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 23 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 241 200 248
Rank change year-on-year -41 +48 -32
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 421 424 469
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 1.18% 1.15% 1.01%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 3.29% 3.70% 3.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 314 278 286
10th Percentile £204 £205 £326
25th Percentile £360 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £567 £592 £589
90th Percentile £625 £679 £675
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £400 £475
% change year-on-year +6.25% -15.79% -8.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 15
10th Percentile £16.24 £39.62 -
25th Percentile £16.90 £46.55 £42.25
Median hourly rate £18.87 £58.09 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -67.52% +30.54% +27.14%
75th Percentile £35.06 £69.64 £71.25
90th Percentile £40.46 £76.56 £76.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £40.46 - £44.50
% change year-on-year - - +137.97%

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 12,786 11,474 14,820
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 35.78% 31.06% 31.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,907 6,764 9,953
10th Percentile £275 £285 £275
25th Percentile £406 £410 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -5.12% -2.27% -
75th Percentile £638 £663 £668
90th Percentile £738 £788 £770
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 683 387 497
10th Percentile £13.50 £16.99 £16.81
25th Percentile £18.23 £22.50 £21.00
Median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -22.26% -21.35% +34.85%
75th Percentile £55.00 £68.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £74.26 £75.16 £77.50
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.21 £35.00 £46.18
% change year-on-year -22.26% -24.21% +74.26%

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 23 November 2025.

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 23 November 2025.

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 23 November 2025. 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 -21 381 £475 - 410
UK excluding London -5 196 £425 +6.25% 387
London -12 194 £500 - 116
Work from Home -47 113 £490 +8.89% 144
North of England -39 64 £389 -2.75% 97
South East +19 50 £329 -34.25% 120
Midlands -18 35 £498 +24.38% 58
Yorkshire -21 33 £413 -15.38% 28
North West -35 30 £360 -5.88% 58
South West +1 22 £600 +65.52% 35
East Midlands -3 19 £550 +8.11% 23
Wales +12 16 £175 -61.64% 20
West Midlands -14 16 £400 +175.86% 35
Scotland -19 5 £475 +18.75% 23
East of England -14 4 £150 -70.00% 32
North East -5 1 £488 - 12

