iOS Android Developer Contract Job Trends

iOS/Android Developer
UK

The median iOS/Android Developer daily rate in the UK is £375, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 691 548 564
Rank change year-on-year -143 +16 +76
Contract jobs requiring an iOS Android Developer 11 5 5
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.020% 0.015% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.017% 0.014%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 3 3
10th Percentile - £410 £322
25th Percentile £313 £425 £351
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £450 £400
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +12.50% -23.81%
75th Percentile £488 £525 -
90th Percentile £640 £570 -
UK excluding London median daily rate £325 £525 £400
% change year-on-year -38.10% +31.25% +6.67%

All Contract IT Job Roles
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 50,556 30,128 35,360
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.16% 90.91% 92.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 29,767 19,028 21,436
10th Percentile £325 £278 £300
25th Percentile £425 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -0.94%
75th Percentile £636 £623 £638
90th Percentile £736 £725 £744
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3,987 1,619 1,546
10th Percentile £14.45 £13.75 £14.85
25th Percentile £19.78 £17.27 £20.75
Median hourly rate £41.74 £25.15 £42.96
Median % change year-on-year +65.94% -41.45% -3.47%
75th Percentile £67.50 £51.13 £65.00
90th Percentile £78.75 £68.31 £74.93
UK excluding London median hourly rate £42.00 £25.08 £43.00
% change year-on-year +67.50% -41.69% -2.27%

iOS Android Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'iOS Android Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

iOS Android Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

iOS Android Developer
Daily Rate Trend

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for iOS Android Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for iOS Android Developer job vacancies in the UK

iOS Android Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing iOS Android Developer over the 6 months to 3 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for iOS Android Developer in the UK

iOS Android Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for iOS Android Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for iOS Android Developer job vacancies in the UK

iOS Android Developer
Top 6 Contract Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing iOS Android Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 3 October 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
UK excluding London -119 4 £325 -38.10%
England -125 4 £325 -27.78% 5
Work from Home - 4 £425 - 4
South East -59 3 £325 -45.83%
Yorkshire -37 1 £325 -27.78%
North of England -74 1 £325 -27.78%

iOS Android Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 3 October 2026, iOS Android Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring iOS Android Developer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Android
1 11 (100.00%) Android Development
1 11 (100.00%) Apple iOS
1 11 (100.00%) iOS Development
2 9 (81.82%) Mobile Development
3 5 (45.45%) Mobile Application Development
4 4 (36.36%) CI/CD
4 4 (36.36%) Kotlin
4 4 (36.36%) Swift
5 3 (27.27%) Java
5 3 (27.27%) RESTful
6 2 (18.18%) Agile
6 2 (18.18%) Android SDK
6 2 (18.18%) Design Patterns
6 2 (18.18%) iOS SDK
6 2 (18.18%) React Native
6 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
6 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
6 2 (18.18%) SwiftUI
6 2 (18.18%) UIKit
7 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
7 1 (9.09%) Android Jetpack
7 1 (9.09%) Anti-Money Laundering
7 1 (9.09%) API Integration
7 1 (9.09%) Apple
7 1 (9.09%) Biometrics
7 1 (9.09%) Clean Code
7 1 (9.09%) Client Onboarding
7 1 (9.09%) Code Quality
7 1 (9.09%) Computer Science

iOS Android Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Firebase
1 1 (9.09%) Google Play
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) SQLite
General
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Banking
3 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) RESTful
2 2 (18.18%) Android SDK
2 2 (18.18%) iOS SDK
2 2 (18.18%) React Native
2 2 (18.18%) SwiftUI
2 2 (18.18%) UIKit
3 1 (9.09%) Android Jetpack
3 1 (9.09%) Flutter
3 1 (9.09%) JSON
3 1 (9.09%) JWT
3 1 (9.09%) OAuth
3 1 (9.09%) OAuth2
3 1 (9.09%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Mobile App
2 1 (9.09%) Mobile Banking
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Android
1 11 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Android Development
1 11 (100.00%) iOS Development
2 9 (81.82%) Mobile Development
3 5 (45.45%) Mobile Application Development
4 4 (36.36%) CI/CD
5 2 (18.18%) Agile
5 2 (18.18%) Design Patterns
6 1 (9.09%) Biometrics
6 1 (9.09%) Clean Code
6 1 (9.09%) Client Onboarding
6 1 (9.09%) Code Quality
6 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
6 1 (9.09%) Integration Testing
6 1 (9.09%) MVC
6 1 (9.09%) MVVM
6 1 (9.09%) Scrum
6 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (9.09%) Test Automation
6 1 (9.09%) Unit Testing
6 1 (9.09%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) Kotlin
1 4 (36.36%) Swift
2 3 (27.27%) Java
3 1 (9.09%) Dart
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Apple
1 1 (9.09%) Google