Mobile App Contract Job Trends

Mobile Application
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Mobile App in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Mobile App over the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 299 271 243
Rank change year-on-year -28 -28 +5
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 361 272 446
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.85% 0.92% 1.00%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.57% 2.75% 3.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 192 246
10th Percentile £204 £303 £339
25th Percentile £400 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £498 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -0.50% -6.54%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £598
90th Percentile £650 £699 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £413 £450
% change year-on-year +3.03% -8.33% -8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 18
10th Percentile £16.24 - £12.25
25th Percentile £18.87 - £40.56
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year - -21.35% +27.14%
75th Percentile £50.75 - £67.00
90th Percentile £70.00 - £79.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - £44.50
% change year-on-year - - +65.74%

All Generic Skills
UK

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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 14,065 9,902 13,575
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.15% 33.49% 30.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,857 6,207 8,679
10th Percentile £288 £281 £255
25th Percentile £406 £409 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £738 £775 £763
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 655 345 883
10th Percentile £15.28 £16.95 £12.64
25th Percentile £18.87 £22.27 £15.89
Median hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% +33.42%
75th Percentile £66.50 £65.00 £57.50
90th Percentile £82.40 £83.20 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £34.50 £31.76 £27.50
% change year-on-year +8.63% +15.49% +25.00%

Mobile App
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Mobile App job vacancy trend in the UK

Mobile App
Daily Rate Trend

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

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

Mobile App
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Mobile App over the 6 months to 10 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

Mobile App
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Mobile App over the 6 months to 10 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
Top 15 Contract Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 10 March 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
England -26 315 £503 +1.01% 298
London -11 162 £514 -3.75% 84
UK excluding London -28 159 £425 +3.03% 243
Work from Home -47 96 £500 +8.11% 122
South East -25 47 £425 -19.05% 61
North of England -69 29 £400 - 69
South West -11 27 £525 +75.00% 19
Midlands -45 27 £521 +5.19% 44
North West -36 26 £400 +2.56% 35
Wales - 15 £170 - 10
East Midlands -23 14 £550 +11.11% 26
West Midlands - 13 £475 - 18
Scotland +6 8 £475 +18.75% 18
East of England -28 6 £185 -76.13% 23
Yorkshire -61 3 £575 +17.95% 27

Mobile App
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:

