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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 334 246 219
Rank change year-on-year -88 -27 +55
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 396 366 438
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.73% 1.10% 1.15%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.10% 3.06% 3.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 261 281
10th Percentile £363 £313 £264
25th Percentile £412 £380 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% +8.33% -10.00%
75th Percentile £588 £560 £575
90th Percentile £651 £600 £650
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £425 £400
% change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -16.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 3
10th Percentile £15.98 - £64.04
25th Percentile £17.25 - £66.34
Median hourly rate £20.25 £40.46 £70.18
Median % change year-on-year -49.95% -42.35% +57.71%
75th Percentile £51.50 - £75.68
90th Percentile £77.00 - £78.98
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 £40.46 £67.59
% change year-on-year -56.75% -40.14% +51.89%

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 18,832 11,957 11,618
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 34.55% 36.05% 30.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,247 7,331 6,955
10th Percentile £323 £294 £275
25th Percentile £425 £408 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £515 £525
Median % change year-on-year +1.94% -1.90% -4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £668
90th Percentile £750 £750 £800
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,304 622 414
10th Percentile £13.91 £14.69 £15.65
25th Percentile £17.50 £18.51 £22.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £27.50 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +30.91% -42.11% +6.15%
75th Percentile £67.50 £51.44 £70.00
90th Percentile £82.03 £72.40 £75.16
UK excluding London median hourly rate £35.11 £27.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year +27.67% -50.00% +8.46%

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 9 October 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 9 October 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Mobile App in the UK

Mobile App
Top 17 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 9 October 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 -109 320 £510 +4.88% 749
UK excluding London -69 190 £450 +5.88% 285
London -99 159 £518 +0.68% 505
Work from Home -95 74 £475 -5.00% 291
North of England -65 66 £538 +37.47% 83
Scotland +2 40 £375 -25.00% 26
North West -47 35 £550 +46.67% 56
South West -11 31 £450 -25.00% 23
Midlands -43 30 £537 +16.11% 45
West Midlands -32 24 £563 +30.43% 23
Yorkshire -43 23 £525 +29.23% 21
South East -77 16 £278 +33.73% 70
North East -33 10 £450 -13.25% 6
Wales -8 6 £413 -8.33% 13
East Midlands -31 6 £526 +10.63% 22
East of England -27 3 £556 +39.06% 17
Northern Ireland - 1 - - 9

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 11 (2.78%) Confluence
2 4 (1.01%) CMS
3 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.76%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.51%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.25%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.25%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.25%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 17 (4.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 10 (2.53%) Sketch
3 9 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.26%) Chatbot
4 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.26%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.25%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 8 (2.02%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.77%) Shopify
3 6 (1.52%) Maximo
4 4 (1.01%) Workfront
5 2 (0.51%) SAP CRM
