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 12 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 310 295 259
Rank change year-on-year -15 -36 +19
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 349 248 390
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.73% 0.85% 0.91%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.29% 2.50% 2.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 243 164 269
10th Percentile £259 £356 £325
25th Percentile £403 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.96%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £680 £675 £703
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £463 £450
% change year-on-year -2.70% +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 8
10th Percentile £26.21 - -
25th Percentile - - £12.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% +14.29%
75th Percentile £63.00 - £68.17
90th Percentile £70.00 - £73.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - £38.63
% change year-on-year - - +136.89%

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 15,238 9,901 13,061
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.08% 33.91% 30.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,482 6,317 8,409
10th Percentile £308 £300 £269
25th Percentile £413 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £663
90th Percentile £738 £775 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £480 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -1.54% -2.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 726 401 904
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.95 £12.25
25th Percentile £19.78 £21.01 £15.17
Median hourly rate £43.60 £32.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year +34.16% +4.00% +38.98%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £87.75 £83.20 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £48.77 £31.76 £29.25
% change year-on-year +53.56% +8.58% +32.95%

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 12 May 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 12 May 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 12 May 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 -45 292 £500 - 253
UK excluding London -17 168 £450 -2.70% 181
London -43 142 £525 - 101
Work from Home -51 86 £475 -5.00% 91
North of England -44 47 £463 +15.63% 63
South East -35 34 £419 -27.80% 41
South West -6 33 £513 +46.43% 19
North West -26 27 £400 - 32
Midlands -47 20 £524 +13.23% 31
Yorkshire -43 17 £544 +27.94% 22
West Midlands -49 16 £502 +9.11% 15
Scotland -1 15 £550 +37.50% 10
Wales +2 14 £425 +13.33% 4
East of England -26 5 £185 -76.13% 15
East Midlands -40 4 £528 +14.11% 16
North East -17 3 £450 - 9