Application Platforms
1 20 (5.54%) CMS
1 20 (5.54%) Confluence
2 10 (2.77%) SharePoint
3 9 (2.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (1.94%) Moodle
5 6 (1.66%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 5 (1.39%) Headless CMS
6 5 (1.39%) Sitecore CMS
6 5 (1.39%) Umbraco
7 4 (1.11%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.28%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 16 (4.43%) Chatbot
2 15 (4.16%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (3.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 9 (2.49%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (1.94%) Sketch
6 6 (1.66%) Adobe XD
7 4 (1.11%) Adobe Captivate
7 4 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.28%) InVision
8 1 (0.28%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.28%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 3 (0.83%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.28%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle iProcurement
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle iSupplier
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 33 (9.14%) AWS
1 33 (9.14%) Figma
2 22 (6.09%) SaaS
3 17 (4.71%) Azure
4 14 (3.88%) GCP
5 13 (3.60%) GitHub
5 13 (3.60%) Sauce Labs
6 10 (2.77%) GitHub Actions
6 10 (2.77%) Microsoft 365
7 9 (2.49%) Firebase
7 9 (2.49%) Serverless
8 7 (1.94%) Cloud Run
8 7 (1.94%) Kontent
9 6 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (1.66%) Contentful
9 6 (1.66%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.66%) Google Analytics
9 6 (1.66%) PaaS
10 5 (1.39%) Azure AKS
10 5 (1.39%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.77%) Wireless
2 8 (2.22%) Cisco IOS
2 8 (2.22%) Skype
3 5 (1.39%) Internet
4 2 (0.55%) Cisco IPT
4 2 (0.55%) DSL
4 2 (0.55%) HTTP
4 2 (0.55%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (0.55%) RFID
4 2 (0.55%) VPN
5 1 (0.28%) 4G
5 1 (0.28%) 5G
5 1 (0.28%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.28%) Firewall
5 1 (0.28%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.28%) SMS
5 1 (0.28%) SSL
5 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.60%) MySQL
2 12 (3.32%) Relational Database
3 6 (1.66%) GIS
4 4 (1.11%) SQLite
5 3 (0.83%) DynamoDB
5 3 (0.83%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.83%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.55%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.55%) Power BI
7 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.28%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.28%) Geospatial Data
7 1 (0.28%) Looker
7 1 (0.28%) MS Access
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Database 12c
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.28%) Spatial Data
7 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.28%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (8.03%) Git
2 28 (7.76%) Android Studio
3 26 (7.20%) JIRA
4 23 (6.37%) Xcode
5 14 (3.88%) Browser DevTools
6 12 (3.32%) Eclipse
6 12 (3.32%) Jenkins
7 10 (2.77%) Cypress.io
8 9 (2.49%) Appium
8 9 (2.49%) Gradle
9 8 (2.22%) Postman
10 7 (1.94%) Bitbucket
10 7 (1.94%) CocoaPods
10 7 (1.94%) XCUITest
11 6 (1.66%) GitLab
11 6 (1.66%) XCTest
12 5 (1.39%) Charles Proxy
12 5 (1.39%) Selenium
13 4 (1.11%) Subversion
13 4 (1.11%) WebDriver
General
1 95 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 61 (16.90%) Finance
3 36 (9.97%) Banking
4 30 (8.31%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (6.93%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
7 17 (4.71%) Marketing
8 15 (4.16%) Retail
9 13 (3.60%) Telecoms
10 10 (2.77%) Electronics
11 9 (2.49%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.94%) Publishing
13 4 (1.11%) Automotive
13 4 (1.11%) Digital Health
13 4 (1.11%) Health Technology
13 4 (1.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.83%) Legal
14 3 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (0.83%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 103 (28.53%) Developer
2 57 (15.79%) Senior
3 38 (10.53%) Designer
4 21 (5.82%) Android Developer
4 21 (5.82%) Mobile Developer
5 20 (5.54%) Architect
6 18 (4.99%) Break Fix Engineer
6 18 (4.99%) Junior
6 18 (4.99%) Mobile Engineer
7 17 (4.71%) React Developer
8 16 (4.43%) iOS Developer
9 15 (4.16%) Analyst
9 15 (4.16%) Software Engineer
9 15 (4.16%) UX Designer
10 14 (3.88%) Applications Developer
11 13 (3.60%) Business Analyst
11 13 (3.60%) Full-Stack Developer
11 13 (3.60%) Mobile Applications Developer
