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 28 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 305 293 255
Rank change year-on-year -12 -38 +21
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 353 252 417
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.75% 0.86% 0.96%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.33% 2.53% 3.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 168 257
10th Percentile £204 £351 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.72%
75th Percentile £578 £586 £600
90th Percentile £677 £681 £715
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 £463 £450
% change year-on-year -5.41% +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £35.00 - £12.25
Median hourly rate £44.50 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +27.14% -12.50% +9.59%
75th Percentile £66.50 - £70.18
90th Percentile £70.00 - £75.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - £38.63
% change year-on-year - - +10.36%

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 15,145 9,962 13,178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.24% 33.94% 30.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,438 6,371 8,443
10th Percentile £306 £300 £263
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £656
90th Percentile £738 £775 £788
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 724 395 906
10th Percentile £16.03 £16.95 £12.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £21.25 £15.17
Median hourly rate £45.46 £32.50 £28.75
Median % change year-on-year +39.88% +13.04% +27.86%
75th Percentile £70.00 £64.13 £60.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £82.40 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £47.54 £31.76 £27.50
% change year-on-year +49.69% +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 28 April 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 28 April 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
Top 16 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 28 April 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 -16 292 £500 -1.23% 247
UK excluding London -10 171 £438 -5.41% 189
London -44 144 £525 - 101
Work from Home -38 88 £475 -5.00% 122
North of England -54 46 £425 +6.25% 56
South East -43 35 £425 -26.09% 41
South West -14 30 £488 +19.05% 25
North West -20 30 £400 - 31
Midlands -57 21 £524 +13.23% 31
Wales +8 20 £425 +13.33% 9
West Midlands -46 15 £475 +3.26% 20
Yorkshire -52 15 £525 +23.53% 23
Scotland -3 14 £550 +37.50% 10
East Midlands -41 6 £569 +22.92% 11
East of England -29 5 £185 -76.13% 20
North East -20 1 £525 - 2

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 16 (4.53%) Confluence
2 12 (3.40%) Moodle
3 11 (3.12%) CMS
4 9 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 5 (1.42%) SharePoint
5 5 (1.42%) Umbraco
6 3 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.85%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.85%) Headless CMS
6 3 (0.85%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 17 (4.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 15 (4.25%) Chatbot
3 13 (3.68%) Sketch
4 12 (3.40%) Microsoft Office
5 11 (3.12%) Microsoft Excel
6 10 (2.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 6 (1.70%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.85%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.57%) InVision
10 1 (0.28%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 3 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle iProcurement
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle iSupplier
3 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
3 1 (0.28%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 37 (10.48%) Figma
2 34 (9.63%) AWS
3 28 (7.93%) Azure
4 19 (5.38%) GitHub
5 18 (5.10%) SaaS
6 15 (4.25%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (3.68%) GCP
7 13 (3.68%) GitHub Actions
8 12 (3.40%) Entra ID
9 11 (3.12%) Firebase
10 10 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
11 7 (1.98%) Cloud Run
11 7 (1.98%) Sauce Labs
12 6 (1.70%) Adobe Analytics
12 6 (1.70%) Azure AKS
12 6 (1.70%) Google Analytics
12 6 (1.70%) Serverless
13 5 (1.42%) Azure Monitor
14 4 (1.13%) Azure API Management
14 4 (1.13%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.27%) Cisco IOS
1 8 (2.27%) Skype
2 2 (0.57%) Cisco IPT
2 2 (0.57%) DSL
2 2 (0.57%) Firewall
2 2 (0.57%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.57%) RFID
2 2 (0.57%) VPN
3 1 (0.28%) 4G
3 1 (0.28%) 5G
3 1 (0.28%) HTTP
3 1 (0.28%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.28%) Internet
3 1 (0.28%) Network Security
3 1 (0.28%) SSL
3 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.42%) GIS
1 5 (1.42%) MySQL
1 5 (1.42%) Relational Database
2 3 (0.85%) Power BI
3 2 (0.57%) Looker
3 2 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.57%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.57%) Tableau
4 1 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.28%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.28%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.28%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.28%) MS Access
4 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.28%) Spatial Data
4 1 (0.28%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 21 (5.95%) JIRA
2 19 (5.38%) Git
3 16 (4.53%) Android Studio
4 11 (3.12%) Jenkins
5 10 (2.83%) Appium
5 10 (2.83%) Xcode
6 9 (2.55%) Cypress.io
7 7 (1.98%) Browser DevTools
7 7 (1.98%) Gradle
7 7 (1.98%) XCTest
7 7 (1.98%) XCUITest
8 6 (1.70%) Bitbucket
8 6 (1.70%) Selenium
9 5 (1.42%) Eclipse
9 5 (1.42%) fastlane
9 5 (1.42%) GitLab
