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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 293 268
Rank change year-on-year -19 -25 +20
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 349 250 382
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.73% 0.85% 0.89%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.29% 2.51% 2.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 242 164 263
10th Percentile £204 £356 £325
25th Percentile £400 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -1.96%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £710
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £463 £450
% change year-on-year -2.70% +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 8
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% +14.29%
75th Percentile £66.50 - £68.17
90th Percentile £70.00 - £73.88
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - £38.63
% change year-on-year - - +50.57%

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 15,270 9,967 13,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.07% 34.00% 30.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,501 6,373 8,439
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 £798
UK excluding London median daily rate £478 £493 £500
% change year-on-year -3.05% -1.50% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 725 402 905
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.95 £12.25
25th Percentile £20.00 £21.06 £15.17
Median hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% +7.76% +34.13%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £86.90 £83.13 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £50.00 £31.76 £28.25
% change year-on-year +57.43% +12.42% +28.41%

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 6 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 6 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 6 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 -27 292 £500 - 279
UK excluding London -15 168 £450 -2.70% 202
London -34 144 £525 - 111
Work from Home -46 85 £475 -5.00% 121
North of England -42 43 £475 +18.75% 59
South East -29 35 £425 -26.72% 44
South West -7 34 £488 +39.29% 28
North West -32 27 £400 - 26
Midlands -61 20 £497 +7.41% 39
Wales 0 16 £425 +13.33% 8
West Midlands -41 16 £475 +3.26% 21
Scotland -1 15 £550 +37.50% 8
Yorkshire -48 15 £525 +23.53% 27
East of England -32 5 £185 -76.13% 19
East Midlands -35 4 £528 +14.11% 18
North East -20 1 £525 - 6

