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

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 220 237
Rank change year-on-year -63 +17 +9
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 369 364 440
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.94% 1.17% 0.98%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.77% 3.57% 3.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 266 250 246
10th Percentile £204 £205 £350
25th Percentile £400 £375 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £489
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -5.37% -11.14%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £645 £688 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £400 £456
% change year-on-year +6.25% -12.33% -8.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 1 16
10th Percentile £16.24 - -
25th Percentile £18.87 - £42.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year - -21.35% +22.76%
75th Percentile £50.75 - £73.75
90th Percentile £70.00 - £80.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate £70.00 - £44.50
% change year-on-year - - +39.72%

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 13,307 10,190 13,748
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.98% 32.70% 30.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,413 6,056 8,949
10th Percentile £275 £263 £255
25th Percentile £403 £406 £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £527
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.28% -4.27%
75th Percentile £625 £656 £650
90th Percentile £738 £769 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 638 308 807
10th Percentile £15.15 £19.93 £13.17
25th Percentile £18.50 £24.06 £16.75
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £32.12
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +8.98% +44.05%
75th Percentile £63.08 £65.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.20 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £29.00 £32.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -10.77% - +54.73%

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 February 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 February 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
Top 15 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 February 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 -51 329 £500 +11.11% 334
UK excluding London -29 175 £425 +6.25% 283
London -59 164 £523 +4.50% 116
Work from Home -75 99 £500 +11.11% 133
South East -22 47 £425 -19.05% 83
North of England -58 44 £400 +4.58% 73
North West -26 36 £384 +6.60% 41
Midlands -40 27 £531 +23.19% 41
South West -4 26 £600 +300.00% 30
Wales - 17 £175 - 12
East Midlands -19 14 £550 +5.52% 26
West Midlands -36 13 £475 +227.59% 15
Scotland +3 8 £475 +18.75% 15
Yorkshire -60 8 £530 +16.16% 24
East of England -21 6 £185 -76.13% 31