9 5 (1.42%) JUnit
9 5 (1.42%) Postman
10 4 (1.13%) ESLint
10 4 (1.13%) REST Assured
General
1 85 (24.08%) Social Skills
2 59 (16.71%) Finance
3 31 (8.78%) Banking
4 30 (8.50%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (7.65%) Public Sector
6 19 (5.38%) Marketing
7 18 (5.10%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (3.97%) Retail
9 13 (3.68%) Telecoms
10 11 (3.12%) Electronics
11 9 (2.55%) Manufacturing
12 6 (1.70%) Publishing
13 4 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (0.85%) Digital Health
14 3 (0.85%) Health Technology
14 3 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.57%) Corporate Banking
15 2 (0.57%) iGaming
15 2 (0.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
15 2 (0.57%) Legal
Job Titles
1 96 (27.20%) Developer
2 49 (13.88%) Senior
3 40 (11.33%) Designer
4 23 (6.52%) Architect
5 19 (5.38%) Mobile Engineer
6 18 (5.10%) Break Fix Engineer
6 18 (5.10%) Junior
7 17 (4.82%) Android Developer
7 17 (4.82%) Mobile Developer
8 16 (4.53%) Lead
9 15 (4.25%) React Developer
9 15 (4.25%) Software Engineer
10 14 (3.97%) Analyst
11 13 (3.68%) Backend Developer
11 13 (3.68%) UX Designer
12 12 (3.40%) Moodle Developer
12 12 (3.40%) Product Designer
12 12 (3.40%) Tester
12 12 (3.40%) Visual Designer
13 11 (3.12%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (11.05%) React Native
2 31 (8.78%) REST
3 25 (7.08%) OAuth
4 19 (5.38%) GraphQL
4 19 (5.38%) React
4 19 (5.38%) RESTful
4 19 (5.38%) Spring
5 18 (5.10%) CSS
5 18 (5.10%) Spring Boot
6 16 (4.53%) OAuth2
7 15 (4.25%) HTML
8 14 (3.97%) Android Jetpack
9 13 (3.68%) Jetpack Compose
10 12 (3.40%) AngularJS
11 11 (3.12%) .NET
12 10 (2.83%) SwiftUI
13 9 (2.55%) Flutter
13 9 (2.55%) Node.js
14 8 (2.27%) UIKit
15 6 (1.70%) Android SDK
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.95%) Product Ownership
2 17 (4.82%) Cloud Native
3 15 (4.25%) Security Posture
4 14 (3.97%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (2.55%) Virtual Team
6 6 (1.70%) Mobile Banking
6 6 (1.70%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.42%) FMCG
8 4 (1.13%) Marketing Technology
9 3 (0.85%) Blockchain
9 3 (0.85%) Blog
9 3 (0.85%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.85%) Digital Media
9 3 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.85%) Driving Licence
9 3 (0.85%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.85%) Media Streaming
9 3 (0.85%) Social Media
9 3 (0.85%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 96 (27.20%) Android
2 82 (23.23%) Apple iOS
3 17 (4.82%) Windows
4 9 (2.55%) Mac OS
5 6 (1.70%) Linux
6 5 (1.42%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (21.81%) Agile
2 73 (20.68%) User Experience
3 67 (18.98%) CI/CD
4 61 (17.28%) Problem-Solving
5 57 (16.15%) AI
6 50 (14.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 49 (13.88%) Test Automation
8 38 (10.76%) DevOps
9 36 (10.20%) Analytics
10 33 (9.35%) UX Design
11 30 (8.50%) Software Engineering
12 28 (7.93%) Observability
13 26 (7.37%) Android Development
13 26 (7.37%) Generative AI
13 26 (7.37%) iOS Development
13 26 (7.37%) TDD
14 25 (7.08%) Design Patterns
14 25 (7.08%) Full-Stack Development
15 24 (6.80%) Mentoring
15 24 (6.80%) Mobile Development
Programming Languages
1 56 (15.86%) Java
2 53 (15.01%) Kotlin
3 40 (11.33%) JavaScript
4 25 (7.08%) Swift
4 25 (7.08%) TypeScript
5 13 (3.68%) C#
5 13 (3.68%) SQL
6 12 (3.40%) Python
7 7 (1.98%) Objective-C
8 5 (1.42%) Perl
9 3 (0.85%) C++
9 3 (0.85%) Go
10 2 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
11 1 (0.28%) Scala
11 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.28%) VBA
11 1 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 44 (12.46%) Security Cleared
2 28 (7.93%) SC Cleared
3 24 (6.80%) Degree
4 8 (2.27%) ITIL Certification
4 8 (2.27%) Master's Degree
5 7 (1.98%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (1.98%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.85%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.85%) PMP
8 2 (0.57%) CCA
8 2 (0.57%) CISSP
8 2 (0.57%) MBA
8 2 (0.57%) SANS
9 1 (0.28%) GPEN
9 1 (0.28%) GXPN
9 1 (0.28%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.28%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.28%) OSCE
9 1 (0.28%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (13.88%) Accessibility
2 33 (9.35%) QA
3 14 (3.97%) WCAG
4 8 (2.27%) GDPR
5 5 (1.42%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (0.85%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.85%) NCSC
7 2 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.57%) HL7
7 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.57%) PSD2
7 2 (0.57%) SLA
8 1 (0.28%) DICOM
System Software
1 9 (2.55%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.27%) Docker
3 2 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.28%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 12 (3.40%) Grafana
2 10 (2.83%) Kubernetes
3 8 (2.27%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (2.27%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.13%) Istio
4 4 (1.13%) Kustomize
4 4 (1.13%) linkerd
4 4 (1.13%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (0.85%) Ansible
6 2 (0.57%) Terraform
7 1 (0.28%) CEMLI
Vendors
1 42 (11.90%) Microsoft
2 39 (11.05%) Adobe
3 20 (5.67%) Google
4 19 (5.38%) HP
5 16 (4.53%) SAP
6 12 (3.40%) Oracle
6 12 (3.40%) Splunk
7 11 (3.12%) Salesforce
8 8 (2.27%) Cisco
8 8 (2.27%) Dynatrace
8 8 (2.27%) Tealium
8 8 (2.27%) Xamarin
9 7 (1.98%) Braze
10 6 (1.70%) Apple
11 5 (1.42%) OneTrust
12 4 (1.13%) ESRI
12 4 (1.13%) Optimizely
13 3 (0.85%) Atlassian
13 3 (0.85%) Coverity
13 3 (0.85%) Sitecore