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 15 (4.30%) Confluence
2 12 (3.44%) Moodle
3 10 (2.87%) CMS
4 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (1.15%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.86%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.86%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.57%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.29%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.29%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 17 (4.87%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 15 (4.30%) Chatbot
3 13 (3.72%) Sketch
4 11 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (3.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (2.29%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (1.72%) Adobe XD
7 4 (1.15%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.57%) InVision
9 1 (0.29%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 4 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.57%) Workfront
4 1 (0.29%) Magento
4 1 (0.29%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 37 (10.60%) AWS
2 36 (10.32%) Figma
3 29 (8.31%) Azure
4 18 (5.16%) GitHub
4 18 (5.16%) SaaS
5 12 (3.44%) Entra ID
5 12 (3.44%) GCP
5 12 (3.44%) GitHub Actions
6 11 (3.15%) Firebase
6 11 (3.15%) Microsoft 365
7 10 (2.87%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (2.29%) Sauce Labs
9 7 (2.01%) Cloud Run
10 6 (1.72%) Adobe Analytics
10 6 (1.72%) Azure AKS
10 6 (1.72%) Google Analytics
11 5 (1.43%) Azure Monitor
11 5 (1.43%) Serverless
12 4 (1.15%) Azure Functions
12 4 (1.15%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.15%) Cisco IOS
1 4 (1.15%) 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%) Cisco IPT
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
3 1 (0.29%) Wireless
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 22 (6.30%) JIRA
2 18 (5.16%) Android Studio
2 18 (5.16%) Git
3 12 (3.44%) Xcode
4 11 (3.15%) Jenkins
5 10 (2.87%) Appium
6 7 (2.01%) Browser DevTools
6 7 (2.01%) Gradle
6 7 (2.01%) XCTest
6 7 (2.01%) XCUITest
7 6 (1.72%) Bitbucket
7 6 (1.72%) Eclipse
7 6 (1.72%) Postman
8 5 (1.43%) Cypress.io
8 5 (1.43%) fastlane
8 5 (1.43%) GitLab
8 5 (1.43%) JUnit
8 5 (1.43%) REST Assured
8 5 (1.43%) Selenium
9 4 (1.15%) WebDriver
General
1 81 (23.21%) Social Skills
2 55 (15.76%) Finance
3 31 (8.88%) Banking
4 28 (8.02%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (6.88%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.16%) Organisational Skills
7 17 (4.87%) Retail
8 13 (3.72%) Marketing
9 9 (2.58%) Telecoms
10 6 (1.72%) Electronics
11 5 (1.43%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.15%) Health Technology
12 4 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.86%) Corporate Banking
13 3 (0.86%) Digital Health
13 3 (0.86%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.86%) Publishing
14 2 (0.57%) iGaming
14 2 (0.57%) Investment Banking
14 2 (0.57%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 91 (26.07%) Developer
2 51 (14.61%) Senior
3 39 (11.17%) Designer
4 26 (7.45%) Architect
5 21 (6.02%) Mobile Engineer
6 18 (5.16%) Break Fix Engineer
6 18 (5.16%) Junior
7 17 (4.87%) Android Developer
8 16 (4.58%) Lead
8 16 (4.58%) Mobile Developer
9 15 (4.30%) Software Engineer
10 14 (4.01%) Backend Developer
11 12 (3.44%) Analyst
11 12 (3.44%) Moodle Developer
11 12 (3.44%) Product Designer
11 12 (3.44%) Tester
11 12 (3.44%) UX Designer
11 12 (3.44%) Visual Designer
12 11 (3.15%) Product Manager
12 11 (3.15%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (10.60%) React Native
2 33 (9.46%) REST
3 25 (7.16%) OAuth
4 19 (5.44%) GraphQL
4 19 (5.44%) Spring
5 18 (5.16%) Spring Boot
6 17 (4.87%) CSS
6 17 (4.87%) OAuth2
6 17 (4.87%) RESTful
7 15 (4.30%) Android Jetpack
7 15 (4.30%) React
8 14 (4.01%) Jetpack Compose
9 13 (3.72%) HTML
10 10 (2.87%) AngularJS
10 10 (2.87%) SwiftUI
11 8 (2.29%) .NET
11 8 (2.29%) Node.js
11 8 (2.29%) UIKit
12 7 (2.01%) Ajax
12 7 (2.01%) Flutter
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.59%) Product Ownership
2 17 (4.87%) Cloud Native
3 16 (4.58%) Security Posture
4 15 (4.30%) Data Protection Act
5 9 (2.58%) Virtual Team
6 6 (1.72%) Mobile Banking
7 5 (1.43%) FMCG
7 5 (1.43%) Onboarding
8 4 (1.15%) Marketing Technology
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%) Driving Licence
9 3 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.86%) Media Streaming
9 3 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.86%) Social Media
9 3 (0.86%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 93 (26.65%) Android
2 80 (22.92%) Apple iOS
3 14 (4.01%) Windows
4 7 (2.01%) Linux
5 6 (1.72%) Unix
6 5 (1.43%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (22.35%) Agile
2 72 (20.63%) User Experience
3 62 (17.77%) CI/CD
3 62 (17.77%) Problem-Solving
4 60 (17.19%) AI
5 47 (13.47%) Test Automation
6 43 (12.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 40 (11.46%) DevOps
8 37 (10.60%) Analytics
9 33 (9.46%) UX Design
10 29 (8.31%) Software Engineering
11 28 (8.02%) Generative AI
11 28 (8.02%) Observability
12 25 (7.16%) Microservices
12 25 (7.16%) TDD
13 24 (6.88%) Android Development
13 24 (6.88%) iOS Development
13 24 (6.88%) Mentoring
14 22 (6.30%) Mobile Development
14 22 (6.30%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 58 (16.62%) Java
2 54 (15.47%) Kotlin
3 36 (10.32%) JavaScript
4 25 (7.16%) Swift
5 21 (6.02%) TypeScript
6 15 (4.30%) Python
7 10 (2.87%) C#
8 9 (2.58%) SQL
9 7 (2.01%) Objective-C
10 6 (1.72%) Perl
11 3 (0.86%) C++
11 3 (0.86%) Go
12 2 (0.57%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.57%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.29%) ABAP
13 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.29%) Scala
13 1 (0.29%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.29%) VBA
13 1 (0.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 44 (12.61%) Security Cleared
2 27 (7.74%) SC Cleared
3 19 (5.44%) Degree
4 8 (2.29%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.72%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.15%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.86%) CCA
8 3 (0.86%) MBA
8 3 (0.86%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.86%) PMP
9 2 (0.57%) CISSP
9 2 (0.57%) SANS
10 1 (0.29%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.29%) CREST Certified
10 1 (0.29%) GPEN
10 1 (0.29%) GXPN
10 1 (0.29%) OSCE
10 1 (0.29%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (13.75%) Accessibility
2 34 (9.74%) QA
3 12 (3.44%) WCAG
4 6 (1.72%) GDPR
5 3 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.86%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 3 (0.86%) NCSC
6 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.57%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.57%) HL7
6 2 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.57%) PSD2
6 2 (0.57%) SLA
7 1 (0.29%) DICOM
7 1 (0.29%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (2.29%) Docker
2 5 (1.43%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.29%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 12 (3.44%) Grafana
2 11 (3.15%) Kubernetes
3 8 (2.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (2.29%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.15%) Istio
4 4 (1.15%) Kustomize
4 4 (1.15%) linkerd
4 4 (1.15%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.15%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 3 (0.86%) Ansible
6 2 (0.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 39 (11.17%) Microsoft
2 36 (10.32%) Adobe
3 19 (5.44%) Google
3 19 (5.44%) HP
4 14 (4.01%) SAP
5 13 (3.72%) Oracle
5 13 (3.72%) Splunk
6 12 (3.44%) Salesforce
7 8 (2.29%) Dynatrace
8 7 (2.01%) Apple
8 7 (2.01%) Braze
9 6 (1.72%) Tealium
10 5 (1.43%) Xamarin
11 4 (1.15%) Cisco
11 4 (1.15%) ESRI
11 4 (1.15%) Optimizely
12 3 (0.86%) Atlassian
12 3 (0.86%) Coverity
12 3 (0.86%) OneTrust
12 3 (0.86%) Thales