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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 347 290 254
Rank change year-on-year -57 -36 +32
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 323 248 399
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.66% 0.86% 0.93%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.03% 2.52% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 157 273
10th Percentile £363 £361 £325
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +7.11% -5.00% -1.72%
75th Percentile £588 £550 £600
90th Percentile £681 £650 £700
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £461 £450
% change year-on-year +2.98% +2.50% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 9
10th Percentile £26.21 - -
25th Percentile - - £12.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £40.00
75th Percentile £63.00 - £70.18
90th Percentile £70.00 - £81.44
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 15,890 9,851 12,973
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.33% 34.12% 30.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,818 6,250 8,341
10th Percentile £313 £295 £270
25th Percentile £413 £406 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -2.42% -2.18%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £663
90th Percentile £749 £775 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 768 394 925
10th Percentile £16.00 £15.92 £12.25
25th Percentile £19.96 £20.09 £15.22
Median hourly rate £41.46 £32.43 £34.21
Median % change year-on-year +27.84% -5.20% +55.50%
75th Percentile £70.00 £62.25 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.65 £82.21 £70.82
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £31.76 £32.12
% change year-on-year +41.69% -1.11% +48.20%

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 30 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 30 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 30 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 -59 275 £513 +5.40% 232
UK excluding London -36 148 £475 +2.98% 158
London -47 137 £548 +9.50% 125
Work from Home -75 79 £488 - 103
North of England -63 47 £450 +12.50% 42
South West -8 34 £525 +50.00% 16
North West -40 25 £438 +9.38% 24
South East -52 24 £419 -28.42% 42
Midlands -56 21 £529 +14.35% 23
West Midlands -55 17 £529 +32.21% 10
Yorkshire -57 16 £525 +33.08% 12
Scotland -1 15 £550 +30.18% 15
Wales -7 6 £425 +13.33% 5
North East -23 6 £450 -13.25% 6
East Midlands -32 4 £528 +14.11% 13
East of England -33 1 £325 -23.53% 14

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 10 (3.10%) Confluence
2 7 (2.17%) CMS
3 6 (1.86%) Moodle
4 3 (0.93%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.62%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.31%) NetWeaver
6 1 (0.31%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 18 (5.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 14 (4.33%) Sketch
3 11 (3.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.79%) Microsoft Excel
5 8 (2.48%) Chatbot
6 5 (1.55%) Adobe XD
7 4 (1.24%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
9 2 (0.62%) InVision
Business Applications
1 3 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.62%) SAP CRM
2 2 (0.62%) Workfront
3 1 (0.31%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 40 (12.38%) Azure
2 39 (12.07%) AWS
3 33 (10.22%) Figma
4 26 (8.05%) GitHub
5 20 (6.19%) SaaS
6 19 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
7 16 (4.95%) Azure DevOps
8 15 (4.64%) Firebase
9 12 (3.72%) Entra ID
10 11 (3.41%) GCP
11 9 (2.79%) Sauce Labs
12 7 (2.17%) Azure AKS
12 7 (2.17%) Cloud Run
12 7 (2.17%) Microsoft 365
13 6 (1.86%) Adobe Analytics
14 5 (1.55%) Google Play
14 5 (1.55%) Power Platform
14 5 (1.55%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 5 (1.55%) Serverless
15 4 (1.24%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.62%) DSL
1 2 (0.62%) Firewall
1 2 (0.62%) Network Security
1 2 (0.62%) Reverse Proxy
1 2 (0.62%) RFID
1 2 (0.62%) VPN
2 1 (0.31%) 4G
2 1 (0.31%) 5G
2 1 (0.31%) HTTP
2 1 (0.31%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.31%) Internet
2 1 (0.31%) SSL
2 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.17%) Relational Database
2 6 (1.86%) MySQL
3 5 (1.55%) GIS
4 3 (0.93%) Power BI
4 3 (0.93%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.62%) Looker
5 2 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.62%) Tableau
6 1 (0.31%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.31%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.31%) MS Access
6 1 (0.31%) Spatial Data
6 1 (0.31%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 18 (5.57%) Android Studio
1 18 (5.57%) Git
2 16 (4.95%) JIRA
2 16 (4.95%) Xcode
3 13 (4.02%) Gradle
3 13 (4.02%) Jenkins
4 10 (3.10%) fastlane
5 9 (2.79%) XCUITest
6 8 (2.48%) Appium
6 8 (2.48%) XCTest
7 7 (2.17%) CircleCI
7 7 (2.17%) JUnit
7 7 (2.17%) LoadRunner
8 6 (1.86%) Browser DevTools
8 6 (1.86%) Crashlytics
8 6 (1.86%) Eclipse
8 6 (1.86%) Postman
9 5 (1.55%) Cypress.io
9 5 (1.55%) REST Assured
9 5 (1.55%) Selenium
General
1 76 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 47 (14.55%) Finance
3 29 (8.98%) Banking
4 26 (8.05%) Public Sector
5 23 (7.12%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (4.95%) Retail
7 7 (2.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (2.17%) Marketing
8 4 (1.24%) Corporate Banking
8 4 (1.24%) Health Technology