11 13 (3.60%) Senior Designer
11 13 (3.60%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (10.25%) CSS
2 36 (9.97%) React Native
3 34 (9.42%) React
4 31 (8.59%) RESTful
5 27 (7.48%) HTML
5 27 (7.48%) REST
6 26 (7.20%) AngularJS
7 23 (6.37%) GraphQL
8 19 (5.26%) .NET
9 18 (4.99%) OAuth
10 16 (4.43%) Android Jetpack
11 15 (4.16%) Jetpack Compose
11 15 (4.16%) Spring
12 14 (3.88%) Spring Boot
13 13 (3.60%) Ajax
13 13 (3.60%) SwiftUI
14 12 (3.32%) Node.js
14 12 (3.32%) OAuth2
15 10 (2.77%) .NET Framework
16 9 (2.49%) ASP.NET MVC
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.76%) Product Ownership
2 13 (3.60%) Cloud Native
3 12 (3.32%) Virtual Team
4 10 (2.77%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.77%) Security Posture
5 9 (2.49%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (1.66%) Algorithms
6 6 (1.66%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.39%) FMCG
7 5 (1.39%) RIA
7 5 (1.39%) W3C
8 4 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.83%) Animation
9 3 (0.83%) Blog
9 3 (0.83%) Digital Media
9 3 (0.83%) EMV
9 3 (0.83%) Java Card
9 3 (0.83%) Media Streaming
9 3 (0.83%) Tandem
9 3 (0.83%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 101 (27.98%) Android
2 81 (22.44%) Apple iOS
3 26 (7.20%) Windows
4 13 (3.60%) Linux
5 12 (3.32%) Unix
6 9 (2.49%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.28%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (26.32%) Agile
2 92 (25.48%) User Experience
3 78 (21.61%) CI/CD
4 66 (18.28%) Problem-Solving
5 47 (13.02%) Test Automation
6 42 (11.63%) Continuous Improvement
7 41 (11.36%) AI
7 41 (11.36%) UX Design
8 37 (10.25%) Software Engineering
9 36 (9.97%) Analytics
9 36 (9.97%) Design Patterns
9 36 (9.97%) DevOps
10 33 (9.14%) Android Development
11 32 (8.86%) iOS Development
12 30 (8.31%) Mobile Application Development
13 28 (7.76%) Mobile Development
14 25 (6.93%) Full-Stack Development
15 24 (6.65%) MVVM
15 24 (6.65%) Stakeholder Management
16 23 (6.37%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 63 (17.45%) Java
2 62 (17.17%) JavaScript
3 52 (14.40%) Kotlin
4 33 (9.14%) Swift
5 32 (8.86%) TypeScript
6 22 (6.09%) SQL
7 20 (5.54%) C#
8 19 (5.26%) Python
9 13 (3.60%) Perl
10 12 (3.32%) Objective-C
11 5 (1.39%) Go
12 3 (0.83%) C++
13 2 (0.55%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.55%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.55%) PowerShell
13 2 (0.55%) R
13 2 (0.55%) Rust
14 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.28%) Groovy
14 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 31 (8.59%) Degree
2 29 (8.03%) Security Cleared
3 18 (4.99%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.49%) Master's Degree
4 9 (2.49%) PMI Certification
5 8 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.22%) ITIL Certification
5 8 (2.22%) PMP
6 5 (1.39%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.55%) CISSP
7 2 (0.55%) SANS
8 1 (0.28%) CCA
8 1 (0.28%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.28%) GIAC
8 1 (0.28%) ISEB
8 1 (0.28%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.28%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (14.68%) Accessibility
2 50 (13.85%) QA
3 15 (4.16%) WCAG
4 8 (2.22%) GDPR
5 5 (1.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.83%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.83%) NCSC
6 3 (0.83%) SLA
7 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.55%) HL7
7 2 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.28%) DICOM
8 1 (0.28%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (3.32%) Docker
2 9 (2.49%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.28%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (3.32%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.05%) Grafana
3 8 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (0.83%) Istio
5 3 (0.83%) Kustomize
5 3 (0.83%) linkerd
5 3 (0.83%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.55%) rkt
6 2 (0.55%) Terraform
7 1 (0.28%) Ansible
7 1 (0.28%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 53 (14.68%) Microsoft
2 31 (8.59%) Adobe
3 26 (7.20%) Google
4 21 (5.82%) Splunk
5 19 (5.26%) HP
5 19 (5.26%) Oracle
6 17 (4.71%) SAP
7 10 (2.77%) Salesforce
7 10 (2.77%) ServiceNow
7 10 (2.77%) Xamarin
8 8 (2.22%) Cisco
9 7 (1.94%) Apple
10 5 (1.39%) Dynatrace
10 5 (1.39%) ESRI
10 5 (1.39%) OneTrust
10 5 (1.39%) Sitecore
10 5 (1.39%) Tealium
11 4 (1.11%) Optimizely
12 3 (0.83%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.83%) OpenAI