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 24 (5.70%) CMS
1 24 (5.70%) Confluence
2 13 (3.09%) SharePoint
3 11 (2.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (1.43%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 5 (1.19%) Headless CMS
5 5 (1.19%) Moodle
5 5 (1.19%) Sitecore CMS
5 5 (1.19%) Tomcat
5 5 (1.19%) Umbraco
6 4 (0.95%) Apache
7 3 (0.71%) nginx
8 1 (0.24%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.24%) ArcGIS
8 1 (0.24%) Drupal
8 1 (0.24%) GeoServer
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (3.80%) Chatbot
3 9 (2.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 9 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.43%) Adobe Captivate
5 5 (1.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.19%) Zeplin
6 3 (0.71%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.71%) Sketch
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.24%) Moqups
7 1 (0.24%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 6 (1.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.71%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.24%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.24%) Maximo
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle iProcurement
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle iSupplier
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 45 (10.69%) Azure
1 45 (10.69%) Figma
2 31 (7.36%) AWS
3 27 (6.41%) SaaS
4 22 (5.23%) Azure DevOps
5 18 (4.28%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (4.28%) Sauce Labs
6 17 (4.04%) Google Play
7 16 (3.80%) GitHub
8 13 (3.09%) Serverless
9 12 (2.85%) Firebase
10 8 (1.90%) BrowserStack
10 8 (1.90%) Contentful
11 7 (1.66%) AWS Lambda
11 7 (1.66%) GCP
11 7 (1.66%) Kontent
12 6 (1.43%) Entra ID
12 6 (1.43%) GitHub Actions
12 6 (1.43%) Google Analytics
12 6 (1.43%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.51%) Wireless
2 7 (1.66%) Cisco IOS
2 7 (1.66%) Skype
3 6 (1.43%) Internet
4 5 (1.19%) HTTP
5 4 (0.95%) Bluetooth
6 3 (0.71%) Firewall
6 3 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.48%) Cisco IPT
8 1 (0.24%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.24%) Intranet
8 1 (0.24%) IP Telephony
8 1 (0.24%) LAN
8 1 (0.24%) MQTT
8 1 (0.24%) SMS
8 1 (0.24%) SSL
8 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.24%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (4.99%) MySQL
2 19 (4.51%) Relational Database
3 8 (1.90%) MongoDB
3 8 (1.90%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.19%) DynamoDB
5 4 (0.95%) Power BI
6 3 (0.71%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (0.71%) SQLite
7 2 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
7 2 (0.48%) Metadata
8 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.24%) BigQuery
8 1 (0.24%) Bigtable
8 1 (0.24%) Flink
8 1 (0.24%) Mixpanel
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database 12c
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 63 (14.96%) Git
2 45 (10.69%) Xcode
3 36 (8.55%) Android Studio
4 31 (7.36%) JIRA
5 21 (4.99%) Browser DevTools
5 21 (4.99%) Gradle
6 19 (4.51%) Jenkins
7 18 (4.28%) Eclipse
8 17 (4.04%) Appium
9 11 (2.61%) Postman
10 10 (2.38%) Selenium
11 8 (1.90%) Charles Proxy
12 7 (1.66%) CircleCI
12 7 (1.66%) Cypress.io
12 7 (1.66%) Storybook
12 7 (1.66%) XCUITest
13 6 (1.43%) Bitbucket
13 6 (1.43%) CocoaPods
13 6 (1.43%) GitLab
14 5 (1.19%) Katalon Studio
General
1 121 (28.74%) Social Skills
2 82 (19.48%) Finance
3 57 (13.54%) Banking
4 26 (6.18%) Analytical Skills
5 24 (5.70%) Marketing
6 22 (5.23%) Retail
7 18 (4.28%) Public Sector
8 16 (3.80%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (3.33%) Telecoms
10 10 (2.38%) Automotive
11 9 (2.14%) Electronics
11 9 (2.14%) Legal
12 7 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (1.66%) Manufacturing
13 6 (1.43%) Publishing
14 5 (1.19%) Law
15 4 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
16 2 (0.48%) Financial Institution
16 2 (0.48%) Games
16 2 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 137 (32.54%) Developer
2 50 (11.88%) Designer
3 44 (10.45%) Senior
4 35 (8.31%) Android Developer
5 27 (6.41%) iOS Developer
6 23 (5.46%) React Developer
7 22 (5.23%) Lead
7 22 (5.23%) Product Designer
8 21 (4.99%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
9 20 (4.75%) Support Engineer
10 19 (4.51%) Technical Engineer
10 19 (4.51%) Technical Support
10 19 (4.51%) Technical Support Engineer
10 19 (4.51%) UX Engineer
11 17 (4.04%) Mobile Developer
11 17 (4.04%) Mobile Engineer
11 17 (4.04%) Project Manager
12 15 (3.56%) Applications Developer
12 15 (3.56%) Architect
