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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 325 249 207
Rank change year-on-year -76 -42 +113
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 402 350 446
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.75% 1.07% 1.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.22% 3.02% 3.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 259 231 302
10th Percentile £363 £316 £305
25th Percentile £413 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £488
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -5.13% -2.50%
75th Percentile £575 £548 £589
90th Percentile £675 £575 £690
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £405 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 2 7
10th Percentile £15.14 - -
25th Percentile £17.25 - £12.25
Median hourly rate £17.50 £40.46 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.75% +1.15% -14.89%
75th Percentile £36.69 - £68.84
90th Percentile £60.00 - £74.58
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 £40.46 £12.25
% change year-on-year -56.75% +230.29% -75.00%

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 18,086 11,583 11,762
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.65% 35.41% 30.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,921 7,122 7,431
10th Percentile £323 £300 £300
25th Percentile £423 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £520 £550
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -5.45% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £750 £763 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,071 573 565
10th Percentile £14.68 £15.13 £12.30
25th Percentile £19.25 £18.87 £18.35
Median hourly rate £40.96 £30.00 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +36.53% -29.41% -2.95%
75th Percentile £68.75 £57.50 £68.75
90th Percentile £83.75 £75.00 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £30.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +46.53% -36.84% +3.60%

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 28 August 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 28 August 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 28 August 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 -99 316 £505 +9.19% 515
UK excluding London -57 186 £450 +11.11% 243
London -92 164 £518 +3.50% 335
Work from Home -89 78 £475 - 189
North of England -74 58 £516 +32.71% 57
Scotland +20 44 £390 -22.00% 16
South West -7 33 £475 -13.64% 38
North West -50 30 £550 +46.67% 30
Midlands -46 26 £526 +13.62% 27
West Midlands -45 20 £480 +11.51% 13
Yorkshire -52 19 £525 +31.25% 21
South East -63 16 £275 -38.89% 67
North East -35 9 £450 -13.25% 6
Wales -14 8 £425 -5.56% 8
East Midlands -24 6 £526 +13.62% 14
East of England -19 2 £500 +21.21% 27

