
4 4 (5.06%) Selenium
4 4 (5.06%) WebDriver
5 3 (3.80%) Cucumber
5 3 (3.80%) Cypress.io
5 3 (3.80%) Subversion
5 3 (3.80%) TeamCity
5 3 (3.80%) Xcode
6 2 (2.53%) Appium
6 2 (2.53%) GitLab
6 2 (2.53%) Maven
7 1 (1.27%) Charles Proxy
7 1 (1.27%) NUnit
7 1 (1.27%) SoapUI
7 1 (1.27%) Storybook
7 1 (1.27%) XCTest
7 1 (1.27%) XCUITest
General
1 18 (22.78%) Social Skills
2 13 (16.46%) Finance
3 11 (13.92%) Public Sector
4 7 (8.86%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.33%) Banking
6 3 (3.80%) Automotive
6 3 (3.80%) Legal
6 3 (3.80%) Marketing
7 2 (2.53%) Retail
8 1 (1.27%) French Language
8 1 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.27%) Private Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (36.71%) Developer
2 13 (16.46%) Senior
3 9 (11.39%) Analyst
3 9 (11.39%) Android Developer
4 8 (10.13%) Business Analyst
5 7 (8.86%) Designer
5 7 (8.86%) Senior Developer
6 6 (7.59%) Architect
7 5 (6.33%) Project Manager
7 5 (6.33%) Solutions Architect
7 5 (6.33%) UX Designer
8 4 (5.06%) Flutter Developer
8 4 (5.06%) iOS Developer
8 4 (5.06%) React Developer
8 4 (5.06%) Software Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) Content Designer
9 3 (3.80%) Mobile Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) QA Engineer
9 3 (3.80%) Software Developer
9 3 (3.80%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.86%) .NET
1 7 (8.86%) RESTful
2 6 (7.59%) Android Jetpack
2 6 (7.59%) Jetpack Compose
2 6 (7.59%) React Native
2 6 (7.59%) UIKit
3 5 (6.33%) Node.js
4 4 (5.06%) REST
4 4 (5.06%) SwiftUI
5 3 (3.80%) Flutter
5 3 (3.80%) Next.js
6 2 (2.53%) Core Data
6 2 (2.53%) CSS
6 2 (2.53%) HTML
6 2 (2.53%) PostGIS
6 2 (2.53%) XML
7 1 (1.27%) AngularJS
7 1 (1.27%) Laravel
7 1 (1.27%) LDAP
7 1 (1.27%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.33%) Infotainment
2 4 (5.06%) IoT
2 4 (5.06%) iPhone
2 4 (5.06%) PMI
2 4 (5.06%) Social Media
2 4 (5.06%) Virtual Team
3 3 (3.80%) Client/Server
3 3 (3.80%) Credit Risk
3 3 (3.80%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (3.80%) iPad
3 3 (3.80%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.80%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.53%) Private Cloud
4 2 (2.53%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.27%) Animation
5 1 (1.27%) Blog
5 1 (1.27%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.27%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (1.27%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (20.25%) Android
2 13 (16.46%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.53%) Linux
3 2 (2.53%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (51.90%) Agile
2 17 (21.52%) CI/CD
3 16 (20.25%) User Experience
4 15 (18.99%) DevOps
4 15 (18.99%) Mobile Application Development
5 14 (17.72%) Test Automation
6 13 (16.46%) Scrum
7 12 (15.19%) Software Engineering
8 11 (13.92%) Mobile Development
8 11 (13.92%) Problem-Solving
8 11 (13.92%) TDD
8 11 (13.92%) UX Design
9 10 (12.66%) Android Development
10 8 (10.13%) Decision-Making
10 8 (10.13%) iOS Development
10 8 (10.13%) Waterfall
11 6 (7.59%) BDD
11 6 (7.59%) Mentoring
11 6 (7.59%) Project Management
11 6 (7.59%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.13%) C#
1 8 (10.13%) Kotlin
2 7 (8.86%) SQL
2 7 (8.86%) Swift
3 5 (6.33%) JavaScript
3 5 (6.33%) Objective-C
3 5 (6.33%) Shell Script
4 4 (5.06%) Java
5 3 (3.80%) C++
5 3 (3.80%) Dart
5 3 (3.80%) TypeScript
5 3 (3.80%) VBA
5 3 (3.80%) VBScript
6 2 (2.53%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (6.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (5.06%) ISEB
2 4 (5.06%) ISTQB
2 4 (5.06%) PMI Certification
2 4 (5.06%) SC Cleared
3 3 (3.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 2 (2.53%) Degree
4 2 (2.53%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.27%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.27%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (8.86%) Accessibility
2 4 (5.06%) QA
3 2 (2.53%) NCSC
3 2 (2.53%) WCAG
4 1 (1.27%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 2 (2.53%) Docker
2 1 (1.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (3.80%) Terraform
2 2 (2.53%) Istio
2 2 (2.53%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (1.27%) WSUS
Vendors
1 6 (7.59%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.33%) Google
3 3 (3.80%) IBM
3 3 (3.80%) Xamarin
4 2 (2.53%) Adobe
5 1 (1.27%) Apple
5 1 (1.27%) Dell
5 1 (1.27%) Hotjar
5 1 (1.27%) HP
5 1 (1.27%) Optimizely
5 1 (1.27%) YouTube