9 3 (0.93%) Digital Health
9 3 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.62%) Investment Banking
10 2 (0.62%) Publishing
10 2 (0.62%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.31%) Automotive
11 1 (0.31%) Billing
11 1 (0.31%) Games
11 1 (0.31%) Italian Language
11 1 (0.31%) Military
Job Titles
1 91 (28.17%) Developer
2 55 (17.03%) Senior
3 37 (11.46%) Designer
4 23 (7.12%) Architect
5 21 (6.50%) Android Developer
6 18 (5.57%) iOS Developer
6 18 (5.57%) Mobile Engineer
7 17 (5.26%) Senior Developer
8 16 (4.95%) Lead
9 13 (4.02%) Product Designer
10 12 (3.72%) Analyst
10 12 (3.72%) Backend Developer
10 12 (3.72%) Mobile Developer
10 12 (3.72%) Product Manager
10 12 (3.72%) Software Engineer
10 12 (3.72%) Tester
11 11 (3.41%) Visual Designer
12 10 (3.10%) React Developer
13 9 (2.79%) Azure Engineer
13 9 (2.79%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (11.46%) REST
2 33 (10.22%) React Native
3 31 (9.60%) RESTful
4 23 (7.12%) OAuth
5 22 (6.81%) Android Jetpack
6 19 (5.88%) GraphQL
6 19 (5.88%) Jetpack Compose
7 18 (5.57%) React
8 17 (5.26%) CSS
9 16 (4.95%) Spring
9 16 (4.95%) Spring Boot
10 15 (4.64%) Android SDK
10 15 (4.64%) SwiftUI
11 14 (4.33%) OAuth2
12 12 (3.72%) UIKit
13 11 (3.41%) HTML
13 11 (3.41%) Web Services
14 9 (2.79%) .NET
14 9 (2.79%) Node.js
15 8 (2.48%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.12%) Product Ownership
2 21 (6.50%) Cloud Native
3 14 (4.33%) Data Protection Act
4 11 (3.41%) Security Posture
4 11 (3.41%) Virtual Team
5 6 (1.86%) Mobile Banking
6 4 (1.24%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.24%) Social Media
7 3 (0.93%) Blackberry
7 3 (0.93%) Data Structures
7 3 (0.93%) Digital Media
7 3 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (0.93%) Driving Licence
7 3 (0.93%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.93%) Legacy Code
7 3 (0.93%) Marketing Technology
7 3 (0.93%) Media Streaming
8 2 (0.62%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.62%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 85 (26.32%) Android
2 77 (23.84%) Apple iOS
3 11 (3.41%) Windows
4 7 (2.17%) Linux
5 6 (1.86%) Unix
6 2 (0.62%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (25.70%) Agile
2 73 (22.60%) User Experience
3 65 (20.12%) CI/CD
4 54 (16.72%) AI
5 49 (15.17%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (14.55%) DevOps
6 47 (14.55%) Test Automation
7 40 (12.38%) Analytics
8 38 (11.76%) UX Design
9 31 (9.60%) Architectural Patterns
9 31 (9.60%) iOS Development
9 31 (9.60%) Observability
10 30 (9.29%) Continuous Improvement
11 29 (8.98%) Android Development
11 29 (8.98%) MVVM
12 28 (8.67%) Generative AI
12 28 (8.67%) TDD
13 26 (8.05%) Roadmaps
14 25 (7.74%) Software Engineering
15 24 (7.43%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (18.58%) Java
2 56 (17.34%) Kotlin
3 33 (10.22%) Swift
4 30 (9.29%) JavaScript
5 18 (5.57%) Python
6 15 (4.64%) TypeScript
7 11 (3.41%) C#
8 10 (3.10%) Objective-C
9 7 (2.17%) SQL
10 6 (1.86%) Perl
11 5 (1.55%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.93%) Apex Code
12 3 (0.93%) Go
12 3 (0.93%) Kusto Query Language
13 2 (0.62%) Scala
14 1 (0.31%) ABAP
14 1 (0.31%) C++
14 1 (0.31%) Korn
14 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 44 (13.62%) Security Cleared
2 27 (8.36%) SC Cleared
3 18 (5.57%) Degree
4 9 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.86%) Master's Degree
5 6 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.93%) CCA
6 3 (0.93%) MBA
7 2 (0.62%) CISSP
7 2 (0.62%) SANS
8 1 (0.31%) CCSAM
8 1 (0.31%) CREST Certified
8 1 (0.31%) GPEN
8 1 (0.31%) GXPN
8 1 (0.31%) OSCE
8 1 (0.31%) OSCP
8 1 (0.31%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.31%) PMP
8 1 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (14.24%) Accessibility
2 34 (10.53%) QA
3 16 (4.95%) WCAG
4 4 (1.24%) GDPR
5 3 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.93%) NCSC
5 3 (0.93%) PSD2
6 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.62%) HL7
6 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.31%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.31%) DICOM
7 1 (0.31%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.31%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (2.79%) Docker
2 2 (0.62%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.62%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.31%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.31%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 14 (4.33%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.72%) Grafana
3 10 (3.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (2.48%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (1.55%) Terraform
6 4 (1.24%) Istio
6 4 (1.24%) Kustomize
6 4 (1.24%) linkerd
6 4 (1.24%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.93%) Ansible
8 2 (0.62%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 1 (0.31%) Argo
Vendors
1 35 (10.84%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.91%) Adobe
3 22 (6.81%) Google
4 15 (4.64%) Dynatrace
4 15 (4.64%) Oracle
5 14 (4.33%) Salesforce
5 14 (4.33%) Splunk
6 12 (3.72%) Apple
7 9 (2.79%) SAP
8 5 (1.55%) Xamarin
9 4 (1.24%) Braze
9 4 (1.24%) ESRI
9 4 (1.24%) Tealium
10 2 (0.62%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.62%) Coverity
10 2 (0.62%) MuleSoft
10 2 (0.62%) Thales
11 1 (0.31%) New Relic
11 1 (0.31%) OneLogin
11 1 (0.31%) Sitecore