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 13 (3.23%) Confluence
2 5 (1.24%) CMS
2 5 (1.24%) Moodle
3 2 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.50%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.50%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.25%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 18 (4.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 13 (3.23%) Sketch
3 10 (2.49%) Chatbot
4 8 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
6 4 (1.00%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.50%) InVision
8 1 (0.25%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (1.74%) Shopify
2 5 (1.24%) Maximo
3 2 (0.50%) SAP CRM
3 2 (0.50%) Workfront
4 1 (0.25%) Magento
4 1 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 51 (12.69%) Azure
2 42 (10.45%) GitHub
3 39 (9.70%) Figma
4 31 (7.71%) AWS
5 25 (6.22%) GitHub Actions
6 20 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (4.73%) Firebase
8 18 (4.48%) Entra ID
9 17 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
10 16 (3.98%) Google Play
10 16 (3.98%) SaaS
11 9 (2.24%) GitHub Copilot
11 9 (2.24%) Power Platform
12 6 (1.49%) Adobe Analytics
13 5 (1.24%) Azure AI
13 5 (1.24%) Azure AKS
13 5 (1.24%) Lucidchart
13 5 (1.24%) Sauce Labs
13 5 (1.24%) Serverless
14 4 (1.00%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.00%) Network Security
2 3 (0.75%) Firewall
2 3 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.50%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.25%) Broadband
4 1 (0.25%) DNS
4 1 (0.25%) DOCSIS
4 1 (0.25%) DSL
4 1 (0.25%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.25%) HTTP
4 1 (0.25%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.25%) Internet
4 1 (0.25%) NFC
4 1 (0.25%) WAN
4 1 (0.25%) Wireless
4 1 (0.25%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.74%) Power BI
2 5 (1.24%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.00%) Tableau
4 3 (0.75%) Looker
4 3 (0.75%) MySQL
4 3 (0.75%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.50%) SQLite
6 1 (0.25%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.25%) GIS
6 1 (0.25%) Metadata
6 1 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 26 (6.47%) Git
2 23 (5.72%) JIRA
3 18 (4.48%) Gradle
4 16 (3.98%) Jenkins
5 14 (3.48%) Android Studio
5 14 (3.48%) Xcode
6 13 (3.23%) fastlane
7 12 (2.99%) CircleCI
8 11 (2.74%) XCUITest
9 9 (2.24%) LoadRunner
10 8 (1.99%) JUnit
11 7 (1.74%) Appium
11 7 (1.74%) XCTest
12 5 (1.24%) Crashlytics
13 4 (1.00%) Zephyr
14 3 (0.75%) Charles Proxy
14 3 (0.75%) Eclipse
14 3 (0.75%) JMeter
14 3 (0.75%) Postman
14 3 (0.75%) Selenium
General
1 111 (27.61%) Social Skills
2 71 (17.66%) Finance
3 49 (12.19%) Banking
4 27 (6.72%) Retail
5 25 (6.22%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (6.22%) Public Sector
6 16 (3.98%) Marketing
7 11 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (2.49%) Italian Language
9 5 (1.24%) Corporate Banking
10 4 (1.00%) Retail Banking
11 3 (0.75%) Games
11 3 (0.75%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (0.75%) Investment Banking
11 3 (0.75%) Local Government
11 3 (0.75%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.50%) Arabic Language
12 2 (0.50%) Military
13 1 (0.25%) French Language
13 1 (0.25%) German Language
Job Titles
1 103 (25.62%) Developer
2 65 (16.17%) Senior
3 48 (11.94%) Designer
4 33 (8.21%) Android Developer
5 29 (7.21%) iOS Developer
6 24 (5.97%) Android Engineer
6 24 (5.97%) Architect
7 21 (5.22%) Lead
8 20 (4.98%) Analyst
9 19 (4.73%) Product Designer
10 18 (4.48%) Tester
11 17 (4.23%) Project Manager
12 16 (3.98%) Mobile Engineer
13 14 (3.48%) Product Manager
13 14 (3.48%) Senior Developer
14 12 (2.99%) Senior Android Engineer
14 12 (2.99%) UX Designer
15 11 (2.74%) UI Designer
16 10 (2.49%) Mobile Developer
16 10 (2.49%) Senior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (12.44%) REST
2 47 (11.69%) RESTful
3 35 (8.71%) Android Jetpack
4 34 (8.46%) React Native
5 27 (6.72%) Jetpack Compose
6 25 (6.22%) Android SDK
7 23 (5.72%) SwiftUI
8 19 (4.73%) OAuth
8 19 (4.73%) UIKit
9 13 (3.23%) OAuth2
9 13 (3.23%) Web Services
10 12 (2.99%) GraphQL
11 11 (2.74%) Flutter
12 9 (2.24%) Core Data
12 9 (2.24%) CSS
12 9 (2.24%) HTML
12 9 (2.24%) iOS SDK
12 9 (2.24%) React
12 9 (2.24%) Retrofit
13 8 (1.99%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 35 (8.71%) Product Ownership
2 16 (3.98%) Data Protection Act
3 13 (3.23%) Cloud Native
4 12 (2.99%) Educational Technology
4 12 (2.99%) Security Posture
5 11 (2.74%) Onboarding
6 10 (2.49%) Mobile Banking
7 9 (2.24%) Credit Risk
8 8 (1.99%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.49%) Social Media
9 6 (1.49%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.24%) Driving Licence
10 5 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.24%) IoT
10 5 (1.24%) Legacy Code
10 5 (1.24%) Marketing Technology
10 5 (1.24%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.00%) CMDB
11 4 (1.00%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 120 (29.85%) Android
2 102 (25.37%) Apple iOS
3 18 (4.48%) Windows
4 8 (1.99%) Mac OS
5 7 (1.74%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.00%) Linux
6 4 (1.00%) Unix
7 1 (0.25%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (29.35%) Agile
2 97 (24.13%) AI
3 95 (23.63%) User Experience
4 68 (16.92%) CI/CD
5 62 (15.42%) Problem-Solving
6 53 (13.18%) DevOps
7 52 (12.94%) Android Development
8 51 (12.69%) iOS Development
8 51 (12.69%) MVVM
8 51 (12.69%) Stakeholder Management
9 48 (11.94%) Test Automation
9 48 (11.94%) UX Design
10 46 (11.44%) Scrum
11 39 (9.70%) Analytics
11 39 (9.70%) Roadmaps
12 38 (9.45%) Architectural Patterns
12 38 (9.45%) Generative AI
13 36 (8.96%) Continuous Improvement
14 31 (7.71%) Performance Optimisation
15 27 (6.72%) Mobile Development
Programming Languages
1 58 (14.43%) Kotlin
2 51 (12.69%) Java
3 46 (11.44%) Swift
4 27 (6.72%) JavaScript
5 19 (4.73%) Python
6 14 (3.48%) TypeScript
7 13 (3.23%) Objective-C
8 7 (1.74%) PowerShell
8 7 (1.74%) SQL
9 4 (1.00%) C++
10 3 (0.75%) C#
10 3 (0.75%) Perl
11 2 (0.50%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.50%) Korn
11 2 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.50%) Scala
12 1 (0.25%) ABAP
12 1 (0.25%) Dart
12 1 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.25%) Go
Qualifications
1 43 (10.70%) Security Cleared
2 29 (7.21%) SC Cleared
3 17 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
3 17 (4.23%) Degree
4 8 (1.99%) Computer Science Degree
5 7 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.75%) AWS Certification
6 3 (0.75%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.75%) MBA
7 2 (0.50%) CCA
7 2 (0.50%) CREST Certified
7 2 (0.50%) OSCP
8 1 (0.25%) CCSAM
8 1 (0.25%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.25%) ECSA
8 1 (0.25%) GPEN
8 1 (0.25%) GXPN
8 1 (0.25%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (0.25%) OSCE
8 1 (0.25%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (13.43%) Accessibility
2 50 (12.44%) QA
3 17 (4.23%) WCAG
4 5 (1.24%) GDPR
5 4 (1.00%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.75%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.75%) GRC
6 3 (0.75%) PSD2
7 2 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.25%) NCSC
8 1 (0.25%) PMO
8 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (2.24%) Docker
2 5 (1.24%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.75%) Firmware
3 3 (0.75%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.50%) BitLocker
5 1 (0.25%) Sendmail
5 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (4.23%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (3.23%) Kubernetes
3 8 (1.99%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (1.00%) Grafana
4 4 (1.00%) Istio
4 4 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (1.00%) Kustomize
4 4 (1.00%) linkerd
4 4 (1.00%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.00%) SCCM
5 3 (0.75%) Ansible
6 1 (0.25%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.25%) Argo
Vendors
1 48 (11.94%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.46%) Adobe
3 29 (7.21%) Google
4 22 (5.47%) Apple
5 18 (4.48%) Dynatrace
6 16 (3.98%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.99%) Oracle
8 8 (1.99%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.24%) IBM
9 5 (1.24%) OpenAI
9 5 (1.24%) Splunk
10 4 (1.00%) Braze
10 4 (1.00%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.00%) Samsung
10 4 (1.00%) SAP
10 4 (1.00%) Tealium
11 2 (0.50%) Amplitude
11 2 (0.50%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.50%) Dell
12 1 (0.25%) Sitecore