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 13 (3.72%) Confluence
2 11 (3.15%) Moodle
3 9 (2.58%) CMS
4 4 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (1.15%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.86%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.57%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.29%) NetWeaver
7 1 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 17 (4.87%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 13 (3.72%) Chatbot
3 12 (3.44%) Sketch
4 11 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (3.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (1.43%) Adobe XD
7 4 (1.15%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.57%) InVision
9 1 (0.29%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 3 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.57%) Workfront
3 1 (0.29%) Magento
3 1 (0.29%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (10.89%) AWS
2 34 (9.74%) Figma
3 30 (8.60%) Azure
4 20 (5.73%) GitHub
4 20 (5.73%) SaaS
5 14 (4.01%) GitHub Actions
6 13 (3.72%) Firebase
7 12 (3.44%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (3.44%) Entra ID
8 11 (3.15%) GCP
9 10 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (2.58%) Sauce Labs
11 7 (2.01%) Cloud Run
12 6 (1.72%) Adobe Analytics
12 6 (1.72%) Azure AKS
13 5 (1.43%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (1.43%) Serverless
14 4 (1.15%) Azure Functions
14 4 (1.15%) Power Platform
14 4 (1.15%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (0.86%) Cisco IOS
1 3 (0.86%) Skype
2 2 (0.57%) DSL
2 2 (0.57%) Firewall
2 2 (0.57%) Network Security
2 2 (0.57%) Reverse Proxy
2 2 (0.57%) RFID
2 2 (0.57%) VPN
3 1 (0.29%) 4G
3 1 (0.29%) 5G
3 1 (0.29%) HTTP
3 1 (0.29%) HTTPS
3 1 (0.29%) Internet
3 1 (0.29%) SSL
3 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.72%) MySQL
1 6 (1.72%) Relational Database
2 5 (1.43%) GIS
3 3 (0.86%) Power BI
4 2 (0.57%) Looker
4 2 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.57%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.57%) Tableau
5 1 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.29%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.29%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.29%) MS Access
5 1 (0.29%) Spatial Data
5 1 (0.29%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 21 (6.02%) JIRA
2 17 (4.87%) Android Studio
2 17 (4.87%) Git
3 14 (4.01%) Xcode
4 13 (3.72%) Jenkins
5 11 (3.15%) Appium
6 9 (2.58%) Gradle
7 7 (2.01%) fastlane
7 7 (2.01%) XCTest
7 7 (2.01%) XCUITest
8 6 (1.72%) Browser DevTools
8 6 (1.72%) Eclipse
8 6 (1.72%) GitLab
8 6 (1.72%) JUnit
8 6 (1.72%) Postman
9 5 (1.43%) Cypress.io
9 5 (1.43%) JMeter
9 5 (1.43%) REST Assured
9 5 (1.43%) Selenium
10 4 (1.15%) WebDriver
General
1 78 (22.35%) Social Skills
2 54 (15.47%) Finance
3 31 (8.88%) Banking
4 30 (8.60%) Analytical Skills
5 26 (7.45%) Public Sector
6 17 (4.87%) Retail
7 16 (4.58%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (2.87%) Marketing
9 8 (2.29%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.15%) Corporate Banking
10 4 (1.15%) Electronics
10 4 (1.15%) Health Technology
10 4 (1.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (1.15%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.86%) Digital Health
11 3 (0.86%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.86%) Publishing
12 2 (0.57%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.57%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 95 (27.22%) Developer
2 49 (14.04%) Senior
3 36 (10.32%) Designer
4 25 (7.16%) Architect
5 19 (5.44%) Android Developer
5 19 (5.44%) Mobile Engineer
6 17 (4.87%) Mobile Developer
7 16 (4.58%) Break Fix Engineer
7 16 (4.58%) Junior
8 15 (4.30%) Lead
8 15 (4.30%) Software Engineer
9 14 (4.01%) Backend Developer
9 14 (4.01%) iOS Developer
9 14 (4.01%) Tester
10 12 (3.44%) Visual Designer
11 11 (3.15%) Moodle Developer
11 11 (3.15%) Product Designer
11 11 (3.15%) Product Manager
11 11 (3.15%) Senior Developer
12 10 (2.87%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (10.89%) React Native
2 33 (9.46%) REST
3 25 (7.16%) OAuth
4 23 (6.59%) RESTful
5 19 (5.44%) GraphQL
5 19 (5.44%) Spring
6 18 (5.16%) Spring Boot
7 17 (4.87%) Android Jetpack
7 17 (4.87%) CSS
7 17 (4.87%) OAuth2
8 16 (4.58%) React
9 15 (4.30%) Jetpack Compose
10 12 (3.44%) HTML
10 12 (3.44%) SwiftUI
11 10 (2.87%) UIKit
12 9 (2.58%) .NET
12 9 (2.58%) Android SDK
13 8 (2.29%) AngularJS
13 8 (2.29%) Node.js
13 8 (2.29%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 22 (6.30%) Product Ownership
2 18 (5.16%) Cloud Native
3 15 (4.30%) Data Protection Act
4 14 (4.01%) Security Posture
5 10 (2.87%) Virtual Team
6 6 (1.72%) Mobile Banking
7 5 (1.43%) FMCG
8 4 (1.15%) Driving Licence
8 4 (1.15%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.86%) Blockchain
9 3 (0.86%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.86%) Digital Media
9 3 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.86%) Legacy Code
9 3 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.86%) Marketing Technology
9 3 (0.86%) Media Streaming
9 3 (0.86%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 92 (26.36%) Android
2 82 (23.50%) Apple iOS
3 13 (3.72%) Windows
4 7 (2.01%) Linux
5 6 (1.72%) Unix
6 4 (1.15%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (23.21%) Agile
2 71 (20.34%) User Experience
3 67 (19.20%) CI/CD
4 62 (17.77%) Problem-Solving
5 58 (16.62%) AI
6 49 (14.04%) Test Automation
7 41 (11.75%) DevOps
8 40 (11.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 38 (10.89%) Analytics
10 32 (9.17%) UX Design
11 31 (8.88%) Observability
12 29 (8.31%) Software Engineering
13 27 (7.74%) Generative AI
13 27 (7.74%) iOS Development
13 27 (7.74%) TDD
14 25 (7.16%) Android Development
14 25 (7.16%) Mentoring
14 25 (7.16%) Microservices
15 24 (6.88%) Design Patterns
15 24 (6.88%) Mobile Development
Programming Languages
1 59 (16.91%) Java
2 56 (16.05%) Kotlin
3 34 (9.74%) JavaScript
4 29 (8.31%) Swift
5 21 (6.02%) TypeScript
6 16 (4.58%) Python
7 11 (3.15%) C#
8 8 (2.29%) Objective-C
8 8 (2.29%) SQL
9 6 (1.72%) Perl
10 3 (0.86%) Go
11 2 (0.57%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.57%) C++
11 2 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.57%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.57%) Scala
12 1 (0.29%) ABAP
12 1 (0.29%) C
12 1 (0.29%) VBA
12 1 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 45 (12.89%) Security Cleared
2 27 (7.74%) SC Cleared
3 19 (5.44%) Degree
4 9 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.72%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.86%) CCA
7 3 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.86%) MBA
7 3 (0.86%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.86%) PMP
8 2 (0.57%) CISSP
8 2 (0.57%) SANS
9 1 (0.29%) CCSAM
9 1 (0.29%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.29%) GPEN
9 1 (0.29%) GXPN
9 1 (0.29%) OSCP
9 1 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (13.47%) Accessibility
2 35 (10.03%) QA
3 13 (3.72%) WCAG
4 4 (1.15%) GDPR
5 3 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.86%) NCSC
5 3 (0.86%) PSD2
6 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.57%) HL7
6 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.57%) SLA
7 1 (0.29%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.29%) DICOM
7 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (2.58%) Docker
2 4 (1.15%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.29%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 12 (3.44%) Grafana
1 12 (3.44%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (1.15%) Istio
4 4 (1.15%) Kustomize
4 4 (1.15%) linkerd
4 4 (1.15%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.86%) Ansible
5 3 (0.86%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (0.86%) Terraform
Vendors
1 37 (10.60%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.17%) Adobe
3 17 (4.87%) Google
3 17 (4.87%) HP
4 14 (4.01%) Splunk
5 13 (3.72%) Oracle
6 12 (3.44%) Dynatrace
6 12 (3.44%) Salesforce
7 11 (3.15%) SAP
8 9 (2.58%) Apple
9 7 (2.01%) Braze
10 5 (1.43%) Xamarin
11 4 (1.15%) ESRI
11 4 (1.15%) Tealium
12 3 (0.86%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.86%) Cisco
12 3 (0.86%) Coverity
12 3 (0.86%) Optimizely
12 3 (0.86%) Thales
13 2 (0.57%) MuleSoft