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

6 months to
3 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 277 228 246
Rank change year-on-year -49 +18 -7
Contract jobs citing Mobile App 370 361 436
As % of all contract jobs in the UK 0.96% 1.17% 0.97%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.81% 3.58% 3.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 267 246 241
10th Percentile £204 £205 £350
25th Percentile £381 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £463 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% -7.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £575
90th Percentile £645 £684 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £425 £400 £466
% change year-on-year +6.25% -14.07% -6.90%
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 13,147 10,079 13,850
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 33.95% 32.65% 30.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,318 5,964 9,014
10th Percentile £275 £263 £253
25th Percentile £403 £406 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
75th Percentile £625 £656 £650
90th Percentile £738 £767 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 627 309 806
10th Percentile £15.13 £19.94 £13.17
25th Percentile £18.50 £24.15 £16.75
Median hourly rate £30.00 £35.00 £32.22
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +8.64% +43.28%
75th Percentile £63.53 £65.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.05 £70.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.55 £32.50 £33.36
% change year-on-year -12.17% -2.56% +57.82%

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 3 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 3 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 3 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 -55 330 £500 +11.11% 344
UK excluding London -18 177 £425 +6.25% 295
London -45 163 £520 +4.00% 115
Work from Home -59 100 £500 +11.11% 144
South East -17 48 £425 -19.05% 80
North of England -63 45 £400 +4.58% 77
North West -32 36 £384 +6.60% 36
Midlands -41 27 £531 +32.81% 39
South West -7 26 £600 +300.00% 41
Wales - 17 £175 - 12
East Midlands -19 14 £550 +5.26% 24
West Midlands -29 13 £475 +227.59% 15
Yorkshire -53 9 £515 +12.88% 34
Scotland +3 8 £475 +18.75% 15
East of England -14 6 £185 -76.13% 32

