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 advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Mobile App over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 222 265 235
Rank change year-on-year +43 -30 -49
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 176 201 342
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.85% 0.83% 1.11%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.87% 2.57% 3.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 145 248
10th Percentile £313 £356 £311
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +17.65%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £575
90th Percentile £688 £663 £601
UK median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +13.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 21
10th Percentile - £12.58 -
25th Percentile £12.25 £14.14 £11.15
Median hourly rate £38.63 £35.00 £16.85
Median % change year-on-year +10.36% +107.72% +22.55%
75th Percentile £69.51 £40.00 £18.70
90th Percentile £76.34 £45.00 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £36.50 £18.70
% change year-on-year +9.59% +95.19% -28.76%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

Mobile App is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,132 7,829 9,812
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 29.51% 32.43% 31.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,655 5,298 6,773
10th Percentile £208 £213 £200
25th Percentile £375 £381 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £668
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 720 445 471
10th Percentile £12.15 £9.80 £12.02
25th Percentile £14.06 £10.63 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £22.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £44.28
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.60 £61.50
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £22.49 £27.00
% change year-on-year +33.42% -16.72% +2.16%

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 26 April 2024.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Mobile App in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram 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 26 April 2024. 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 +13 61 £444 -7.65% 60
South East +38 60 £475 - 37
North West +4 36 £438 -7.89% 35
Yorkshire +18 21 £456 -10.98% 18
Midlands +5 14 £525 +23.53% 29
Scotland +35 13 £450 -12.20% 12
West Midlands +29 12 £525 +10.53% 16
South West +24 11 £400 -15.79% 33
East of England +9 10 £531 +1.14% 22
Northern Ireland +10 4 £190 -52.50%
North East - 4 £539 - 8
Wales +13 3 £450 +20.00% 8
East Midlands +2 2 - - 13
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 6 (3.41%) Confluence
2 5 (2.84%) CMS
3 3 (1.70%) Drupal
4 1 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.57%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 5 (2.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (2.27%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (2.27%) InVision
2 4 (2.27%) Photoshop
2 4 (2.27%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (1.70%) Aareon QL
2 2 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.57%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 44 (25.00%) SaaS
2 43 (24.43%) IaaS
2 43 (24.43%) PaaS
3 14 (7.95%) Azure
4 10 (5.68%) AWS
4 10 (5.68%) Azure DevOps
5 6 (3.41%) Figma
5 6 (3.41%) GitHub
6 4 (2.27%) Apigee
6 4 (2.27%) GCP
7 3 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (1.70%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.14%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.14%) BrowserStack
8 2 (1.14%) Firebase
8 2 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.14%) Google Analytics
8 2 (1.14%) SAP Commerce Cloud
8 2 (1.14%) Serverless
8 2 (1.14%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 41 (23.30%) 5G
1 41 (23.30%) Broadband
2 6 (3.41%) SSL
2 6 (3.41%) Wireless
3 5 (2.84%) Firewall
3 5 (2.84%) VPN
4 3 (1.70%) DNS
5 2 (1.14%) HTTP
6 1 (0.57%) Internet
6 1 (0.57%) RNC
6 1 (0.57%) SGSN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.70%) Apache Cassandra
2 2 (1.14%) MySQL
2 2 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (1.14%) RDBMS
2 2 (1.14%) Relational Database
2 2 (1.14%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.57%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (0.57%) GIS
3 1 (0.57%) Mixpanel
3 1 (0.57%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.57%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 14 (7.95%) Git
2 12 (6.82%) Jenkins
3 11 (6.25%) JIRA
4 10 (5.68%) Android Studio
4 10 (5.68%) Mockito
5 8 (4.55%) XCUITest
6 7 (3.98%) Selenium
6 7 (3.98%) Xcode
7 6 (3.41%) Subversion
8 4 (2.27%) Axure RP
8 4 (2.27%) WebDriver
9 3 (1.70%) Artifactory
9 3 (1.70%) Gradle
9 3 (1.70%) gulp
9 3 (1.70%) Maven
9 3 (1.70%) Postman
9 3 (1.70%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (1.70%) TeamCity
10 2 (1.14%) Cypress.io
10 2 (1.14%) Visual Studio
General
1 43 (24.43%) Organisational Skills
2 41 (23.30%) Law
3 28 (15.91%) Social Skills
4 11 (6.25%) Finance
4 11 (6.25%) Legal
4 11 (6.25%) Retail
5 9 (5.11%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (5.11%) Public Sector
6 8 (4.55%) Marketing
7 7 (3.98%) Banking
