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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 322 286 242
Rank change year-on-year -36 -44 +36
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 330 247 390
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.69% 0.85% 0.92%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.16% 2.49% 3.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 223 160 266
10th Percentile £307 £356 £325
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £498 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.50% -0.50% -1.96%
75th Percentile £588 £559 £600
90th Percentile £681 £653 £706
UK excluding London median daily rate £471 £463 £450
% change year-on-year +1.84% +2.78% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 8
10th Percentile £26.21 - -
25th Percentile - - £12.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £40.00
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 15,310 9,915 12,913
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 31.87% 33.95% 30.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,507 6,318 8,316
10th Percentile £313 £300 £267
25th Percentile £413 £411 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £663
90th Percentile £740 £775 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £482 £479 £500
% change year-on-year +0.63% -4.20% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 718 396 899
10th Percentile £16.01 £16.71 £12.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £20.64 £15.17
Median hourly rate £41.94 £32.05 £31.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.86% +1.75% +41.51%
75th Percentile £70.00 £63.75 £61.30
90th Percentile £85.40 £83.20 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £45.00 £30.93 £30.00
% change year-on-year +45.49% +3.10% +36.36%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 -34 277 £509 +1.75% 243
UK excluding London -28 158 £471 +1.84% 177
London -53 134 £548 +6.31% 102
Work from Home -56 79 £475 -4.52% 94
North of England -46 47 £450 +12.50% 57
South West +1 33 £525 +50.00% 20
South East -44 30 £425 -26.72% 38
North West -29 26 £400 - 30
Midlands -55 19 £529 +14.35% 29
Yorkshire -42 16 £525 +23.53% 20
Scotland -5 15 £550 +37.50% 13
West Midlands -42 15 £529 +14.97% 15
Wales -2 10 £425 +13.33% 5
North East -20 5 £450 -18.18% 7
East of England -28 4 £255 -57.50% 15
East Midlands -37 4 £528 +14.11% 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 12 (3.64%) Confluence
2 8 (2.42%) CMS
2 8 (2.42%) Moodle
3 3 (0.91%) ArcGIS
3 3 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.61%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.61%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.30%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 17 (5.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 13 (3.94%) Sketch
3 11 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (3.03%) Chatbot
4 10 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (1.52%) Adobe XD
7 4 (1.21%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.61%) InVision
Business Applications
1 3 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.61%) Workfront
3 1 (0.30%) Magento
3 1 (0.30%) SAP CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (11.52%) AWS
2 33 (10.00%) Figma
3 31 (9.39%) Azure
4 20 (6.06%) GitHub
4 20 (6.06%) SaaS
5 15 (4.55%) Firebase
6 14 (4.24%) GitHub Actions
7 13 (3.94%) Azure DevOps
8 11 (3.33%) Entra ID
8 11 (3.33%) GCP
9 9 (2.73%) Sauce Labs
10 8 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (2.12%) Cloud Run
12 6 (1.82%) Adobe Analytics
12 6 (1.82%) Azure AKS
13 5 (1.52%) Google Play
13 5 (1.52%) Serverless
14 4 (1.21%) Azure Functions
14 4 (1.21%) Azure Service Bus
14 4 (1.21%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.61%) Cisco IOS
1 2 (0.61%) DSL
1 2 (0.61%) Firewall
1 2 (0.61%) Network Security
1 2 (0.61%) Reverse Proxy
1 2 (0.61%) RFID
1 2 (0.61%) Skype
1 2 (0.61%) VPN
2 1 (0.30%) 4G
2 1 (0.30%) 5G
2 1 (0.30%) HTTP
2 1 (0.30%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.30%) Internet
2 1 (0.30%) SSL
2 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.82%) MySQL
1 6 (1.82%) Relational Database
2 5 (1.52%) GIS
3 2 (0.61%) Looker
3 2 (0.61%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.61%) Power BI
3 2 (0.61%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.61%) Tableau
4 1 (0.30%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.30%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.30%) MS Access
4 1 (0.30%) Spatial Data
4 1 (0.30%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 19 (5.76%) JIRA
2 18 (5.45%) Android Studio
2 18 (5.45%) Git
3 15 (4.55%) Xcode
4 13 (3.94%) Jenkins
5 10 (3.03%) Gradle
6 9 (2.73%) Appium
6 9 (2.73%) fastlane
7 7 (2.12%) XCTest
7 7 (2.12%) XCUITest
8 6 (1.82%) Browser DevTools
8 6 (1.82%) Eclipse
8 6 (1.82%) JUnit
8 6 (1.82%) Postman
9 5 (1.52%) Crashlytics
9 5 (1.52%) Cypress.io
9 5 (1.52%) REST Assured
9 5 (1.52%) Selenium
10 4 (1.21%) CircleCI
10 4 (1.21%) GitLab
General
1 74 (22.42%) Social Skills
2 50 (15.15%) Finance
3 28 (8.48%) Analytical Skills
3 28 (8.48%) Banking
4 27 (8.18%) Public Sector
5 16 (4.85%) Retail
6 11 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (2.73%) Marketing
8 6 (1.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (1.52%) Telecoms
10 4 (1.21%) Corporate Banking
10 4 (1.21%) Health Technology
