Mobile App Contract Job Trends 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 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 211 215 190
Rank change year-on-year +4 -25 +21
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 195 131 221
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 1.08% 0.94% 1.13%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.34% 2.98% 3.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 149 100 91
10th Percentile £169 £143 £350
25th Percentile £204 £250 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -7.32%
75th Percentile £550 £541 £540
90th Percentile £625 £620 £600
UK median daily rate £475 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -2.56% -2.50% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £42.25
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £44.50
75th Percentile - - £49.00
90th Percentile - - £77.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year - -21.35% +27.14%

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 5,838 4,401 5,964
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 32.41% 31.69% 30.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,623 2,465 3,745
10th Percentile £204 £200 £210
25th Percentile £358 £356 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £501 £535 £545
% change year-on-year -6.45% -1.83% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 460 238 413
10th Percentile £13.47 £18.39 £15.16
25th Percentile £17.20 £22.72 £17.72
Median hourly rate £27.21 £32.50 £41.23
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% -21.17% +96.99%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £76.25 £82.25 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £34.25 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.71% -8.67% +50.00%

Mobile App
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Mobile App relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Mobile App job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Mobile App
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Mobile App.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Mobile App

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 11 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Mobile App in the UK excluding London

Mobile App
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Mobile App.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Mobile App

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 11 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
South East +10 55 £316 -38.29% 118
North of England -36 55 £390 +2.03% 80
North West -23 34 £380 +6.74% 44
Midlands -25 29 £505 +26.25% 51
South West -4 26 £600 +220.00% 36
Yorkshire -44 21 £400 -17.95% 26
Wales +17 17 £175 -64.10% 23
East Midlands -10 17 £550 +2.56% 30
West Midlands -27 12 £400 +175.86% 21
Scotland -1 7 £475 +18.75% 17
East of England -14 6 £185 -76.13% 65
Mobile App
UK