5 2 (0.51%) SystmOne
6 1 (0.25%) Lorenzo
6 1 (0.25%) Magento
6 1 (0.25%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 54 (13.64%) Azure
2 39 (9.85%) GitHub
3 36 (9.09%) AWS
4 35 (8.84%) Figma
5 22 (5.56%) GitHub Actions
6 20 (5.05%) Microsoft 365
7 19 (4.80%) Google Play
8 17 (4.29%) Azure DevOps
9 15 (3.79%) Firebase
10 14 (3.54%) SaaS
11 13 (3.28%) Entra ID
12 12 (3.03%) GCP
13 9 (2.27%) GitHub Copilot
14 8 (2.02%) Power Platform
15 7 (1.77%) Lucidchart
16 5 (1.26%) Azure AI
17 4 (1.01%) Anthropic Claude
17 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Purview
17 4 (1.01%) Miro
17 4 (1.01%) Sauce Labs
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.01%) Firewall
1 4 (1.01%) Network Security
2 3 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.51%) Bluetooth
3 2 (0.51%) DNS
4 1 (0.25%) Broadband
4 1 (0.25%) DOCSIS
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 (1.77%) Relational Database
2 6 (1.52%) Power BI
3 5 (1.26%) MySQL
4 4 (1.01%) Tableau
5 3 (0.76%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.76%) SQLite
6 2 (0.51%) Electronic Patient Records
6 2 (0.51%) Looker
6 2 (0.51%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.25%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.25%) BusinessObjects
7 1 (0.25%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.25%) Db2
7 1 (0.25%) Metadata
7 1 (0.25%) Parquet
7 1 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 25 (6.31%) Git
2 23 (5.81%) JIRA
3 18 (4.55%) Gradle
4 14 (3.54%) CircleCI
5 13 (3.28%) Android Studio
5 13 (3.28%) Xcode
6 12 (3.03%) fastlane
6 12 (3.03%) Jenkins
7 9 (2.27%) LoadRunner
8 8 (2.02%) JUnit
8 8 (2.02%) XCUITest
9 7 (1.77%) Appium
9 7 (1.77%) XCTest
10 4 (1.01%) Charles Proxy
10 4 (1.01%) CocoaPods
10 4 (1.01%) Crashlytics
11 3 (0.76%) Balsamiq
11 3 (0.76%) Browser DevTools
11 3 (0.76%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.76%) Zephyr
General
1 113 (28.54%) Social Skills
2 64 (16.16%) Finance
3 43 (10.86%) Banking
4 31 (7.83%) Retail
5 25 (6.31%) Analytical Skills
5 25 (6.31%) Public Sector
6 18 (4.55%) Marketing
7 10 (2.53%) Italian Language
8 9 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (1.52%) Corporate Banking
9 6 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.01%) Retail Banking
11 3 (0.76%) Games
11 3 (0.76%) Local Government
11 3 (0.76%) Military
11 3 (0.76%) Telecoms
12 2 (0.51%) Back Office
12 2 (0.51%) Investment Banking
12 2 (0.51%) Legal
12 2 (0.51%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 96 (24.24%) Developer
2 65 (16.41%) Senior
3 46 (11.62%) Designer
4 38 (9.60%) Android Developer
5 31 (7.83%) iOS Developer
6 27 (6.82%) Architect
7 24 (6.06%) Lead
8 22 (5.56%) Analyst
8 22 (5.56%) Android Engineer
9 20 (5.05%) Product Designer
10 19 (4.80%) Project Manager
10 19 (4.80%) Tester
11 17 (4.29%) Mobile Engineer
12 13 (3.28%) Product Manager
12 13 (3.28%) Senior Developer
13 12 (3.03%) Senior Android Engineer
14 11 (2.78%) Business Analyst
14 11 (2.78%) QA Tester
14 11 (2.78%) React Developer
15 10 (2.53%) Finance Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (12.37%) RESTful
2 48 (12.12%) REST
3 38 (9.60%) React Native
4 34 (8.59%) Android Jetpack
5 27 (6.82%) Jetpack Compose
6 25 (6.31%) Android SDK
7 21 (5.30%) SwiftUI
8 20 (5.05%) UIKit
9 15 (3.79%) Web Services
10 14 (3.54%) Flutter
11 12 (3.03%) React
12 9 (2.27%) CSS
12 9 (2.27%) GraphQL
12 9 (2.27%) HTML
12 9 (2.27%) JSON
12 9 (2.27%) Retrofit
13 8 (2.02%) Core Data
13 8 (2.02%) iOS SDK
13 8 (2.02%) OAuth
14 6 (1.52%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 40 (10.10%) Product Ownership
2 15 (3.79%) Security Posture
3 14 (3.54%) Data Protection Act
4 13 (3.28%) Cloud Native
5 12 (3.03%) AI Agents
5 12 (3.03%) Educational Technology
5 12 (3.03%) Onboarding
6 11 (2.78%) Credit Risk
7 6 (1.52%) Legacy Code
7 6 (1.52%) Marketing Technology