11 3 (0.91%) Digital Health
11 3 (0.91%) Electronics
11 3 (0.91%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.91%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.61%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.61%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.61%) Publishing
12 2 (0.61%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 94 (28.48%) Developer
2 51 (15.45%) Senior
3 35 (10.61%) Designer
4 24 (7.27%) Architect
5 21 (6.36%) Android Developer
6 18 (5.45%) Mobile Engineer
7 17 (5.15%) Mobile Developer
8 16 (4.85%) iOS Developer
9 14 (4.24%) Backend Developer
9 14 (4.24%) Lead
9 14 (4.24%) Senior Developer
10 13 (3.94%) Software Engineer
10 13 (3.94%) Tester
11 12 (3.64%) Product Manager
12 11 (3.33%) Break Fix Engineer
12 11 (3.33%) Junior
12 11 (3.33%) Product Designer
12 11 (3.33%) Visual Designer
13 10 (3.03%) Analyst
13 10 (3.03%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (11.52%) React Native
2 33 (10.00%) REST
3 26 (7.88%) RESTful
4 24 (7.27%) OAuth
5 19 (5.76%) Android Jetpack
5 19 (5.76%) GraphQL
5 19 (5.76%) Spring
6 18 (5.45%) Spring Boot
7 17 (5.15%) Jetpack Compose
8 16 (4.85%) OAuth2
8 16 (4.85%) React
9 15 (4.55%) CSS
10 14 (4.24%) SwiftUI
11 12 (3.64%) Android SDK
11 12 (3.64%) UIKit
12 10 (3.03%) HTML
13 9 (2.73%) .NET
14 8 (2.42%) AngularJS
14 8 (2.42%) Node.js
14 8 (2.42%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.97%) Product Ownership
2 18 (5.45%) Cloud Native
3 15 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
4 12 (3.64%) Security Posture
5 10 (3.03%) Virtual Team
6 6 (1.82%) Mobile Banking
7 4 (1.21%) FMCG
7 4 (1.21%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.21%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (0.91%) Data Structures
8 3 (0.91%) Digital Media
8 3 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
8 3 (0.91%) Driving Licence
8 3 (0.91%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.91%) Legacy Code
8 3 (0.91%) Marketing Technology
8 3 (0.91%) Media Streaming
8 3 (0.91%) Social Media
9 2 (0.61%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.61%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 87 (26.36%) Android
2 77 (23.33%) Apple iOS
3 12 (3.64%) Windows
4 7 (2.12%) Linux
5 6 (1.82%) Unix
6 3 (0.91%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 81 (24.55%) Agile
2 72 (21.82%) User Experience
3 63 (19.09%) CI/CD
4 56 (16.97%) Problem-Solving
5 52 (15.76%) AI
6 48 (14.55%) Test Automation
7 42 (12.73%) DevOps
8 39 (11.82%) Analytics
9 36 (10.91%) UX Design
10 35 (10.61%) Continuous Improvement
11 31 (9.39%) Observability
12 29 (8.79%) iOS Development
12 29 (8.79%) TDD
13 28 (8.48%) Android Development
14 27 (8.18%) Architectural Patterns
14 27 (8.18%) MVVM
14 27 (8.18%) Software Engineering
15 26 (7.88%) Generative AI
16 25 (7.58%) Design Patterns
16 25 (7.58%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 61 (18.48%) Java
2 57 (17.27%) Kotlin
3 31 (9.39%) Swift
4 30 (9.09%) JavaScript
5 17 (5.15%) TypeScript
6 16 (4.85%) Python
7 11 (3.33%) C#
8 8 (2.42%) Objective-C
9 7 (2.12%) SQL
10 6 (1.82%) Perl
11 3 (0.91%) Go
12 2 (0.61%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
12 2 (0.61%) PowerShell
12 2 (0.61%) Scala
13 1 (0.30%) ABAP
13 1 (0.30%) C++
13 1 (0.30%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.30%) VBA
13 1 (0.30%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 45 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 27 (8.18%) SC Cleared
3 18 (5.45%) Degree
4 9 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (1.82%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.91%) CCA
7 3 (0.91%) MBA
8 2 (0.61%) CISSP
8 2 (0.61%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.61%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.61%) PMP
8 2 (0.61%) SANS
9 1 (0.30%) CCSAM
9 1 (0.30%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.30%) GPEN
9 1 (0.30%) GXPN
9 1 (0.30%) OSCP
9 1 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (13.94%) Accessibility
2 31 (9.39%) QA
3 15 (4.55%) WCAG
4 4 (1.21%) GDPR
5 3 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
5 3 (0.91%) NCSC
5 3 (0.91%) PSD2
6 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.61%) HL7
6 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.30%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.30%) DICOM
7 1 (0.30%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.30%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (2.73%) Docker
2 3 (0.91%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.30%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 12 (3.64%) Grafana
1 12 (3.64%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (2.12%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.21%) Istio
3 4 (1.21%) Kustomize
3 4 (1.21%) linkerd
3 4 (1.21%) Prometheus
4 3 (0.91%) Ansible
4 3 (0.91%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
4 3 (0.91%) Terraform
Vendors
1 35 (10.61%) Microsoft
2 32 (9.70%) Adobe
3 19 (5.76%) Google
4 14 (4.24%) Dynatrace
4 14 (4.24%) Splunk
5 13 (3.94%) Oracle
6 11 (3.33%) HP
6 11 (3.33%) Salesforce
7 10 (3.03%) Apple
7 10 (3.03%) SAP
8 6 (1.82%) Braze
9 5 (1.52%) Xamarin
10 4 (1.21%) ESRI
10 4 (1.21%) Tealium
11 3 (0.91%) Atlassian
11 3 (0.91%) Coverity
11 3 (0.91%) Thales
12 2 (0.61%) Cisco
12 2 (0.61%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.61%) Optimizely