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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 318 256 235
Rank change year-on-year -62 -21 +63
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 392 336 415
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.73% 1.02% 1.07%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.19% 2.90% 3.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 253 223 281
10th Percentile £363 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £375 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -
75th Percentile £580 £548 £610
90th Percentile £675 £585 £719
UK excluding London median daily rate £450 £400 £463
% change year-on-year +12.50% -13.51% -2.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 7
10th Percentile £14.72 - -
25th Percentile £17.25 - £12.25
Median hourly rate £17.50 £40.46 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -56.75% +1.15% +9.59%
75th Percentile £17.75 - £68.84
90th Percentile £32.90 - £74.58
UK excluding London median hourly rate £17.50 £40.46 £12.25
% change year-on-year -56.75% +230.29% -65.00%

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 17,871 11,569 11,823
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.49% 35.13% 30.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,838 7,128 7,571
10th Percentile £325 £300 £300
25th Percentile £425 £406 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% -
75th Percentile £638 £638 £675
90th Percentile £750 £766 £825
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 995 561 607
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.13 £12.45
25th Percentile £19.34 £18.87 £18.31
Median hourly rate £43.50 £29.33 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +48.31% -34.82% +12.74%
75th Percentile £70.00 £56.00 £67.20
90th Percentile £85.00 £77.50 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £43.96 £29.27 £45.00
% change year-on-year +50.19% -34.96% +11.59%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 -83 310 £513 +10.81% 360
UK excluding London -65 178 £450 +12.50% 222
London -79 160 £525 +5.00% 187
Work from Home -73 80 £488 +2.63% 126
North of England -74 55 £508 +30.46% 63
Scotland +17 39 £400 -20.00% 13
South West -14 34 £475 -9.52% 21
North West -48 27 £550 +46.67% 29
Midlands -50 26 £526 +13.62% 37
West Midlands -33 20 £480 +19.88% 19
Yorkshire -52 19 £525 +31.25% 28
South East -65 15 £300 -33.33% 56
North East -38 9 £450 -13.25% 8
Wales -7 8 £425 - 15
East Midlands -23 6 £526 +13.62% 18
East of England -20 2 £500 +21.21% 22

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 (3.06%) Confluence
2 6 (1.53%) CMS
3 5 (1.28%) Moodle
4 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.51%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.51%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.26%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 18 (4.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 15 (3.83%) Sketch
3 9 (2.30%) Chatbot
4 8 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
6 4 (1.02%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.77%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.51%) InVision
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 7 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (1.79%) Shopify
2 2 (0.51%) Maximo
2 2 (0.51%) SAP CRM
2 2 (0.51%) Workfront
3 1 (0.26%) Magento
3 1 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 51 (13.01%) Azure
2 41 (10.46%) GitHub
3 39 (9.95%) Figma
4 33 (8.42%) AWS
5 24 (6.12%) GitHub Actions
6 20 (5.10%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (4.59%) Entra ID
8 17 (4.34%) Firebase
9 16 (4.08%) Azure DevOps
9 16 (4.08%) Google Play
10 15 (3.83%) SaaS
11 9 (2.30%) GitHub Copilot
12 8 (2.04%) Power Platform
13 6 (1.53%) Adobe Analytics
14 5 (1.28%) Azure AI
14 5 (1.28%) Azure AKS
14 5 (1.28%) GCP
14 5 (1.28%) Lucidchart
14 5 (1.28%) Sauce Labs
14 5 (1.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.02%) Network Security
2 3 (0.77%) Firewall
3 2 (0.51%) DSL
3 2 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.26%) Bluetooth
4 1 (0.26%) DNS
4 1 (0.26%) HTTP
4 1 (0.26%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.26%) Internet
4 1 (0.26%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (1.53%) Power BI
2 5 (1.28%) Relational Database
3 3 (0.77%) Looker
3 3 (0.77%) MySQL
3 3 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.77%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.77%) Tableau
4 2 (0.51%) SQLite
5 1 (0.26%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.26%) GIS
5 1 (0.26%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 26 (6.63%) Git
2 21 (5.36%) JIRA
3 18 (4.59%) Gradle
4 17 (4.34%) Android Studio
5 15 (3.83%) Jenkins
5 15 (3.83%) Xcode
6 11 (2.81%) fastlane
6 11 (2.81%) XCUITest
7 10 (2.55%) CircleCI
8 9 (2.30%) JUnit
8 9 (2.30%) LoadRunner
9 8 (2.04%) Appium
10 7 (1.79%) XCTest
11 5 (1.28%) Crashlytics
12 4 (1.02%) Zephyr
13 3 (0.77%) Browser DevTools
13 3 (0.77%) Charles Proxy
13 3 (0.77%) Eclipse
14 2 (0.51%) GitLab
14 2 (0.51%) JMeter
General
1 108 (27.55%) Social Skills
2 69 (17.60%) Finance
3 46 (11.73%) Banking
4 27 (6.89%) Public Sector
5 26 (6.63%) Retail
6 21 (5.36%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (3.83%) Marketing
8 10 (2.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (2.04%) Italian Language
10 5 (1.28%) Corporate Banking