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 (5.68%) CMS
2 20 (5.41%) Confluence
3 12 (3.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (2.97%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.89%) Moodle
6 6 (1.62%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 5 (1.35%) Headless CMS
7 5 (1.35%) Sitecore CMS
7 5 (1.35%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.81%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.54%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.27%) GeoServer
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 18 (4.86%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (4.32%) Chatbot
3 11 (2.97%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 11 (2.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.62%) 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 (11.08%) Figma
2 32 (8.65%) AWS
3 29 (7.84%) Azure
4 27 (7.30%) SaaS
5 16 (4.32%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (4.32%) Sauce Labs
6 14 (3.78%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (3.24%) GitHub
8 10 (2.70%) Serverless
9 9 (2.43%) Firebase
10 7 (1.89%) Contentful
10 7 (1.89%) GCP
10 7 (1.89%) Google Analytics
10 7 (1.89%) Kontent
11 6 (1.62%) Entra ID
11 6 (1.62%) GitHub Actions
11 6 (1.62%) Google Play
11 6 (1.62%) PaaS
12 5 (1.35%) AWS Lambda
12 5 (1.35%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 14 (3.78%) Wireless
2 8 (2.16%) Cisco IOS
2 8 (2.16%) Skype
3 5 (1.35%) HTTP
3 5 (1.35%) 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 18 (4.86%) MySQL
2 17 (4.59%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.08%) SQLite
4 3 (0.81%) DynamoDB
4 3 (0.81%) GIS
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%) 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%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 33 (8.92%) Git
1 33 (8.92%) Xcode
2 29 (7.84%) Android Studio
3 25 (6.76%) JIRA
4 19 (5.14%) Browser DevTools
5 16 (4.32%) Eclipse
5 16 (4.32%) Jenkins
6 15 (4.05%) Gradle
7 14 (3.78%) Appium
8 13 (3.51%) Postman
9 10 (2.70%) Cypress.io
10 8 (2.16%) Charles Proxy
11 7 (1.89%) Bitbucket
11 7 (1.89%) CocoaPods
11 7 (1.89%) Selenium
11 7 (1.89%) XCUITest
12 6 (1.62%) GitLab
13 5 (1.35%) fastlane
13 5 (1.35%) Katalon Studio
13 5 (1.35%) WebDriver
General
1 93 (25.14%) Social Skills
2 61 (16.49%) Finance
3 45 (12.16%) Banking
4 28 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (5.95%) Public Sector
6 21 (5.68%) Organisational Skills
7 18 (4.86%) Marketing
8 13 (3.51%) Telecoms
9 11 (2.97%) Retail
10 10 (2.70%) Electronics
11 8 (2.16%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.89%) 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
1 109 (29.46%) Developer
2 56 (15.14%) Senior
3 43 (11.62%) Designer
4 22 (5.95%) Android Developer
5 21 (5.68%) Architect
5 21 (5.68%) React Developer
6 18 (4.86%) Mobile Developer
6 18 (4.86%) Product Designer
7 17 (4.59%) Break Fix Engineer
7 17 (4.59%) iOS Developer
7 17 (4.59%) Junior
7 17 (4.59%) Support Engineer
7 17 (4.59%) Technical Engineer
7 17 (4.59%) Technical Support
7 17 (4.59%) Technical Support Engineer
7 17 (4.59%) UX Engineer
8 16 (4.32%) Mobile Engineer
9 15 (4.05%) Full-Stack Developer
10 14 (3.78%) Business Analyst
10 14 (3.78%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (12.97%) CSS
2 39 (10.54%) React
3 36 (9.73%) React Native
3 36 (9.73%) RESTful
4 33 (8.92%) HTML
5 32 (8.65%) AngularJS
6 26 (7.03%) GraphQL
7 19 (5.14%) .NET
7 19 (5.14%) OAuth
8 18 (4.86%) Ajax
9 17 (4.59%) REST
10 15 (4.05%) Node.js
11 11 (2.97%) Android Jetpack
12 10 (2.70%) .NET Framework
12 10 (2.70%) Jetpack Compose
12 10 (2.70%) SwiftUI
13 9 (2.43%) ASP.NET
13 9 (2.43%) ASP.NET MVC
13 9 (2.43%) Flutter
13 9 (2.43%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 28 (7.57%) Product Ownership
2 12 (3.24%) Onboarding
3 11 (2.97%) Cloud Native
4 9 (2.43%) Virtual Team
5 7 (1.89%) Security Posture
6 5 (1.35%) Algorithms
6 5 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.35%) FMCG
6 5 (1.35%) RIA
6 5 (1.35%) W3C
7 4 (1.08%) Data Structures
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%) EMV
8 3 (0.81%) Media Streaming
8 3 (0.81%) Tandem
8 3 (0.81%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 115 (31.08%) Android
2 90 (24.32%) Apple iOS
3 29 (7.84%) Windows
4 19 (5.14%) Unix
5 18 (4.86%) Linux
6 10 (2.70%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.27%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (29.19%) Agile
2 97 (26.22%) User Experience
3 73 (19.73%) CI/CD
4 66 (17.84%) Problem-Solving
5 50 (13.51%) Test Automation
6 45 (12.16%) Mobile Application Development
7 43 (11.62%) Continuous Improvement
8 41 (11.08%) UX Design
9 40 (10.81%) DevOps
10 37 (10.00%) Design Patterns
11 36 (9.73%) AI
12 34 (9.19%) Analytics
12 34 (9.19%) Mobile Development
13 33 (8.92%) Android Development
13 33 (8.92%) iOS Development
14 29 (7.84%) Full-Stack Development
15 26 (7.03%) Application Security
15 26 (7.03%) Microservices
15 26 (7.03%) Scrum
15 26 (7.03%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 75 (20.27%) JavaScript
2 62 (16.76%) Java
3 44 (11.89%) Kotlin
4 38 (10.27%) TypeScript
5 37 (10.00%) Swift
6 26 (7.03%) Python
7 25 (6.76%) SQL
8 24 (6.49%) C#
9 20 (5.41%) Perl
10 14 (3.78%) Objective-C
11 6 (1.62%) C++
12 4 (1.08%) C
12 4 (1.08%) Go
12 4 (1.08%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.81%) Ruby
13 3 (0.81%) Scala
13 3 (0.81%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.54%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.54%) R
14 2 (0.54%) Rust
Qualifications
1 31 (8.38%) Degree
2 20 (5.41%) Security Cleared
3 12 (3.24%) Master's Degree
4 10 (2.70%) SC Cleared
5 9 (2.43%) PMI Certification
6 8 (2.16%) ITIL Certification
6 8 (2.16%) PMP
7 6 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.54%) ACSP
9 2 (0.54%) ACTC
9 2 (0.54%) CISSP
9 2 (0.54%) ISEB
9 2 (0.54%) SANS
10 1 (0.27%) CCA
10 1 (0.27%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.27%) GIAC
10 1 (0.27%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.27%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (15.68%) Accessibility
2 47 (12.70%) QA
3 14 (3.78%) WCAG
4 9 (2.43%) GDPR
5 6 (1.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 4 (1.08%) 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 (3.24%) Active Directory
2 9 (2.43%) Docker
3 1 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.27%) Firmware
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 11 (2.97%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.16%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (1.89%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (1.35%) 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 68 (18.38%) Microsoft
2 26 (7.03%) Oracle
3 25 (6.76%) Adobe
4 21 (5.68%) Google
4 21 (5.68%) Splunk
5 18 (4.86%) HP
5 18 (4.86%) ServiceNow
6 17 (4.59%) SAP
7 12 (3.24%) Apple
8 11 (2.97%) Xamarin
9 8 (2.16%) Cisco
10 6 (1.62%) OneTrust
10 6 (1.62%) Salesforce
11 5 (1.35%) Dynatrace
11 5 (1.35%) Optimizely
11 5 (1.35%) Sitecore
12 4 (1.08%) Tealium
13 3 (0.81%) Hotjar
13 3 (0.81%) OpenAI
13 3 (0.81%) Thales