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 21 (5.69%) CMS
2 20 (5.42%) Confluence
3 12 (3.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (2.98%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.90%) Moodle
6 6 (1.63%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (1.36%) Headless CMS
7 5 (1.36%) Sitecore CMS
7 5 (1.36%) Umbraco
8 4 (1.08%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.54%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.27%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 18 (4.88%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.34%) Chatbot
3 11 (2.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 11 (2.98%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (1.08%) Adobe Captivate
6 3 (0.81%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.81%) Sketch
7 1 (0.27%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.27%) UserZoom
7 1 (0.27%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 4 (1.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.81%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle EBS R12
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle iProcurement
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle iSupplier
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Payables
Cloud Services
1 41 (11.11%) Figma
2 31 (8.40%) AWS
3 29 (7.86%) Azure
4 26 (7.05%) SaaS
5 16 (4.34%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (4.34%) Sauce Labs
6 14 (3.79%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (3.25%) GitHub
8 9 (2.44%) Serverless
9 8 (2.17%) Firebase
10 7 (1.90%) Contentful
10 7 (1.90%) GCP
10 7 (1.90%) Google Analytics
10 7 (1.90%) Kontent
11 6 (1.63%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.63%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.63%) Google Play
11 6 (1.63%) PaaS
12 5 (1.36%) Google Tag Manager
12 5 (1.36%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.52%) Wireless
2 8 (2.17%) Cisco IOS
2 8 (2.17%) Skype
3 5 (1.36%) HTTP
3 5 (1.36%) Internet
4 3 (0.81%) Firewall
4 3 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.54%) Cisco IPT
5 2 (0.54%) Reverse Proxy
5 2 (0.54%) RFID
5 2 (0.54%) VPN
6 1 (0.27%) 4G
6 1 (0.27%) 5G
6 1 (0.27%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.27%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.27%) SMS
6 1 (0.27%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.61%) MySQL
2 16 (4.34%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.08%) GIS
3 4 (1.08%) SQLite
4 3 (0.81%) DynamoDB
4 3 (0.81%) MongoDB
4 3 (0.81%) NoSQL
4 3 (0.81%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.27%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.27%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.27%) MS Access
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Database 12c
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.27%) Power BI
5 1 (0.27%) Spatial Data
5 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 33 (8.94%) Xcode
2 32 (8.67%) Git
3 28 (7.59%) Android Studio
4 25 (6.78%) JIRA
5 18 (4.88%) Browser DevTools
6 16 (4.34%) Jenkins
7 15 (4.07%) Eclipse
8 14 (3.79%) Appium
8 14 (3.79%) Gradle
9 13 (3.52%) Postman
10 10 (2.71%) Cypress.io
11 8 (2.17%) Charles Proxy
12 7 (1.90%) Bitbucket
12 7 (1.90%) CocoaPods
12 7 (1.90%) Selenium
12 7 (1.90%) XCUITest
13 6 (1.63%) GitLab
14 5 (1.36%) fastlane
14 5 (1.36%) Katalon Studio
14 5 (1.36%) WebDriver
General
1 93 (25.20%) Social Skills
2 61 (16.53%) Finance
3 45 (12.20%) Banking
4 30 (8.13%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (6.23%) Public Sector
6 21 (5.69%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (4.88%) Marketing
8 13 (3.52%) Telecoms
9 11 (2.98%) Retail
10 10 (2.71%) Electronics
11 8 (2.17%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.90%) Publishing
13 4 (1.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 4 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.81%) Automotive
14 3 (0.81%) Legal
14 3 (0.81%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.54%) iGaming
15 2 (0.54%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 108 (29.27%) Developer
2 56 (15.18%) Senior
3 43 (11.65%) Designer
4 21 (5.69%) Android Developer
4 21 (5.69%) Architect
4 21 (5.69%) React Developer
5 18 (4.88%) Mobile Developer
5 18 (4.88%) Product Designer
6 17 (4.61%) Break Fix Engineer
6 17 (4.61%) iOS Developer
6 17 (4.61%) Junior
7 16 (4.34%) Mobile Engineer
7 16 (4.34%) Support Engineer
7 16 (4.34%) Technical Engineer
7 16 (4.34%) Technical Support
7 16 (4.34%) Technical Support Engineer
7 16 (4.34%) UX Engineer
8 15 (4.07%) Full-Stack Developer
8 15 (4.07%) Tester
9 14 (3.79%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (12.74%) CSS
2 37 (10.03%) React
3 35 (9.49%) React Native
3 35 (9.49%) RESTful
4 33 (8.94%) HTML
5 31 (8.40%) AngularJS
6 24 (6.50%) GraphQL
7 19 (5.15%) .NET
7 19 (5.15%) OAuth
8 17 (4.61%) Ajax
8 17 (4.61%) REST
9 14 (3.79%) Node.js
10 11 (2.98%) Android Jetpack
11 10 (2.71%) .NET Framework
11 10 (2.71%) Jetpack Compose
11 10 (2.71%) SwiftUI
12 9 (2.44%) ASP.NET
12 9 (2.44%) Flutter
12 9 (2.44%) Playwright
12 9 (2.44%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.59%) Product Ownership
2 12 (3.25%) Onboarding
3 11 (2.98%) Cloud Native
4 9 (2.44%) Virtual Team
5 7 (1.90%) Security Posture
6 5 (1.36%) Algorithms
6 5 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.36%) Data Structures
6 5 (1.36%) FMCG
6 5 (1.36%) RIA
6 5 (1.36%) W3C
7 4 (1.08%) Hybrid Cloud
7 4 (1.08%) Marketing Technology
7 4 (1.08%) Mobile Banking
8 3 (0.81%) Blockchain
8 3 (0.81%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (0.81%) Digital Media
8 3 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.81%) Social Media
8 3 (0.81%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 114 (30.89%) Android
2 91 (24.66%) Apple iOS
3 30 (8.13%) Windows
4 18 (4.88%) Unix
5 17 (4.61%) Linux
6 11 (2.98%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.27%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (28.73%) Agile
2 97 (26.29%) User Experience
3 71 (19.24%) CI/CD
4 66 (17.89%) Problem-Solving
5 48 (13.01%) Test Automation
6 44 (11.92%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (11.65%) Mobile Application Development
8 41 (11.11%) UX Design
9 38 (10.30%) DevOps
10 36 (9.76%) AI
10 36 (9.76%) Design Patterns
11 35 (9.49%) Analytics
12 33 (8.94%) iOS Development
12 33 (8.94%) Mobile Development
13 32 (8.67%) Android Development
14 28 (7.59%) Full-Stack Development
15 26 (7.05%) Scrum
15 26 (7.05%) Software Engineering
16 25 (6.78%) Microservices
16 25 (6.78%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 74 (20.05%) JavaScript
2 61 (16.53%) Java
3 44 (11.92%) Kotlin
4 38 (10.30%) Swift
5 37 (10.03%) TypeScript
6 25 (6.78%) Python
6 25 (6.78%) SQL
7 24 (6.50%) C#
8 19 (5.15%) Perl
9 15 (4.07%) Objective-C
10 6 (1.63%) C++
11 4 (1.08%) C
11 4 (1.08%) Go
11 4 (1.08%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.81%) Ruby
12 3 (0.81%) Scala
12 3 (0.81%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.54%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.54%) R
13 2 (0.54%) Rust
Qualifications
1 31 (8.40%) Degree
2 21 (5.69%) Security Cleared
3 12 (3.25%) Master's Degree
4 10 (2.71%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.44%) PMI Certification
6 8 (2.17%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (2.17%) PMP
7 6 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.54%) ACSP
8 2 (0.54%) ACTC
8 2 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.54%) CISSP
8 2 (0.54%) ISEB
8 2 (0.54%) SANS
9 1 (0.27%) CCA
9 1 (0.27%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.27%) GIAC
9 1 (0.27%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.27%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (15.99%) Accessibility
2 47 (12.74%) QA
3 14 (3.79%) WCAG
4 9 (2.44%) GDPR
5 6 (1.63%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (1.36%) SLA
7 3 (0.81%) NCSC
8 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.54%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.27%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.27%) PMO
9 1 (0.27%) PSD2
System Software
1 12 (3.25%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.17%) Docker
3 1 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.27%) Firmware
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (2.71%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.17%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (1.90%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
5 2 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
5 2 (0.54%) rkt
5 2 (0.54%) Terraform
6 1 (0.27%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.27%) Ansible
6 1 (0.27%) CEMLI
6 1 (0.27%) Grafana
Vendors
1 67 (18.16%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.78%) Adobe
2 25 (6.78%) Oracle
3 21 (5.69%) Google
4 20 (5.42%) Splunk
5 18 (4.88%) HP
6 17 (4.61%) SAP
6 17 (4.61%) ServiceNow
7 12 (3.25%) Apple
8 11 (2.98%) Xamarin
9 8 (2.17%) Cisco
10 7 (1.90%) Salesforce
11 6 (1.63%) OneTrust
12 5 (1.36%) Dynatrace
12 5 (1.36%) Optimizely
12 5 (1.36%) Sitecore
13 4 (1.08%) ESRI
13 4 (1.08%) Tealium
14 3 (0.81%) OpenAI
14 3 (0.81%) Thales