11 4 (1.02%) Health Technology
11 4 (1.02%) Retail Banking
12 3 (0.77%) Digital Health
12 3 (0.77%) Games
12 3 (0.77%) Investment Banking
12 3 (0.77%) Local Government
12 3 (0.77%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.51%) Arabic Language
13 2 (0.51%) Military
14 1 (0.26%) Billing
Job Titles
1 102 (26.02%) Developer
2 65 (16.58%) Senior
3 49 (12.50%) Designer
4 34 (8.67%) Android Developer
5 27 (6.89%) iOS Developer
6 25 (6.38%) Android Engineer
7 24 (6.12%) Architect
8 21 (5.36%) Lead
9 20 (5.10%) Analyst
10 19 (4.85%) Product Designer
11 16 (4.08%) Mobile Engineer
11 16 (4.08%) Project Manager
12 15 (3.83%) Senior Developer
13 14 (3.57%) UI Designer
13 14 (3.57%) UX Designer
14 13 (3.32%) Product Manager
14 13 (3.32%) Tester
15 12 (3.06%) Senior Android Engineer
16 11 (2.81%) Business Analyst
17 10 (2.55%) Mobile Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (12.50%) REST
2 45 (11.48%) RESTful
3 37 (9.44%) Android Jetpack
4 36 (9.18%) React Native
5 29 (7.40%) Android SDK
5 29 (7.40%) Jetpack Compose
6 21 (5.36%) SwiftUI
7 19 (4.85%) OAuth
8 17 (4.34%) UIKit
9 13 (3.32%) GraphQL
9 13 (3.32%) OAuth2
9 13 (3.32%) Web Services
10 10 (2.55%) Flutter
10 10 (2.55%) React
11 9 (2.30%) Core Data
11 9 (2.30%) CSS
11 9 (2.30%) HTML
11 9 (2.30%) iOS SDK
11 9 (2.30%) Retrofit
12 8 (2.04%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 34 (8.67%) Product Ownership
2 17 (4.34%) Data Protection Act
3 14 (3.57%) Cloud Native
3 14 (3.57%) Security Posture
4 10 (2.55%) Educational Technology
5 9 (2.30%) Mobile Banking
5 9 (2.30%) Onboarding
6 8 (2.04%) AI Agents
6 8 (2.04%) Credit Risk
7 7 (1.79%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.53%) Social Media
9 5 (1.28%) Driving Licence
9 5 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.28%) Legacy Code
9 5 (1.28%) Marketing Technology
9 5 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
10 4 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (1.02%) CMDB
10 4 (1.02%) IoT
10 4 (1.02%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 123 (31.38%) Android
2 98 (25.00%) Apple iOS
3 18 (4.59%) Windows
4 8 (2.04%) Mac OS
5 7 (1.79%) Windows 10
6 4 (1.02%) Linux
6 4 (1.02%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (27.55%) Agile
2 94 (23.98%) AI
3 93 (23.72%) User Experience
4 65 (16.58%) CI/CD
5 56 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 55 (14.03%) Android Development
7 51 (13.01%) MVVM
8 50 (12.76%) DevOps
8 50 (12.76%) UX Design
9 48 (12.24%) iOS Development
9 48 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
10 45 (11.48%) Test Automation
11 44 (11.22%) Scrum
12 38 (9.69%) Analytics
12 38 (9.69%) Roadmaps
13 37 (9.44%) Architectural Patterns
13 37 (9.44%) Generative AI
14 32 (8.16%) Continuous Improvement
15 30 (7.65%) Performance Optimisation
16 25 (6.38%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 62 (15.82%) Kotlin
2 55 (14.03%) Java
3 39 (9.95%) Swift
4 26 (6.63%) JavaScript
5 20 (5.10%) Python
6 14 (3.57%) TypeScript
7 7 (1.79%) Objective-C
7 7 (1.79%) PowerShell
8 5 (1.28%) SQL
9 4 (1.02%) C++
10 3 (0.77%) C#
10 3 (0.77%) Perl
11 2 (0.51%) Apex Code
11 2 (0.51%) Go
11 2 (0.51%) Korn
11 2 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (0.51%) Scala
12 1 (0.26%) ABAP
12 1 (0.26%) Dart
12 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 49 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 34 (8.67%) SC Cleared
3 18 (4.59%) Degree
4 17 (4.34%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.77%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.77%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.77%) MBA
8 2 (0.51%) CCA
8 2 (0.51%) CREST Certified
8 2 (0.51%) OSCP
9 1 (0.26%) CISM
9 1 (0.26%) CISSP
9 1 (0.26%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.26%) ECSA
9 1 (0.26%) GPEN
9 1 (0.26%) GXPN
9 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
9 1 (0.26%) OSCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (14.29%) Accessibility
2 41 (10.46%) QA
3 17 (4.34%) WCAG
4 6 (1.53%) GDPR
5 4 (1.02%) PCI DSS
6 3 (0.77%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.77%) PSD2
7 2 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.51%) GRC
7 2 (0.51%) HL7
8 1 (0.26%) DICOM
8 1 (0.26%) NCSC
8 1 (0.26%) PMO
8 1 (0.26%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (2.55%) Docker
2 5 (1.28%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.51%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.51%) Firmware
5 1 (0.26%) Sendmail
5 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (4.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (3.32%) Kubernetes
3 8 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (1.28%) Grafana
4 5 (1.28%) Terraform
5 4 (1.02%) Istio
5 4 (1.02%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (1.02%) Kustomize
5 4 (1.02%) linkerd
5 4 (1.02%) Prometheus
5 4 (1.02%) SCCM
6 3 (0.77%) Ansible
7 1 (0.26%) AirWatch
7 1 (0.26%) Argo
Vendors
1 47 (11.99%) Microsoft
2 32 (8.16%) Adobe
2 32 (8.16%) Google
3 20 (5.10%) Apple
4 18 (4.59%) Dynatrace
5 14 (3.57%) Salesforce
6 12 (3.06%) Oracle
7 8 (2.04%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.53%) Splunk
9 5 (1.28%) OpenAI
10 4 (1.02%) Braze
10 4 (1.02%) Samsung
10 4 (1.02%) SAP
10 4 (1.02%) Tealium
11 3 (0.77%) MuleSoft
12 2 (0.51%) Amplitude
12 2 (0.51%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.51%) Dell
12 2 (0.51%) IBM
13 1 (0.26%) Sitecore