12 15 (3.56%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 64 (15.20%) CSS
1 64 (15.20%) RESTful
2 47 (11.16%) HTML
2 47 (11.16%) React Native
3 45 (10.69%) React
4 36 (8.55%) AngularJS
5 32 (7.60%) GraphQL
6 28 (6.65%) .NET
7 26 (6.18%) REST
8 24 (5.70%) Node.js
9 22 (5.23%) Android Jetpack
10 20 (4.75%) Jetpack Compose
10 20 (4.75%) JSON
11 19 (4.51%) Ajax
12 16 (3.80%) Redux
13 15 (3.56%) Flutter
13 15 (3.56%) SwiftUI
13 15 (3.56%) Web Services
14 14 (3.33%) .NET Framework
15 13 (3.09%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 32 (7.60%) Product Ownership
2 10 (2.38%) Onboarding
3 8 (1.90%) Virtual Team
4 7 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (1.19%) Algorithms
5 5 (1.19%) Enterprise Software
5 5 (1.19%) iPhone
5 5 (1.19%) Mobile Banking
5 5 (1.19%) RIA
5 5 (1.19%) Security Posture
5 5 (1.19%) W3C
6 4 (0.95%) Blockchain
6 4 (0.95%) Cloud Native
6 4 (0.95%) Data Structures
6 4 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (0.95%) Low-Code
6 4 (0.95%) Marketing Technology
6 4 (0.95%) Web Conferencing
7 3 (0.71%) Java Card
7 3 (0.71%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 148 (35.15%) Android
2 117 (27.79%) Apple iOS
3 31 (7.36%) Windows
4 21 (4.99%) Unix
5 20 (4.75%) Linux
6 10 (2.38%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.48%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.48%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.24%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (35.15%) Agile
2 129 (30.64%) User Experience
3 100 (23.75%) CI/CD
4 71 (16.86%) Mobile Application Development
5 68 (16.15%) DevOps
6 63 (14.96%) Problem-Solving
7 58 (13.78%) UX Design
8 52 (12.35%) Test Automation
9 45 (10.69%) Android Development
10 44 (10.45%) iOS Development
11 42 (9.98%) Analytics
11 42 (9.98%) Mobile Development
12 41 (9.74%) Scrum
13 38 (9.03%) Continuous Improvement
14 36 (8.55%) AI
15 33 (7.84%) MVVM
16 31 (7.36%) Design Patterns
16 31 (7.36%) Stakeholder Management
17 29 (6.89%) Unit Testing
18 28 (6.65%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 95 (22.57%) JavaScript
2 78 (18.53%) Java
3 58 (13.78%) Kotlin
4 48 (11.40%) Swift
5 42 (9.98%) TypeScript
6 41 (9.74%) Python
7 26 (6.18%) SQL
8 24 (5.70%) C#
9 23 (5.46%) Objective-C
10 22 (5.23%) Perl
11 10 (2.38%) Ruby
12 7 (1.66%) PHP
13 6 (1.43%) C++
14 4 (0.95%) C
14 4 (0.95%) Go
14 4 (0.95%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.95%) Scala
15 3 (0.71%) Dart
15 3 (0.71%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 40 (9.50%) Degree
2 11 (2.61%) PMI Certification
3 10 (2.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 10 (2.38%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (2.38%) Master's Degree
3 10 (2.38%) PMP
3 10 (2.38%) Security Cleared
4 7 (1.66%) ITIL Certification
5 6 (1.43%) ISTQB
6 3 (0.71%) ACSP
6 3 (0.71%) ACTC
7 2 (0.48%) AWS Certification
7 2 (0.48%) AWS Certified Developer
7 2 (0.48%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 2 (0.48%) ISEB
7 2 (0.48%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.24%) MBA
8 1 (0.24%) MCSA
8 1 (0.24%) MCSE
8 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (15.44%) Accessibility
2 49 (11.64%) QA
3 12 (2.85%) GDPR
4 9 (2.14%) WCAG
5 7 (1.66%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (0.95%) SLA
7 2 (0.48%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.48%) PERC
8 1 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.24%) GRC
8 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.24%) PMO
8 1 (0.24%) PSD2
System Software
1 13 (3.09%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.90%) Docker
3 1 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.24%) Firmware
3 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (1.90%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
4 3 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
4 3 (0.71%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.48%) rkt
5 2 (0.48%) Terraform
6 1 (0.24%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.24%) Ansible
6 1 (0.24%) CEMLI
6 1 (0.24%) Grafana
6 1 (0.24%) Kibana
6 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.24%) SCCM
Vendors
1 72 (17.10%) Microsoft
2 33 (7.84%) Google
3 29 (6.89%) Oracle
4 25 (5.94%) ServiceNow
5 23 (5.46%) Splunk
6 22 (5.23%) Adobe
7 18 (4.28%) Apple
8 13 (3.09%) HP
9 12 (2.85%) SAP
10 7 (1.66%) Cisco
10 7 (1.66%) OneTrust
10 7 (1.66%) Xamarin
11 6 (1.43%) Salesforce
12 5 (1.19%) Dynatrace
12 5 (1.19%) Sitecore
13 4 (0.95%) OpenAI
13 4 (0.95%) Optimizely
13 4 (0.95%) Tealium
13 4 (0.95%) YouTube
14 3 (0.71%) Hotjar