Mobile Applications Developer Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Mobile Application Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Mobile Application Developer daily rate in the UK excluding London is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 369 359 427
Rank change year-on-year -10 +68 +91
Contract jobs requiring a Mobile Applications Developer 3 4 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.020% 0.022% 0.009%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.024% 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £353 - £339
25th Percentile £394 £363 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £375 £413
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% -9.09% -21.43%
75th Percentile £544 £388 £459
90th Percentile £578 - £476
UK median daily rate £500 £350 £525
% change year-on-year +42.86% -33.33% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 13,763 16,423 20,519
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 89.80% 92.35% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,435 9,607 13,771
10th Percentile £213 £225 £225
25th Percentile £363 £378 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £650 £685 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,240 1,485 1,166
10th Percentile £13.27 £14.27 £14.00
25th Percentile £16.17 £19.50 £17.75
Median hourly rate £25.15 £45.00 £40.41
Median % change year-on-year -44.11% +11.35% +83.69%
75th Percentile £53.75 £66.61 £65.00
90th Percentile £71.60 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +63.46%

Mobile Applications Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured Mobile Applications Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Mobile Applications Developer in the UK excluding London

Mobile Applications Developer
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Mobile Applications Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Mobile Applications Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Mobile Applications Developer
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mobile Applications Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Mobile Applications Developer in the UK excluding London

Mobile Applications Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Mobile Applications Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Mobile Applications Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Mobile Applications Developer
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 Applications Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 September 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
South East +27 2 £600 +60.00% 5
North of England - 1 £350 - 4
North West - 1 £350 -
Mobile Applications Developer
UK

Mobile Applications Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 9 September 2025, Mobile Applications Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Mobile Applications Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Mobile App
2 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
2 2 (66.67%) Kotlin
2 2 (66.67%) Android
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile Development
3 1 (33.33%) Swift
3 1 (33.33%) React Native
3 1 (33.33%) Git
3 1 (33.33%) UX Design
3 1 (33.33%) RESTful
3 1 (33.33%) Dependency Injection
3 1 (33.33%) MVVM
3 1 (33.33%) Objective-C
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) Java
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) .NET
3 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
3 1 (33.33%) Apple
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (33.33%) Cross-Platform Development
3 1 (33.33%) Asynchronous Programming
3 1 (33.33%) Material Design

Mobile Applications Developer Skill Set
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) .NET
1 1 (33.33%) Material Design
1 1 (33.33%) React Native
1 1 (33.33%) RESTful
1 1 (33.33%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 3 (100.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Android
1 2 (66.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Android Development
2 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Asynchronous Programming
2 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (33.33%) Cross-Platform Development
2 1 (33.33%) Dependency Injection
2 1 (33.33%) iOS Development
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Application Development
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Development
2 1 (33.33%) MVVM
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) Kotlin
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) Java
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) Objective-C
2 1 (33.33%) Swift
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Apple
1 1 (33.33%) Xamarin