Mobile App
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (7.69%) CMS
2 14 (7.18%) Confluence
3 12 (6.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (5.64%) SharePoint
5 7 (3.59%) Moodle
6 5 (2.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (2.56%) Headless CMS
6 5 (2.56%) Sitecore CMS
6 5 (2.56%) Umbraco
Applications
1 19 (9.74%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (6.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 10 (5.13%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (3.59%) Chatbot
5 6 (3.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (2.56%) Adobe Captivate
7 3 (1.54%) Adobe XD
7 3 (1.54%) Sketch
8 1 (0.51%) Moqups
Business Applications
1 1 (0.51%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 24 (12.31%) Figma
2 22 (11.28%) SaaS
3 19 (9.74%) Sauce Labs
4 16 (8.21%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (7.18%) Azure
6 12 (6.15%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (4.62%) AWS
7 9 (4.62%) GitHub
8 7 (3.59%) Kontent
9 5 (2.56%) Contentful
10 4 (2.05%) Entra ID
10 4 (2.05%) Firebase
11 3 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (1.03%) Google Play
12 2 (1.03%) npm
13 1 (0.51%) Azure Monitor
13 1 (0.51%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 1 (0.51%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 1 (0.51%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 16 (8.21%) Wireless
2 8 (4.10%) Cisco IOS
2 8 (4.10%) Skype
3 3 (1.54%) Firewall
4 2 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.51%) SMS
5 1 (0.51%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (10.26%) MySQL
1 20 (10.26%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.03%) SQLite
3 1 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.51%) MS Access
3 1 (0.51%) Power BI
3 1 (0.51%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 33 (16.92%) Git
2 32 (16.41%) Xcode
3 26 (13.33%) Android Studio
4 20 (10.26%) Browser DevTools
5 19 (9.74%) Eclipse
6 15 (7.69%) Gradle
7 12 (6.15%) JIRA
8 8 (4.10%) Jenkins
9 6 (3.08%) Storybook
10 5 (2.56%) CocoaPods
11 4 (2.05%) CircleCI
11 4 (2.05%) Cypress.io
12 3 (1.54%) Bitbucket
12 3 (1.54%) ESLint
12 3 (1.54%) Subversion
13 2 (1.03%) Appium
13 2 (1.03%) Crashlytics
13 2 (1.03%) fastlane
13 2 (1.03%) Selenium
13 2 (1.03%) Visual Studio
General
1 62 (31.79%) Social Skills
2 37 (18.97%) Finance
3 21 (10.77%) Banking
4 15 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 13 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (6.67%) Marketing
5 13 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (4.10%) Electronics
6 8 (4.10%) Manufacturing
6 8 (4.10%) Telecoms
7 6 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.56%) Retail
9 4 (2.05%) Automotive
10 3 (1.54%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.54%) Publishing
11 1 (0.51%) Advertising
11 1 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.51%) Military
11 1 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 76 (38.97%) Developer
2 21 (10.77%) Android Developer
3 20 (10.26%) Support Engineer
3 20 (10.26%) Technical Engineer
3 20 (10.26%) Technical Support
3 20 (10.26%) Technical Support Engineer
3 20 (10.26%) UX Engineer
4 17 (8.72%) Designer
4 17 (8.72%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
5 16 (8.21%) React Developer
6 15 (7.69%) iOS Developer
7 13 (6.67%) Visual Designer
8 12 (6.15%) Break Fix Engineer
8 12 (6.15%) Junior
9 11 (5.64%) Senior
10 9 (4.62%) Mobile Developer
10 9 (4.62%) Product Owner
10 9 (4.62%) Project Manager
11 8 (4.10%) Desktop Support
11 8 (4.10%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (18.97%) CSS
2 34 (17.44%) React
3 32 (16.41%) AngularJS
4 31 (15.90%) RESTful
5 20 (10.26%) Ajax
5 20 (10.26%) GraphQL
6 17 (8.72%) HTML
7 14 (7.18%) React Native
8 13 (6.67%) OAuth
9 12 (6.15%) .NET
10 9 (4.62%) .NET Framework
11 8 (4.10%) ASP.NET
11 8 (4.10%) ASP.NET MVC
12 7 (3.59%) JSON
12 7 (3.59%) OAuth2
12 7 (3.59%) SwiftUI
13 6 (3.08%) Android Jetpack
13 6 (3.08%) D3.js
13 6 (3.08%) Jetpack Compose
13 6 (3.08%) SVG
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.15%) Product Ownership
2 7 (3.59%) Security Posture
3 5 (2.56%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.05%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.54%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (1.54%) Data Protection Act
5 3 (1.54%) Mobile Banking
6 2 (1.03%) Blog
6 2 (1.03%) iPhone
6 2 (1.03%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.51%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.51%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.51%) EMV
7 1 (0.51%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.51%) Java Card
7 1 (0.51%) PMI
7 1 (0.51%) SCORM
7 1 (0.51%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 80 (41.03%) Android
2 49 (25.13%) Apple iOS
3 29 (14.87%) Windows
4 20 (10.26%) Linux
4 20 (10.26%) Unix
5 10 (5.13%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (34.36%) Agile
2 55 (28.21%) User Experience
3 46 (23.59%) Mobile Application Development
4 36 (18.46%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (16.41%) CI/CD
6 25 (12.82%) DevOps
7 24 (12.31%) Android Development
8 23 (11.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (11.79%) Test Automation
9 20 (10.26%) Design Patterns
10 19 (9.74%) AI
10 19 (9.74%) OO
11 18 (9.23%) iOS Development
12 17 (8.72%) Application Security
12 17 (8.72%) Architectural Patterns
13 15 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
13 15 (7.69%) UX Design
14 14 (7.18%) Customer Service
14 14 (7.18%) Scrum
14 14 (7.18%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 57 (29.23%) Java
2 47 (24.10%) JavaScript
3 32 (16.41%) Kotlin
4 28 (14.36%) Python
5 23 (11.79%) Perl
6 21 (10.77%) Swift
7 13 (6.67%) C#
7 13 (6.67%) Objective-C
7 13 (6.67%) SQL
8 12 (6.15%) TypeScript
9 4 (2.05%) C
10 3 (1.54%) C++
10 3 (1.54%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.54%) Ruby
10 3 (1.54%) Scala
11 1 (0.51%) Go
11 1 (0.51%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 17 (8.72%) Degree
2 10 (5.13%) Security Cleared
3 9 (4.62%) PMI Certification
4 8 (4.10%) ITIL Certification
4 8 (4.10%) PMP
5 5 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (2.05%) SC Cleared
7 3 (1.54%) Master's Degree
8 2 (1.03%) ACSP
8 2 (1.03%) ACTC
9 1 (0.51%) CCA
9 1 (0.51%) GIAC
9 1 (0.51%) ISEB
9 1 (0.51%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.51%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (14.87%) Accessibility
2 16 (8.21%) QA
3 7 (3.59%) WCAG
4 2 (1.03%) GDPR
5 1 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.51%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.51%) PMO
5 1 (0.51%) PSD2
5 1 (0.51%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (6.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.51%) Docker
2 1 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.54%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (1.03%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.51%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.51%) Ansible
4 1 (0.51%) Grafana
4 1 (0.51%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.51%) Terraform
Vendors
1 55 (28.21%) Microsoft
2 21 (10.77%) Adobe
2 21 (10.77%) Oracle
3 19 (9.74%) ServiceNow
3 19 (9.74%) Splunk
4 13 (6.67%) HP
5 9 (4.62%) SAP
6 8 (4.10%) Cisco
7 7 (3.59%) Apple
8 6 (3.08%) Xamarin
9 5 (2.56%) Google
9 5 (2.56%) Sitecore
10 3 (1.54%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.54%) Coverity
10 3 (1.54%) Thales
11 2 (1.03%) MuleSoft
11 2 (1.03%) Salesforce
12 1 (0.51%) Hotjar
12 1 (0.51%) Samsung
12 1 (0.51%) Telerik