7 6 (1.52%) Mobile Banking
7 6 (1.52%) NHS
7 6 (1.52%) Social Media
8 5 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.26%) IoT
8 5 (1.26%) iPhone
9 4 (1.01%) CMDB
9 4 (1.01%) Digital Wallet
9 4 (1.01%) Driving Licence
9 4 (1.01%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 130 (32.83%) Android
2 106 (26.77%) Apple iOS
3 20 (5.05%) Windows
4 9 (2.27%) Mac OS
5 7 (1.77%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.01%) Linux
6 4 (1.01%) Unix
7 1 (0.25%) OpenWrt
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (31.31%) Agile
2 97 (24.49%) AI
3 95 (23.99%) User Experience
4 65 (16.41%) CI/CD
5 58 (14.65%) Android Development
5 58 (14.65%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (14.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 53 (13.38%) Test Automation
8 51 (12.88%) DevOps
9 50 (12.63%) iOS Development
10 48 (12.12%) MVVM
11 45 (11.36%) Scrum
11 45 (11.36%) UX Design
12 40 (10.10%) Continuous Improvement
13 37 (9.34%) Generative AI
13 37 (9.34%) Roadmaps
14 36 (9.09%) Architectural Patterns
15 34 (8.59%) Mobile Development
16 32 (8.08%) Analytics
17 31 (7.83%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 50 (12.63%) Kotlin
2 45 (11.36%) Java
3 42 (10.61%) Swift
4 29 (7.32%) JavaScript
5 20 (5.05%) Python
6 15 (3.79%) Objective-C
6 15 (3.79%) TypeScript
7 9 (2.27%) SQL
8 8 (2.02%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.26%) Perl
10 4 (1.01%) C#
10 4 (1.01%) C++
11 3 (0.76%) Scala
12 2 (0.51%) Apex Code
12 2 (0.51%) Go
12 2 (0.51%) Korn
12 2 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.25%) Bicep
13 1 (0.25%) Dart
13 1 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 33 (8.33%) Security Cleared
2 23 (5.81%) BPSS Clearance
3 22 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 21 (5.30%) Degree
5 13 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.52%) AWS Certification
7 4 (1.01%) Master's Degree
7 4 (1.01%) MBA
7 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.76%) OSCP
8 3 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.51%) CCA
9 2 (0.51%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (0.51%) CREST Certified
9 2 (0.51%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.25%) CEH
10 1 (0.25%) CISM
10 1 (0.25%) CISSP
10 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.25%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 52 (13.13%) QA
2 50 (12.63%) Accessibility
3 14 (3.54%) WCAG
4 5 (1.26%) GDPR
5 4 (1.01%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.76%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.76%) GRC
6 3 (0.76%) PSD2
7 2 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.51%) NCSC
7 2 (0.51%) PMO
8 1 (0.25%) P3O
8 1 (0.25%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (2.27%) Docker
2 7 (1.77%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.01%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (0.76%) Firmware
5 2 (0.51%) BitLocker
6 1 (0.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 15 (3.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (3.28%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.77%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.26%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (1.01%) SCCM
6 2 (0.51%) Argo
7 1 (0.25%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.25%) Ansible
7 1 (0.25%) Grafana
7 1 (0.25%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 52 (13.13%) Microsoft
2 33 (8.33%) Google
3 26 (6.57%) Adobe
4 20 (5.05%) Apple
5 16 (4.04%) Salesforce
6 15 (3.79%) Dynatrace
7 13 (3.28%) Oracle
8 9 (2.27%) ServiceNow
9 5 (1.26%) IBM
9 5 (1.26%) OpenAI
9 5 (1.26%) Samsung
9 5 (1.26%) Splunk
10 4 (1.01%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.01%) SAP
11 2 (0.51%) Amplitude
11 2 (0.51%) Atlassian
11 2 (0.51%) Dell
11 2 (0.51%) OneLogin
12 1 (0.25%) Checkmarx
12 1 (0.25%) Sitecore