8 3 (1.70%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.14%) Automotive
9 2 (1.14%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (1.14%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.14%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.57%) Advertising
10 1 (0.57%) Back Office
10 1 (0.57%) Electronics
10 1 (0.57%) Games
10 1 (0.57%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 49 (27.84%) Tester
2 47 (26.70%) Penetration Tester
3 41 (23.30%) Security Penetration Tester
3 41 (23.30%) Security Specialist
3 41 (23.30%) Security Tester
3 41 (23.30%) Testing Specialist
4 40 (22.73%) Developer
5 25 (14.20%) Architect
6 15 (8.52%) Analyst
7 14 (7.95%) Android Developer
7 14 (7.95%) Solutions Architect
8 13 (7.39%) Mobile Architect
8 13 (7.39%) Mobile Solutions Architect
9 12 (6.82%) Designer
10 11 (6.25%) Lead
11 10 (5.68%) Senior
12 8 (4.55%) Technical Architect
13 7 (3.98%) Business Analyst
14 6 (3.41%) iOS Developer
14 6 (3.41%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (23.30%) Web Services
2 22 (12.50%) RESTful
3 12 (6.82%) Node.js
4 11 (6.25%) .NET
4 11 (6.25%) React Native
5 7 (3.98%) HTML
5 7 (3.98%) React
6 5 (2.84%) Android Jetpack
6 5 (2.84%) CSS
6 5 (2.84%) Jetpack Compose
7 4 (2.27%) OAuth
7 4 (2.27%) OpenID
7 4 (2.27%) XML
8 3 (1.70%) REST
8 3 (1.70%) SAML
9 2 (1.14%) Android SDK
9 2 (1.14%) Dagger
9 2 (1.14%) Flutter
9 2 (1.14%) JSON
9 2 (1.14%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.25%) Product Ownership
2 8 (4.55%) Digital Media
3 7 (3.98%) Public Cloud
4 6 (3.41%) Operational Technology
4 6 (3.41%) Smartphone
4 6 (3.41%) Virtual Team
5 4 (2.27%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.27%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.70%) Private Cloud
7 2 (1.14%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (1.14%) Client/Server
7 2 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.14%) Legacy Code
7 2 (1.14%) Mobile Banking
8 1 (0.57%) BBC
8 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.57%) IoT
8 1 (0.57%) Life Science
8 1 (0.57%) Smartcard
8 1 (0.57%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 50 (28.41%) Android
2 35 (19.89%) Apple iOS
3 16 (9.09%) Windows
4 8 (4.55%) Linux
4 8 (4.55%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.57%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (27.84%) Application Security
1 49 (27.84%) Penetration Testing
2 48 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 47 (26.70%) Cybersecurity
4 42 (23.86%) OWASP
4 42 (23.86%) Security Testing
5 41 (23.30%) Agile
5 41 (23.30%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 24 (13.64%) DevOps
7 23 (13.07%) User Experience
8 22 (12.50%) Android Development
8 22 (12.50%) CI/CD
9 13 (7.39%) Project Management
9 13 (7.39%) Roadmaps
10 11 (6.25%) iOS Development
10 11 (6.25%) Mobile Application Development
10 11 (6.25%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (6.25%) Wireframes
11 9 (5.11%) Mobile Development
11 9 (5.11%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 21 (11.93%) Kotlin
2 18 (10.23%) JavaScript
3 17 (9.66%) Java
4 14 (7.95%) Python
5 11 (6.25%) Swift
6 10 (5.68%) SQL
7 8 (4.55%) C++
8 6 (3.41%) C#
9 5 (2.84%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.70%) Bash
10 3 (1.70%) Objective-C
10 3 (1.70%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.70%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.14%) Dart
11 2 (1.14%) VBA
11 2 (1.14%) VBScript
12 1 (0.57%) Go
12 1 (0.57%) PHP
Qualifications
1 58 (32.95%) Security Cleared
2 48 (27.27%) CREST Certified
2 48 (27.27%) OSCP
3 47 (26.70%) GIAC
3 47 (26.70%) GPEN
4 42 (23.86%) SANS
5 16 (9.09%) SC Cleared
6 6 (3.41%) CEH
7 5 (2.84%) Degree
8 4 (2.27%) ISTQB
9 2 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (1.14%) ISEB
9 2 (1.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.57%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (24.43%) GDPR
2 41 (23.30%) NCSC
2 41 (23.30%) PCI DSS
3 17 (9.66%) QA
4 9 (5.11%) Accessibility
5 6 (3.41%) NIST
6 2 (1.14%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.57%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.57%) PMO
System Software
1 6 (3.41%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.70%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (4.55%) Ansible
2 3 (1.70%) Terraform
3 2 (1.14%) Grafana
3 2 (1.14%) Istio
3 2 (1.14%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.14%) Progress Chef
3 2 (1.14%) Puppet
4 1 (0.57%) AppManager
4 1 (0.57%) Argo
4 1 (0.57%) Graylog
4 1 (0.57%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.57%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.57%) linkerd
4 1 (0.57%) Nagios
4 1 (0.57%) Nessus
4 1 (0.57%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.57%) SELinux
4 1 (0.57%) WebInspect
Vendors
1 41 (23.30%) Virgin Media
2 11 (6.25%) Google
3 9 (5.11%) Apple
4 8 (4.55%) Adobe
5 5 (2.84%) Nokia
6 4 (2.27%) Microsoft
6 4 (2.27%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.70%) Aareon
7 3 (1.70%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.14%) HP
8 2 (1.14%) OutSystems
8 2 (1.14%) Pega
8 2 (1.14%) SAP
8 2 (1.14%) Teradata
9 1 (0.57%) Cognizant
9 1 (0.57%) Dell
9 1 (0.57%) Ericsson
9 1 (0.57%) IBM
9 1 (0.57%) Oracle
9 1 (0.57%) Red Hat